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The 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA" or the "Act") turned 20 in 2013. To mark its 20th birthday, the U.S. Department of Labor released the 2012 FMLA Survey Report and issued a final rule implementing important expansions of FMLA protections and making other clarifications and revisions to FMLA regulations. This alert discusses the survey and the final rule, as well as anticipated proposed legislation, which would build on the FMLA and set a national standard for paid sick leave.
The 2012 Department of Labor FMLA Survey Report
On February 4, 2013, the U.S. Department of Labor released a survey, entitled "Family and Medical Leave Act in 2012: Final Report." The survey (which is an update to similar surveys in 1995 and 2000) was conducted by a Cambridge, Mass.-based global research firm, Abt Associates. In 2012, Abt surveyed 1,812 worksites and 2,852 employees about experiences with the FMLA. The worksite survey included both covered and not-covered workplaces. The employee survey included FMLA eligible and non-eligible employees, as well as those who took leave, those who had an unmet need for leave, those who had both, and those who had neither.
Most employers who participated in the survey gave good marks to FMLA. Ninety-one percent of employers reported that complying with the FMLA has had either a positive effect or no noticeable effect on employee absenteeism, turnover and morale. The negative reports were found to be more common among large firms (29%).
Most covered worksites (that is, 50 employees within 75 miles) also reported little difficulty complying with the FMLA (only 14% report "somewhat difficult"; only 1% report "very difficult"). However, larger employers were more likely to report difficulty complying (3 percent for "very difficult" and 29 percent for "somewhat difficult").
According to employers, the easiest leave to deal with was short and planned. Employers reported that other types of leave were harder to deal with, i.e., in increasing order of difficulty: planned long-term leave, planned episodic or intermittent leave, unplanned episodic or intermittent leave, and unscheduled leave of any duration.
The report recognized the challenge employers face to sustain worksite productivity when an employee is out on leave. The most common response, by far, as to how employers addressed the absences was to temporarily assign the work to other employees (74.1%). The only other common response was to hire a temporary replacement. According to employers, short leaves were more likely to be handled by putting the work on hold until the employee returned; longer leaves were more likely to be handled by assigning the work temporarily to other employees, hiring a temporary replacement, or calling in an employee on vacation.
According to the survey, the breakdown of the reasons for which FMLA was taken was as follows:
the employee's own illness – 57%,
pregnancy or a new child – 22%,
illness of qualifying relative (spouse, child, or parent) – 19%, and
other, including military reasons – 2%.
The survey found that most leave was short. Nearly half of all leave events lasted 10 days or less (42%); less than a fifth (17%) lasted more than 60 days. The study also found that intermittent leave was not common (only about 3% of employees took it). Very few covered employers reported suspicion of FMLA misuse (2.5%).
In the survey, employees were also asked how hard it was to make ends meet while on FMLA. Two-thirds reported some level of difficulty (29.9% very difficult, 32.1% somewhat difficult). Nearly half reported that they would have taken longer leave if more (any) pay had been available (43.1%). These results were similar to those in the 2000 Report. The survey responses also suggested that paid parental leave is not common. About a third of worksites offer paid maternity leave to all or most female employees. Paid paternity leave was slightly less common.
In addition to the statistics, the survey contains a number of FMLA compliance reminders for employers. For example:
The survey asked about the employers' use of "no-fault attendance" policies during employees' FMLA leave. Despite Wage and Hour Division Opinion Letter's (FMLA, 2003) clarification that an employee may not be assessed "points" when leave is taken for a qualifying FMLA reason, the survey showed that these types of policies are still in place in about 40 percent of all worksites.
Under the FMLA, employers are not allowed to pressure employees to return to work. Nevertheless, 12.4 percent of eligible employees reported employer's pressure as a reason why they returned. Similarly, under the FMLA, employees on leave should not lose seniority or potential for job advancement. Nevertheless, 22.2 percent of eligible employees reported such concern as a reason why they returned to work.
For long FMLA leaves (i.e., a week or more), employees were frequently (70.5%) asked to perform some work while on leave. This is prohibited by the FMLA, which prohibits employers from interfering with employees while on leave.
Some employees reported that they did not take leave due to fear of losing their job.
Overall, the 2012 survey showed that employees appeared to understand and make use of the intended benefits under the FMLA; and employers appeared to have efficiently integrated the administration of the FMLA into their ongoing operations without undue burden -- but other employers have policies that violate the FMLA 20 years after its enactment.
New Legislation – Paid Family Leave Insurance Program
On February 4, 2013, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, speaking about FMLA leave issues, recognized the challenges families face due to the loss of income while taking unpaid FMLA leave. Consequently, Harkin announced that he would be re-introducing The Healthy Families Act, which would build on the FMLA and set a national standard for paid sick leave. Harkin's announcement coincided with the FMLA's 20th birthday.
The Healthy Families Act would allow employees to earn paid sick time to address medical needs and care for family members. Specifically, employees would earn 1 hour of paid sick time for every 30 hours worked, up to 56 hours (7 days) of paid sick time per year. Employees could use that time to stay home and get well when they are ill, to care for a sick family member, to obtain preventative or diagnostic treatment, or to seek help if they are victims of domestic violence. Small employers with fewer than 15 employees would be exempt from the Act. Employers that already provide this sick leave would not have to change their current policies at all, as long as their existing leave could be used for the same purposes described in the Act.
