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I wanted to share my little Paper Shamrock Banner.
Here's a little 'how to' on how I put the shamrocks together. First off, I used supplies from my own stash. Paper, staples, hot glue, and my paper cutter.
Here's how to assemble: If you can't read the text, go here to download the paper shamrock tutorial as a pdf.
After I made my desired number of shamrocks (I did 7), I just just used some thread I had laying around to string them on to use as a banner. I was hoping for fishing line or invisible thread, but didn't have any so this was my backup. I also tied little knots in the thread before and after each shamrock to create spacing. (am I making any sense? I am confusing myself now!) E-mail for clarification if ya need it but they are pretty simple.
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|There are various ways of cleaning firearms brass after it has been fired. Some brass requires extensive care depending upon its condition. Brass that has been exposed to the elements for a long period of time can require either more time to clean than relatively clean once-fired brass or different methods to prepare it for final polish. Relatively clean brass can be either tumbled or vibrated in a media such as corncob or walnut shell to remove small amounts of dirt, residue, and tarnish. Another method of cleaning brass involves actually washing the brass in water and some form of cleaner. Mild soap works well, just be sure you use nothing that has an ammonia base to it that will attack the brass and weaken it. When washing cases you will have much better results if you agitate them after soaking for a while. Some words of caution are needed about drying the cases.
|NEVER put the cases in an oven to dry them, it is too easy to get the cases too hot and soften them. You cannot control the heat in an oven precisely enough to safely dry them. A better recommendation would be to spread the cases out on a cookie sheet and place them in the sun for a while. Another alternative would be to place them in front of a fan or furnace vent. If you have extremely dirty cases you can wash them to remove the bulk of the debris and then polish them in a tumbler to give them that like-new shine. A very labor intensive yet effective method of polishing cases is to use an abrasive such as steel wool and hand polish the cases one at a time. This is a very effective method, although slow.
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mtb159 wrote:How did everyone find the Tour today??
I found it made me late for work
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Postby williamsf1 » Fri Jan 21, 2011 7:21 pm
- max stevens - oxygen thief.... and someone please take the microphone of this guy!!!
- water quality, or lack of quality!!! ( was almost undrinkable, and the people around me that did..... felt sick!!)
- people in the 30kph group that clearly should not be there!! we started with DAVID MACKENZIE in the 25-30kph section and averaged 28kph
- no food at strath. or no directions and forced to ask to eat in the SANTOS corp. area!!!
- mt barker - what a cluster.... at least 30mins lost
- noobs riding the centre white line at 15kph, requiring us to undertake them... (scetchy!)
- someone please ask GU to sponsor the TDU and not that rubbish power bar crap!
- checker hill was fine, but some priceless stacks at 0kph close to the 100m to go!!! do it on the verge not in the middle of the road!!!
- 30km people need to be released EARLIER, as they are an accident waiting to happen with the closing speeds (50kph v 20kph)
- more policing of riders not in jerseys.... yes they look gay, but paying is for everyone!
I am willing to say its a big improvement from 2010 but that wouldnt take much!!!!
excellent riding from 99% of the 135km group!!!!
legs are fine and will do another 100+ 2moro!!!! whooop!!
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Postby feeltherush » Fri Jan 21, 2011 8:34 pm
Good day all up, good and not so good things to report as usual.
- Main thing was stayed safe (which is a bit more than can be said for the poor lady on the road with blood all over the road and her face on the run into Strath)
- +1 re: Max Stevens
- Bonus having a jersey that actually fits
- Gorge Rd was nice
- Checkers was OK (despite people stepping off all over the place)... had to keep telling people to hold their line
- Food stop at Oakbank was 100% improvement on last year (mind you started from a pretty low base)
- Mt Barker was a disaster 2nd year in a row (thought they would have learnt from last year)
- Run from Meadows to Ashbourne was awesome
- Last few kms into Strath traffic wise was heaps better than the last couple of years (nice clear run without cars)
- Chaos at the oval without any communication
- Riding amongst the slower/unprepared riders is dangerous, if theres one rule every cyclist should abide by its "HOLD YOUR LINE" people changing direction randomly on the road causes you to take unnecessary risks (eg. overtaking and having to move over the white lines into the opposite lane)
- In the end felt better as the day went on and happy to finish up with an average just over 26.5kph (mind you that dropped a bit making my way back to Maccy & Flaxley, much easier logistics wise for the wife to pick me up from there)
Hope everyone had a good safe day and enjoyed the very mild weather.
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Postby mmhbeer » Fri Jan 21, 2011 8:50 pm
I had to ride behind a police car going up checkers, which made me stop at 100 metres from the top. I waited on the side then rode the rest.
There was a group wearing MB cycles kit that were a bunch of rude pricks and yelling at people who had paid to ride to move left for them. I heard it several times and then decided to ride in the middle of them to piss them off and told one girl to shut up as she was a freeloader.
Have to agree that Mt Barker was an absolute shamozzle.
I had a great time and would do this ride again.
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Postby williamsf1 » Sat Jan 22, 2011 1:50 am
I almost forgot my pet hate :-
WOMEN WHO INSIST ON THINKING RIDING A BIKE IS JUST LIKE THE STATIONARY BIKE IN THE GYM AND HAVE THE IPOD IN ON THE ROAD.... THIS IS MEGA DANGEROUS NORMALLY, BUT A HUGE GROUP RIDE Say What ARE YOU THINKING.... NEXT ONE I SEE WILL BE GETTING THE RENSHAW!!
sadly the GF a madly pro-women anything agree's that they are a bloody menace to the rest of us.....
