My drive down memory Lane
My drive down memory Lane
0 Comments | Daily Mirror, The; London (UK), Jul 24, 2010 | by STEVE MYALL
I’VE heard of wind in the hair motoring, but never wind in the eyes. Good job I remembered the goggles.
It’s exactly 100 years since the first driving lesson, and to mark the occasion, I’m out for a spin a 100-year-old car.
The 1910 Lancia Tipo 55 Corsa lacks a few modern comforts, like a windscreen.
But at least I’m dressed for the occasion in a smart tweed driving coat, leather helmet… and those goggles.
A colleague unkindly points out that I look like more like Toad of Toad Hall than a knight of the road, but the Lancia’s owner Ken Prichard-Jones approves.
“You certainly look the part,” he says.
“The drivers in those days would have worn leather helmets as it was about protection, both from the elements and any possible injury.
“When you crashed one of these you wanted to be thrown clear and not have it roll on top of you – there are no air bags or roll cages.” I’m not planning on crashing. Ken has told me the car is worth pounds 2million, so God knows what a prang would do to my no- claims bonus.
Time to get going. Where’s the keys? Ken patiently explains there are none. I’ll need the cranking handle. And he warns it’s not just hard work – it can jerk back when the engine starts and break your thumb.
But after a few turns the motor fires, and Ken, who made money in law and property to indulge his passion for vintage cars, gives me a quick guided tour of the various knobs and buttons.
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It all seems fairly simple compared to modern cars, and the basic principles are the same – start it up, foot on the gas to keep the engine turning over, clutch down, select gear, brake off, lift off clutch – and away we go.
But it’s not quite the same as my 10-yearold Audi – the Lancia only has a rear wheel brake operated by a hand lever.
The steering is heavy, the gears are in reverse pattern to modern cars and the car has a very wide turning circle. No three-point turns, more like ten. As I judder away the traditional mirror, signal, manoeuvre becomes: look over shoulder, stick arm out and try desperately not to stall.
The gears bite and the engine revs soar and I stutter for a few feet and suddenly the car is moving.
We’re off! It feels we’re travelling so fast as the wind whips into my eyes, reminding me to put my goggles down.
The 60psi-filled tyres bounce along the road and I feel relaxed – a man in command of his machine… until it overheats.
It seems I’m not going fast enough.
Ken says: “It’s a racing car. It’s not designed to be idling in first. I had better take it out on to the open road and get some cool air through the engine.”
As expert driver Ken takes me off through the countryside and on to a scary dual carriageway buzzing with much more modern vehicles Mr Toad’s words from the Wind in the Willows, come flooding back.
“Glorious, stirring sight! The poetry of motion! The real way to travel! The only way to travel! Here today – in next week tomorrow!” Despite its age this car can hold its own on long straights – its top speed is 85mph, although of course we stay within legal limits. Ken tells me the car has pedigree in racing, having won the Tideman T r o p h y i n Savannah, USA, in 1910, with an average speed of 60mph – a world record in the Lancia’s class at the time.
The car then passed into the hands of the famous Vanderbilt family who lived in Lenox, Massachusetts, and was later loaned to the local fire service as rapid response vehicle
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Sterling Infosystems Acquires Screening International
Sterling Infosystems Acquires Screening International
0 Comments | Wireless News, Jul 27, 2010
Sterling Infosystems, a provider of employment and background screening services, announced that it has acquired Screening International from Intersections, a provider of consumer and corporate identity risk management services.
Screening International serves over 1,700 clients ranging from Fortune 100 companies to small business enterprises, operating as American Background Information Services in the U.S. and as Aperion Screening internationally.
“This acquisition allows us to expand our client base in the United States and Europe, and introduce our products, services and technology to new markets,” said Bill Greenblatt, CEO of Sterling Infosystems. “For over 25 years, Screening International has provided services that enhance the safety, security and efficiency of the workplace, and we are eager to announce this transaction to current and future clients.”
Certain employees of Screening International, including its President, Scott Smith, will continue to provide their services to existing clients.
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Journal, The – Jurica among draft prospects
Topeka Capital-Journal, The, Jun 7, 2010 by Kevin Haskin
By Kevin Haskin
THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A chance to spend this past weekend in Arkansas was exhilarating for any college baseball player.
Not only did it provide a chance to be a part of the NCAA Tournament, but also a chance to play at one of the best collegiate diamonds, Baum Stadium.
Suites stack on top of the stands all the way down both foul lines. The RBI girls dance atop the dugout between innings. The Baum BBQ brigade is fueling the smoker outside the stadium early in the morning. And the Hog Pen beyond the left-field wall gives the rowdies a place to congregate and inebriate.
Most importantly, at least for Arkansas, is its support may be the best in the land. Crowds not only flock to games (6,395 for a visit from Kansas on March 2 was the season-low turnout), they cheer the Razorbacks and challenge opponents.
The contingent Kansas State brought for both its second straight regional and second NCAA appearance ever, enjoyed the experience.
The trip, which ended Sunday with a 9-6 loss against Washington State, also enabled a handful of Wildcats to temper any anxiety they felt about the Major League Baseball draft. The 50-round proceeding begins at 6 tonight and concludes Wednesday.
“I’ve tried not to think about it and trust things will go well when the time comes,” said junior infielder Carter Jurica, who is draft-eligible.
The Wildcats shortstop certainly built on the credentials he established with a strong sophomore season. He became an everyday shortstop for the Cats and proved capable at that position, but also could project as a second or third baseman at the next level.