Final Rule to Implement Statutory Amendments to the FMLA
On February 6, 2013, to mark the FMLA's 20th birthday, the U.S. Department's of Labor also issued and published in the Federal Register a final rule implementing the law's protections to families of veterans and airline flight crews and making other clarifying changes.
More specifically, the final rule amended certain regulations of the FMLA to implement: (i) the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (the "FY 2010 NDAA") amendments to the military leave provisions of FMLA, and (ii) the Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act's ("AFCTCA") amendments to the hours of service requirements for airline flight crew employees. The final rule also added new leave calculation regulations for flight crew employees, and clarified existing regulatory provisions related to intermittent leave, as well as made other clarifying changes and technical corrections. The major provisions of the final rule include:
Amendments to Military Leave Provisions
The FY 2010 NDAA extended the availability of FMLA leave to family members of members of the Regular Armed Forces for qualifying exigencies arising out of the service member's deployment and also extended FMLA military caregiver leave for family members of current servicemembers to include an injury or illness that existed prior to service and was aggravated in the line of duty on active duty, as well as extended FMLA military caregiver leave to family members of certain veterans with serious injuries or illnesses.
Qualifying Exigency Leave
The final rule revised the FMLA regulations to reflect the expansion of qualifying exigency leave to include eligible employees with family members serving in the Regular Armed Forces. Under the new regulations, "active duty" is now "covered active duty" and requires deployment to a foreign country.
The rule also increased the length of time an eligible family member may take for the qualifying exigency leave reason of "Rest and Recuperation" from five days to up to a maximum of 15 days.
The list of required information for certification for qualifying exigency leave for "Rest and Recuperation" leave was expanded to include a copy of the military member's "Rest and Recuperation" leave orders, or other documentation issued by the military setting forth the dates of the military member's leave.
The final regulations also added a new category of qualifying exigency leave. Eligible employees are now entitled to "parental care leave" to care for a military member's parent who is incapable of self-care when the care is necessitated by the member's covered active duty. Leave under this provision may include arranging for alternative care, providing care on an immediate need basis, admitting or transferring the parent to a care facility, or attending meetings with staff at a care facility.
Military Caregiver Leave
The final rule expanded the definition of serious injury or illness to include pre-existing injuries or illnesses of current service members that were aggravated in the line of duty.
It also expanded military caregiver leave to care for covered veterans. Pursuant to the rule, a "covered veteran" is defined as "an individual who was a member of the Armed Forces (including a member of the National Guard or Reserves), and was discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable at any time during the five-year period prior to the first date the eligible employee takes FMLA leave to care for the covered veteran."
Notably, the period between enactment of the FY 2010 NDAA on October 28, 2009, and the effective date of the 2013 Final Rule is excluded in the determination of the five-year period for covered veteran status.
The final rule also created a flexible definition for "serious injury or illness of a covered veteran," which includes four alternatives, only one of which must be met. Based on the final rule, eligible employees are permitted to obtain certification of a service member's serious injury or illness (both current service members and veterans) from any health care provider as defined in the FMLA regulations, not only those affiliated with the DOD, VA, or TRICARE networks (as was permitted under the 2009 regulations).
Amendments to Airline Flight Crew Employees Leave Provisions
Because flight crews work on a monthly schedule and their schedules often include on-call time, in addition to active work time, the previous FMLA rules using the workweek framework did not work for the airline industry. The final rule implemented the amendments made to the FMLA by the AFCTCA, to establish special hours of service eligibility requirements for airline flight crew employees.
Pursuant to the new regulation, "[t]he hours of service criteria will be met if during the previous 12-month period the airline flight crew employee has worked or been paid for not less than 60% of the applicable monthly guarantee and has worked or been paid for not less than 504 hrs (not including commute time, vacation, sick, or medical leave)."
The final rule adopted a uniform entitlement for airline flight crew employees of 72 days of leave for one or more of the FMLA-qualifying reasons other than military caregiver leave and 156 days of military caregiver leave. The final rule further provides that employers must account for an airline flight crew employee's FMLA leave usage utilizing an increment no greater than one day.
According to the final rule, "[e]mployers of airline flight crew employees must maintain certain records, including any records or documents that specify the applicable monthly guarantee for each category of employee to whom the guarantee applies, including any relevant collective bargaining agreements or employer policy documents that establish the applicable monthly guarantee; as well as records of hours scheduled."
Clarifying Changes Regarding Intermittent Leave
The revisions contained in the final rule also included clarifications to the rules for calculation of intermittent or reduced schedule FMLA leave. The clarifying language was added that an employer may not require the employee to take more leave than necessary to address the circumstances that precipitated the need for leave, and that FMLA leave may only be counted against an employee's FMLA entitlement for leave taken and not for time that is worked for the employer. Another clarification that was added is that employers must track FMLA leave using the smallest increment of time used for other forms of leave subject to a one hour maximum.