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Re: Mutual Community Challenge Tour
Postby JKohn » Sat Jan 22, 2011 8:59 am
- The food at Oakbank was plentiful but getting the water from fire hydrants is a bit gross - why can't they get in decent water as we pay enough!!
- I found other riders on Checker's Hill ok but did have to tell a few to keep their line
- My biggest gripe would be slow riders not keeping to the left when there is plenty of room and riding towards the centre of the road so when you pass them you have no choice but to cross the line which isn't safe.
- Re: Mt Barker. I agree with above comments but it is still a work day for many so I don't see what other options they have regarding the traffic as the cars will have to cross paths with us cyclists somewhere. I thought there were heaps of police manning the one roundabout which was good.
- I found the drivers to be much more patient this year, especially in Mt Barker and Hahndorf - last year I encountered a few total knobs!
- Loved the decent down Bull Creek and the run into Strath.
- Did see a couple of non jersey cyclists - one actually did alot of work in a little group I was in so from that point of view he only feeloaded $$ wise.
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Re: Mutual Community Challenge Tour
Postby liamb » Sat Jan 22, 2011 10:02 am
Sounds like the ride was fun. I know there are plenty of !! BAN ME NOW FOR SWEARING !! on bikes out there, I seem to meet them every ride mostly show ponies or I'm too good for anyone who spent less than me!!!, but it was a comunity ride open to everyone. The reason I chose not to enter was the large numbers and the chance that the large numbers of new riders or riders not used to rides like this could make it difficult, oh and having to deal with the !! BAN ME NOW FOR SWEARING !! factor!!!!. I really enjoyed Ride Like Crazy (there were still some bad riders but you get that) and I hope everyone in the TDU challenge enjoyed their ride. I might have a crack next year but will bring my own water
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Postby eeksll » Sat Jan 22, 2011 10:16 am
- checkers hill was ok bit annoying that the walkers decided to span themselves across the entire left hand lane. I was faster riding than the walkers ... did not expect to be though.
- traffic was a bit annoying, not so much that I had to go slow (I did not mind that) but it compressed the field. I liked it after a few hills on gorge rd when the field spread.
- second the groups of riders taking the entire width of the road. I was constantly riding on the white line to wait for an opportunity to overtake.
- fire hydrant water was a bit not quite right but i assumed (maybe wrongly) that it was ok to drink.
- i dropped off to the back of the packs cause I decided not to "jostle" to stay in my position. Bad idea this just meant I dropped to the back of the pack, then when the back dropped off the main group ...
- I crashed, not sure the exact details, but from what i remember i was second rider on the left and there was someone else on the right (atleast 3 wide anyway) and i was pretty much in the middle of the bunch.
Someone tried to over take on my left. Not sure if I moved slightly right or what happened but I ended up veering left sharply and hitting my friends wheel and I went over luckily my friend did not.
My friend said I hit the "passers" back wheel, she might have been saying that to make me feel better about something that was my own fault/lack of riding skill. slightly buckled wheel fixed by opening the brakes a bit and a small cut on the hand so all was ok.
- friend said we averaged 25 ish km/h Ill know more when I check my own watch data. It does not seem quite right cause I felt like !! BAN ME NOW FOR SWEARING !! and that seems very fast average speed for me.
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Re: Mutual Community Challenge Tour
Postby nutsack » Sat Jan 22, 2011 10:36 am
liamb wrote:I dont think people know how dangerous it is to drink water out of hydrants. I design fire sprinkler systems and also take care of comissioning systems and some building insurance companies ask for signs on fire hydrants and hosereels noting that the water is not suitable for human consumption. Its not the water or where is comes from but the pipework it sits in, if the system has not been drained or tested at the correct intervals the sitting water turns black!!!!!!!. Gastro, skin iritations, eye problems. If you have the choice I dont recomend you mess with your health.
Surely flushing it for few minutes would be enough to remove the sitting water (which byt he time most get to the rest stations would have happened automatically). The water itself comes from the same pipeline that supplies our homes, its not a separate water source. The water on its own tasted quite metallic to me, nothing that a few scoops of powerade didn't fix. I felt fine the rest of the day and the next so far, and I drank a few litres of the stuff.
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Re: Mutual Community Challenge Tour
Postby cuttsnake » Sat Jan 22, 2011 7:32 pm
The only thing that put a downer on my whole experience was losing my Edge 500 (one in last year's Garmin-Transition Team colours). While I'm unhappy about dropping an expensive bit of kit out of my jersey pocket while wandering around the oval, I'm even more annoyed that I have no data on the ride, especially seeing as I wanted to compare my performance at MCCT with that of my Ride Like Crazy attempt.
"Time for an upgrade!" my friend said. "That was my upgrade!"
I've worked very hard to achieve this level of mediocrity.
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Postby Trev Campbell » Sun Jan 23, 2011 4:49 pm
I made a real concious effort to not get carried away early and literally just rolled over the pedals all the way to Kersbrook in order to conserver energy for Checkers. The climb was mega tough but the carnage wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I was expecting to come down when someone fell in front of me. But everyone who was walking up made a pretty good effort to get off the road and walk up the verge.
