SYDNEY, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Lance Armstrong’s new professional cycling team will make their racing debut at next year’s Tour Down Under in South Australia, local organisers said on Thursday.
The American made his comeback at this year’s race for the Astana team but the seven-times Tour de France winner told officials he would be back in 2010 racing for Team RadioShack.
“I’m delighted to announce that Lance Armstrong will be back in Adelaide to race in next year’s Tour Down Under,” South Australia state premier Mike Rann said in a statement on Thursday.
“This will be the first time Lance’s new team, Team RadioShack, will compete anywhere in the world.”
Armstrong, a survivor of testicular cancer, retired in 2005 but returned to the saddle this year to raise awareness about the disease that almost killed him.
The 37-year-old finished third in the Tour de France behind his Astana team mate Alberto Contador but announced he was coming back for another shot in 2010 with his own team.
“I’ve been in regular contact with Lance and his management since he made his world cycling comeback in Adelaide at the 2009 Tour Down Under,” Rann said.
“He really enjoyed his time in South Australia and has told me how much he appreciated the massive support he received from the thousands of cycling fans during the race and from the communities supporting the launch of his global cancer campaign.”
(Reporting by Julian Linden; Editing by John O’Brien; To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
No music in church...
I've been listening to John MacArthur's message The Case Against the R-Rated Church today. (An interesting message on many fronts only one of which I'm going to mention here.)
Toward the end of this message, John talks about the reasons many people choose to go to a particular church. He mentions things like "the pastor's a cool guy" and "I like the music" and things like that. He rightly points out how shallow these reasons are, then he asks a rather pointed question: "If all the music stopped, where would you go to church?"
How would you answer that question? What would you look for in a church? It would be, I hope, a church that is faithful to God's Word and calls you to holiness. Any church that exists that is not focused on the Bible or which downplays God's standards is not a church...not really.
So enjoy the music at your church. It is a gift from God to you. But don't worship it. Don't put all your eggs in the "I like the musical style" basket. Put the bulk of your "eggs" in the biblical faithfulness carton.
Toward the end of this message, John talks about the reasons many people choose to go to a particular church. He mentions things like "the pastor's a cool guy" and "I like the music" and things like that. He rightly points out how shallow these reasons are, then he asks a rather pointed question: "If all the music stopped, where would you go to church?"
How would you answer that question? What would you look for in a church? It would be, I hope, a church that is faithful to God's Word and calls you to holiness. Any church that exists that is not focused on the Bible or which downplays God's standards is not a church...not really.
So enjoy the music at your church. It is a gift from God to you. But don't worship it. Don't put all your eggs in the "I like the musical style" basket. Put the bulk of your "eggs" in the biblical faithfulness carton.
Rebel!
“If you really want to be a rebel, get a job, cut your grass, read your Bible, and shut up! Because no one's doing that! THAT'S rebellion.”
- Mark Driscoll
- Mark Driscoll
Saturday, August 22, 2009
A solid start in Ireland...
In his first competitive race since finishing third in the Tour de France, Armstrong came home in a 14-strong group, 16 seconds behind Britain's Russell Downing, who won the stage.And Armstrong, who last rode in the Emerald Isle competitively in 1992, revealed on Twitter the conditions were not best suited to cycling.
"Up/down/left/right/windy!! I felt like I was breathing thru a straw. A small straw," he tweeted.
Russia's Alexander Kolobnev finished second, with Matti Breschel of Denmark in third - both one second behind Downing.
Saturday's 196km ride will head from Clonmel to Kilarney before the 576km race finishes in Cork.
Friday, August 21, 2009
A daily dose of "good" sense...
A friend sent me a few bits of advice that are, if you really think about them, they make sense in a sick sort of way...
- Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them while you chop.
- For high blood pressure sufferers: simply cut yourself and bleed for a few minutes, thus reducing the pressure in your veins. Remember to use a timer.
- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
Don't know where these came from originally, but they sound like Red Green to me. Where's the duct tape?
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Obama goes postal...
“UPS and FedEx are doing just fine. It’s the Post Office that’s always having problems.”
- Barack Obama, Aug. 11, 2009
No institution has been the butt of more government- inefficiency jokes than the U.S. Postal Service. Maybe the Department of Motor Vehicles.
The only way the post office can stay in business is its government subsidy. The USPS lost $2.4 billion in the quarter ended in June and projects a net loss of $7 billion in fiscal 2009, outstanding debt of more than $10 billion and a cash shortfall of $1 billion. It was moved to intensive care -- the Government Accountability Office’s list of “high risk” cases - - last month and told to shape up. (It must be the only entity that hasn’t cashed in on TARP!)
That didn’t stop President Barack Obama from holding up the post office as an example at a town hall meeting in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, last week.
When Obama compared the post office to UPS and FedEx, he was clearly hoping to assuage voter concerns about a public health-care option undercutting and eliminating private insurance.
What he did instead was conjure up visions of long lines and interminable waits. Why do we need or want a health-care system that works like the post office?
What’s more, if the USPS is struggling to compete with private companies, as Obama implied, why introduce a government health-care option that would operate at the same disadvantage?
Commentary by Caroline Baum on Bloomberg.com
- Barack Obama, Aug. 11, 2009
No institution has been the butt of more government- inefficiency jokes than the U.S. Postal Service. Maybe the Department of Motor Vehicles.
The only way the post office can stay in business is its government subsidy. The USPS lost $2.4 billion in the quarter ended in June and projects a net loss of $7 billion in fiscal 2009, outstanding debt of more than $10 billion and a cash shortfall of $1 billion. It was moved to intensive care -- the Government Accountability Office’s list of “high risk” cases - - last month and told to shape up. (It must be the only entity that hasn’t cashed in on TARP!)
That didn’t stop President Barack Obama from holding up the post office as an example at a town hall meeting in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, last week.
When Obama compared the post office to UPS and FedEx, he was clearly hoping to assuage voter concerns about a public health-care option undercutting and eliminating private insurance.
What he did instead was conjure up visions of long lines and interminable waits. Why do we need or want a health-care system that works like the post office?
What’s more, if the USPS is struggling to compete with private companies, as Obama implied, why introduce a government health-care option that would operate at the same disadvantage?
Commentary by Caroline Baum on Bloomberg.com
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