FMLA Forms
The final rule updated the FMLA optional use forms (WH-380, WH-381, WH-382, WH-384, and WH-385) to reflect the statutory changes, created a new optional use form for the certification of a serious injury or illness for a veteran (WH-385-V), and removed the forms from the regulations. The new and revised forms are available on the WHD website. Employers are permitted to use forms other than those issued by the DOL so long as they do not require information beyond that specified in the regulations. Importantly, if an employee provides sufficient certification regardless of format, no additional information may be requested.
Other Changes
In addition to removing the FMLA forms from the regulations, the DOL reorganized the regulations to enhance clarity and made some other technical corrections.
The rule included modifications to ensure consistency with other statutes, such as amending references to the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) to more closely mirror the USERRA regulations. Pursuant to the rule, the protections afforded by USERRA extend to all military members (active duty and reserve), and all periods of absence from work due to or necessitated by USERRA-covered service is counted in determining an employee's eligibility for FMLA leave.
The final rule also updated the recordkeeping requirements to specify an employer's obligation to comply with the confidentiality requirements of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA).
Employers covered by FMLA should review their FMLA practices to make sure they do not include prohibited practices identified in the survey and should also keep an eye on new federal legislation that is expected to be re-introduced by Sen. Tom Harkin.
Furthermore, to comply with the regulations, such as the expansion of qualifying exigency leave to families of members of the Regular Armed Forces and the special eligibility hours of service requirement for flight crew employees, which were effective as of the enactment date of those statutes, as well as new regulations, including military caregiver leave for a veteran, qualifying exigency leave for parental care, and the special leave calculation method for flight crew employees, which take effect on March 8, 2013, employers will need to:
update the existing FMLA policies to include new and changed requirements set forth in the final rule;
replace the existing notice and certification forms with the new forms available on the Wage and Hour Division website, www.dol.gov/whd, as well as at local Wage and Hour district offices;
train HR professionals and managers to insure their understanding of and compliance with the new FMLA rules;
replace the old FMLA poster with the new one, incorporating the newest amendments, which is available at http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/posters/fmla.htm; and
review employee handbooks and/or other HR policies to make certain that they do not conflict with the new FMLA rules.
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If you have any questions or concerns regarding the FMLA and the new regulations, please contact your Proskauer lawyer or any member of the Employment Law Counseling & Training Group.
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Cycling event round-up - the latest announcements
Jaguar Team Sky-themed rides + competition, Belgian cobbled classic in Cheshire and London Bikeathon for charity
Minus the occasional thunderstorm, the last few weeks have brought with them some of the most glorious weather for cycling.
You'll be pleased to know, then, that there's no shortage of great cycling events for you to take part in while the sunshine lasts.
One of the new aditions to the round-up is Jaguar's Team Sky-themed series of support car-accompanied rides which are currently rolling out from 33 dealerships all over the country. You'll even be in with a chance of attending the British team's winter training camp in Majorca, if you tag along.
We've also got a Belgium-themed cobbled sportive in Cheshire, and the London Bikeathon which is being run in aid of Leukemia and Lymphoma Research.
We'll add more events as we hear about them, but in the meantime you can check out our full events list here.
Blenheim Palace Sportive - August 17
The Blenheim Palace Sportive returns this summer, in partnership with aid and development charity, Oxfam, following a two-year financial hiatus.
The event, which rolls out from one of the UK's most iconic stately homes, was scrapped in 2012 after it was decided that the event wasn't financially viable.
The 2014 return of the event, which is now under the stewardship of Eiger Events - the sporting event promotion branch of music promotion company Kilimanjaro - will take in the Cotswold countryside with a 60 or 100 mile route on Sunday 17 August.
Participants in the sportive will have access to electronic timing, mechanical support, and feed stations while riding on the marked and marshalled course. An official event photographer will also be present to record the event.
A 10 km Family Fun Ride, within the Blenheim Palace grounds, will be on offer to friends and family who have come to support riders in the sportive. Those who decide to ride in the Fun Ride will also have access to the Blenheim Palace park and gardens.
Admission to the Family Fun Ride will cost less than standard admission to the Palace grounds, with prices starting at £6.00 for children over five, £9.00 for concessions and £11.00 for adults.
You can register for the sportive here. Standard entry is priced at £35, but there is an early-bird option of £30 entry if you book sharpish.
Alternatively, there is a £100 VIP option which includes, breakfast, lunch, a post-race massage, a goody bag and guaranteed first-wave departure so that you can enjoy the clear roads. The early-bird offer applies for the VIP entry too, which reduces the price to £90.
Follow the Blenheim Palace Sportive on Twitter for regular updates.
London Bikeathon 2014 - August 31
Claiming to be the UK's largest charity bike ride, the London Bikeathon is due to take place on August 31.
This year, the ride is being run to support blood cancer charity, Leukemia and Lymphoma Research, and riders are asked to raise money to donate to the charity regardless which of the three routes they decide to take.
The routes range from the 26 mile and 52 mile routes which tour London's most iconic landmarks to the 100 mile route which takes participants out the the Surrey Hills.
Food, music and family-friendly activities will be put on throughout the day, so don't hesitate to bring the whole family along, even if they don't want to join you on their bikes.