My one gripe was the water at Gumeracha, It was coming out of what must have been 2 brand new poly tanks and the water was disgusting and tasted like drinking plastic. So when I got to the Oakbank stop the water I had there (I didn't notice where it was coming from) tasted fantastic !!!!!!! Also I read someone whinge about the powerbar Gel's and bars. This is the first organised ride I've done where anything like that has been provided so I was extreemly happy to use them. The run through Mount Barker was a bit of a pain. But as someone else noted. It's an open road event and nornal people still have to be able to get around.
The police did a great job organising traffic. The run from Meadows down to Ashbourne was fantastic. I got a slight bit of cramp coming up the hill out of Ashbourne and thought I might be in real trouble but just took it easy down heap sof power ade and slowly streached my legs out as I rolled along and they cam good. So much so that as I came over the top of the hill for the decent into Strath I was able to really give it a fast finish. I got through in 5:28:53 avg 24.7 kph. So I was extreemly happy with that.
I found the organisation at the end of the ride much better than last year. So I loved the ride, my gripe (like a lot of others) is riders who don't seem to know the meaning of keep left. I had to pass on the wrong side of the road on too many occasions.
But I give the ride a 9/10 Fantastic.
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Postby gdt » Mon Jan 24, 2011 1:04 pm
The flow of riders through the oval had been more thought out and the Challenge Tour and the TDU weren't competing for space. It could be improved, but it was more like what it should be. It would have been good if they'd also used the big screen to display the announcements and a map of the site. Having the annual show catering open was a good idea. The later bus was good, as you could see the TDU riders come in knowing that you'd still make the bus. The buses were on time as they didn't need to be diverted to collect the walking wounded.
The lack of cars near the end was good. I must have got lucky with the traffic at Mt Barker, as it didn't seem that bad. Certainly I got through faster than some of the poor people in cars on their way to work. Some people "setting a good time" seem to be agitated by it.
There does need to be some education for the more casual riders. There were a few places where I did the right thing and hung about behind people taking the entire lane who still didn't let me past and I had to cross into the oncoming lane. I don't like doing that, as every year it seems that someone doing exactly that is badly hurt by oncoming traffic.
It would be useful if the book flicked the page on peleton riding. It should tell the slower riders:
- HOLD YOUR LINE. The person coming up from behind wants you to be predictable.
- LOOK BEHIND when they want to change their line, because bikes in good mechanical condition are silent.
- KEEP LEFT unless overtaking. A bike should be able to pass you without crossing the centre line.
- Shout STOPPING, MOVE TO THE VERGE, then STOP. If you start to weave, don't persist. Come back another day when there aren't 8,000 people and give it another go.
- Stop at all the watering points. I shouldn't be 5Km past a refreshment stop and encounter people on the first big hill complaining of no water.
It should tell the faster riders:
- OVERTAKE ON THE RIGHT. Tell them you are there.
- But DON'T SHOUT RUDELY at people. Because a lot of people are doing this for enjoyment, not for racing.
- DON'T BE A PRAT. You are not a TDU rider, the road is not closed for this event.
I also saw one group that wouldn't thin out to let an ambulance past, which I think summarises the overly-competitive nature of some riders.
The ride guide should really walk people through the course a bit more, pointing out steep ascents and descents, exposed areas, toilets and shops, etc.
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Re: Mutual Community Challenge Tour
Postby MichaelB » Mon Jan 24, 2011 1:15 pm
Seems like others have said that there were imprevements from last year (powerade stuff and jerseys that fitted with full zips), but there were some other issues still.
Overall, the number of people was huge, and driving from Macc's to Strath in a Prado (friends car) was a nightmare, partly from the cyclists and mostly from nongs coming the other way in cars.
May even reconsider doing the ride next year ....
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Re: Mutual Community Challenge Tour
Postby Solirossi » Mon Jan 24, 2011 1:38 pm
The worst part about the ride are the riders. Its only natural that when you have that many people in such close formation that you will get people making mistakes and its to be expected. But there were some silly people diving up the inside when leaving rest stops, passing within literally cm's of my bars and just generally being prats.
That said they were the exception and overall teh event and inclusion in a pro tour race is brilliant. Ill do it again next year.
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Re: Mutual Community Challenge Tour
Postby dodge » Mon Jan 24, 2011 2:02 pm
mmhbeer wrote:There was heaps of food at Strath when we went to eat at about 12pm. As you entered the oval you were handed a powerade, then a lunch bag with the paper in it and then you walked past the food.
I had to ride behind a police car going up checkers, which made me stop at 100 metres from the top. I waited on the side then rode the rest.
There was a group wearing MB cycles kit that were a bunch of rude pricks and yelling at people who had paid to ride to move left for them. I heard it several times and then decided to ride in the middle of them to piss them off and told one girl to shut up as she was a freeloader.Have to agree that Mt Barker was an absolute shamozzle.
I had a great time and would do this ride again.
Did it make you feel all tough to abuse someone who has also paid to ride.. They travelled down from brisbane..Not freeloaders as you assumed...And people should be keeping left anyway...Pity I wasn't on the ride to critique your verbal abuse skills up close
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Postby jet-ski » Mon Jan 24, 2011 2:19 pm
Everyone else was awesome though
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Re: Mutual Community Challenge Tour
Postby Drunkmonkey » Mon Jan 24, 2011 2:26 pm
mmhbeer wrote:There was heaps of food at Strath when we went to eat at about 12pm. As you entered the oval you were handed a powerade, then a lunch bag with the paper in it and then you walked past the food.
