If there is a way to read a book in the "wrong way", I might actually have done it with this one! I listened to a book about walking while running.
"A history of walking" is a bit misleading because it feels very superficial as a history book. It more a collection of musings and digressions around the subject of walking in the context of culture and history.
📝 Flâneur: A stroller. A connoisseur of the the streets.
📝 Rousseau believed that the original man wandered the forests in solitude, living a simplistic life. This was what we ought to emulate. Most of his philosophy was born during his long walks.
📝 Walking has been much more accessible to men than women. And this is still the case today. Restrictions and risk of physical abuse has limited women's access roaming freely. 2/3 of American women are afraid to walk their neighborhood at night.
📝 Back in the day the treadmill was used to punish prisoners sentenced to hard labor.
⭐ Takeaway: I should pay attention to my health. I would love to be able to still wander around during my autumn years without interference from bad knees, back problems or obesity.
This is definitely not for everyone but if you, like I do, enjoy walking just for the sake of walking it might be worth your time.


Campbell and York Comprehensive High golfer Sarah Smith, who shot an 86, were among eight girls' golf team members who qualified for the All-Region Team with individual scores.
The YCHS team, with a team score of 429, was among four girls golf teams that qualified to compete in the Upper State tournament next week. The other teams that qualified for the Upper State tourney are Fort Mill, Gaffney and Northwestern.
ROCK HILL Zombies will invade the streets of downtown Rock Hill while humans race for survival during the 2014 Old Town Zombie Crawl on Oct. 25 to benefit The Heart2Heart Foundation.
Participants may run the USATF-certified 5K route as a human or a zombie for $25, or walk the route free.
Adult runners will compete for cash prizes while youth runners will vie for gift cards from local merchants.
The Old Town Zombie Crawl is intended to raise awareness about heart disease and provide support for The Heart2Heart Foundation.
Registered runners will receive a free pass to meet Addy Miller, the little girl zombie on the first episode of AMC's "The Walking Dead." Miller will serve as the 2014 Official Grand Marshal.
For more about activities and to register, visit www.OldTownZombieCrawl.com.
LAKE WYLIE Lake Wylie Athletic Association is accepting registration through Oct. 31 for ages 3-15 for basketball season.
Registration is for U4 SmartStart, U6 Coed, U8 Boys, U10 Boys, U12 Boys, U15 Boys, U9 Girls and U12 Girls. Cost is $65.
Register at sports.bluesombrero.com/LWAA/Basketball. Email lwaabasketball@gmail.com for information.
CONCORD, N.C. The Carolina Tomahawks 9U earned the Runners-up Championship in the Rawlings/Worth Choice Fall Open State Tournament in Concord.
The 9U Travel Baseball Team is made up of players from Lake Wylie, Steele Creek, Tega Cay and Fort Mill.
Brayden Deaton, Jack Revis, Heath "Rocker" McMinn, and Jarek "Chipper" Patulski paced the Tomahawks. Deaton pitched 4.1 innings while striking out five in the 10-8 win over the Diamond Dawgs. Revis went 2 for 2 with 2 RBIs while Deaton and Patulski each scored two runs. In the championship game, Patulski kept the No. 1 seed, Team Minion, off-balance with change-ups by pitching 3.2 innings allowing 1 earned run. Owen Noonan and Ethan Sivec had two hits each.
In pool play, the Tomahawks offense exploded against the Blue Sox with eight runs in the first inning. Revis and Patulski were on base all plate appearances and each scored two runs as the Tomahawks won 12-2. Drew White had a strong performance going three innings for the win. Jackson Robbins had an impressive pitching performance against the Vipers in the second game going two innings while striking out four. McMinn had pitching appearances in both games totaling three innings with three strikeouts.
The Tomahawks finished the tournament scoring 31 runs in four games.


The ground-breaking new stage production of The Who's Tommy, presented by the New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich in co-production with Ramps On The Moon, is currently touring the UK. As reported earlier, Pete has contributed a new song for the Acid Queen character, as well as a new version of Amazing Journey which opens the show.
Rob Thompson attended the 6th May performance at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds, and has written the following review of the show.
The Who have always been closely linked to Leeds ever since the recording of their show at Leeds University on 14th Feb 1970 went on to become the classic 'Live At Leeds' album. The main set of the show at this time was still the performance of 'Tommy' which had had a surge in sales following The Who's appearance at Woodstock and their inclusion in the subsequent film.
It is 47 years since that legendary Leeds concert but 'Tommy' has returned to Leeds (minus The Who) in the shape of the stage show, currently on tour, produced by the New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich and Ramps on the Moon companies.
This production utilises the talents of both able bodied and disabled performers and it was this development that led to Pete Townshend composing 2 new songs for the show.
The plot of 'Tommy' will be familiar to anyone who has listened to the original album, seen the film, or any of the stage productions over the years, but how is this one different? Well, the set of the show resembles a huge pinball machine on which images and film can be projected to enhance the story. The first new song opens the show and it is a version of 'Amazing Journey' for which Pete Townshend has written new lyrics. It is sung by an older Tommy and is reflective, looking back at his life revealing a lonely man: "I'm alone, so much lonelier than before. At least back then I thought I knew what life was for..." This song is also accompanied by projected film of the struggles encountered by disabled people, including the recent clip of Donald Trump mocking the disabled reporter.
The plot and musical score then revert to the 'Overture' and Tommy's story begins. William Grint, who is deaf, plays 'Tommy'. As with the other deaf actors in the show, he uses sign language to speak while another actor shadows him and sings the songs. The lyrics are also captioned and can be read above the stage.
Peter Straker plays 'The Acid Queen' brilliantly and it is the first time the role has been played by a man. He was also in the 1979 production where he took the role of narrator. The Acid Queen also has the second new song to sing in Act 2. It comes after Tommy has been 'cured' and is now a celebrity. The Acid Queen has become older and more jaded and is no longer attractive to men. The song centres on The Acid Queen's previous encounter with Tommy in Act 1 and (s)he is trying to sell an exclusive to a reporter eager for a story. The song itself is slower and more reflective. It is more of a 'show' song and it is hard to imagine The Who ever performing it.
There is a little more dialogue in this production to try and help clarify the story and musically it is a mixture of all previous versions. The song 'I Believe My Own Eyes', which had been especially written for the 1994 Broadway show, has been dropped altogether, but there are several nods to the film including 'TV Studio' and the lengthier version of 'Tommy's Holiday Camp', memorable for Keith Moon's large organ!
As a piece of musical theatre 'Tommy' continues to evolve and all credit to everyone involved in putting on this production, which is perhaps more relevant today than ever before. After its run in Leeds the show will move on to Birmingham, London and Sheffield. Details of where to get tickets can be found at rampsonthemoon.co.uk. Catch it if you can!


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Religious sister backs pro-abortion group at Catholic college as pro-life groups restricted
Sister Laura Nettles said she would 'love to say yes' to a pro-abortion club and suggested calling it a 'Health Club' or a 'Reproductive Rights' club.
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(LifeSiteNews) – A Franciscan nun-administrator in Wisconsin recently shared that her Catholic university will be "significantly curtailing" the events and activities of the pro-life group on campus.
On August 25, Pro-Life Wisconsin Communications Director Anna DeMeuse published a post on the organization's website outlining concerning commentary from Viterbo University's Mission Convocation last month. Sister Laura Nettles, the school's Executive Director for Mission and Social Justice, had spoken in favor of founding a pro-choice group and inhibiting the work of the pro-life group.
"Viterbo University, founded in 1890, 'is proud to be the only Catholic university in the Diocese of La Crosse and to participate directly in the life of the local Church,'" DeMeuse wrote in her post. "According to their website, what makes Viterbo Catholic is 'a commitment to upholding the Gospel understanding of the sacredness of all human life.' However, the comments that ensued during Monday's convocation raise suspicion over the validity of this commitment."
According to DeMeuse, "an audience member asked why a pro-choice club was not allowed to form on campus." The proposition had been made to Sister Laura Nettles, who said she could not allow the club to be called "pro-choice" due to it being "a trigger against the Catholic Church."