Hoy 100 - September 7
Join six-time Olympic gold medal winner Sir Chris Hoy on the Hoy 100 sportive this September.
The 100-mile, Pennine-crossing sportive will see cyclists, riding alongside Sir Chris, cover 3,350 meters of climbing which includes some of July's Tour de France hills - such as Park Rash and Fleet Moss.
For those that don't fancy the 100-mile route, there's also a slightly kinder half-route available.
Both rides come with your standard sportive amenities, such as: pre and post-ride meals, a broom wagon for stragglers, electronic timing as well as downloadable GPS route-maps.
Participants will roll out of Skipton at 7.30am on September 7, with registration opening half an hour before.
Entry to the ride itself is priced at £35 per-adult, with children entries £7 a-head.
If you'd rather make a weekend of the event there's the option to sign up for the Hoy Experience which will cost adults £70 and children £15. The experience will feature early-bird registration, overnight camping, a post-ride pasta party and a Q&A with Sir Chris.
The sportive is set to support the charity of Hoy's choice: SAMH, Scotland's leading mental health charity. £7 of each entry will go to the charity to help them continue to do the work they're doing.
Sign up is open now on the Evans Cycles website, here, and you can check out the 100-mile route below.
Tour de Broads - September 7
The Tour de Broads is going into its second year after a very successful 2013 edition which saw over 700 riders roll through the Norfolk countryside.
The 2014 edition is set to feature a brand new route as well as a celebrity special-appearance from Barry Hoban - the former holder of the British record for Tour de France stage victories (before Mark Cavendish came along) - who will join participants on the ride.
The event will roll-out from Weston Longville Village Hall, in the small village of Weston Longville just outside Norwich, and will feature three different routes for the varying abilities of riders expected to take part.
The actual routes are yet to be announced, but organisers Revolution Events say that information is due on the event website imminently. The Epic Ride is aimed at experienced and adventurous cyclists, covering 100 km and priced at £20, the Challenge Ride covers a more comfortable 50km and will cost participants £10 per entry.
For families that want to come along, but don't feel up to a 50 km or 100 km ride, there is a free Family Ride available. Others who want to hang around, nearby camping pitches are £8 per tent or small motorhome.
You can book online through the British Cycling page for the event. If there are places available on the day, riders will be able to register on the door. This method of booking will incur a £3 surcharge however.
Cyclothon UK - September 11
Teams of cyclists are gearing up to tackle the 12 hour Cyclothon UK cycle challenge at Brands Hatch race circuit on September 11.
The event which is going into its fourth year will feature teams of amatuer riders and solo entrants taking on the gruelling 12 hour challenge alongside three teams of current and former professional athletes fighting for the Home Nations Trophy.
Organisers VU Ltd, former England rugby international Victor Ubogu's hospitality company, introduced the Home Nations Trophy competition last year. The teams competing for that crown mostly consist of former rugby players, which should lead to a spicy competition.
For amateur entrants there is the choice of tackling the 12 hour challenge, or taking on the slightly easier 8 hour option - there will be prizes for the fastest solo riders and teams in each distance category.
Teams sizes range from 4-8 riders with prices starting at £1,000 rising to 2,000 for a full team of eight. But, if you're interested in taking on the challenge on your own, it'll only set you back £150.
Signing up is easy, and can be done online through the VU Ltd website.
Spectators will be welcomed free-of-charge, and are encouraged to make as much noise as possible to encourage the riders. Tickets for spectators can be secured by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com.
There'll be all-day refreshments for riders, as well as a sit-down meal and awards ceremony at the end of the day. Pit lanes will be available for any on-the-fly repairs that may be required, too.
The 12-hour challenge is due to roll out at 7.30am, with the 8-hour ride heading out at 11.30am. Further details on the event can be found on the Cyclothon UK website, here.
Jaguar Ride Like a Pro - July 26 - September 14
Jaguar, the British car brand of Team Sky sponsorship fame, are offering one lucky rider the chance to fly out to Majorca with the British cycling team to take part in their winter training camp and ride with some famous faces.
To get involved in the Ride Like a Pro event you must attend one of 33 non competitive rides which are rolling out of Jaguar dealerships, from Inverness to Truro, between July 26 and September 14. The full list of dealerships and dates can be found, here.
You can sign up for a dealership ride-out via individual Jaguar dealership websites, the list of which you can find above. You'll also be prompted to join each ride's Strava group to confirm your registration.
The rides are non-competitive and you'll be supported by a Jag in full Team Sky livery, just like those you see supporting the team on race days.
Once you've attended one of these events you'll be entered into a draw for the chance to compete in the Grand Final, for which a date is yet to be announced.
At the Grand Final, cyclists from each of the 33 dealership rides will compete in a time trial and Jaguar XF Sportbrake driving challenge, for the chance to win the trip to Majorca.
Upon registration, cyclists will be given the non-compulsory opportunity to donate to the UK-based road safety charity, Brake, who are the events' chosen charity.
65 Roses Holme Moss Classic - September 14
While the Tour de Yorkshire samples stage one of the Tour de France, two months down the line the 65 Roses Holme Moss Classic gives fans the chance to take two routes which feature much of the second British stage in this year's Tour.