I had to ride behind a police car going up checkers, which made me stop at 100 metres from the top. I waited on the side then rode the rest.
There was a group wearing MB cycles kit that were a bunch of rude pricks and yelling at people who had paid to ride to move left for them. I heard it several times and then decided to ride in the middle of them to piss them off and told one girl to shut up as she was a freeloader.
Have to agree that Mt Barker was an absolute shamozzle.
I had a great time and would do this ride again.
My pet hate on mass participation events is people like you who thinks its their right to ignore common sense, common courtesy and the ride rules/guidelines, and ride where you feel like (ie not left), and deliberatly go out of your way to annoy people.
You are no better than the group you are complaining about - actually you are far worse imo.
Did you feel like a big man mouthing off at a girl?
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Postby feeltherush » Mon Jan 24, 2011 6:34 pm
It was definitely worth going out and doing a reccy beforehand instead of coming up to that on Friday morning and thinking OMGosh!
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Postby lethoso » Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:04 pm
- course was good, really enjoyed the ride through gorge rd. I enjoyed the long gradual descent at the end too, smashed it through there, was fun.
- overall rider quality was ok, my impression may be somewhat influenced by the fact the group I was with started a little bit ahead of the official start time & a couple of k away from it so we didn't get too caught up in the masses
- we skipped checker's hill - heard it was likely to be a shitfest, and most of the guys in the group had done it previously anyway.
- not closing the roads (or at least an entire lane for the riders) is really stupid. It just creates a dangerous mess.
- the "you must wear the jersey" rule is stupid - good luck finding your group again if you get separated (the group I was with for the most part didn't wear them).
- dunno about the rest stops, my uncle (who I was riding with) said they were terrible last year so we didn't even bother.
- very few course guides/directors - ended up taking a wrong turn at one point
I'd say it's a good ride in spite of the organisation, not because of it.
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Re: Mutual Community Challenge Tour
Postby elantra » Tue Jan 25, 2011 2:04 pm
This event is similar to the Brissy-to-GoldCoast ride in terms of numbers, but the TDU ride is much more fun.
B2GC sign-on and registration process however is much better, although the QLD event has a higher proportion of wobbly cyclists.
So thanks to all, including the cafe proprieter at Hahndorf who provided me with the best hot Mocha i have ever tasted.
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The owner: Carl Hanson, 71, Bedford
Occupation: Retired noise control engineer
The car: 1951 Jaguar XK120 Coupe
Where and how did you find this car?
I was looking for a Jaguar XK120 roadster back in 1996 and found one in my price range listed in a classified ad in Hemmings Motor News. The roadster was in Virginia, not far from Washington, D.C., where I had consulting work in the area. Next time I was in D.C., I rented a car and drove to the site in Virginia to have a look. I was disappointed. The roadster was a rusty hulk, needing far more work than I was willing to expend. The owner suggested maybe I would be interested in the coupe in the barn instead. He said it had been there for 13 years. I took a look, but declined since I wanted a roadster. By the time I got back home to Bedford later that day, however, I had changed my mind. The beautiful lines of the coupe were singing to me! And, although the car was home to a variety of rodents and insects and was covered with dust, it was structurally sound.
Why did you want a Jaguar?
Back in 1951 when I was 8 years old, I thought the Jaguar sports car was the most beautiful car in the world. That year I built a scale model from a balsa wood kit of the XK120 roadster. I still have that simple model but always wanted a real one. Life intervened ... engineering school, graduate school, marriage, family, house, consulting practice, etc. ... and sports cars were not really part of the picture. At some point I decided the time had come to realize my dream. That's when this Jaguar became a reality.
Once you brought it back to Massachusetts, how long did the restoration take?
The car was delivered in a truck with lots of extra pieces. People thought I was nuts. It was not a pretty sight. The interior was a mess. The instruments had insect nests inside them. Mouse nests were behind the headliner, seats and inside the fenders. Fenders were rusted and dented. Chrome was pitted. But the chassis was solid and the body looked fine, if you didn't look too close! I started disassembly in October 1996, removed the engine and transmission for restoration by Donovan Motors in Lenox, Mass., removed the body from the frame for dipping to remove rust and old paint, took a welding course at Nashoba Valley Tech, and replaced rusted panels. The project took 10 years of nights and weekends when they could be fitted into an already busy life.
Once you had the finished project and did some back checking on the car's history what did you learn?
The previous owner told me he believed this was one of the earliest XK120 coupes in the country. I applied for a certificate from Jaguar Daimler Historical Trust, the organization within Jaguar that maintains archives in England and New Jersey. The information came back that it was the earliest one registered in the U.S., according to the chassis number. It had been imported to the U.S. by Hornburg Jaguar in Los Angeles. About 2,400 XK120 coupes were made and there are only about 500 left in the world.
It's a glamorous car, to say the least. Any glamorous history to it?
The car was among the first shipment of 10 coupes imported by Charles Hornburg, the Jaguar distributor on the West Coast. Hornburg liked to place new sports cars with movie stars. Clark Gable was a recipient of one of the first XK120 roadsters. The coupes were a sensation when they first arrived, so I had hoped to find a movie star as the first owner. Unfortunately, the records show that the first owner was not registered so it remains a mystery. However, Hornburg did use photos of this car in his brochures advertising the "exciting new XK120 Sports Coupe." Jay Leno has an XK120 in his famous car collection.
What awards has the car won?