The woman religious, a member of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, said that she "would love to say yes to the club," but asked the student who approached her with the idea "if he would be willing to consider a different name." Some of the options she suggested were "Health Club" or "Reproductive Rights club." She indicated that the club would be more feasible under a "different title," although she also said that it could "do much of the same work," which could include "supporting access to abortions as a right."
PETITION: Canonize Navy chaplain Fr. Capodanno for giving his life to save souls
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Fr. Vincent Capodanno was among the very best of us, and his heroic offering of his life means he deserves to be declared a saint by the Catholic Church.
The Navy chaplain laid down his life to save souls on the battlefield in Vietnam, giving Marines the Last Rites as they lay dying.
Riddled with bullets while ministering on the front line, Fr. Capodanno's cause for canonization is now being considered by the Vatican.
SIGN: Fr. Capodanno deserves to be canonized, having laid down his life for his friends.
Fr. Capodanno's cause has suffered a setback in recent weeks when a group of theologians recommended the Vatican suspend the process, despite the priest already being made a Servant of God by the Church.
One of the objectors claimed it would be inappropriate to canonize the Navy chaplain due to the military conflict in Ukraine, but this is only consultative advice and the Holy See can nonetheless proceed with raising Fr. Capodanno to the Communion of Saints.
That's why Catholics must speak up to support the Staten Island priest's cause for canonization.
SIGN & SHARE: Fr. Capodanno showed heroic virtue in sacrificing his life to save souls
Fr. Capodanno (38) was killed by 27 machine gun bullets on 4 September 1967 in the Que Son Valley.
Known as the "Grunt Padre", his cause for canonization was opened in 2018 after the miraculous healing of a woman suffering multiple sclerosis.
With a strong devotion to Father Capodanno, the woman asked for his healing intercession and a subsequent MRI showed that the lesions in her brain had disappeared.
The woman attributed this miracule to the Naval Reserve lieutenant's intercession.
SIGN: We pray Fr. Capodanno will be declared a saint
Fr. Capodanno's cause might be the first considered under Pope Francis' "offering of life" category created in 2017 as a path to sainthood, with the traditional paths being martyrdom and dying as a "confessor".
The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints must hear of the faithful's support for Fr. Capodanno's cause.
Please SIGN & SHARE this petition today!
READ: Female co-president of German Synodal Way doubles down on abortion support
"The suggestion that an essentially pro-abortion club be able to form under the guise of a 'health' club is grossly misleading," DeMeuse continued. "Abortion is the direct and intentional killing of an innocent human life, and as such, it cannot be considered a 'health' initiative."
"Abortion is not healthcare and is decidedly not a 'reproductive right'…"
Sister Nettles also addressed the active pro-life group on campus by saying, "We are significantly curtailing their activities, what they can do, what they can't do. They actually have to jump through a lot of hoops to be able to do what they do."
"She made it abundantly clear that certain pro-life displays would not be allowed to continue and that the pro-life group would be asked to follow a certain set of 'rules,' yet she failed to outline what those rules might be," DeMeuse wrote.
Danielle Smits, president of the student pro-life organization V-Hawks for Life, told LifeSiteNews that some of the rules include a "new policy to not allow non-Viterbo personnel at Viterbo tabling events." However, Sister Laura Nettles did clarify with Smits that this guideline "applies to all clubs, not just the pro-life club," and that "she informed me [Smits] that she misspoke to the faculty body."
Smits told LifeSiteNews that the policy would impact the campus group's association with Students for Life of America, which had previously partnered with V-Hawks for Life in tabling events.
READ: Dissident Catholic priests helped establish group supporting LGBT activism, abortion: report
Viterbo is not the first Catholic university in the country to have inhibited the work of student pro-life groups. Last year, the Catholic University of America refused to provide funding to the pro-life organization which wanted to buy doughnuts for students who joined them in weekly prayer visits outside abortion clinics. That same month, the administration at Loyola Marymount University allowed for a Planned Parenthood fundraiser to take place on campus.
"In regard to the so-called 'Health Club' that promotes abortion mentioned in the employee convocation, I have heard nothing further of that club being organized on our Catholic campus," Smits told LifeSiteNews. "You can trust, however, that if it is created in my time here at Viterbo, I will not stand by silently."
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IAEA may say pointless to inspect Iranian base: diplomats
by AFP , (Last Updated August 26, 2012)
Iran has "sanitized" to such an extent a military base where nuclear weapons research allegedly took place that the UN atomic watchdog may say next week there is now little point inspecting it, Western diplomats told AFP.
The International Atomic Energy Agency has been pushing Iran to allow access to Parchin, most recently at a failed meeting in Vienna on Friday, where it suspects explosives testing consistent with nuclear bomb research occurred.
Iran, subject to unprecedented Western sanctions and amid heightened speculation of Israeli military action, denies seeking or ever having sought nuclear weapons but has so far blocked the IAEA's requests to see the site.
Western nations have accused Iran of bulldozing parts of the sprawling base near Tehran and the IAEA said in May that activities spotted there by satellite "could hamper the agency's ability to undertake effective verification."
On August 1 US think-tank the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) published open-source satellite images showing "what appears to be the final result of considerable sanitization and earth displacement activity."
New ISIS images Friday on its website (http://isis-online.org/) showed a building suspected of housing the explosive experiments covered in pink tarpaulin in what Western diplomats said was an attempt to hide activity from satellites.
Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's ambassador to the IAEA, has called accusations of a clean-up at Parchin "a childish, ridiculous story made out of nothing."
One Western diplomat told AFP on condition of anonymity on Friday that the IAEA is so frustrated that in its next quarterly report on Iran, expected next week, it may say that going to Parchin now would serve little purpose.
"I would expect language in the report saying 'you are clearly sanitizing, the satellite imagery shows that, and frankly once you let us in, you have done so much it is going to be irrelevant, academic'," the envoy said.
A second Western diplomat told AFP on Saturday that the IAEA saying something along those lines "is certainly something that would make sense, although we don't know definitively how they are going to characterise it in their report."
"We think any value of a visit to Parchin now is greatly diminished," the envoy said on condition of anonymity.
The first diplomat also said that as a result, and after Friday's fruitless meeting, Western nations might table a resolution sharply criticising Tehran at the next IAEA board of governors' meeting starting September 10.
"We are getting nowhere swiftly … We need to make a more formal and public example of the failure of the sides to engage, which is Iran's fault," he said, adding however it was unclear whether Russia and China would support such a move.
IAEA inspectors visited Parchin twice in 2005 but want to look at it again after new information came to light.
India alleges diplomats, embassy guests 'harassed' by Pakistani security services
Diplomats, activists decry Chinese 'threats' at UN rights council
Iranian female human rights lawyer sentenced to 38 years in jail, 148 lashes
khalid - August 26, 2012 said:
IAEA is obviously having a different set of rules for Iran. Iran is a signatory to NPT whereas Israel is not, nevertheless the pressure from western powers and the IAEA is on Iran. On top of that Israel has been threatening to attack Iran's nuclear Installations. In addition to this double standard there have been strict sanctions imposed on Iran. All these measure have been put in place to force Iran take the step toward a nuclear power option, however, Iran is not likely to fall into this trap.
Wheat crisis: How to create a commodity shortage
Parents can pass on pollution's dangers to child, says study
Inquiry against Justice Isa 'malicious', court told


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Loubat, som 1858-65 var anställd vid Württembergs legation i Paris, utnämndes 1893 av påven Leo XIII till hertig. Han donerade bland annat medel till lärostolar i amerikanistik vid universiteten i Berlin, Paris, New York och skänkte 1889 till Vitterhetsakademin 20 000 kronor, varav räntan vart femte år skulle utdelas för ett arbete över USA:s etnografi, arkeologi, historia eller numismatik, det Loubatska priset.

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First, don't mess with East Texas weather!
When I left, the sun was shining. Soon as the Compadre was swept a few minutes-rain! Hide under school walkway for a few minutes- pause in sprinkle. After about 5 times running back and forth, I was almost blown off my feet- in about a sudden downpour with no warning and I thought I had stepped in the middle of a tornado! I could barely see to drive out of the parking lot!