Star of the show for the 105-km route is Holme Moss climb which rises to a peak of more than 1,000 feet over a three-miles, averaging a 7 percent gradient. The 74-km ride avoids the Holme Moss climb altogether, though both routes start and end in Rotherham.
Online entry can be made through the 65 Roses Holme Moss Classic page on the British Cycling website, and costs £25 per rider for either route. The ride has been organised in support of the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. Sponsorship forms are available, but fundraising is not obligatory for the ride.
Velo29 Altura Sportive Series 2014 - September 27
The final event of the Velo29 Altura Cycling Events Sportive Series in North Yorkshire remains open to applicants.
White Horse Sportive – 27th September
The final race of the series will feature three routes from 43km to 110km in length. Tackling the White Horse of Kilburn summit, which maxes out at a brutal 25% gradient, will be the biggest challenge of the day for those taking on the toughest 'Long' route option.
More information for these events can be found here. Entry for the shorter two Endeavour sportives and the shortest White Horse Sportive course will cost £15. The prices of the more difficult three Endeavour sportives, including Le Tour de Moor, are set at £25 per person, while the Medium and Long White Horse Sportive course prices are set at £20 a-head.
Wiggle Yorkshire Tour - September 27
The Wiggle Yorkshire Tour offers cyclists a late-season chance to experience what Yorkshire has had to offer during this summer of cycling in the county.
The sportive is set to start at Thirsk Racecourse to then go on to link sections of the Grand Départ route with other quiet Yorkshire roads on three separate routes.
The event is set up for riders of all abilities, featuring 60 km, 127 km and 163 km route options. The shorter 60km route will cost entrants £20, while the longer two routes carry a £30 entry fee.
The event is one of many set to take place this year from event organisers UK Cycling Events. You can sign up and register for the Wiggle Yorkshire Tour online, via the UK Cycling Events website.
V-Sprint Cheshire Cobbled Classic - October 5
The North West of England is nominally the furthest point in the country from the hallowed cobbles of Belgium and their famous one-day Classics.
That hasn't stopped V-Sprint, a cycling club based in Worcestershire, from organising their very own take on the cobbled Belgian races in Cheshire.
The Cheshire Cobbled Classic is pegged to be a rough 105km sportive, featuring 12 cobbled sectors, including two flat sections and five 20% gradient cobbled climbs - even visiting a climb called the Corkscrew which maxes out at an astonishing 45% gradient.
The route, which pops into the Peak District National Park, takes in the Goyt Valley and the Fernilee and Errwood reservoirs and features roughly 1800m worth of climbing in total.
The cobbles are just the start of the Belgian themed sportive, as Belgian foods, chocolates, and a glass of Belgian beer will be waiting for every finisher. Other sportive standards, such as feed stations, a broom wagon and medical support will also be provided.
For those who don't fancy all 1.8km of climbing, there's a shorter route on offer, of 65 km. This route is the same as the longer 105km ride, but skips sectors 5, 6 and 7, as you can see from the route's profile, as well as the Goyt Valley.
Entry opens at the beginning of August, through the British Cycling website, and is priced at £25. So keep an eye here, or on the V-Sprint website for updates.
Brilliant, I'll just hop in the time machine and ride the old cx sportive...
posted by geargrinderbeard [77 posts]
11th March 2014 - 13:43
Great to see so many events coming to Norfolk. Spoiled for choice this year with Wiggle and Evans events also on the calendar late in the season.
posted by grahamdenny [66 posts]
18th March 2014 - 14:42
Quick plug for an event local to me...
Sunday 13th July
posted by andym999 [30 posts]
28th March 2014 - 12:32
Given our efforts to reassure the public (and the legislators) that sportives aren't competitive, I nearly choked on my gel.
"sportive stage race complete with GC and KOM jerseys"
"competitive series of sportives"
"for those of you who have dreamed of winning"
"General Classification and the King of the Mountains"
"genuine, professional stage-race feel"
"compete for race jerseys"
Ok, I know it's exciting and popular and all that, but if sportive organisers openly encourage riders to "compete", on public roads, you can be sure that tighter regulation will ultimately follow, possibly leading to a reduction in all sorts group cycling activity, and certainly making proper races (and charity rides) more difficult and expensive to promote. It's all getting a bit silly.
"Hey..... Let's be visible out there."
posted by Neil753 [451 posts]
28th March 2014 - 16:20
Given our efforts to reassure the public (and the legislators) that sportives aren't competitive, I nearly choked on my gel.
"sportive stage race complete with GC and KOM jerseys"
"competitive series of sportives"
"for those of you who have dreamed of winning"
"General Classification and the King of the Mountains"
"genuine, professional stage-race feel"
"compete for race jerseys"
Ok, I know it's exciting and popular and all that, but if sportive organisers openly encourage riders to "compete", on public roads, you can be sure that tighter regulation will ultimately follow, possibly leading to a reduction in all sorts group cycling activity, and certainly making proper races (and charity rides) more difficult and expensive to promote. It's all getting a bit silly.
