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A British couple lost their right to foster care in court earlier this week, after they told a social worker that they could not tell a child that a "homosexual lifestyle" was acceptable. They said that the belief was grounded in their Christian faith, and asked the court to verify that their religious beliefs should not bar them from caring for foster children. The court, however, said that laws protecting people from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation should take precedence over the right not to be discriminated against on religious grounds.
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I think this is so ridiculous it is mind blowing. To think that couples who have a real faith in god and the bible are somehow unfit to look after kids is a complete joke. They were not religious freaks, they were a loving couple who believe that homosexuality is not according to gods plan. They never said they didn't love people who are homosexuals, they simply said they didn't agree with the practise. Whether you agree or not with homosexuality, in a society that claims to be tolerent, why aren't we allow to have the opinion that homosexuality is wrong? People of faith built this country and made it what it is, if you cut off the roots of a tree it will die. If we turn our backs on the beliefs that have shaped this country and made it what it is then we cannot expect it to remain the same. For me, loving someone is always the most important thing. I am against any hate. But this doesn't conflict with my belief that homosexuality is not according to gods plan. I have yet to meet a perfect person who does everything according to gods plan, but we still love all, we still accept all. Where we fall short there is grace, love covers all sins. I call all people whether of faith or not to recognise tht this was a loving couple who wanted to help children with no homes, a rare thing in todays 'money dominated' world. They should be held up as an example, not deemed unfit. This really is a sad day for our freedom and morality.
Unless you've been exposed to religious prejudice, it's hard to understand how damaging it is, especially when it comes to moulding children's beliefs, including their views of their own developing sexuality.
My son is Gay, and I certainly don't think it's right to expose small children to anti-homosexual attitudes. BUT, there are already too few GOOD foster care homes in the world, and to exclude this couple because of their views on homosexuality seems a bit extreme. That's like saying that an agnostic won't make a good foster parent because they don't believe in God. There has to be some form of compromise here. It isn't a cut-and-dried issue, and it doesn't have a cut-and-dried solution. It needs further thought and careful review.
According to Christians, we are made by God. So he made some people gay!
Since this couple have fostered 15 children, then statistically at least 2 of them could be homosexual. That's 2 too many that they have psychologically harmed. I'm with the judge who ruled on this case.
Claiming not homophobic, "...All we were not willing to do was to tell a small child that the practice of homosexuality was a GOOD(!) thing..."
The British social workers did NOT ask them do tell that statement. All they were asked to is to teach their foster kids to be Christians, or Christ-LIKE: Love thy neighbor, whoever they are.
Find less comfortable homes for these kids but run by non-HYPOCRITES.
Ordinarily I would agree completely with the court on this issue. However, there are so many children out there in need of decent foster homes. If their record is good and they are willing, AND they are not on a pulpit about this particular issue, I am not sure GB can be so choosy.
You need to wake up, Danielle B! The couple are NOT gay. They have been stopped from fostering because they do not agree with homosexuality! I suppose, in your opinion, they are not such 'great foster parents' now, eh?
a shame really, when so many foster carers are needed!
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JavaOne 2006: Aren't You Registered Yet?
I've been meaning to blog about this for some time now, but work tends to get
in the way.
I'll make this quick: the main message here is that the Desktop Track is
looking better than ever this year. Besides the fact that we've got the
usual array of interesting stuff to talk about and the neatest demos on the
block, there's an additional twist this year that I'm pretty happy about; way
more participation from the community.
This year, we went out of our way to recruit known Desktop Java
developers to submit good, deep technical talks. The responses we got were
fantastic, and the result was that most of the Desktop sessions this year are
from outside Sun. Even better, most of those sessions are from people whose
work you probably know and people that are known to be good speakers with
lots of interesting stuff to talk about (and lots of interesting code to show
For example, here is a small sampling of the hot sessions from
Desktop community people:
Yahoo!'s Ethan Nicholas (one of last year's
Top 20
speakers) will be talking about his JAXX framework for XML User Interfaces
Swing consultant and Ajaxian.com's Ben Galbraith (another Top 20 speaker) will discuss Eight Ways to Be
More Productive Developing Swing Applications"
IBM's Joe Winchester (JDJ editor) will give the session "It's Not Over Till the
Fat Client Sings"
IBM's Steve Northover (SWT Lead) will give an in-depth intro to SWT
ClientJava.com's Scott Delap will give a session on the Event Dispatch Thread
JGoodies' Karsten Lentszch has multiple sessions: "Desktop Patterns and Data
Binding" and "Do's and Dont's for Swing Applications"
There will also be a BOF panel with Ben, Joe, Karsten, and Scott (above),
as well as some Sun folks, on the future of Desktop Java; that should prove to
be a lively interactive discussion that I encourage everyone to attend and
participate in.
I subjectively think there are some great sessions from my group at Sun as well,
such as:
Scott Violet, Romain Guy, and Shannon Hickey (all Top 20 speakers from last
year) will do another installment of their hit session from last year, "Extreme
GUI Makeover: Lookin' Better"
Scott Violet and Richard Bair will have in-depth sessions on databinding and
data access strategies (after all, a GUI without data is just a prototype)
Of course my personal favorite, maybe just because of the title, is the session
I'll be giving with Romain Guy, Chris Campbell, and Ken Russell, "Filthy Rich
There are a lot of great Desktop sessions I haven't listed above; I encourage
you to
check them out.
And of course there are great sessions in the other tracks as well. Just
make sure you don't miss your favorite Desktop sessions. There will be no
makeup test.
So check out the
conference site and register
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Sometimes simplicity is best. Two Northwestern University researchers have discovered a remarkably easy way to make nanofluidic devices: using paper and scissors. And they can cut a device into any shape and size they want, adding to the method's versatility.
Nanofluidic devices are attractive because their thin channels can transport ions -- and with them a higher than normal electric current -- making the devices promising for use in batteries and new systems for water purification, harvesting energy and DNA sorting.