We've had several weeks of above normal spring-like weather. I loaded up my detectors this morning, 30° and 3 mph wind, and headed out. Brutal wind came up shoving my pickup all around, then snow, and more snow, which finally cleared off late in the day, but the winds didn't let up. Cold!
(1) Plastic grocery bags make good bags to place trash.
Used to carry an extra when I lived in the Western Oregon 'rain belt.' Very handy.
(3) How am I missing all those coins with other detectors?
We all do, but I always enjoy taking one of my Tesoro's out to play, even hunting sites I have recently cruised through with the more featured units. Hunting slowly and methodically comes natural with a Tesoro. You aren't distracted by or ignoring questionable audio Tones or jumpy Display read-outs, you just get a 'beep' and dig. That brings us to a stop for target recovery and then we get started again and before we can build up speed and just ignore some responses, we get a 'beep,' stop to recover the target, and that helps to keep us working at a slower and more efficient pace. Seem logical to you?
(4) A thin screwdriver/retrieval tool is a great alternative ID. You can actually hear the scraping sound of aluminum. The point will stick in cans. Coins feel solid.
I've used a thin screwdriver for over half-a-century, but I do my best not to scratch or poke ... but I know what you mean.
(5) Pencil erasers should be banned! After all, isn't it better to NOT encourage mistakes?
Can't figure it out. Kids use their calculators and other electronic gadgets so much, what are they doing with pencils in the first place? You would think they could have created plastic eraser holders by now, too, instead of the annoying metal we keep finding.
(6) I would like to meet the guy who says a Compadre has little depth and let him explain the 5" pulltabs!
Well, I'm at home drying out, so enough for now.
I agree, the Compadre, like my Mojave, can get all the typical detection depth for day-to-day Coin Hunting we need. We do hear people talking them down as if they struggle to get over 2" in depth. Not so.
I hope you're drying out and warming up. I'm headed out in a few minutes to get more wood for my wood stove and kick back and dream about the arrival of real, lasting, springtime weather.


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Turmeric (Curcuma longa) is a plant that has been used in traditional medicine for many centuries. It is also a common culinary ingredient in Indian food.
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Turmeric is a natural food ingredient approved for use as a dietary supplement in the United States. It has Generally Regarded as Safe (GRAS) status, which means it poses a very low risk of side effects.
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Curcuminoids are a class of polyphenols which include flavonols, flavans, and bioflavonoids. Curcuminoids, like all polyphenols, are potent antioxidants.
Laboratory and animal research implicates curcuminoids for various therapeutic potentials. Turmeric and curcumin both demonstrate multiple properties; including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, cardioprotective, antidiabetic and anticancer traits.
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Research continues to uncover novel effects associated with turmerones in turmeric. Turmerones are the key constituents found in turmeric essential oils.
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In various traditional medicine systems in Asia, turmeric has been used as an adaptogen for thousands of years. It is one of the most revered substances in TCM (traditional Chinese medicine) and continues to be used widely in many countries.
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A liquid tincture is typically an alcohol-based decoction of an herb, though water-based tinctures can also be found.
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Alcohol-based tinctures are not appropriate for anyone with liver problems or who cannot consume alcohol for any reason.
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Mecsek Rallye (Hungary) - 09-11 Sep 11
Posted: September 17, 2011 9:27 PM - 4056 Hits
Magic Mikkelsen denied victory in closing stages
PROTON: Canon Mecsek Rallye review
KOPECKY TAKES CLOSEST EVER IRC VICTORY
Magalhaes excited ahead of IRC return
Proton: Canon Mecsek Rallye preview
IRC CANON MECSEK RALLYE PREVIEW
SEEDED ENTRY LIST
Andreas hungry for more success in Hungary
Huge entry for Hungary's IRC debut
Mecsek Rallye gears up for IRC debut
Entries Received
Magalhaes to bounce back in Hungary
Posted: September 17, 2011 9:27 PM
Having led the Mecsek Rallye since the start, Andreas Mikkelsen came within two stages of winning his first Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) event – only to be denied a worthy victory when he hit an unexpected carpet of loose gravel on the penultimate stage (SS13), which eliminated all grip and forced his ŠKODA UK Motorsport Fabia S2000 off the road and into retirement.
Co-driven by Ola Fløene, Andreas had driven magnificently throughout the event, setting three fastest times in the first four stages to establish and early lead on his first visit to Hungary. The 22-year old FIA Institute Young Driver Excellence Academy driver led a round of the IRC overnight for the first time by 8.7 seconds, and immediately increased his lead to 15.6 seconds after a sublime run over Day 2's opening stage – on which he took 6.9 seconds off 2nd placed Jan Kopecký (ŠKODA Motorsport).
With just three stages remaining, the gap had increased to 18.8 seconds and it was time to consolidate the position and ease off slightly.
Repeats runs over the fast asphalt stages in the Mecsek Hills, located near the ancient city of Pécs, near to the Croatian border in south-west Hungary, were making the area more familiar, and Andreas was confident enough to ease off a lot through the trickiest of the remaining three stages, confident that a 10.4 second margin over the final two stages would be sufficient.
The likelihood is that whoever was running first on the road would have encountered a big problem, when a good, dry and clean surface turned into a bed of loose gravel, immediately after a crest on a sixth gear right hand corner mid-way through SS13. Andreas hit the gravel, lost all grip and slid sideways into nearby trees. He and Ola were unharmed, and they managed to drive their Fabia S2000 to a junction, where they parked and awaited recovery.
There was still great joy for ŠKODA at the finish, with Jan Kopecký/Petr Starý winning the Mecsek Rallye for ŠKODA Motorsport. They finished 0.8 seconds ahead of Thierry Neuville/Nicolas Gilsoul, while Freddy Loix/Frédéric Miclotte made it two ŠKODA Fabia S2000s in the top three – allowing ŠKODA to increase it's already healthy lead in the IRC manufacturers' standings.
"We had the perfect weekend up until stage thirteen. We had led from the start, I was driving smart, Ola was doing an amazing job and the car was faultless. Our rally came to an end on an uphill fast right hand corner over a crest, and where the corner tightened a little there was gravel all over the road. It was a repeat of a stage we'd done in the morning, and the first time through there was no gravel and even on the second run there was nothing on the road until the point we went off at. When we hit the gravel there was no grip at all and we slid off the road in sixth gear and hit a tree.
"I'd like to thank the team for doing such a great job this weekend and preparing a fantastic car. It was my first event in Hungary and to lead for so much of the rally is really positive."
Round 9 of the IRC is the Sanremo Rally (23-24 September).
The PROTON Motorsports team is now looking forward to demonstrating the potential of the Satria Neo S2000 on Rallye Sanremo later this month, after a couple of freak engine faults sidelined the cars on the Canon Mecsek Rallye which finished in Hungary yesterday (Sunday).
Both drivers P-G Andersson and Giandomenico Basso had enjoyed a positive pre-event test with the Malaysian manufacturer, but when the competition on the latest round of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge got under way, they hit trouble on the first of two days.
There was frustration within the PROTON Motorsports team after the drivers weren't able to capitalise on the pace which has shot the Satria to the top of this year's FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship. Running out of Pecs, Hungary's fifth largest city and into the Mecsek mountains close to the Croatian border, Andersson and Basso were looking forward to the event. New to the IRC for this year, the Canon Mecsek Rallye would have provided a level playing field for the crews, none of whom had competed on the fast asphalt lanes previously.
Unfortunately Andersson suffered a cambelt-related issue in SS6, having already damaged a wheel on the rally's second stage. Basso departed near the end of the opener with a problem linked to the oil filter.
Attentions now turn to Rallye Sanremo (September 22-24), a 23-hour event which runs through the mountains behind the beautiful host town of Sanremo. Always one of the most popular rallies of the season, the dash around the Italian Riviera is particularly popular with Basso, who won his home round of the IRC in 2008.
P-G Andersson said:
"I hit a kerb on the second stage, which damaged the left-rear wheel on the car. I stopped to try and change the wheel, but it wouldn't come off. We kept driving and eventually we could get it off. That cost us a lot of time and any chance of a result. The impact had damaged the transmission as well, so the team had to get the rear differential changed in service as well. Unfortunately, we retired later with a small problem with the engine. This was a very frustrating event."