We all ride to set as fast a time as possible on some section or other, but this does move it onto another notch. It's either a competition with a prize at the end, i.e. a jersey or a sportive with a finishing gift.
posted by Yorkshie Whippet [487 posts]
28th March 2014 - 16:28
Given our efforts to reassure the public (and the legislators) that sportives aren't competitive, I nearly choked on my gel.
"sportive stage race complete with GC and KOM jerseys"
"competitive series of sportives"
"for those of you who have dreamed of winning"
"General Classification and the King of the Mountains"
"genuine, professional stage-race feel"
"compete for race jerseys"
Ok, I know it's exciting and popular and all that, but if sportive organisers openly encourage riders to "compete", on public roads, you can be sure that tighter regulation will ultimately follow, possibly leading to a reduction in all sorts group cycling activity, and certainly making proper races (and charity rides) more difficult and expensive to promote. It's all getting a bit silly.
Oh dear.
For once I agree with Neil753.
It still amazes me that people pay money to ride on roads that they can use very day of the year for free. If all the profit were to go to charity then I could see the sense but these are mainly commercial ventures.
Now I'm beginning to sound like a socialist, must go and lie down in a darkened room.
Done Nightrider 2013, 2014 and 2015 for Parkinson's UK. Next year Ride London
posted by jova54 [663 posts]
28th March 2014 - 16:32
Neil753 is right.
Sportives are not races, and the rules concerning racing on the public highway and sportives are different.
At a time where police in some areas will not allow sportives if there will be a published result in order by time this is likely to run into difficulty.
To be honest I don't really care if it damages the sportive industry but it would be a disaster if it damaged road racing.
And before anyone jumps in and says how good sportives are for the racing scene I'd just point out that our current crop of race winners on the international scene (Swift, Cavendish, Thomas, Kennaugh, Wiggins and Stannard) didn't get where they are by riding sportives.
posted by shay cycles [301 posts]
28th March 2014 - 18:55
Just to add to what I have already said earlier in this thread, I think it's worth looking at what "British Cycling" says about events that come under their auspices:
"Organisers (of sportives) are not permitted to introduce any competitive element. That includes not being allowed to rank finishers in time order, who instead can be listed alphabetically, nor can prizes be awarded to those completing the course in the quickest times".
So promoting a series of sportives as a "stage race", with a "professional stage-race feel", and with prizes for GC and KOM seems to be raising two fingers at British Cycling, frankly. There's nothing wrong with the challenge of a sportive, and comparing your time with your mates', but we absolutely must maintain the distinction between a sportive and a race.
Because we're already struggling to keep races on UK roads, and it's a concession that could so easily be revoked if backed by sufficient numbers of drivers and residents who don't share our love of cycling. I'm not saying this because I'm against sportives, I'm saying it because I think this alarming creep towards sportives becoming "races" is in danger of causing real, long term harm to organised cycling and, ultimately, our efforts to get people out of their cars and onto their bikes.
"Hey..... Let's be visible out there."
posted by Neil753 [451 posts]
28th March 2014 - 19:36
Quick Plug for an event starting at the end of my road in Stafford: https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/104306/St-Leonards-Cycl... all the profit goes to the local School, where the ride starts.
posted by Bokonon [51 posts]
4th June 2014 - 21:24
''It still amazes me that people pay money to ride on roads that they can use very day of the year for free. If all the profit were to go to charity then I could see the sense but these are mainly commercial ventures''
do you understand why people go to the cinema when they could watch a dvd at home, or go to a restaurant when they could get a takeaway, or go for a walk or jog in the park when they could do laps of their own garden, or run marathons - it's a shared experience, being with others, lots of others even - is there nothing you prefer to do with other people instead of on your own sometimes?
posted by Northernbike [220 posts]
4th June 2014 - 22:38
Shameless plug for a local event to me...
Children under 16 can ride the one sportive free. Also the National TT and Road Champs, the Welsh National Crit and the Abergavenny Festival of Cycling all in the space of one week - 23-29 July!
Nice touch Drive!
posted by dickydrink72 [49 posts]
4th June 2014 - 23:53
is there nothing you prefer to do with other people instead of on your own sometimes?
They will be queuing up for suggestions to that one
posted by stuartp [67 posts]
5th June 2014 - 13:09
Shameless plug for a rider-friendly site: http://www.pedalplanner.co.uk/event-finder/ is a great place for searching cx, mountain biking and other events including off road orienteering...
posted by bumsonbikes [24 posts]
9th June 2014 - 16:06
Given our efforts to reassure the public (and the legislators) that sportives aren't competitive, I nearly choked on my gel.
Neil, you said you were leaving this forum and never posting again. But you have surfaced again from underneath your bridge two months later. Your hypocrisy was inevitable. Welcome back.
posted by bikeboy76 [1811 posts]
17th June 2014 - 23:35
The post of his you're replying to is more than two months old...
posted by David Portland [89 posts]
18th June 2014 - 13:19
The post of his you're replying to is more than two months old...
Ha, I see what happened there. I should feel foolish, but if it means that that obnoxious victim-blaming troll has really gone, it was worth it.
posted by bikeboy76 [1811 posts]
18th June 2014 - 22:49
If the Cheshire cobbled classic is anything like the tour of the black country V Sprint put on it'll be awesome!
posted by glynr36 [639 posts]
30th July 2014 - 15:48
As usual the Northeastern events go unmentioned.