Everywhere the car goes, it attracts attention and wins awards. The most recent award was this March when Jaguar Land Rover North America placed it on display at the Amelia Island Concours (Florida) to mark the heritage leading up to their new F-Type Sports Coupe. Last year, it was awarded "Best Jaguar" at British Car Day at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum in Brookline ... an award it had won 4 previous years. Other significant awards include:
Jaguar Association of New England Concours, "Best of Show - Driven Class" 2013The Saratoga Auto Museum "Chief Judge's Award" European Car Show 2012Owl's Head Museum Foreign Car Show "People's Choice" 2009Jaguar Clubs of North America, 1st - Driven Class in Northeast Region, 2009Lime Rock Rolex Vintage Car Festival, 1st in Class, 2006Jaguar Association of New England, 1st Championship Class two times, 1st in Driven Class four times.British Invasion, Vermont, 1st in Class three times, 2nd in Class three times, 3rd in Class once.
Are you a member of any clubs or organizations?
I belong to Jaguar Association of New England (JANE), one of the largest clubs in the national organization, Jaguar Clubs of North America (JCNA). This year we are hosting the Annual General Meeting of JCNA at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Cambridge on April 4-6. JANE has been planning for this event for two years. We expect over 250 attendees from all over the country and will feature an evening reception at the MIT Museum, an awards banquet featuring a Jaguar VP as main speaker, and a jazz brunch at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum.
A car as valuable as this might spend most of its days in a museum, but you drive it, right?
These cars were meant to be driven, not to sit still in a museum somewhere. Someone once asked me whether I would drive the car after I finished restoring it. My answer was, "Why would I spend 10 years restoring a car and then not drive it?" You have to realize the car is over 60 years old, so it doesn't drive like a modern car. The exhaust note is beautiful, the engine runs smoothly, and it handles like a sports car should on curvy back roads. The interior is a bit cramped, but I am not a big person so it fits me just fine.
What precautions do you take driving a car like this on the open road?
When the XK120s first came on the market in 1948, they were the fastest production cars in the world, capable of speeds over 120 mph. They could go fast and handle curves nicely, much better than American cars of the period, but their brakes are not comparable to what we have today. What it means is that one drives them aggressively, but carefully. I try to avoid freeways and give other cars plenty of room. Back roads of New England are perfect for these vintage cars.
What other notable cars have you owned?
My first car was a 1949 Ford which I "customized" a bit as a teenager. Like nearly everybody in college, I had a 1957 VW Beetle which I drove cross country a few times. When we got married, my wife and I bought a 1965 Mustang fastback ... bright red, a beautiful car. Unfortunately, a drunk driver crashed into it while parked at a curb and sadly ended its existence. Before the Jaguar, I restored a 1973 Triumph TR6 sports car which I still have. Currently I am restoring a 1949 Ford pickup.
How did you gain your mechanical experience to keep this car going?
I grew up in a small town in the Midwest and worked summers on my uncle's farm in South Dakota. Repairing farm machinery, tractors, and trucks gave me the background for my hobby today.
There are plenty of TV shows dedicated to "barn finds" and finding priceless relics under decades of dust. You obviously found one. Do you think there are more out there?
Yes, there are still "barn finds." They seem to keep cropping up and the various car magazines like to feature them. Recently an early Jaguar E-Type was pulled out of a barn where it had rested undriven for 43 years! Sometimes they are unrestorable, especially if they have sat outside for many years.
(Got a car story? Contact Sunday Metro Editor Rob Haneisen at firstname.lastname@example.com or 508-626-3882. Follow him on Twitter @Rob_HaneisenMW.)
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Gabe Powers would go to war with a murderous Giger-esque monster...
Norton Cyberdyne (Cyberdyne, eh?), a multinational corporation, produces high-tech military technology. Their latest super-weapon is the 'SYNGENOR' (SYNthesized GENetic ORganism), a perfect and perfectly ugly 'super-soldier' killing machine. Unfortunately, the prototype is set loose by a well meaning executive, and is leaving a trail of bodies and new Syngenors in its wake.
Syngenor is a knock-off production, but like many low budget quickies looking for an audience the knock-off qualities are worn on the film's sleeves. I mean that literally, by the way, every cover sleeve since its VHS days has made Syngenor's less than original qualities a front and centre issue. Since the days of Roger Corman and Dino de Laurentiis, part of ripping off a popular genre film has been making your intensions known in the assumption that fans will want to see more of the same. In fact, quite often knock-off expectations can lead to disappointment, as audiences assume they're going to see more of the same, only to have some upstart filmmaker decide to add something of themselves into the production. Thank God there was only one person on this particular production that was looking to put something of himself into the final film: actor David Gale.
The on-paper, shortest possible explanation of Syngenor is an Aliens meets Robocop affair. This generalization is obvious from the box art alone, but the specifics back it up rather effectively. From security guards shooting up monsters, and heroes escaping through vents, to corporate villains, and tongue in cheek commercials, there isn't a lot of original thought put into the film. The Syngenor design is very Giger inspired, created by William Malone, who'd 'borrow' from Giger again for his first two tries at direction, Scared to Death and Creature (and just to hammer the point home, the effects were mostly created by fellahs who work for James Cameron).