The "paper-and-scissors" method one day could be used to manufacture large-scale nanofluidic devices without relying on expensive lithography techniques.
The Northwestern duo found that simply stacking up sheets of the inexpensive material graphene oxide creates flexible "paper" with tens of thousands of very useful channels. A tiny gap forms naturally between neighboring sheets, and each gap is a channel through which ions can flow.
Using a pair of regular scissors, the researchers simply cut the paper into a desired shape, which, in the case of their experiments, was a rectangle.
"In a way, we were surprised that these nanochannels actually worked, because creating the device was so easy," said Jiaxing Huang, who conducted the research with postdoctoral fellow Kalyan Raidongia. "No one had thought about the space between sheet-like materials before. Using the space as a flow channel was a wild idea. We ran our experiment at least 10 times to be sure we were right."
Huang is an assistant professor of materials science and engineering and the Morris E. Fine Junior Professor in Materials and Manufacturing in the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science.
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Want to visit Cuba? The AACA Museum can help
A 1958 Chevrolet in Cuba. Photo courtesy AACA Museum and International Expeditions.
Though restrictions on visiting Cuba have eased somewhat over the past few decades, for most Americans, traveling to Havana involves more than a visit to the local travel agent (or, more likely these days, Hotwire). In April of 2015, and in conjunction with tour company International Expeditions, the AACA Museum will make it easy to visit the island via Cuba: People, Culture & Classic Cars, a cultural exchange trip centered on the theme of vintage cars.
Cuba is famous for its well-preserved (and creatively modified) classic American cars, stemming from a time when Havana was the vacation destination of choice for celebrities like Ernest Hemingway, mob boss Meyer Lansky (said to be a friend of General Fulgencio Batista himself), Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner. The Cuban Revolution put an end to that, and by 1960, the flow of cars from Detroit to Havana effectively stopped, freezing the island in a weird time warp of 1950s American cars blended with later Soviet models, and, eventually, more mainstream imports.
By billing the trip as a way of promoting "meaningful interactions" with Cubans who share a passion for cars, International Expeditions (which runs cultural exchange trips to Cuba on a regular basis) skirts the ban on private American citizen travel to the island. In its brochure, the travel company states that it's licensed by the United States Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control to, "engage, organize and conduct authorized people-to-people travel to Cuba." There is, however, a catch; participants must agree to partake full-time in the activities scheduled, many of which come with a Cuban government-provided tour guide.
While that leaves no time for leisure on one's own, the planned schedule of activities includes enough classic car-centered activities that few will complain. The first night in Havana includes dinner with the director of Deposito del Automovil, a "repository" created by the Office of the Historian of the City that is as close to a true automobile museum as one is likely to find there. There's also interaction with members of the Amigos de Fangio, a club centered on classic cars (presumably in all their weird and wonderful Cuban iterations).
In addition to seminars on classic cars and a guided tour of the Deposito del Automovil, the trip includes visits to Hemingway's favorite hotel (the Hotel Ambos Mundos), his former home (preserved as it was on the day of his death), art galleries, wildlife sanctuaries, farms and shops, and even travel outside of Havana. This, too, comes with a disclaimer reminding prospective visitors that touring Cuba sometimes requires a sense of adventure, which only adds to the trip's appeal (in our minds, anyway).
The nine-day trip is priced from $5,170 per person, including charter airfare from Miami to Havana and back. For additional details on Cuba: People, Culture & Classic Cars, visit AACAMuseum.org.
AACA Museum selling its Tucker 48s (in 1/43 scale)
AACA Tucker models, crafted by Brooklin Models. Photos courtesy AACA Museum and Brooklin Models.
While most of us would love to own an original Tucker automobile, the fact of the matter is that Tuckers don't come up for sale very often, and few can afford the price of admission when they do. Now that its Cammack Tucker Gallery has opened, the AACA Museum is bringing Tucker automobiles to the masses, albeit in slightly smaller scale, just in time for holiday gift giving.
The museum's three Tucker automobiles have been recreated in 1/43 scale by Brooklin Models of Bath, Somerset, England, including chassis 1001 (finished in maroon), chassis 1022 (in silver gray) and chassis 1026 (in bronze). Brooklin's history of crafting 1/43 scale models dates back to 1974, when founder John Hall cast his first car model in resin, using popsicle sticks to stiffen the chassis.
In the early days, the company was based in Brooklin, Ontario, Canada, but relocated to England in 1979. Oddly enough, the brand specializes in American cars, although popular demand saw foreign cars (primarily British models) enter the company's lineup beginning in 1993. Each model is crafted by hand, and the company's staff of 25 workers produces around 20,000 models annually. That's enough to make Brooklin the world's largest producer of 1/43 scale hand-built white metal models, though such volumes wouldn't come close to justifying the cost of tooling for die-cast manufacturers.
To craft a new model, Brooklin's designers seek out the desired automobile and take careful and precise measurements. Next, a model master is made from brass, which allows the production of a vulcanized rubber mold. Molten white metal is poured into these molds to form the body, which is then de-flashed and sprayed with automotive grade finishes. It's a laborious process, but the elimination of costly tooling (necessary for creating die-cast models) allows Brooklin to produce modest product runs, generally of less than 1,000 pieces. This low volume also allows Brooklin models to retain value better than die-cast models, which are generally produced in significantly higher quantities.
The Tucker 48 models join a long list of unique American vehicles previously produced by Brooklin, including a 1935 Studebaker Commander, a 1941 Packard Clipper, a 1953 Buick Skylark, a 1936 Stout Scarab, a 1938 Phantom Corsair, a 1957 Rambler Rebel, a 1953 Nash-Healey Roadster, a 1955 Hudson Hornet and even a 1937 Pierce-Arrow Travelodge travel trailer.