Wiggle Hell of Hexham 9th August, 100 miles 10000 ft of Pennine and unlike the shorter, less steep, more expensive estate Pennines you can turn up on the day. The closed roads don't make much difference in the North Pennines.
I'll be doing Bike for Bobby, on the 3rd, 125 miles from St James aka Sports Direct Stadium up past Keilder to the Scottish Border.
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30th July 2014 - 20:48


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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1947 MG TC
While it may be a bit of an exaggeration to say that the MG TC relaunched postwar road racing in the United States, pictures of early SCCA grids show them chock full of MGs. There's good reason for this, as the cars were nimble, affordable and competitive enough to launch a racing career, as demonstrated by Carroll Shelby. This 1947 MG TC, for sale on Hemmings.com, may lack celebrity ownership and a documented racing history, but that merely adds to its appeal as a driver. Restored in 2006, then garaged and covered, the roadster appears to be in show-ready condition, though if it were in our garage, we'd be too busy adding top-down miles before winter to park it for that long. From the seller's description:
MGTC 1947 An early example (chassis number under 2,000), engine and chassis plate numbers match, 130 psi compression in every cylinder, perfect oil pressure, no smoke, excellent running, excellent gearbox, no driveline clunks or other noises, excellent rust and damage free chassis, nicely painted and detailed underneath, new fabric covered wiring harness, all working instruments, new wiper motor, new wood dash, chrome wire wheels, very good chrome and trim, fairly new biscuit interior….a VERY NICE car. Refurbished by The New England Classic Car Company in 2006 – Garaged add covered.
Location: Peoria, Illinois
Status: Available
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Carroll Shelby's first race car, a 1949 MG TC, heads back to auction
1949 MG TC, the first car road raced by Carroll Shelby. Photos courtesy Barrett-Jackson.
Before Texan Carroll Shelby built the Shelby Cobra or helped Ford to defeat Ferrari at Le Mans (and Sebring and Daytona, for those keeping score), he was a racer who competed at the highest levels of motorsport. A heart condition ended his driving career in 1960, after just nine amazing seasons behind the wheel. Next January, the car that began the legend of Carroll Shelby as a driver, a 1949 MG TC, will once again cross the block, and Barrett-Jackson hopes the car will sell for more than the $313,500 (including buyer's fees) realized when the roadster crossed its stage in 2008.
In May of 1952, Shelby joined a friend from Dallas, Ed Wilkins, at a sports car race in Norman, Oklahoma. Though Shelby had no formal road racing experience, Wilkins let him drive his 1949 MG TC in a race for small-displacement sports cars. As Shelby related to Octane Magazine in June of 2008, "…I had no idea of what to do but just drive, and I won it…"
Beating similar cars piloted by experienced drivers is one thing, but Shelby's victory also qualified him for a second race, where he'd be pitted against faster and more powerful cars from manufacturers like Jaguar. Despite the handicap of inexperience, Shelby took victory in the afternoon event as well, and the seeds of a driving career were planted. Prior to the car's sale in 2008, Shelby was quoted in a Barrett-Jackson press release as saying, "Because it was early in my career, I still had a lot to learn but knew how to go fast. This MG changed my life, because from that point forward, I knew that I wanted to be involved with racing and sport cars."
Shelby soon graduated to faster cars (including, ironically, Jaguar XK120s), and by the end of his debut season was turning down offers to drive other people's race cars. Just four years later, in 1956, Shelby took his first SCCA National Championship and was named Driver of the Year by Sports Illustrated. By 1958, he'd captured a second SCCA championship and was racing a grueling schedule of sports car and Formula 1 events across Europe. Two years later, at the end of the 1960 season, Shelby ran his last race at Laguna Seca, where he drove a Birdcage Maserati to a second-place finish at the Pacific Grand Prix.
The car that started Shelby's career still carries its original 1,250cc inline four-cylinder engine, said to make over 100 horsepower in race trim. The four-speed manual transmission is original as well, and during the 20+ years that publisher Syd Silverman owned the car, it was a frequent sight at vintage events. In 2005, the Shelby-driven MG captured the Collier Cup in Watkins Glen, New York, a testament to its ongoing capabilities as a vintage race car. When the car last crossed the auction stage, it was offered complete with its SCCA log book and spare parts, and was said to be vintage-race ready; presumably, the car remains in the same condition and these items will also be included in the January 2015 sale.
The price of $313,500 realized for the car in 2008 topped the list of results from Barrett-Jackson's debut Las Vegas sale. Following Carroll Shelby's death in 2012, values for vehicles with direct ties to Shelby soared, and since have shown little decline in pricing. While Barrett-Jackson isn't releasing a pre-auction estimate for the lot, it's a safe bet that the low-end number would be in the $313,500 range.
For more information on the January 2015 Scottsdale, Arizona auction, visit Barrett-Jackson.com.
UPDATE (17.January): The 1949 MG TC sold for a hammer price of $495,000.