I went into the film with minimal expectations, but I was excited to see what I was assuming would be a Brian Yuzna like production. Still, I'm disappointed in Syngenor. As stated at the top, David Gale's bizarre and campy performance is really the only memorable aspect of the film (and probably part of my assumption that the film would have Yuzna qualities). The visuals are somewhat comic bookish, and there are a few bloody moments, but nothing is taken over the top enough (besides Gale, of course) to make for a memorable experience. With a few exceptions (Gale again), the film also isn't particularly amusing, on purpose or by accident. Given a lack of original ideas or creature designs a solid grasp of the absurd is often the only thing to make a low budget knock-off worth watching.
As is the case of most of Synapse's late October releases, Syngenor is a re-release of an Elite Entertainment disc. This print shows its age a little more obviously than many of either studio's average release. The overall look is generally muted, softening the film's comic book visuals. Details are pretty soft, and grain is consistent, but besides a few really dark scenes it's easy to tell what's going on based on some clean highlights, and an effective sense of contrast. The colours, though muted overall, are still pretty flashy, but the noise factor is an issue, especially in warm colours and skin tones.
The 1.85:1 framing is mostly a non-issue, but there are a handful of shots that are very awkwardly framed, leading me to guess that the film was made with the DTV aspect ratio of 1.33:1 in mind.
Again, I'm not clear on the Elite release's audio quality, but from what I can gather this disc features the same Dolby Digital 5.1 and original 2.0 options. Back to back the two tracks are almost identical, but the width of the 5.1 track is slightly more impressive, and there's a tiny bit of extra LFE oomph. The dialogue track has been effectively centred, but it's also the most inconsistent part of the track, changing quality and volume within a single scene. Usually the spoken audio is relatively natural, but sometimes it becomes a bit scratchy and the high end is slightly distorted. The film is mixed pretty flatly for a stereo affair, so most on-set sound is centred, but there are a few minor stereo scares throughout. The synth score is the tracks most warm and clean element.
The main extra here, and all the extras have been ported directly from the Elite release (including menu), is the audio commentary with lead actress Star Andreeff, writer Brent Friedman and producer Jack Murphy. Though not exactly full of piss and vinegar, all three participants have something to add to the track, mostly covering the blank space with anecdotes and, sadly, often explanations of plot holes. The commentators keep bringing up the film's vaguely prophetic properties in the company's plans to send Syngenors to Iran, but it's not like they made it in the 1960s. The Middle East was very much an issue in 1990.
Next are a collection of brief featurettes. 'David Gale at Tokyo Fantastic Film Festival' is taken from video footage taken during the 1990 TFFF, which coincided with the film's Japanese release. It's an adorable little thing, especially the bit where Gale opens a gift, and it runs about nine minutes. Producer Jack Murphy's narration is a nice touch, though the audio quality of the Q and A is pretty hard to discern when he isn't describing it. The most notable thing about the two minute behind the scenes photo shoot segment is that William Malone appears to be the camera man. This is followed by another Murphy narrated featurette concerning the creature production, also about two minutes, and David Gale's audition tape. Trailers, filmograpies and stills complete the disc.
Syngenor features some awesomely campy box art (the graphic designers at Synapse are really damn good at what they do), but non-fans shouldn't be fooled. Besides some colourful visuals, a few fun practical effects, and a bang up performance from David Gale, Syngenor is just not a very good movie, even in terms of low budget, low expectation filmmaking. Gale's biggest fans may want a copy for their collection (odds are they already have one), but the rest of us can skip it, save maybe a rent.
Review by Gabriel Powers
roy huybregts Member Join Date: January 2005 Location: Netherlands Posts: 5
lol budget monster movie... though look cool (in its own way) to see once and never agian
Thembones Member Join Date: November 2005 Location: United States Posts: 287
Reminds me of the 1980's classic B-movie, Humanoids from the Deep. Truly one of the best of it's day. This looks very good as well. One has to remember, the worse a film is, the better it is.
pitdeadite Member Join Date: August 2006 Location: United States Posts: 662
How I miss David Gale. R.I.P. buddy.
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I miss the day of good 1980s B-movies which came out by the dozen.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 28th October 2008
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 2.0 English, Spanish
Subtitles: N/A
Extras: Producer/Writer/Actor Commentary, Three Behind the Scenes Featurettes, Filmographies, Image Gallery, Trailers
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Director: George Elanjian
Cast: David Gale, Starr Andreeff, Mitchell Lawrence, Charles Lucia
Genre: Horror and Sci-Fi
Length: 98 minutes
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The mother is delighted with the new pope. Great man. He gets the bus.He pays his hotel bills. He cracks little jokes. He talks about love. One Direction for the arthritis gang.
Very unpopey yet you couldn't knit yourself a better pope. He's no George Clooney but at seventy-six, he's just a spring chicken. The life in your pope is as important as the pope in your life. And! There's no faint smell of Nazi off him. No taint of child abuse cover up. Ok. He was at the back of the bus gazing out the window when the junta in Buenos Aires started disappearing some of his Jesuit colleagues but look, when the Smart Boy Wanted sign goes up in the Vatican window you don't expect to find the perfect candidate.
The point is that when the mother and her old friends get down on their hands and knees to clean the church across the road they're pleased with the new boss. When they are washing the floor and shining the brass and polishing the wood and shifting their aching limbs about to do a job that nobody thanks them for they are happy that the man with the hat gets the bus from time to time. He's humble. Humility is a good thing for the church to have these days. Humility and love.