Giandomenico Basso said:
"We were very much looking forward to this rally after our test had gone well. Everything was moving in a good direction with the car after the last round in Czech Republic. We were in a very fast section near the end of the first stage when the engine seized, it's a real shame – the stage had gone well and we I think things were looking good on this event."
Chris Mellors (team principal) said:
"I have to say, as a team we're devastated by what's happened here in Hungary. We came here on good form, having done more work on the car and we've been ruled out by two relatively simple engine problems. It's massively frustrating and these problems have spoiled the potential we had prior to the event. The team will now go back, regroup and come back stronger in Sanremo later this month. Onwards and upwards; we will fight on."
SKODA Motorsport's Jan Kopecky won the 45. Canon Mecsek Rallye by the smallest margin in the history of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge after a dramatic final day of action. In an event marked by close battles throughout the field, Team Peugeot Belgium-Luxembourg's Thierry Neuville won the final stage but lost out to the Czech driver overall by just 0.8s.
Right up until the penultimate stage, this rally looked like it belonged to SKODA UK's Andreas Mikkelsen. The overnight leader started the day strongly, built an advantage with a commanding early stage win ("On the first stage this morning I was sleeping," Kopecky said), then backed off too much on the first stage of the afternoon. With the pressure back on, 6.2km into SS13 Mikkelsen slid wide on gravel in a fast right-hand corner and the back of his car hit a tree. He was able to keep the heavily damaged Fabia S2000 moving until the next junction, where he was able to park it safely.
"We had the perfect weekend up until stage thirteen," he said. "We had led from the start, I was driving smart, Ola [Floene] was doing an amazing job and the car was faultless. I'm so disappointed about what happened.
"Our rally came to an end on an uphill fast right-hand corner over a crest, and where it tightened a little there was gravel all over the road. It was a repeat of a stage we'd done this this morning, and the first time through there was no gravel. Even on the second run there was a nothing on the road until that point. When we hit the gravel there was no grip at all and we slid off the road in sixth gear and hit a tree.
"We are getting so close to winning a rally now, it's just a shame we couldn't fulfil it here."
The battle for the lead between the SKODA team-mates wasn't the only story of the day. Peugeot's Thierry Neuville was third overnight and began the day within striking distance of the leader. There could be no question of team orders up front as Neuville racked up a succession of stage wins, and after Mikkelsen's retirement Neuville ended the penultimate stage 8.1s behind new leader Kopecky.
To close the gap over the remaining 17.7km would be a tall order, and so it proved. Neuville won the final stage convincingly but fell just short of overall victory, by 0.8s. Could they have snatched victory in the final stage? Neuville and co-driver Nicolas Gilsoul will be pondering that between now and the next round.
"Unfortunately I absolutely wanted to modify a pace note in a very fast section, and I didn't have time to tell him the pace note for afterwards," said Gilsoul. "The corner tightened so we had a big moment. But Thierry has very good car control and we had a bit of luck."
Freddy Loix brought his BFO-SKODA home third. Having shown speed on the opening day, he couldn't hit the same heights on the second.
"It's a combination of factors," he said. "The feeling of the car is better, I have a good feeling but I'm losing a few seconds here and there. I can see where I'm losing but I can't react for the stage after, so it's always the same silly mistakes.
"It's not a question of gravel on the road. If I feel well, like in the Barum Rally, gravel is no problem. It's more about being on the big attack and about confidence."
Confidence had been a problem for Peugeot France's Bryan Bouffier on the opening day as he struggled with set-up issues and lack of trust in the veracity of his pace notes. Today he was within the top five on every stage, but the overall gap to the leaders was too great for the Rallye Monte-Carlo winner to overcome.
"The car worked very well today," he said. "I had a better feeling and we took some points."
Fifth fell to Hermann Gassner Jr in only his second asphalt rally in the Red Bull SKODA. Gassner improved continuously throughout the event, beginning just outside the top 10 and ultimately passing more experienced entrants on merit. By Sunday morning he was posting stage times well within the top 10, and was fourth quickest over the last two stages.
It was only on the penultimate stage that Gassner unseated local IRC Production Cup entrant Gyorgy Aschenbrenner, who used his local knowledge to remarkable effect. Regularly setting top 10 stage times aboard his Ralliart Lancer Evolution IX, Aschenbrenner delighted the local fans and drew one of the biggest crowds in the service park.
Brake problems on the first day consigned Toni Gardemeister to the lower portion of the top 10, and his counter-attack this morning was hindered by a misfire on SS1. "It felt like bad turbo lag," he said. "It would pause, there was nothing, then the power would come in. I stopped after the stage and went under the bonnet, played with some connections, but we had to look at it in the service park."
In the afternoon, though, the TGS Worldwide SKODA came on song and Gardemeister had no complaints. "The car is working brilliantly," he said, "and we've learned a lot about this new rally."
Hungarian entrant Robert Butor finished eighth after a strong run, beating several IRC regulars in his Peugeot 207 S2000: "We are very happy. For us the Hungarian championship was the most important and in this we are second, so it's good."
Bruno Magalhaes was ninth in the Peugeot Sport Portugal 207 S2000, having solved the set-up and gear ratio issues that hindered him on the first day. "This rally was very tough," he said. "It was hard to run against local drivers – they were fast."
Beppo Harrach rounded out the top 10 in a Ralliart Lancer Evolution IX, though Karl Kruuda - who suffered a puncture in SS12 - was just 2.1s behind after the final stage.
"This result is much more than we expected before the rally," said Harrach. "To be able to fight with all the Super 2000 cars ahead of us - amazing!"
IRC Production Cup:
Gyorgy Aschenbrenner and Piko Zsuzsa continued their dominance in their Ralliart Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX, remaining in the top 10 throughout the day. Aschenbrenner had some handling issues in the morning's final stage but the timing was opportune, since a service halt followed immediately. Second placed Beppo Harrach also finished inside the top 10, 24.5s ahead of David Botka, both in Lancer Evolution IXs. IRC regular Toshi Arai, driving the Subaru Impreza R4 in its third event, found it hard to match the pace of the Hungarian drivers but set-up improvements overnight enabled him to finish seventh in class.
IRC 2WD Cup:
Menyhert Kroszer, driving a Citroen DS3 R3T, held an overnight lead of 15.0s over IRC 2WD Cup regular Stefano Albertini's Renault Clio R3, but Albertini attacked from the very first stage and by the lunchtime service had moved into the lead. The battle continued throughout the afternoon and Albertini won by just 1.9s. Olle Sasa was 2m22.6s behind in his Suzuki Swift S1600. Jean-Michel Raoux continues to top the IRC 2WD Cup standings after finishing seventh. Honda moved clear in the makes' classification with two cars in the top six.
DRIVER QUOTES
Jan Kopecky (CZE), SKODA Fabia S2000, first overall:
"It was very difficult racing, a very quick rally. Finally we are in first place – okay, we were lucky, but we didn't make any mistakes, we stayed on the road, we didn't spin or go off, and the car was working perfectly. The result was first place."
Thierry Neuville (BEL), Peugeot 207 S2000, second overall:
"We changed the set-up and the car felt much better, and I felt more confident. I continued to push and push and we felt really good. We had just a little moment on the last stage today, Nicolas was maybe a little too late with the pace note, but we managed it and we could continue. Maybe we lost the rally there but yesterday I was not driving so good on a few stages, so it's hard to say. Today it was like we switched off and went flat out."
Freddy Loix (BEL), SKODA Fabia S2000, third overall:
"It was certainly not my most easy rally because I could never do the speed of the first three cars. I was always doing the third or fourth time, so today when I came in for the first service I had a small talk with my engineer, he was pushing me and I said, 'Look, I want to finish the rally like this because at the moment I can't go quicker, and maybe with some luck by the end of the day I will be on the podium.'"