The three Tucker models are priced at $139.99 each, and are available exclusively from the AACA Museum (which can also be linked through the Hemmings Holiday Gift Guide). For additional details, or to order a Tucker 48 of your own (in 1/43 scale, of course), visit AACAMuseumRetail.com.
Upcoming AACA Museum exhibit celebrates Lotus: The Art of Lightness
1956 Lotus Mark VI, owned by guest curator Kyle Kaulback. Photos by Michael Furman, courtesy of the AACA Museum.
Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman, whose four initials are integrated into the iconic Lotus Cars logo, never wanted to be an automaker or race car builder. Instead, Chapman would have preferred to remain a racer, but the costs associated with the sport forced his hand, and Lotus Engineering Limited was founded in 1952 to produce lightweight racing and sports cars. Next January, a new exhibit at the AACA Museum in Hershey, Pennsylvania, will honor the storied British automaker and engineering firm with a new exhibit entitled Lotus: The Art of Lightness.
The guiding principle behind Lotus has always been this: Simplify, then add lightness. Chapman was obsessed with using the minimal amount of parts necessary to arrive at a particular engineering solution, and a favorite quote was said to be, "adding power makes you faster on the straights, subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere." Every Lotus vehicle built, from the company's earliest days, has embraced this philosophy, leading to an impressive list of accomplishments in the racing world. Lotus-built cars have captured seven Formula 1 championships, a British Saloon Car Championship (with the Type 28 Lotus Cortina), and a WRC championship (with the Lotus-developed Talbot Sunbeam, in 1981). Lotus cars have also produced victories at Indianapolis (with the Type 38, in 1965) and at Le Mans (in 1956, when a Lotus 11 scored a S1.1 Class victory, finishing seventh overall).
1971 Lotus Type 69, owned by guest curator Kyle Kaulback.
In addition to building automobiles of its own, Lotus has contributed engineering services to numerous vehicles over the years, including the DeLorean DMC-12 (for which Lotus Engineering developed the chassis, based upon its design for the Lotus Esprit) and the 1990-'95 Corvette ZR-1 (for which Lotus designed, developed and tested the overhead camshaft LT5 V-8, later built by Mercury Marine).
Its talents didn't end with motorized vehicles, either; in the early 1990s, the company developed the Type 108 bicycle, a carbon-fiber-framed wonder that allowed rider Chris Boardman to set a new world record in the 4000 Meter Pursuit. Later, this bicycle would see limited production, and would spawn a commercial variant known as the Type 110 Sport bicycle.
Telling the six-plus decade story of Lotus won't be easy, and the AACA Museum will be devoting a considerable amount of floorspace to the upcoming exhibit. The list of expected vehicles includes a 1956 Mark VI, a 1959 Elite, a 1962 Seven S2, a 1964 Elan S1, a 1966 Lotus Cortina, a 1967 Europa S1B, a 1970 Type 61 Formula Ford, a 1971 Type 69
Formula Ford Formula Two, an Elan rolling chassis, a 1972 Europa TC, a 1972 Elan Sprint, a 1979 Eprit S2, a 1987 Esprit Turbo, a 1991 M100 Elan, a 2001 Esprit V8, a 1996 Lotus Sport 110 bicycle, a 2009 Exige S260 and a 2014 Evora S. Other displays will include a DeLorean DMC-12 and a C4 Corvette ZR-1, and Lotus-themed artwork from artists Gary Dausch and Gale Heimbach will be shown. The guest curator for the exhibit will be Lotus racer and collector Kyle Kaulback, and five of his own Lotus vehicles will be included in the display.
Lotus: The Art of Lightness is scheduled to open on Saturday, January 24. For additional details, visit AACAMuseum.org.
UPDATE (11.November): The AACA Museum has added a 1959 Type 18, 1962 Type 22 and 1969 Elan S4 Coupe Rolling Chassis to the above list; it's also confirmed that the Barber Motorsport Museum in Leeds, Alabama, will be loaning a vehicle for the exhibit, although which Lotus model has yet to be determined.
UPDATE (9.December): Also added to the list are a 1958 Lotus Eleven, a 1963 Type 23, a 1984 Type 95T, a 1992 Type 108, a 2001 Esprit V8, a 1985 Sinclair C5, a Lotus ultralight aircraft engine, a Type 23 spaceframe chassis, and a Lotus Wobbly Web Wheel. The Barber Museum has contributed five vehicles or articles to the exhibit.
The center of the Tucker universe: Scenes from the AACA Museum Cammack Tucker Gallery grand opening
Tucker family members gathered for the grand opening of the Cammack Tucker Gallery. Photos by author.
Three generations of Tuckers gathered Wednesday evening in Hershey for the grand opening of what one described as "the center of the Tucker universe," the Cammack Tucker exhibit at the AACA Museum.
"There's nothing of this magnitude anywhere else," said Sean Tucker, grandson of Tucker automobiles founder Preston Tucker. "The cars in the museums across the country, their owners have put together good exhibits, but here, you've got the test chassis with the 589 – you'll never see that anywhere else."
Credit that to David Cammack, the longtime Tucker collector who brought under one roof not only the test chassis for the Tucker 48, but also Tuckers numbers 1001, 1022 and 1026, about half a dozen prototype and production Tucker engines, and truckloads of memorabilia and materials.
"Dave picked the right cars, the right parts," Sean said. "This stuff was never even together when Preston was alive, but Dave went out and grabbed it."
Following Cammack's death in 2013, the entire collection went to the AACA Museum, to be displayed in a room funded by his brother. The tens of thousands of blueprints and other documents will be housed nearby in the AACA Library.
"This was Dave's dream," said John Tucker, Preston Tucker's son and recently elected president of the Tucker Club of America. "The first time we talked about it was in 1997 at that year's Tucker meet in Ypsilanti, Michigan. We'd discussed putting the collection in either Ypsilanti or Hershey, and decided Ypsilanti wasn't quite big enough for the whole collection."