We don't talk much about the pope or his business when I call to the house of an evening. We talk about what's going on in our mad little village and we talk about hurling. I was recently decommissioned from the Cork senior hurling squad after more than a decade and a half of good times and turbulence. The disappointment at how it was ended. That's what we talk about. And how the club will go. In our house the pope might get his picture stuck to the fridge but Christy Ring was the only man we knew to be infallible and hurling has always been the one true faith.
Still. I'd like to know someday about how the mother feels about the fact that her son whom she loves won't ever be allowed to get married in the church that she cleans in the village she has always lived in. The pope who gets the bus and talks about love is against gay marriage. He's never been to Cloyne by bus or by car but he's one of the last people on earth who cares that I am gay. If I find somebody I love the Pope won't be letting me celebrate that relationship in the church which baptised me, gave me my communion, confirmed me and which will probably seize my body for burial if I let it. If I find somebody I love and we settle down and want to share our home with a child who needs loving parents the pope will have an actual hissy fit. Gay adoption, he says, is child abuse. That's a pretty big steaming slice of ignorance for any badged rep of Catholic Church Inc. to be offering to the customers in this day and age.
In his new job the man from the Buenos Aires omnibus is in the perfect place to learn a little bit about the realities of child abuse. By the time he is finished reading all the reports in his in tray he may conclude that it would be best to keep priests away from churches and places in the community. Then he might go out (he has the outfits) and meet some real gay men and women and educate himself beyond the stereotype.
He works after all directly for a man who lived with his mother till he was thirty, who hung almost exclusively with men, or disciples (the fabulous ones as they called themselves in the instagram picture of the last supper.) HE turned the water into wine. Not stout. HIS only female friend Mary Magdalene described herself as 'fag hag' on her Facebook page And never shopped for shoes without bringing Jesus with her.
Luckily the Pope doesn't apply his lazy stereotypes to the guy he works for. And when he learns some truths about real humility and real love he might look around the bus next time he's on one and realise that the percentage of his fellow passengers don't look or sound any different to anybody else and no matter what your belief they were created in the same way as everybody else.
The hurling season is starting and in Cloyne hurling is the great leveller. The Pope whether he is riding on a bus or on a donkey is a remote concept to us. We won last weekend down in Youghal. Some of us have played together since the time we could walk. Others are the sons of fellas who I played with in the past. My Dad was umpire. My friend Philip Cahill's son Luke, scored three goals. My other friend Sean Motherways son, Owen made his debut. I won County Championships with both their Fathers. We all know each other's histories so well that our default method of conversation is ripping the life out of each other. Come what may.
There's a lot of love and humility there. We fight with each other some of the time but mostly we fight for each other come what may. Someday some fella like me is going to decide to get married in a little church in some place like Cloyne, just like the people he grew up with and the people he plays with. I wouldn't want to be the priest who explains the Pope's position to the mothers of Ireland when their done cleaning the churches and I wouldn't like to be the man who bars the door to the community that makes up the church.
So my brothers and sisters the lesson for the day is: Taking the bus isn't the same thing as walking the walk!
*Donal Og Cusack is one of Ireland's leading sportsmen and the first ever to go public about his sexual orientation. He won three All Ireland medals with Cork hurlers.


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Letter Report Assessing the USGS National Water Quality Assessment Program's Science Plan (2011)Water Science and Technology Board
Each report is produced by a committee of experts selected by the Academy to address a particular statement of task and is subject to a rigorous, independent peer review; while the reports represent views of the committee, they also are endorsed by the Academy. Learn more on our expert consensus reports.
The U.S. Geological Survey's National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program is poised to expand its current, nationally recognized role in monitoring water quality to the ability to forecast likely future conditions, according to a National Research Council report. The Program's plan to assess the dynamics of changes in water quality would tailor water sampling frequency and location to known events, such as the wet or dry spells associated with El Nino/La Nina, to reveal the source of trends in water quality. This dynamic strategy would make possible the forecasting of future trends of pollutants under different scenarios of land use, climate, and resource management, according to the report.
This letter report continues the National Research Council's review of NAWQA's Science Plan, the planning document intended to guide the program's future work, as requested by the U.S. Geological Survey.
Key Messages
- The Science Plan and its priority of dynamic water quality monitoring present a compelling plan for the National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. The Plan is technically sound and the Program has the scientific capability to achieve its objectives. However, the concept of dynamic water quality monitoring needs further development.
- If only traditional water quality monitoring is maintained, the U.S. Geological Survey will lag behind in providing the necessary science to solve water problems driven by population growth, changes in land use, and climate variability.
- The dynamic water quality sampling approach will capture data on attributes of the events, develop knowledge about relationships between stresses on water quality and their effects, and lead to a fine-tuned understanding of the causes of change in water quality.
- NAWQA's infrastructure in place, interdisciplinary and collaborative experience, state-of-the-art analytical capability, and modeling capacity make it uniquely positioned to lead a dynamic national synthesis of water quality information and understanding.
- Further, with its history of collaborative experience, the Program could serve as a useful resource and model to assist in the realignment of the U.S. Geological Survey to multidisciplinary and cross-disciplinary missions.
About this Report
Authoring Body:Committee on Preparing for the Third Decade (Cycle 3) of the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program
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Police in San Francisco held a press conference this week saying that there was new, credible information in relation to the unsolved disappearance of 10-year-old Irish American Kevin Collins in 1984.
The Huffington Post reports that San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr and Lt. Tim Plyer said investigators had gathered significant new information on Dan Leonard Therrien, a person of interest in the case.