1 Jan Kopecky (CZE)/Petr Stary (CZE) SKODA Fabia S2000 2h00m06.7s
2 Thierry Neuville (BEL)/Nicolas Gilsoul (BEL) Peugeot 207 S2000 +0.08s
3 Freddy Loix (BEL)/Frederic Miclotte (BEL) SKODA Fabia S2000 +1m00.0s
4 Bryan Bouffier (FRA)/Xavier Panseri (FRA) Peugeot 207 S2000 +1m25.6s
5 Hermann Gassner Jr (GER)/Timo Gottschalk (GER) SKODA Fabia S2000 +2m32.5s
6 Gyorgy Aschenbrenner (HUN)/Piko Zsuzsa (HUN) Ralliart Lancer Evo IX 2m38.2s
7 Toni Gardemeister (FIN)/Tapio Suominen (FIN) SKODA Fabia S2000 +3m05.6s
8 Robert Butor (HUN)/Igor Bacigal (HUN) Peugeot 207 S2000 3m16.8s
9 Bruno Magalhaes (POR)/Paulo Grave (POR) Peugeot 207 S2000 +3m51.7s
10 Beppo Harrach (AUT)/Andreas Schindlbacher (AUT) Ralliart Lancer Evo IX 2m38.2s
Gyorgy Aschenbrenner (HUN)/Piko Zsuzsa (HUN) Ralliart Lancer Evo IX R4
IRC 2WD Cup: Stefano Albertini (ITA)/Simone Scattolin (ITA) Renault Clio R3
Mecsek Rallye (Hungary) - 09-11 Sep 11 - RESULTS
Posted: September 8, 2011 10:38 AM
Bruno Magalhaes says he can't wait to resume his Intercontinental Rally Challenge campaign when he contests the Canon Mecsek Rallye in Hungary from 9-11 September.
Magalhaes, a former IRC event winner, has endured a mixed start to his 2011 campaign at the wheel of a Peugeot Sport Portugal 207 S2000. He missed last month's Barum Czech Rally Zlin to regroup following his retirement from July's Sata Rallye Acores when he was battling for a podium finish.
"I'm pleased to come back to the IRC," said the 30-year-old from Lisbon. "I feel really confident after the pace we showed in Ypres and I really want to show my pace again. We have had some bad luck this season but I believe I can do a good result on what will be a new rally for everybody."
Magalhaes will be looking to make the most of team manager Carlos Barros' knowledge of the Canon Mecsek Rallye stages after Barros visited the event last season.
"Carlos has told me the stages will be fast with good grip in some places but not so good in others," said Magalhaes. "But it's only when I discover the route myself that I can understand the real challenge."
Posted: September 5, 2011 10:55 PM
The PROTON Motorsports team arrives in Hungary for the start of the latest Intercontinental Rally Challenge on Friday (September 9), with the sole aim of building on the solid results achieved on last month's Barum Czech Rally Zlin.
PROTON drivers P-G Andersson (Sweden) and Giandomenico Basso (Italy) are both on top form and match-fit after their Czech run just a fortnight ago. And the Malaysian-manufactured Satria Neo S2000, having halved the gap to the pace-setting factory cars at the front of the field, continues to get better and better this season.
The challenge which awaits the crews in Hungary is asphalt, like the last round. But the nature of the roads around the host city of Pecs is a slightly different to the Zlin lanes. The stages this time around will be faster, smoother and less abrasive. Round eight does have its similarities to round seven, however: the roads will still dive in and out of dense forests, meaning the grip levels can alter radically under the trees. The other similarity will be in the number of people lining those roads. More than 300,000 turned out to watch in Czech. With a similar number expected this week, more than half a million people will have been exposed to the PROTON Motorsport brand via the IRC in just two weeks.
Beyond its IRC programme, PROTON Motorsports is also contesting the 2011 FIA Asia-Pacific Rally Championship, where the Malaysian manufacturer has already clinched one title (the Pacific Cup). Courtesy of winning three from four rallies so far this year, PROTON leads both the drivers' and manufacturers' championships with two rounds remaining.
But, before the PROTON Motorsports team is seen on its next IRC event on Friday, two-time Junior World Rally Champion Andersson and his fellow Satria Neo S2000 driver, double European Rally Champion Basso will get the chance to fine-tune the car to the precise requirements of the Hungarian roads at a pre-event test tomorrow (Monday).
The weather will be changeable this week, courtesy of the Mecsek Mountains which provide a beautiful backdrop to a rally making its debut in the IRC. The event is well-known to the rally community as an IRC Supporter rally and locally as one of the best events in Hungary. The Canon Mecsek Rallye has a 45-year history in the sport.
With only just over a week between the last two rounds of the series, the PROTON Motorsports team has been busy transporting the two Satria Neo S2000s between Czech Republic and Hungary. The cars have been re-prepared in that time, with the Malaysian manufacturer even finding time to make some alterations to the car to make it even faster this week.
The event starts from the centre of what was the 2010 European Capital of Culture on Friday afternoon, with a spectator-pleasing, but non-competitive prologue stage soon afterwards. The first timed stage begins on Saturday morning, with the crews facing a gruelling day of sport. On the road for more than 13 hours, the drivers will tackle a 498-kilometre route, 144 of which will be competitive and driven flat-out. Sunday's second and final day is slightly shorter, but the Canon Mecsek Rallye will certainly test the cars and crews to the full.
As ever, all the action on the stages will be relayed to millions of fans around the world via Eurosport's extensive network of shows and channels.
"With all these rallies on Tarmac this year, my driving is improving on this surface all of the time and we are learning more and more about the PROTON. I am trusting the car, which is what you have to do to be competing with the car on the limit. The last rally was a good step and we should be making another one here. Not having competed regularly in the IRC, these are new rallies for me. But, this time around, Hungary is a new event for all of the main IRC drivers. This is better, it means nobody has an advantage – nobody has made pace notes or really knows what to expect from the roads."
"I was happy with the last rally, we made the finish and a good result for the team; that was a hard race and I'm sure this one will be as well. We showed the car is reliable and the car is coming better for Barum and for here. We will be at maximum attack here in Hungary, we have a good feeling in the PROTON team."
"We're looking to bring both the cars home with a couple of solid top-10 results in Hungary this week. We are making very, very good progress with the car. We saw the result of that progress in Zlin, with the way the time differences were coming down from 12 months ago. Like P-G says, it's nice that we're going out on a level playing field for all of the guys, nobody really knows too much about what's coming on this event. Like all IRC rounds, I'm sure it's going to be another great and very well-supported rally."
Posted: September 2, 2011 3:27 PM
Ireland/UK Time:
Saturday 10 September:
23:00hrs-23:30hrs: Day one highlights (Eurosport)
25:15hrs-25:45hrs: Day one highlights (Eurosport Asia-Pacific)
Sunday 11 September:
07:30hrs-08:00hrs: Day one highlights repeated (Eurosport)
10:15hrs-10:45hrs: Day one highlights repeated (Eurosport Asia-Pacific)
18:45hrs-19:15hrs: Day two highlights (Eurosport)
25:15hrs-25:45hrs: Day two highlights (Eurosport Asia-Pacific)
Monday 12 September:
09:15hrs-09:45hrs: Day two highlights repeated (Eurosport Asia-Pacific)
Tuesday 13 September:
22:15hrs-22:45hrs: Rally Review (Eurosport)
Wednesday 14 September:
04:45hrs-05:15hrs: Rally Review (Eurosport Asia-Pacific)
25:15hrs-25:45hrs: Rally Review repeated (Eurosport Asia-Pacific)
Friday 16 September:
12:30hrs-13:00hrs: Rally Review repeated (Eurosport 2)
With the dust still settling on last week's thrilling Barum Czech Rally Zlin, where Jan Kopecky beat Freddy Loix in the closest finish in Intercontinental Rally Challenge history, the all-action series blasts back into life in Hungary next week when the Canon Mecsek Rallye joins the IRC schedule for the first time.
Based in the city of Pecs, the 2010 European Capital of Culture in the south-west of the country, the Mecsek Rallye has been a popular fixture on Hungary's national calendar for 45 years and previously ran as an IRC Supporter Event.
The stages, located in spectacular forest areas north of Pecs close to the Mecsek mountains, are characterised by their high-speed nature with average speeds of 130kph commonplace, although this will be tempered slightly with the use of artificial chicanes at certain points. Roads used are mainly flat, of medium width and with a good surface although there are some narrow sections that provide a challenging contrast.
