Q and A: Rugby star Parks on WRC ride

After an injury-enforced retirement from his international rugby career, 34-year-old Richard Parks turned his attentions to the 737 Challenge. In July he became the first ever person to stand on the highest summit in each of the world's seven continents as well as all three poles (the South Pole, the Geographical North Pole and the summit of Everest) in the same calendar year.

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Pedestrian Burdens: Send Us Pics of the Parking Garages Killing Your Street

At 1 Morningside Drive, parking minimums forced the construction of a 148-space garage. The developers put the parking on the ground floor, creating a blank wall facing a busy pedestrian street. Photo: Noah Kazis Get your cameras ready, Streetsbloggers. It’s time to show Department of City Planning Director Amanda Burden what city-mandated parking garages are doing [...]

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Phoenix International Raceway Grandstands Sold Out

Track President Bryan R. Sperber today announced that Phoenix International Raceway?s grandstands are sold out for the Kobalt Tools 500 on November 13. Race fans wishing to attend NASCAR?s final West Coast race of the season ? the first Sprint Cup Series event on Phoenix International Raceway?s newly repaved and reconfigured 1-mile oval ? may [...]

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Bautista says crash unavoidable

Alvaro Bautista said there was nothing he could do to avoid the startline crash that took his Suzuki, both factory Ducatis and Pramac Ducati's Randy de Puniet out of the Valencia Grand Prix on the opening lap. A brush between Andrea Dovizioso's Honda and Bautista sent the Suzuki into Valentino Rossi, Nicky Hayden and de Puniet. While Dovizioso continued to finish third, the other four riders were out in the spot

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Saving the Farm: The Fight to Keep Sprawl From Engulfing Rural America

On Streetsblog we talk a lot about the effect of sprawl on cities and suburbs. It forces people to drive everywhere, to the detriment of their physical and financial health. It pollutes the air and drains city budgets. Sprawl is replacing farmland across the United States. The state of Ohio lost 6.9 million acres of farmland [...]

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Rossi cautiously upbeat about GP12

Valentino Rossi says Ducati still needs to do a lot of work over the winter to get its 1000cc bike fully on the pace, but is cautiously optimistic about the new machine. The team tried a revised version of the GP12 with a part aluminium frame over the past two days at Valencia. While Rossi feels the chassis remains a work in progress, he was upbeat about the larger engine after ending today's session sixth quickest

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FIA confirms teams? name changes

The FIA has officially confirmed that Renault, Team Lotus and Virgin will be allowed to change their chassis names for 2012. Agreement was reached during Thursday's meeting of the Formula One Commission, and has now been formally announced by the governing body. The decision means the end of the Lotus name spat, as the ex-works Renault team fully renames after its title sponsor Group Lotus, and Tony Fernandes' outfit switches from its current Team Lotus branding to Caterham, having bought the British sportscar constructor earlier this year

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