John, Sean and John's other son, Mike Tucker, all pitched in as technical and historical advisers for the exhibit, "to tell the story the way it should be told," John said. Mike's two young sons, Preston Tucker's great-grandchildren, have even started to take an interest in the cars, John said.
Design work for the exhibit was handled by Jim Booth of Jim Booth Designs in Halifax, Pennsylvania. Booth, who did the design work for the museum pro bono, said he got the job largely on the strength of other exhibits he had done for the AACA Museum.
"The museum certainly had an idea of what they were looking for, so it was a real fluid process," Booth said. "I've done about 30 exhibits, and for the museum to have the volunteer work they did was absolutely amazing. You don't see that too often in the museum world."
The 5,200-square-foot Cammack Tucker gallery will be a permanent exhibit at the AACA Museum. For more information, visit AACAMuseum.org.
Custom Tucker cabinet by JoepeP to be auctioned at AACA Museum's Cammack Tucker Exhibit Gallery opening
Images courtesy Pepitone Creative Services
Automotive fine artist and Hemmings friend Joe Pepitone, aka JoepeP, has created a custom, one-off piece of artwork that will be auctioned off during the gala event on Wednesday, October 8, that celebrates the official opening of the Cammack Tucker Exhibit Gallery at the Antique Automobile Club of America Museum in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
JoepeP proudly presents his one-off Tucker tribute cabinet, to be auctioned Wednesday, October 8.
Through his company Pepitone Creative Services, Joe has worked with the AACA Museum in the past with great results, and this new project is a piece of functional art. He's teamed up with Bad Guys Motor Cave Garage Cabinets, a division of North Haven, Connecticut's, Platt LaBonia, to design a unique, high-quality piece of auto memorabilia that is sure to please any car enthusiast.
This new Motor Cave Garage Cabinet is a two-door garage cabinet specially designed to pay tribute to the Tucker Motor Car Company, and is licensed under the authority of Preston Tucker, LLC. This one-of-a-kind cabinet will be sold at auction on Wednesday evening, and you don't have to attend the event in-person to bid: interested parties can phone in silent bids by calling Emily at 717-566-7100, extention 116. Bidding begins at 12 noon on October 8, 2014.
From ball bearings to big-blocks: AACA Museum celebrates 100 years of Dodge
1920 Dodge Brothers sedan. Brochure images courtesy of the Old Car Manual Project.
Perhaps it was their passion for all things mechanical that led the Dodge brothers to begin producing assemblies for the fledgling automotive industry, or perhaps it was growing up in a machine shop that specialized in marine engines. Whatever the cause, business-minded John Francis Dodge and technically-oriented Horace Elgin Dodge proved their mettle in the early days of the auto industry, rising from obscurity to prominence in a span of just 15 years, eventually becoming one of the largest automakers in America. Opening at the AACA Museum in Hershey, Pennsylvania, on September 26, a new temporary exhibit will help to commemorate 100 Years of Dodge.
John Francis Dodge was born in 1864, while Horace Elgin Dodge entered the world four years later. By all accounts, the brothers were inseparable, even from an early age, though that's not to say they always saw eye to eye. By 1886, the pair had built their first bicycle, and Horace soon developed a four-point adjustable ball bearing for bicycles that sealed out much of the grit that caused component wear. In 1897, the brothers established the Evans & Dodge Bicycle Company with investor Fred Evans, but this joint venture lasted just three years; in 1900, the Dodge brothers sold their stake in the company and returned to the Detroit area, where they carried on the family tradition by starting a machine shop.
1940 Dodge Luxury Liner De Luxe coupe.
In 1901, the Dodge brothers began supplying Ransom E. Olds with engines, and a year later, the contract was expanded to include transmissions as well. By 1903, the Dodge brothers had become one of the largest suppliers to the automotive industry, prompting Henry Ford to engage the company in building chassis assemblies (including engines, transmissions and axles) for his early automobiles. Ford's scope of scale was large enough that the Dodge brothers soon began to work exclusively for Henry Ford, and when Ford had difficulty paying his suppliers, the Dodge brothers found themselves shareholders in the Ford Motor Company. Ultimately, this would work to their benefit; by the time the brothers had completely divested of their interest in Ford, the company had paid them an estimated $32 million in dividends, profits and sale of stock, all for an initial investment of $10,000.
By 1905, Dodge was supplying 400 chassis assemblies per month, but the introduction of the Ford Model T in 1908 convinced the Dodge brothers that their role as a Ford supplier could not last indefinitely. In 1910, the brothers began building their own plant in Hamtramck, Michigan, and continued to supply Ford with parts for its increasingly popular Model T; in 1912, for example, Dodge supplied Ford with 180,000 transmission and axle sets, but soon after notified Ford that it would end its relationship as a supplier in 1914. In July of 1914, the Dodge Brothers Motor Car Company was incorporated, and its first car, a five-passenger touring model nicknamed "Old Betsy," rolled off the assembly line on November 14, 1914.
1973 Dodge Darts.
Knowing they couldn't beat Henry Ford at his own game, in the low-price market segment, the Dodge brothers chose to focus on quality. Their touring cars initially sold for around $800, at a time when a Model T sold for less than $500; but word of Dodge's quality soon spread. First year production was a modest 249 units, but by the end of 1915, Dodge had built over 45,000 automobiles. Five years later, the company was producing 145,000 cars annually, making it one of the largest automakers in the United States.
The same year, 1920, would see the death of both John Dodge (in January) and Horace Dodge (in December). The widows of the Dodge brothers kept the company going until 1925, when the investment banking firm of Dillon, Read and Company offered $146 million for the business, but just three years later the automaker was having difficulty meeting payroll. Despite this economic downturn, Walter P. Chrysler believed the brand still had merit, and acquired Dodge in May 1928 for the reported sum of $170 million. Though some may have said that additional due diligence would have been prudent, Chrysler later called his purchase of Dodge, "one of the soundest acts of my life."