With the shortest competitive stage measuring 12 kilometres in length and the longest totalling 28 kilometres crews are set for a tough test, particularly if ambient temperatures continue to hover around 30 degrees centigrade, which they have done in recent weeks.
Huge numbers of fans typically converge on the rally route and that will swell with the addition of the IRC regulars on the bulging entry.
Uniquely the event gets underway with a prologue stage on Friday 9 September following a ceremonial start in Pecs' main square. The 1.2-kilometre course doesn't form part of the competitive action but serves as an introduction to the spectators of the competing drivers.
The first day of competition, Saturday 10 September, features four special stages run twice totalling 144.46 kilometres in length. The first stage goes live at 09:08hrs local time with the first car not due to tackle the day's final stage until 20:39hrs, making for a demanding day for the crews and teams alike. Fortunately, several visits to the permanent service park, which is housed adjacent to the Expo Center Pecs, provide some respite.
Sunday's route consists of three repeated stages totalling 107.40 kilometres. The terrain will be familiar to the crews as the stages are the same as those used on Saturday, albeit run in the opposite direction and with a few changes to the distances. The first stage gets underway at 09:08hrs with the finishing ceremony taking place from 16:18hrs.
As well as forming round eight of the 11-event IRC series, the Canon Mecsek Rallye counts as the final round of the Hungarian championship where several drivers will by vying for the title in addition to trying to make their mark against the IRC regulars. A national-level rally and an event for historic cars will run behind the main field.
All drivers competing in Pecs will be in contention for the prestigious Colin McRae IRC Flat Out Trophy, which is awarded on all rounds of the IRC to the driver whose performance best embodies the spirit of the rally legend.
THE COMPETITORS
Juho Hanninen heads the Intercontinental Rally Challenge drivers' standings after seven rounds but with the Canon Mecsek Rallye not forming part of his schedule this season it will leave the Finn's SKODA Motorsport team-mate Jan Kopecky in prime position to move to the top of the drivers' table.
Kopecky, fresh from his dramatic victory on the previous round in his native Czech Republic, is three points behind Hanninen in the title race and knows that a strong finish will move him to the top of the order at the wheel of his Fabia Super 2000.
Belgian Freddy Loix lost out on victory in Zlin by 1.2s and will be determined to get revenge over his SKODA team-mate. Loix, who competes under the BFO-SKODA Rally Team banner, is 10 points behind Hanninen and a contender for victory in Hungary.
SKODA UK Motorsport's Andreas Mikkelsen has won more stages in the IRC than other driver this season and will be hoping to convert that pace into his maiden win in the series. Other SKODA drivers in action include Finn Toni Gardemeister, who competes in a Fabia run by his own TGS Worldwide operation, Estonian teenager Karl Kruuda, and Red Bull SKODA driver Hermann Gassner Jr, from Germany, who is switching from the Super 2000 world championship for a one-off appearance in the IRC.
The two-car team from SKODA Auto Deutschland will also be in contention in Hungary after drivers Matthias Kahle and Mark Wallenwein both impressed on the previous IRC round. Norbert Herczig is new to the IRC but the former Mecsek winner could prove a surprise package in his SKODA Rally Team Hungaria entry.
Bryan Bouffier, currently fourth in the IRC standings, heads Peugeot's challenge in his Peugeot France-backed 207 Super 2000. The Frenchman crashed out in Zlin and will be anxious to get his season back on track in Pecs. Like Bouffier, Team Peugeot Belgium-Luxembourg's Thierry Neuville is an IRC event-winner this season and will be a threat, as will Peugeot UK's Guy Wilks.
Peugeot Sport Portugal's Bruno Magalhaes is back in the IRC after missing round seven in Zlin and will be eager to score well. Janos Toth leads the Hungarian championship and is being supported by Peugeot's local importer. Italian Marco Tempestini, who lives in Romania and competes under a Romanian licence, is another 207 exponent competing in Pecs.
Sweden's PG Andersson and Giandomenico Basso, from Italy, will drive the brace of factory PROTON Satria Neo S2000s and will be looking to build on their strong performance in Zlin where they increased the Malaysian make's manufacturers' championship points' total. Leading the M-Sport Ford Fiesta effort in Hungary are Germany's Felix Herbold and local driver Frigyes Turan, a former Mecsek Rallye winner.
IRC Production Cup
Toshi Arai will make his third start in the new-for-2011 IRC Production Cup aboard his Yokohama-backed R4-specification Subaru Impreza. While the Japanese is regarded as a rapid performer, he will face strong opposition for category honours from several local drivers including Ralliart Lancer pair Gyorgy Aschenbrenner, who competes under the pseudonym 'ASI' and Miklos Kazar, currently second in the Hungarian championship chase. Andras Hadik will also be a frontrunner in his Impreza, while Beppo Harrach, from Austria, has previous Mecsek experience in his Lancer.
IRC 2WD Cup
Estonian Martin Kangur and Hungarian Janos Puskadi front Honda's push for IRC 2WD Cup honours, which will also be a target of class leader Jean-Michael Raoux, Eric Mauffrey and Stefano Albertini, the category winner in Zlin late last month. Raoux holds a 24-point advantage over Albertini following a strong start to his inaugural IRC campaign, despite being better known as a gravel specialist.
THE EXPECTATIONS
PG Andersson (Sweden), PROTON Satria Neo S2000:
"It's good when it's a new rally because none of the IRC drivers has an advantage of the pacenotes or the roads. It makes it more even. I'm also improving my driving on Tarmac and trusting the car more. I can be more on the limit."
Janos Toth (Hungary), Peugeot 207 S2000:
"It will be an unpredictable race and the weather can make it trickier. I am really excited and expect a nice competition with lots of good foreign IRC drivers. Everybody will be very fast and we have to be good."
Mark Wallenwein (Germany), SKODA Fabia S2000:
"Now we have done some recent kilometres in the car I'm fresh for Hungary. I feel comfortable in the car and believe we can try to push a little bit more, improve our times and improve our overall position."
Mecsek Rallye (Hungary) - 09-11 Sep 11 - SEEDED ENTRY LIST
Mecsek Rallye (Hungary)
Posted: September 2, 2011 9:40 AM
Having led the last two rounds of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC), Andreas Mikkelsen – statistically the fastest driver in this year's series, with more stage wins (18) than anyone else – aims to record another great performance in his ŠKODA UK Motorsport Fabia S2000 when he contests the Mecsek Rallye (9-11 September) in Hungary for the first time.
Co-driven by Ola Fløene, Andreas led on gravel in the Azores before finishing 2nd to Juho Hänninen (ŠKODA Motorsport), while he described his most recent outing on the Barum Czech Rally Zlín as the best performance of his career on asphalt. With the technique and confidence to now drive the Fabia S2000 as fast as even the most recognised asphalt experts, Andreas is quietly confident of continuing from where he left off in the Czech Republic and setting a strong pace in Hungary.
Andreas has never rallied in Hungary before, but as the event is completely new to all the IRC regulars, the 22-year old FIA Institute Young Driver Excellence Academy driver feels this could play into his hands, as he excels at driving at full speed on new roads – courtesy of his natural ability and a detailed pace note system that he and Ola have developed over the past seven years.
The event might be new to Andreas, but several of the ŠKODA UK Motorsport team personnel have contested the Mecsek Rallye in 2009 and '10, as the engineering squad also runs a Fabia S2000 for ŠKODA Rally Team Hungaria driver Norbert Herczig in the Hungarian Rally Championship.
ŠKODA has won the Mecsek Rallye four times in the event's 44 year history; with drivers Václav Pech in a 130RS (1982 and '83) and Turi Tamás in an Octavia WRC (2004 and '05). ŠKODA return in force this year, with 10 Fabia S2000s on the entry list. In addition to Andreas and Herczig, other drivers include Jan Kopecký (ŠKODA Motorsport), Freddy Loix (BFO ŠKODA Rally Team) Matthias Kahle and Mark Wallenwein (ŠKODA Auto Deutschland), Hermann Gassner Jr. (Red Bull ŠKODA) and Toni Gardemeister (TGS Worldwide Ou).
