Whitey Grandad

This is where it should be: http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/JPTRulesAndRegulations/ 'coming soon....'

Exactly. One mistake is all it takes.

I've just found this http://www.johnstonespainttrophy.com/match-centre/2009-2010/area-finals-leg-1/mk-dons-v-southampton/ but it's not a video feed.

From memory, I don't think so. Some kind person looked up the competition rules in an earlier thread.

Yup, since 15th September 2003: (Enterprise Act 2002) http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/insmanual/INS48065.htm Exeter were the first club affected by it: http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/exeter-test-case-for-inland-revenue-575089.html

Water vapour is many times more significant. http://www.espere.net/Unitedkingdom/water/uk_watervapour.html Or how about Greenpeace? http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/climate-change/science/other_gases Water vapour is important .... "The exact size of this important feedback remains to be determined by scientists" This one is interesting, in particular the erudite responses: http://www.skepticalscience.com/water-vapor-greenhouse-gas.htm

That has been the case with every scientist that I have ever encountered and is the reason why every time I see a report I look for the sponsor. Cui bono?

It's not easy, is it? http://www.saintsfc.co.uk/page/TicketNews/0,,10280~1915680,00.html Why can't there just be a list of fixtures with a link alongside each that takes you to the ticket details?

You really can't expect wholesale changes in the team to play cohesively for at least 6 games, maybe 10 or more. We are working towards next season and if a playoff place comes along then we'll gratefully accept it.

I think he is part of the long-term plan. I don't think he was chosen for this league but for the next two. Otherwise we ('they') would have appointed a proven manager at the level, such as Lambert, with a view to attracting someone a bit more heavyweight once we reached the promised land.

And there's absolutely nothing wrong with that attitude. I would expect it every season from now on.

I have always thought that we would finish just outside the playoff places but a strong run of wins might just allow us to scrape in. To say that we would be the only club to have spent £3m and not get promoted ignores the -10 penalty, and let's not forget that we sold McGoldrick for £1m and Surman for £1.5m. This team is a work in progress and it will take some time to get consistency. Promotion this season would be a big bonus, but I don't suppose that the new owner or management would have epected it back in August.

Freedom of the City, at the very least.

No sh!t Sherlock.

It's not efficient because there is a lot of energy needed just to heat up the turbines and the all the otheer gear. It's a bit like starting and stopping your car all the time. I see that Marchwood is now up and running: http://www.marchwoodpower.com/ There are even bigger efficiencies to be made from local generation of power http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_generation I have seen studies of the total energy cycles for electric cars and when you take into account all the losses in transmission and storage there is not a lot of saving over burning the fuel in the place where it's needed, which is under the bonnet.

That's why they are proposing big turbines a long way offshore, but there are still considerable periods of no wind at all and these coincide with spells like the present with high pressure and low temperatures. I much prefer tidal power, myself. The capital costs are high but there is a much higher return than wind turbines.

Talking about wind farms, can somebody answer me this: Why is there always one turbine that's not turning?

I have never skied but I went there a few years ago for a look around and we stayed a bit further up the valley in Argentiere. My French customer had been there for a long weekend and he and his brother know the area well. He told me how they had skied the Valle Blanche and also down into Italy and back. The chairlifts go both ways from Mont Blanc. He is quite a good skier even though he only has one arm. The hotel wasn't too expensive and had reasonable food so it might be worth a look: http://www.hotel-le-dahu.com/accueil_en.html

Whatever you do, don't give them any money!

There can be problems with power plants that were not designed for rapid changes in output and to operate at maximum efficiency they need to run at maximum output most of the time. That's why pumped storage plants like Port Dinorwic are important to see us through the peaks, like half-time in a world cup final. There was a small power station in South London which was originally used flat out but in its later years was only used for the two main daily power surges. They had a lot of problems with cracked turbine casings because there were two mechanical thermal cycles a day instead of one every two years. Keeping Fawley warmed up uses an enormous amount of energy just to have it sitting there as standby.

We shall still need the other power plants to cover the days that the wind doesn't blow much, like the last couple of weeks.

A bit in the Mail today. Apparently if James plays another 9 or 10 games then he automatically gets a contract extension. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1243011/Stoke-City-throw-Portsmouth-keeper-David-James-World-Cup-lifeline.html

It depends where you live. I think this is the end of it. Temperatures in Southampton are above freezing from after tomorrow night. Thu +1, Fri +6, Sat +7, Sun +8 and sunny

And for Redondo Saint, more snow overnight in Chandlers Ford. Great snow for snowballs but it is melting fast. [/url]

They only conceded one goal and I don't think you can blame Seabourne for that. Unless he gave away the free kick...