A cream 1929 Dodge roadster, parked beside a navy 1930 Dodge coupe, both awaiting display. Photo courtesy Nancy Gates.
Dodge has seen its share of ups and downs over the years, but the brand remains part of the American automotive landscape today, a century after its founding. Representing the scope of Dodge products over the years, planned AACA Museum displays include a 1915 Dodge touring car, a 1917 Dodge military truck, a 1918 Dodge military touring car, a 1922 Dodge coupe, a 1924 Dodge station wagon, a 1927 Dodge roadster, a 1930 Dodge coupe, a 1936 Dodge convertible sedan, a 1941 Dodge Luxury Liner, a 1969 Dodge Daytona, a 1970 Dodge Challenger, and a 1973 Dodge Dart.
The 100 Years of Dodge exhibit is scheduled to run from September 26 through October 12, 2014. For additional details, visit AACAMuseum.org.
AACA Museum celebrates Far Eastern vehicles with its Spring 2014 exhibit
Toyota 800 Sports. Images courtesy the Antique Automobile Club of America Museum
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Running through September 14, this exhibit will showcase the foundations and later creations of the Japanese, South Korean, Russian and Indian motor industries, and explore their influence in the United States. Among the vehicles confirmed for display are an Indian Pedi-cab, 1938 Datsun fire truck, 1961 Pointer Comet 155-cc motorcycle, 1961 Rockford (Mitsubishi) Silver Pigeon scooter, 1964 Nissan Cedric, 1967 Toyota Sports 800, 1969 Subaru 360 truck, 1975 Honda Civic CVCC, 1970s Kharkov XB3 bicycle and 1981 Honda Accord. The AACA Museum is hoping to attract models from Zil/Zis, Volga, Hindustan, Tata, Sabra, Isuzu, Mazda/Autozam and others.
If you own a fascinating Asian, Russian or Indian vehicle that you'd like to share with fellow enthusiasts, contact AACA Museum director Mark Lizewskie at 717-566-7100 x102.
Click the thumbnails below to see some of the vehicles that are scheduled to appear in this exhibit.
Tucker "Tin Goose" prototype to appear at AACA Museum's Evening with the Tuckers
Tin Goose (left) and Tucker #1013 at the Swigart Museum. Photo courtesy the Swigart Museum.
Later this year, the AACA Museum in Hershey, Pennsylvania, will open its long-awaited Cammack Tucker Exhibit Gallery. Named in honor of Tucker collector David Cammack, who generously donated three Tucker automobiles and associated memorabilia to the museum, its grand opening is still months away. On April 25, however, brand aficionados will have a chance to immerse themselves in all things Tucker as the AACA Museum presents "An Evening with the Tuckers."
The evening will include a cocktail reception, formal dinner, live auction and presentations. Automobiles to be displayed include the original "Tin Goose" Tucker prototype, on loan from the Swigart Museum in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, and a "New Tucker '48," as created by father and son car builders Bob and Rob Ida. The New Tucker '48, already on display at the museum, was created by Rob Ida in honor of his grandfather, Joe Ida, who (briefly) owned a Tucker dealership in Yonkers, New York, and never stopped believing in Preston Tucker's vision of the modern automobile.
Preston Tucker looks on as a Tucker 48 is christened. Photo courtesy AACA Museum.
Both Rob and Bob Ida will be on hand to speak on the Tucker's design features and construction, particularly relevant because the Idas are currently working on a recreation of the Tucker Torpedo concept that, in reality, never progressed beyond a scale model. Joining them will be Steve Tremulis, nephew of designer Alex Tremulis, along with several members of the Tucker family, including Preston Tucker's grandson John Tucker Jr., and great-grandsons Mike and Sean Tucker (the latter of whom is an automotive engineer and a consultant for the Idas on the Tucker Torpedo project). The group will share personal stories and will host a question-and-answer session following the presentations.
This is a formal event, so proper attire is required (but period dress is preferred) and space is limited. Proceeds raised will go to support the permanent Cammack Tucker Exhibit Gallery, and a portion of the event fee is tax-deductible. For complete details, visit AACAMuseum.org.
Indian Nation exhibit rides into the AACA Museum
Indian Scout fuel tank. Hemmings media archive image.
Indian Motorcycles have been a part of American motorcycling history since the firm, then named the Hendee Manufacturing Company, built its first production motorcycle in 1901. Over its 113-year history, the brand has seen numerous successes and failures, along with several revivals and changes in ownership. Indian Nation, an exhibit opening later this month at the AACA Museum in Hershey, Pennsylvania, paints a portrait of the distinctly American brand and its lengthy history through displays of 22 Indian motorcycles and associated in-period memorabilia.
The Hendee Manufacturing Company, which originally produced bicycles, was founded in 1897 by bicycle racer George Hendee. His products initially carried the "Silver King" and "Silver Queen" labels, but to increase brand recognition in foreign markets, Hendee wanted a name that symbolized the United States; ultimately, "American Indian" was chosen. In 1900, Swedish machinist and fellow bicycle racer Oscar Hedstrom joined the firm, and the pair soon began building motorized bicycles with modest 1.75 horsepower engines. A year later, the firm's first prototype motorcycle was constructed, followed by two production versions; the Indian name was adopted for this product line as well, as it served as a reminder of "America's pioneer tradition."
When the first Indian motorcycles were sold in 1902, they hit the market with chain drives and streamlined styling, though this was far less extreme than the brand would produce in later years. In 1903, Hedstrom (then Indian's chief engineer) set a world motorcycle speed record of 56 MPH aboard an Indian motorcycle, and in 1904 the Crimson Steed of Steel livery (that would later become a hallmark of Indian design) was introduced. Two years later, the firm introduced the first production U.S. V-twin engine, and an icon of American motorcycling was born.