"I really like the challenge of a new rally. Ola and I have a very good pace note system and normally we are just as fast the first time through a stage as we are the second. The fact the Mecsek Rallye will be new to all IRC drivers is a good thing for us and should play to our strengths. The team has a lot of experience of rallying in Hungary, and I'm looking forward to getting there to see exactly what the conditions are like for myself. After the pace we had in Barum, I'm sure we will be competitive in Hungary and that the possibilities for a good result are pretty good."
Pierfrancesco Zanchi, ŠKODA UK Motorsport team manager:
"The nature of Hungarian stages is generally very fast. In some rallies the average speed is 130kph, and the Mecsek Rallye is one of the fastest. We have other fast asphalt rallies in the IRC, like in Zlín and Ypres, but the Mecsek Rallye is unique. The surface is very different and the stages can be open and wide, sometimes like a motorway! It's sometimes hilly, but no dramatic mountains like in Sanremo for example."
Based in the city of Pécs, near the border of Croatia in the south-west of Hungary, the Mecsek Rallye begins with a Prologue at 17.00 on Friday 9 September. Recced on foot, the time for this slalom test will not count towards the overall results, but will receive a separate award. A more traditional rally format follows, with a long 14-hour day of competition on Saturday 10 September. Leg 1 starts at 08.00 and contains a loop of four stages, which are all repeated in the afternoon. The day contains the 17.39 mile (28km) Orf? stage, which is the longest of the rally, and doesn't finish until 22.32, after eight stages totalling 89.76 miles (144.46kms).
Leg 2 takes place on Sunday 11 September. Starting at 08.00, it contains a further six stages (three tackled twice) totalling 66.73 miles (107.40kms). The rally finishes at 16.48 after a total of 14 stages and 156.49 miles (251.86kms)
Eurosport will broadcast edited highlights of the event, so please check TV listings for details.
More than 100 crews, including 20 IRC regulars and a host of locally-based teams, have entered next week's Canon Mecsek Rallye, round eight of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge and Hungary's first appearance in the all-action series.
The asphalt event, which takes place in the city of Pecs from 9-11 September, is running for a 45th time this season and has attracted a star-studded entry with several leading Hungarian drivers set to take on the IRC stars over two days of exciting competition.
Bryan Bouffier, currently fourth in the IRC standings, heads Peugeot's challenge in his Peugeot France-backed 207 Super 2000. Other Peugeot drivers include Team Peugeot Belgium-Luxembourg's Thierry Neuville, Peugeot UK's Guy Wilks, Peugeot Sport Portugal's Bruno Magalhaes and Hungarian championship leader Janos Toth, who is being supported by Peugeot's Hungarian importer.
SKODA's line-up includes factory drivers Jan Kopecky and Freddy Loix, privateers Toni Gardemeister and Karl Kruuda, Red Bull SKODA's Hermann Gassner Jr, the SKODA Auto Deutschland duo Matthias Kahle and Mark Wallenwein, plus Andreas Mikkelsen and Norbert Herczig, who are representing the SKODA importers of United Kingdom and Hungary respectively.
PROTON Motorsports' will field a brace of factory Satria Neo S2000s for PG Andersson and Giandomenico Basso, while Toshi Arai returns to the IRC to front Subaru's bid in the IRC Production Cup in his Yokohama-backed Impreza R4 where he will face opposition from several local drivers including Ralliart Lancer pair Gyorgy Aschenbrenner and Miklos Kazar. Leading the M-Sport Ford effort are Germany's Felix Herbold and local driver Frigyes Turan, a former Mecsek Rallye winner.
Janos Puskadi front's Honda's push for IRC 2WD Cup honours, which will also be a target of class leader Jean-Michael Raoux and Stefano Albertini.
The event, a new addition to the IRC for this season, features 14 all-asphalt stages over a competitive distance of 251.86 kilometres. Stages are located in forest areas north of Pecs and run on mainly high-speed roads.
Posted: August 26, 2011 8:46 AM
Mecsek Rallye organisers are promising competitors and fans a warm welcome when the Intercontinental Rally Challenge heads to Hungary for the first time next month.
Based in the city of Pesc 200 kilometres south of the capital Budapest, the event will take place from 9-11 September as round eight of the 11-event IRC season.
A statement from the organisers said:
"The Mecsek Rallye is the most beloved race of the national championship and in September it will be very special for many reasons. The race celebrating its 45th birthday will also be the most prestigious event ever of national rally sport because we can receive a serious international field the first time.
"Thanks to Formula One races organised in Hungary, the country has become common knowledge of 'petrolheads' and this year as the scene of World Touring Car Championship, it also had great success.
"It is believed that we can raise our international reputation in the history of rally competitions as well and we will have the opportunity to introduce Hungary, more accurately Pecs and its outskirts. The town giving home to the centre of the competition was the European Capital of Culture last year and Pecs showed that the world should find worthy of attention. Now, Pecs is going to show a new side to an other target audience, what is more, outside the continent, too.
"In addition to the exciting race, we are going to wait for the dear guests coming here not only with cultural programmes but mainly with great loving and kindness as well."
Posted: August 12, 2011 12:26 PM
Posted: July 29, 2011 10:57 AM
Peugeot Sport Portugal's Bruno Magalhaes plans to bounce back from his disappointing exit from Sata Rallye Acores earlier this month when he contests the Mecsek Rallye in Hungary in September.
Magalhaes was in contention for a podium finish on the island rally only for a mechanical failure to force his retirement. The talented 31-year-old also failed to go the distance on the previous round in Ypres when his Peugeot 207 Super 2000 suffered a broken engine.
Although the Lisbon ace was downhearted following his retirement in the Azores, he is hoping for an upturn in fortune when he returns to IRC duty on the Pecs-based asphalt rally – a new addition to the IRC schedule this season – from 9-11 September.
His team boss Carlos Barros said:
"It has been a difficult year but we will not give up. In these moments we all have positive thoughts for the future and we think about that next rally ahead."
Topics: Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) Mecsek Rallye (Hungary)


One of the busiest actors of Kollywood, Suriya, son of yesteryear actor Siva Kumar is gearing up for the release of two of his much anticipated films of the year NGK under the directorial of Selvaraghavan and Kaappaan under the directorial of KV Anand. Having two much expected films on his pipeline waiting for a back to back release has made the actor's fans very happy who have been waiting for a long time now to witness a block buster film from the actor.
Amidst high expectations the teaser of Kaappaan hit the internet yesterday. The teaser was packed with class and was high on action. We have no doubt that people are going to have an amazing experience when they get themselves to the theaters this summer. The actor has performed some bizarre stunt sequences. There are a lot of intense moments in the teaser and the dashing hero is definitely making his presence felt with various makeovers. The different makeovers indicate that the actor might be garnering them for his undercover missions as the actor plays a NSG Commando officer in the flick.
The female lead actress Sayyeshaa is convinced that the actor is a terrorist and spies on him on his missions and keeps reporting everything to actor Samuthirakani. In the teaser there is a scene where Arya proposes to Sayyeshaa, this leaves us puzzled over whose pair is Sayyeshaa. Director KV Anand is quite known for taking up social issues and deal with them in his films. We had witnessed them in KO and Kavan. Even Kaappaan reflects to be one of those, as from the teaser it appears that he has once again chose to take an on-going issue and deal with it in his film. We could witness farmers being attacked while they are on their hunger strike and their lands being destroyed by wicked forces.
Malayalam legend actor Mohanlal becomes India's Prime Minister for this film while actor Arya is donning the role of Mohanlal's son. With some powerful political dialogues delivered in a charismatic style of the actor, Mohanlal seems to force the attention of the audience towards him in the teaser.
Even before the release of the movie actor Suriya's fans has made a clear statement that this film is going to be a massive hit. The teaser of the film was also launched in Rohini Silver Screens in Chennai. The screen which has become a theatre for celebrations and launch of teasers and trailers recently witness thousands of fans gathering to celebrate the launch of Kaapaan's teaser. Art director of the film Kiran and 2D Entertainment's producer Rajsekar Pandian brought themselves to the venue to be part of the celebration. Group of traffic police had to intervene to clear the traffic caused by the teaser launch.