In addition, Jurica is recognized as one of the best baserunners in the Big 12. He also puts a charge into his bat, hitting six homers in the final 12 regular-season games and boosted his season total to 13 with two blasts in the regional tournament.
“Making a move over to short always helps, and coach worked with me during the fall on getting to hit with more power,” Jurica said.
Among other draft-eligible Wildcats, the most intriguing is Kyle Hunter. The left-hander went 9-2 this season and can go pro as a sophomore because he will turn 21 on June 18, during the period stipulated by MLB for draft eligibility.
“If it’s me, I’d take Carter pretty early,” said K-State coach Brad Hill, “but I don’t know what people are going to do with Kyle Hunter. I think one more year (at K-State) would be really good for him, but that’s a decision he and his folks will have to make.
“It depends. Dollars mean a lot and if you’re good enough, you’ve got to do it. I would never try to talk him out of it if it’s the right decision from the round perspective and the money perspective.”
Five Wildcats were taken in the 2009 draft, bringing the total K- State has sent to the pros to 18 since Hill arrived in 2004. The mark ranks among the top 25 nationally during the past three years.
“That’s pretty special for our program,” Hill said, “and says a lot about how our coaches are developing the players
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Call for vigilance after conmen steal wallet
Call for vigilance after conmen steal wallet
0 Comments | Tamworth Herald, The, Dec 17, 2009
POLICE are urging householders in Grendon to be on their guard after a report of bogus callers knocking on doors in the area.
“These people are out to con you even though they can appear very friendly and may have plausible excuses to come into your home,” said a police spokesman.
In Grendon, two men called at the home of an elderly man at about 10.30am on December 10, saying they had come to clear the guttering.
One of the men asked him to come outside and see some damaged guttering, which it is believed the men had actually vandalised themselves.
While the pensioner was out of the house, the second man entered the property unseen and stole a wallet containing Pounds 50.
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Teen rowers' long pull to compete
Teen rowers’ long pull to compete
0 Comments | Citizen Gloucestershire, The, Jul 26, 2010
DEDICATED rowers in Gloucestershire tasted success at the British Rowing Championships.
Eighteen youngsters from Gloucester Rowing Club’s junior squad headed to the competition at Strathclyde County Park near Glasgow earlier this month.
The three-day event included tough single, double and quad races.
The 14-17-year olds raised nearly Pounds 2,000 to make it to the championships. They also trained hard four times a week in preparation.
All this was done while many of the squad were sitting GCSEs or studying important AS-level modules.
The rowers did bag-packing in supermarkets and busking in the street to raise money for the trip.
They also gained sponsorship from businesses, including Pounds 500 from Mercedes Benz of Cheltenham and Gloucester.
At the competition, Ben Marshall, 17, from Gloucester came away with a silver in the J17 single sculls.
Claire Waters, whose son Nick, 15, from Quedgeley was rowing, said: “Everyone did better than expected. It was a good championship and everyone was really pleased.”
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Consider that if nothing changed and you took no deliberate action in the direction of your intended future, then the things that you consider to be “problems” today could very likely be the same challenges that you spend time with at the end of 2006.
What would have to happen for you to spice up your life and get to the end this year with a brand new set of issues that demand your attention?
What enlivening challenges will you be intent on attracting this year?
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The trout will then return
The trout will then return to its station in the
stream, usually inbetween weed beds on a shallow gravel run,
under a bridge, overhanging tree or in a hatch pool, to
wait for the next free meal.
Other rises includes:
Nebbing rise occurs when the trout pushes its nose right out
of the water as heavy hatches of flies hover over its head.
Splashy rise is a violent splashing which usually
happens in the evening when the trout are after mayfly or
caddis.
Sipping rise happens when insects are trapped in the surface
film and usually leaves a bubble behind.
Sub-surface rise causes all the problems as the rtout seems
to be rising to take a surface fly, bt it is really taking
an emerging nymph. As it does so, it disturbs the water
making it looks like a proper rise.
Head and tail rise are usually seen in smooth stretches of
water to nymphs trapped below the surface film where the
whole fish appears.
The challenge comes in first identifying the fly that the
trout is taking, whether they are taking duns or spinners,
or if they are nymping sub-surface.
After selecting the correct fly, the next challenge comes in
persuading the trout to take it.
The observant dry-fly angler learns by experience to
recognize the different types of rise that commonly make.
This will help him to select the correct fly and present it
in a manner that the feeding fish will accept.
Once a correct imitation fly to match those that the trout
are taking is selected, get a position downstream and cast
at but not over the rising fish.
Highlighted are the common rises, to net that ‘big one’,
all you need is to match the correct fly to what the trout
is looking for and cast your rod!
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You’ll feel better when you do, for a short time, but you’ll just have a worse hangover tomorrow! You’ll have to stop and get rid of it sometime.
? Milk thistle is a great liver stimulator, helping your liver to get rid of those nasty toxins quickly. You’ll find it in most chemists. Just take a few drops in a glass of water the day after you have been on the tear. (Always take medical advice before you take an alternative cure as it could affect any other medicines you are taking).
? Rehydrate: we don’t mean two glasses of water, we mean litres. It may not be polite but it works ? buy a litre bottle of flat water, drink it from the bottle, then refill it from the cold tap and drink it again. You take more in from the bottle than you do from a glass, and you don’t have to lift your bottom from the couch or the bed.
? If you have a headache, take a painkiller.
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