Though Therrien died in 2008, investigators said that they have critical new details on the person of interest, including a list of aliases and history of felonies.
"This is a case that has haunted the San Francisco Police Department and the City of San Francisco," said Suhr. "It's a cold case and we will continue to follow every lead that we get."
Kevin Collins disappeared in 1984 when he was only ten years old. He was last seen waiting for a bus and speaking to a man who fit Therrien's description in a location not far from the suspect's home.
Collins' disappearance gained national attention as he was one of the first children pictured on milk cartons after they went missing. His photograph later appeared on the cover of Newsweek under the headline 'Stolen Children.'
Last month, San Francisco authorities excavated Therrien's home hoping to find more evidence for the case. Bones were found and they are currently being tested for human remains.
At the time of Collins' disappearance, Therrien was using the alias Wayne Jackson while living in San Francisco. Though at the time of his death in 2008, he was using the name Dan Therrien. It's not yet clear what name was on his birth certificate.
Therrien had a criminal past; he was convicted of both kidnapping and lewd acts on a minor, including a 1981 incident in Canada and a separate 1984 incident in San Francisco. Investigators also revealed that Therrien had a long-time roommate and possible partner in Canada whom police have been questioning.
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Haitians Create a Better Future with Scientology Volunteer Ministers' Help
January 17, 2011
One year ago this week, the world was riveted on images of the destruction wrought by the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Scientology Volunteer Ministers (VMs) were among the first to set foot in the devastated country after the quake, bringing with them medical teams, supplies and physical and spiritual aid for the victims.
When the post-earthquake images disappeared from the news, the Scientology Volunteer Ministers remained behind to continue training Haitians on practical Scientology technology that is helping them rebuild their lives and their country.
Before the earthquake, Haiti already suffered the lowest standard of living in the Western Hemisphere and was among the five worst worldwide. Thus effective help was needed at a grassroots level to provide the Haitian people with the wherewithal to change their lives.
Once the immediate medical emergency was over, the VMs established a base in the Port-au-Prince suburb of Pétionville and continued to train thousands of Haitian volunteers in the disaster relief techniques that have made the VMs' bright yellow shirts a symbol of effective help in disaster zones around the world.
Hundreds of Haitian groups have now been trained and established, in turn providing disaster relief and training to thousands of their countrymen daily—in villages, schools and tent cities.
"Wherever these groups are active, we see real change," says Pablo Arriaga Aguilar, who heads up the Volunteer Ministers in Haiti. "People are no longer waiting for the authorities, whose services are stretched beyond the breaking point. Rather, they use the practical tools they learn, from simple trauma relief to crowd control and the basics of organization, to make things better for their friends and families. In these camps, apathy has been replaced by energetic optimism, productive activity and improved conditions."
Whether feeding hospitalized cholera patients, lending the bright yellow Volunteer Ministers' tent to a teacher to provide classes to hundreds of children whose school was demolished, or working 24 hours straight to unload 100 tons of supplies shipped into Port-au-Prince, Scientology Volunteer Ministers from dozens of countries and the thousands of Haitian volunteers they have trained are living examples of the Volunteer Ministers' motto—"Something can be done about it."
The Scientology Volunteer Ministers program was developed by Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard in 1976. An estimated 350,000 individuals are now trained in Volunteer Ministers technology.


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The Samsung Rugby Smart joins AT&T's lineup as a rugged smartphone, made to withstand tough falls and rough use. It is water, dust, shock, and temperature proof, IP 67.00 certified, and MIL-STD-810 certified. Basically, it should be able to withstand pretty much anything you put it through. But is it really as durable as Samsung says it is? That's what you're going to find out the answer to in this review. Sydney has put the Rugby Smart through several durability tests and shows you the results. How did the Rugby Smart hold up?
Besides being a rugged phone, the Rugby Smart is actually a well-equipped smartphone with a 3.7-inch Super AMOLED display, a 1.4 GHz Snapdragon processor, and HSPA+ connectivity. It may not be a superphone, but it will definitely offer smooth performance with minor hiccups. The camera captures HD video, but video and audio quality was disappointing. Overall, it's a reliable phone for those with an active lifestyle.
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During Dean's Day—Pitt Public Health's annual student research competition since 1999—students present their research during multiple poster sessions. Faculty members judge presentations for prizes, students evaluate posters for Grand Rounds credit, and the Pitt Public Health community learns about our students' research. After the poster sessions scores are tabulated, Dean Burke invites the winners to give oral presentations of their work during an awards ceremony.
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Pitt Public Health's 20th annual Dean's Day Student Research Competition winners were announced during an Oral Presentations and Awards Ceremony on April 17, 2018.
Dean's Day first place, master's: Vatsala Rangachar Srinivasa, IDM
Dean's Day second place, master's: Kelsea Lasorda, EPI
Dean's Day third place, master's: Hannah Bitzer, BCHS
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Delta Omega Poster Award for the best poster, as judged by the Omicron chapter of Delta Omega, with the opportunity to compete nationally for a chance to present the poster at the APHA annual meeting goes to Amrita Sahu, EOH.
Rosenkranz Award for the project judged to be the most significant contribution to the public health field to Emmett Henderson, BCHS.
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Emma Gossard, MPH student in BCHS
Lycia Tramujas Vasconcellos Neumann, PhD student in BCHS
The Center for Public Health Practice Award for Translation and Application of Research to Public Health Policy and Practice:
Yuae Park, PhD in BCHS.
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