The music for the film is composed by Harris Jayaraj who has intensified the action scenes with his background scores. The film that is bankrolled by Lyca productions is set to hit the screens on 10th of August 2019.


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Be careful what you autofill.
Personal details of world leaders at last November's G20 Summit in Brisbane were accidentally sent to organizers of the Asian Cup football tournament by the Australian immigration department through the use of Outlook's autofill function, The Guardian reported Monday.
While the leak was inadvertent and deemed ultimately low-risk, the breach highlights data security concerns that have become a global issue as businesses, educational institutions, and other organizations proved vulnerable over the last few years to both cyber attacks and accidental personal data disclosures – some of which could have been easily prevented.
The G20 breach involved information on 31 international leaders, including United States president Barack Obama, Russian president Vladimir Putin, German chancellor Angela Merkel, Chinese president Xi Jinping, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, and British prime minister David Cameron, according to The Guardian.
Dictators get a healthy dose of privacy breach; how does it feel now?
Names, dates of birth, titles, passport numbers, and visa grant numbers were among the data disclosed after an immigration employee "failed to check that the autofill function in Microsoft Outlook had entered the correct person's details into the email 'To' field," an officer in Australia's Department of Immigration and Border Protection wrote in an email, dated Nov.7, 2014, to the office of the nation's privacy commissioner.
"The cause of the breach was human error," according to the letter.
Security researchers have warned of the potential dangers of autofill, a setting that lets a browser or app use stored data to automatically fill out forms, because when combined with the human tendency to err, the consequences of such convenience can range from embarrassing to dire.
In 2012, The Boston Globe's Peter Post blogged about a woman who was fired for missending an email that contained disparaging comments about her boss…to her boss.
Two years earlier, a UK police officer sent a file containing thousands of confidential criminal records checks to a local journalist, whose email had been saved after it was used to submit previous Freedom of Information requests.
The use of autofill can also make certain stored information vulnerable to attack, as occurred with the Safari browser in 2010.
"AutoFill is a feature that requires exchanging some security and privacy in favor of convenience," tech analyst Tony Bradley wrote for PCWorld in 2010.
A quick way to avoid potential trouble is to disable the feature on browsers: Google Chrome has it under the "Passwords and forms" in its advanced settings options, whileFirefox has it in its "Privacy" panel.
There are also middle-ground options: iPad and iPhone users, for instance, can limit autofill to contact information while disabling the use of names and passwords.
The best advice is, however, is to exercise care and good judgment.
A related but separate issue that the Australian immigration department is facing in the G20 leak is its decision not to disclose the breach to the world leaders involved, reasoning that the unauthorized recipient had immediately deleted the message and emptied his deleted items folder, and that "the risks of the breach are considered very low."
The decision has led opposition leaders to call for an explanation from government officials, especially as debates around online security legislation take center stage in Australia.
"Only last week the government was calling on the Australian people to trust them with their online data," one senator told The Guardian, "and now we find out they have disclosed the details of our world leaders."


HOW ACQUIRED: Traded to Colorado from Philadelphia on Dec. 19, 2018.
The Ronks, Pa. native spent time in the Union academy program before attending Georgetown. A skillful fullback, Rosenberry will be looking to become a regular in the Rapids lineup, after coming off a bounce-back season with the Union in 2018.
INTERNATIONAL: He was called up to the US men's national team for January camp in 2019.
COLLEGE: In 2015, Rosenberry was named first Team NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region and second Team All-Big East Conference, while in 2014 he was named to the NSCAA Third Team All-Great Lakes Region and second Team All-Big East Conference.
Tanner on Rosenberry trade: "Tough decision"


I thought I'd explain my interest in this script.
My wife's grandmother was an Engsberg, and her grandfather came with his family to the US from Prussia in 1849, as noted in the book he brought with him, which he inscribed in Kurrentscrift, the cursive of the time (contemporaneous with Spencerian). I thought it might be fun to be able to read what he wrote. The book is the fat one in the first picture.
Which brings up an idea. As fderk noted, it's a rarely used script these days in Germany (or anywhere). Want to see if the German post office can read it and deliver an envelope/card addressed using it? If so, pm me your address and I'll send you a card or letter addressed using Kurrentschrift (I'll probably have to use regular English to get the card out of this country, but otherwise it will be in Kurrentschrift). Anyone from a German speaking place can participate.
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I'd love that! Austria used Kurrent too, so I'd be curious!
I remeber that I read somewhere that the German post has to deliver mail adressed in Kurrent! I've never tested this … hehe! I'm really curious if this works!
Great. PM me your current address.
I think I may be able to read it with a little study, although my German is really rusty. It will be interesting to see what you come up with. No rush on a translation, though--we've had this book a long time.
I'll take a look at your more readable version. It seems to evolved over the many years. I'm using what was taught in the 1870's. I have three instruction books on it.
with this all of us close.
I also have several instructions, there are so many versions!
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Ah and I meant of course, I can't read all of it – not write .
Thinking further on it, I'll open up this offer to anyone anywhere who would like to receive a card (I'm thinking postcard) addressed in Kurrent. No reply is necessary, and if you choose to reply, it can be in any form or script, your choice.
pm me your email if interested.
Some of my ancestors came from Friedeberg, Prussia in 1849. I believe Prussia just went through some political turmoil so many people emigrated. We have a bible from them with handwritten Kurrentschrift that I've always found pretty much indecipherable.
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Some of my ancestors came from Friedeberg, Prussia in 1849. I believe Prussia just went through some political turmoil so many people emigrated.
Quite right. A number of revolutions broke out in Europe in 1848, and King Frederick William IV agreed to call a national assembly to create a constitution (to avoid a revolution at home?). The Frankfurt Parliament dissolved in 1849 and the king issued the first constitution by his own authority in 1850. Also, the first war of Schleswig was from 1848-1851, to the north of Friedberg, and being near the Main river, was probably involved in some way (transportation of forces perhaps). Tumultuous times.
We have a bible from them with handwritten Kurrentschrift that I've always found pretty much indecipherable.
Would love to see some of this Kurrentshrift, if you would like to share it.
I'll see if I can borrow it from my sister.
Historically the time around 1848 was signed by revolutions all over Europe because of the lately upcoming idea of nation and the attempt of the lower class (in most cases) to break free from the chains of monarchy, absolutism and other forms of elite-exclusive ruling.
The desire for a constitution caused uprisings and to prevent them to spread most rulers established parliaments to calm the masses. The Frankfurt parliament was one of those. As to say, its greatest weakness was that it was still dependent on the monarchs of Prussia (or the ones of Austria) for it had no own army to enforce rights and defend the people. Additionally the Frankfurt Parliament was deeply split inside itself, as the parties in the parliament were focussing extremely different aims, consisting of ultra-right wing (conservatives) to ultra-liberals and (at that time only few and radical) democrats, resulting in political inability to act as one. Whats interesting about this, is that mostly it consisted of very well educated people.
When then the July crisis in Schleswig emerged the Prussian monarch took his chance and dubbed the Parliament in an elegant way. As it was obvious then, that the Parliament was relying on help from "the outside" to act, he showed all, that it was unable to act and etablished a peace treaty with (i think it was already called like that then) Denmark without consulting the Frankfurt Parliament, and by doing so demonstrated their lack of power, discrediting them publically. This resulted in the desolving of the Parliament as it was shown to be not functioning. By the way, as a fun fact: The King of Prussia was offered the crown (of "Germany" - this would be the so called "kleindeutsche Lösung") before, but he refused.
But although as the Frankfurt Parliament resulted in a catastrophe, the desire for a Parliament got stronger and stonger. As you might now, by the end of the 19th century in Germany the Kaiserreich under Bismarck as chancellor was established, then playing a major role in politics. So the idea of constitution won in the long term (obviously at least today, as there are only a few monarchies left - and most of them only representative).
So far. If anyone can correct me, feel free to. This is what I remember by heart of that time, so maybe there are slight mistakes. And of course this is non-scientific. But if you are interested, I can give you some pointers for literature in which you can read about it.
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