By 1914, the Hendee Manufacturing Company had grown to massive proportions, with a seven-mile long production line housed in the company's one-million-square-foot headquarters in Springfield, Massachusetts. During the First World War, Indian ceased its racing endeavors to focus on the war effort, and the company was soon rewarded by booming sales fueled by returning American soldiers. In 1923, with Indian an instantly recognized brand the world over, the firm dropped the Hendee name to become Indian Motocycle Company (with motocycle being a common early spelling of motorcycle).
The Great Depression had an impact on all motorcycle sales, but Indian soldiered through after its 1930 acquisition by DuPont Motors, headed by industrialist and Indian motorcycle owner E. Paul du Pont. When war loomed again at the decade's end, Indian went on the offensive, producing motorcycles and sidecar rigs for both American and Allied armed forces. As the war ended, however, Indian could no longer wait for another postwar sales boom, and was sold to the Torque Engineering Company, which soon split manufacturing and distribution between two companies. Anticipated postwar prosperity never came, and in 1953, the Indian brand halted production for the first time.
The brand still had merit, and over the years appeared on an odd assortment of motorcycles and motorcycling-related products. This ended when a new Indian Motorcycle Company began producing new motorcycles in 1999. Just four years later, this venture also failed, but the rights to the name and the company's intellectual property were quickly acquired by another entity with a goal of relaunching the brand. In 2008, a new iteration of Indian motorcycles began production, aimed at the upper strata of the domestic market, just as the U.S. economy began a downward spiral.
Enter Polaris, the powersport giant that produces snowmobiles, ATVs, watercraft and the Victory motorcycle brand. In 2011, Polaris acquired rights to the Indian brand and its intellectual property, and set to work redesigning the Indian motorcycle lineup for a 2014 launch.
The Indian Nation exhibit at the AACA Museum won't cover every decade of the brand, but motorcycles to be displayed range from an unrestored 1903 Indian (believed to be among the earliest surviving examples of the marque) to a 1957 Indian Apache. Representing the brand's early racing success will be a 1916 four-valve single board-track racer, a 1928 Scout hill-climber and a 1940 Scout racer. Proving that the Indian brand crossed all demographics is a 1906 Indian, in unrestored condition, once owned by industrialist (and later, Indian Motocycle president) E. Paul du Pont. Highlighting the trend towards customization is a 1934 Indian Chief "bobber," modified for cleaner lines and weight savings, while a 1940 Military Chief is indicative of the company's efforts to support the military during World War II, which qualified it for an Army-Navy Production Award in 1943.
Indian Nation will open at the AACA Museum in Hershey, Pennsylvania, on March 28 and run through October 24. For additional details, visit AACAMuseum.org.
AACA Museum exhibit salutes the "Sirens of Chrome"
Model with the Porsche Tapiro concept. Photo courtesy Italdesign.
From the dawn of the motoring age, beautiful women have been used to promote automobiles in advertising, at auto shows and cultural events, and on stage and screen. The role of these models has evolved greatly over the decades, but no documentation of this history existed until the publication of Margery Krevsky's book, Sirens of Chrome – The Enduring Allure of Auto Show Models. Now, in time for Women's History Month, her text will be the basis of an upcoming exhibit at the AACA Museum, also entitled Sirens of Chrome.
The use of women (and in recent years, men as well) to promote the automobile extends far beyond print advertising and auto show "spin and grin" on-stage posing, which itself dates to 1939. Many automakers (including Rolls-Royce, Nash, Cadillac, De Soto, Auburn and Packard, to name but a few) have featured the female form in hood ornaments, proving the age-old adage that sex does indeed sell. It's probably also worth pointing out that while automakers' representations of the female form have been tasteful, manufacturers of aftermarket hood ornaments have, over the years, pushed the boundaries of good taste with feminine sculptures.
1927 Packard 343 Series Eight, complete with dancers. Image courtesy AACA Museum.
Margery Krevsky's role in the industry is a unique one, and it's no exaggeration to say that she's been a driving force behind the evolution of the auto show model. As recently as the late 1970s, auto show models had but one function: to act as a scenic backdrop that enhanced the allure of the automobile presented. Most were under strict orders not to answer questions from consumers, regardless of their level of knowledge, but that's changed in recent years. While today's auto show models are still required to possess both beauty and grace, they're also required to be subject-matter experts on the vehicles they represent, able to field questions on design, history and engineering.
Krevsky's agency, Productions Plus – The Talent Shop, offers a unique "one stop shopping" approach for automakers seeking car show perfection. Not only can Productions Plus supply both female and male models, but the business also includes a studio where marketing teams can design and plan everything from wardrobe through scripts and even makeup. Forbes even went so far as to call Krevsky "The Queen Bee of Car Show Models," a title she seems to relish, as it speaks of her influence within the industry.
A model costumed as a mermaid perched atop a 1967 Plymouth Barracuda. Image courtesy AACA Museum.
The days of dressing a model like a mermaid (to promote the Plymouth Barracuda, of course) have long since passed, and Krevsky will tell you that's a very good thing. In Sirens of Chrome, she writes, "I'd like to think I helped the auto show culture evolve out of T&A to a place of professional respect." The AACA's upcoming exhibit will document this evolution with photos, programs, posters and other displays, and Krevsky herself will be on hand to host a book signing on Thursday, March 6.
Sirens of Chrome – The Enduring Allure of Auto Show Models will run from March 1 to March 31 at the AACA Museum in Hershey, Pennsylvania. For additional details, visit AACAMuseum.org.


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PITTSBURGH, May 29 – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Dan Frankel, D-Allegheny, released the following statement in light of the ruling today by Commonwealth Court President Judge Dan Pellegrini in the ongoing dispute between UPMC and Highmark: "Today's decision by Judge Pellegrini is a momentous victory for consumers in western Pennsylvania. Under this decision, UPMC is required to continue to see Highmark Medicare Advantage patients at in-network rates which means that 180,000 seniors will not lose access to their doctors," Frankel said. "The decision is important in several ways. Not only does it resolve the ongoing confusion regarding Medicare Advantage, it requires both UPMC and Highmark to resolve outstanding issues related to their consent decrees through binding arbitration which must be completed by September 30, 2015. In doing so, this decision could help provide clarity to hundreds of thousands of consumers in Pennsylvania who've been held hostage by this ongoing situation," Frankel said. "Additionally, Judge Pellegrini made it clear that neither entity can make changes in their future business relationship with each other without court approval. The decision also requires the Commonwealth to make recommendations on how to change the corporate governance structure of both entities. This could lead to long-term changes in UPMC and Highmark's behavior that reorients them to an even stronger Read more
HARRISBURG, Sept. 30 – State Rep. Dan Frankel, D-Allegheny, today reintroduced legislation to counter increasing efforts to insert politics into the provider-patient relationship. House Bill 1105 , known as the Patient Trust Act, would prohibit government entities from requiring providers to care for patients in a way that is not considered medically appropriate or forcing providers to tell patients anything that is not medically accurate. The legislation – a primary focus of the General Assembly's Women's Health Caucus – is in response to laws passed in several states that force providers to practice medicine in a way that is not in line with basic medical standards. In Pennsylvania, Frankel pointed to the passage of Act 13 of 2012, legislation that many fear will limit the ability of health care providers to discuss the chemicals involved in natural gas fracking with their patients. "Patients trust that their doctor is telling them the truth, the whole truth, and that their health is the doctor's primary concern. We should protect that trust," said Frankel, who co-chairs the Women's Health Caucus. "Patients shouldn't worry that they are on the receiving end of a political agenda when they go to the doctor." Last year, the National Partnership for Women and Families detailed a number of problematic intrusions on medical decision-making in its report " Bad Medicine: How a Political Agenda is Read more
HARRISBURG , Aug. 26 – State Sens. Pat Browne (R-Lehigh) and Larry Farnese (D-Phila.) and Reps. Dan Frankel (D-Allegheny) and Tom Killion (R-Delaware) today announced the introduction of the Pennsylvania Fairness Act. The legislation (S.B. 974 and H.B. 1510) would update Pennsylvania's current nondiscrimination law – originally written in 1955 – to ensure that all citizens regardless of race, color, religion, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, disability and now – sexual orientation, gender identity and expression – can participate in and contribute to the state's economy. It is currently legal in Pennsylvania to fire someone and deny them housing or business services solely on the basis of the person being gay or transgender. Browne said, "Promoting inclusion and eliminating discrimination fosters growth in Pennsylvania's economy by ensuring that the Commonwealth is able to attract employees from a highly skilled workforce and, in particular, appeal to members of the innovative millennial generation." Frankel said, "This new bill is an opportunity for Pennsylvania to stand up against discrimination in support of basic human rights and economic growth. Our work over several years has brought us to this point and we believe the bipartisan support now expressed for this legislation will advance the bill." A recent survey of Pennsylvania residents showed that 73 percent incorrectly believe Read more
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 4 – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Dan Frankel, D-Allegheny, today mourned the passing of Elsie Hillman. "Elsie was a constituent, advisor and friend. While she was a prominent and faithful Republican, she was also a champion of bipartisanship and worked with members on both sides of the political aisle to accomplish great things for Pittsburgh and the region," Frankel said. "She was also a generous philanthropist and activist who strongly advocated for women's rights, as well as minorities and the LGBT community. You always knew that, when she advocated for something, it was because it was from the heart, and she placed the interests of our neighborhood, our city, our state and the nation ahead of partisan interests. She was also a passionate supporter of civil rights and women's reproductive rights, and I would frequently ask for her counsel and assistance on those issues. "She will be dearly missed." ### Read more
PITTSBURGH, July 29 – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Dan Frankel, D-Allegheny, was joined by Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald and other members of the Allegheny County Delegation today to call on Republican legislators to help close Pennsylvania's structural deficit and put proper funding back into the education system. "The voters of Pennsylvania gave a clear message by electing Governor Tom Wolf that it's time to end the budgetary gimmicks we've seen over the past four years and enact a real budget that benefits our middle-class citizens," Frankel said. "We cannot continue to allow budgets that cause irreparable harm to our credit rating and keep in place the massive cuts to our education system put in place by the previous administration." With the support of Democrats in the House and Senate, Gov. Wolf vetoed the Republican budget that failed to address the core issues facing Pennsylvania, including a structural budget deficit, a drastically underfunded school system, and rising property taxes for seniors and middle-class families. Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald said, "Allegheny County taxpayers deserve a budget that works for them. Particularly for property owners, the governor's budget addresses public school funding while also providing property tax reductions. This is an important piece for their financial security that also encourages investment in our homes and community. The Wolf Read more
HARRISBURG, June 27 – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Dan Frankel, D-Allegheny, said the Republican budget poised for House passage today would continue four years of shortchanging education and the budget gimmicks that left Pennsylvania with a structural deficit of more than $1 billion this year. "Many voters thought they had sent a clear message about the importance of education and responsible budgets by replacing Governor Corbett with Governor Wolf, and doing so by a nearly 10-point margin. Some in Harrisburg have not yet gotten that message. The new Republican budget would provide only a net of $8 million in new K-12 education funding, only 3 cents per student per day. It also would stretch full restoration of the cuts to higher education at Pitt and elsewhere from two years to eight years," Frankel said. "The people want more school funding so the Corbett-Republican cuts can be restored, and they support paying for it with a reasonable tax on gas drilling as all other major natural-gas states already have. The gas companies are not going to flee to West Virginia, Ohio or anywhere else when Pennsylvania finally passes a severance tax. "Last year's all-Republican budget used more than $1 billion in fund transfers and one-time sources of revenue, and now they want to repeat what amounts to deficit spending. "Republicans are fond of saying government should be run like a business – but no business would run like this and Read more
HARRISBURG, June 26 – State Reps. Brian Sims and Dan Frankel, Montgomery County Commissioner Josh Shapiro, former Philadelphia Councilman Jim Kenney and Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations Executive Director Rue Landau welcomed today's historic U.S. Supreme Court ruling on marriage equality. However, they warned that new state and federal laws are still needed to address the significant anti-LGBT discrimination that remains. Sims, D-Phila., a civil rights attorney and the first out LGBT member of the legislature, said, "I am thrilled for our country that the Supreme Court has come down on the side of equality. At the same time, I am concerned for people who are at risk of getting fired for getting married. In most of Pennsylvania and many other states, it is still legal to fire someone or deny them an apartment, a hotel room or a table in a restaurant because they are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender." Frankel, D-Allegheny, co-chairman of the legislature's LGBT Equality Caucus, said, "Today is a day for celebration as marriage equality is firmly enshrined in law. But we must not lose sight that it remains legal to deny our family, friends and neighbors jobs, housing or a public accommodation such as a restaurant table because of who they are. That is wrong, is un-American and about 70 percent of Pennsylvanians have agreed for years that we need laws against that type of discrimination." Frankel is the lead House sponsor of Read more
HARRISBURG, June 9 – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Dan Frankel, D-Allegheny, welcomed today's unanimous Senate confirmation of Dr. Rachel Levine as Pennsylvania's physician general. "This is a history-making Cabinet first for Pennsylvania, and I congratulate not only Dr. Levine but also Governor Tom Wolf for nominating her," said Frankel, co-chair of the legislature's LGBT Equality Caucus. "By confirming Dr. Levine, the Senate has not only provided Pennsylvanians with a quality physician general – our state Senate has affirmed that being gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender should not matter in employment. What should matter is whether the person will do a good job, and Dr. Levine will. I hope this bipartisan vote will show the way for a fair hearing and action on H.B. 300 and S.B. 300 once they are reintroduced – these bills have consistent 70 percent support among Pennsylvanians," Frankel said. ### Read more
HARRISBURG, May 26 – Several state House and Senate Democratic leaders have filed a legal brief urging Commonwealth Court to protect Medicare enrollees who are at risk in the ongoing UPMC-Highmark battle. House Democratic Caucus Chairman Dan Frankel, D-Allegheny, said: "About 182,000 western Pennsylvania seniors will be harmed if UPMC is allowed to end its Medicare Advantage contract with Highmark. We believe that would violate both the letter and the spirit of the two companies' 2014 consent decrees with the state. "We're urging the court to enforce what both UPMC and Highmark already agreed to do and to require binding arbitration to settle all disputes between the two companies, including the Medicare issue, emergency and trauma services, out-of-network billing procedures, disputed claims processing and payments for cancer patients," Frankel said. House members who signed on to the legal brief are: Frankel; Democratic Leader Frank Dermody, Appropriations Committee Democratic Chairman Joseph Markosek and Insurance Committee Democratic Chairman Tony DeLuca, all D-Allegheny; Democratic Whip Mike Hanna, D-Clinton/Centre; Democratic Policy Committee Chairman Mike Sturla, D-Lancaster; and Democratic Caucus Secretary Rosita Youngblood, D-Phila. Senators signing on to the legal brief are: Democratic Leader Jay Costa and Democratic Caucus Chairman Wayne Fontana, both D-Allegheny; and Sen. Jim Brewster, D-Allegheny/Westmoreland, Read more
HARRISBURG, May 21 – State Reps. Dan Frankel, D-Allegheny, and Mary Jo Daley, D-Montgomery, recently introduced legislation that would both help enhance public health and generate revenue in the commonwealth. House Bill 1213 would increase the cigarette tax by $1 per pack and impose a 40 percent tax on the wholesale price of other tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, cigars, pipes, "roll-your-own" tobacco and smokeless tobacco. Frankel said Pennsylvania is the only state in the country that does not impose some type of tax on smokeless tobacco and one of two states that does not tax cigars. "It's time that Pennsylvania joins every other state in the nation in levying a fair tax on these kinds of tobacco products," Frankel said. "We're faced with a $2 billion structural budget deficit and we cannot continue to overlook reasonable revenue streams such as an OTP tax that could generate significant funds for the Commonwealth." Daley said imposing these taxes could help deter young people from using cigarettes and OTPs. "Many teens succumb to peer pressure by using tobacco products and end up becoming life-time users," Daley said. "What's troubling is there are now alternative products, such as e-cigarettes, that are growing in popularity and have the same addicting effects as regular cigarettes. "According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than a Read more
HARRISBURG, May 11 – Members of the legislature's Women's Health Caucus today unveiled their "Pennsylvania Agenda for Women's Health" for the new session at a Capitol news conference. The caucus is co-chaired by Reps. Dan Frankel, D-Allegheny, and Frank Farry, R-Bucks; and Sens. Judy Schwank, D-Berks, and Chuck McIlhinney, R-Bucks. Frankel said, "We need to do more than honor women with words and Mother's Day cards – our bipartisan caucus is putting forth a package of legislation that would make specific progress for Pennsylvania women in areas such as family-friendly working conditions, economic fairness, ensuring healthy lives and help for victims of domestic violence." Farry said, "Women's health is an important issue and we in the General Assembly take it seriously, including the health of our female veterans and active duty military personnel. In Pennsylvania alone, there are nearly 80,000 women veterans. While the proportion of women veterans to male veterans continues to increase, the unique health needs of women can be overlooked in providing services to a large, and predominantly male, veteran population. This comprehensive package of bills will go a long way in ensuring all Pennsylvania women, including our veterans, have health care options to meet their needs." Schwank said, "Women and families play a pivotal role in the overall health of our communities and the Read more
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