Hemmings Find of the Day – 1954 Lester MG
You've no doubt heard of the Gurney bubble, a blister installed in the roof of a GT40 to accommodate Dan Gurney's height; well, this 1954 Lester MG for sale on Hemmings.com has that beat, with an entire roofline bumped up to accommodate its original owner's height. A former museum car with plenty of competition history, this one-off has been restored and appears ready to head out on the racing circuit again. From the seller's description:
This car was built specially for MG agent and racer Maurice Toulmin, whose 6′ 4″ height accounts for its high roofline; apparently, it is the seventh chassis produced at Thatcham. Toulmin soon sold the Lester-MG, which passed via Tony Darby and Peter Roberts, both of whom used it as a road car, before its acquisition by Bernard Harding, who kept it from 1957 to 1962. Harding campaigned 'GUO 209′ extensively during his ownership, winning 17 awards on the circuits and hills at Shelsley Walsh, Prescott and the Brighton Speed Trials, achieving class wins at Bodmin 1960, Firle and Wiscombe in 1961, finishing 4th at Goodwood at the BARC September 1960 race meeting, winning the class and clocking the fastest lap at Silverstone during the N Staffs CC September 1960 event, and competing at Brands Hatch. MG Enthusiast magazine ran an extensive feature on 'GUO 209′ (Sept. 2010 edition which is included), which relates its history in great detail and lists Bernard Harding's results. In 1962, Harding sold the car to John Stringer, who fitted a supercharger and continued to race it with success. Its specification includes aluminum coachwork on a steel frame; 1,466cc MG TC-based engine; Laystall aluminum cylinder head; balanced crankshaft, con-rod and pistons, full race camshaft; rack-and-pinion steering; lightened flywheel; Derrington exhaust; TC transmission; twin fuel pumps; and an electric cooling fan. Finished in green with matching interior & wearing a cool set of 16″ Dunlop Racing Wheels & Michelin X tires, 'GUO 209′ is in excellent condition and is offered with invoices and photographs of its 1993 restoration. In 1981, the Lester-MG was sold to the USA, passing into the ownership of MG collector Gerry Goguen, proprietor of marque specialists Abingdon Spares, whose MG museum in Westminster, Vermont, was world famous. In the early 1990s, Goguen had the body shipped to the UK, where it was expertly restored by Len Bull of Monza Classic Cars in Doddinghurst, Essex. Once restored, the body was shipped back to New England, where the car was put on museum display, remaining there until the Goguen collection was dispersed circa 2003.
Location: Weston, Florida
Status: No Longer Available
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SIA Flashback – T for Three
TC, TD, or TF? While similar enough from 1,000 yards, MG's T-series cars exhibit more than enough differences up close to warrant a comparison test, but rather than just drive an example of each back-to-back-to-back, Richard Lentinello took a different approach for the article in SIA #173, September 1999: He had the owners of the three cars switch off and report back with their impressions of the other two cars. Surprisingly, they all tended to agree on the positives and negatives of each of the models and in the process presented a fairly complete assessment of each car.
Al Moss, 1932-2012
Al Moss, the founder of Moss Motors and one of the early champions of the post-war British sports car movement in the United States, has died. He was 80. The cause of his death has not been released.
Al Moss bought his first MG, a TC, from its first owner in 1948; we photographed him in 2009 driving it through the paddock area of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca during the Monterey Historics, where he was a regular competitor. (The car was recently sold at auction.) The TC led Moss to become acquainted with a number of other British car enthusiasts in Southern California, inspiring him to open his repair shop, and shortly after, a parts business. He published his first catalog in 1961. Moss sold the company in 1977 to his longtime friend Howard Goldman, and entered into semi-retirement in Arizona, but he remained active in the world of vintage racing, and was a regular at the Monterey Historics.
Below is an obuituary published on the Moss Motors website:
Al Moss, the founder and spirit of Moss Motors, passed away Tuesday night, September 25, 2012. Here in our building and in our catalogs, too, Al's presence is still palpable and will be, we hope, as long as we are in business. We are better because of it.
Moss Motors didn't start out to be a restoration parts business at all, and if E. Alan Moss had bought a Ford instead of an MG TC, things might have turned out very differently indeed! Al was then a young man living in the emerging Los Angeles powerhouse, and the lure of the TC, known as "The Sports Car America Loved First," was irresistible. After reading about the successful road rallies being held on the East Coast, Al decided to organize one of the first West Coast rallies, this being the summer of 1948.
The rally, which ironically enough ended in Santa Barbara, brought Al into contact with a bunch of fellow MG enthusiasts. However, apart from a passion for British cars, they all shared a common problem – parts for these cars were just not available at the local service station and invariably had to be specially ordered to keep these early post-war vehicles on the road. Al had served an apprenticeship in front-end alignment and owned some garage equipment. He saw an opportunity to combine his love for sports cars with the chance to make a living, figuring that a shop working on front ends and the occasional TC of a friend, might work out.
So he took the chance and rented a shop at 3200 Olympic Boulevard in Los Angeles, where the very first Moss Motors sign was hung outside the door. More than the sign was hanging out here, however. Al's British car-owning buddies started to hang out at the shop, and more than once the shop closed its doors for an afternoon because his friends wanted to drive to somewhere more "interesting!" Under Al's leadership, this bunch became the "Foreign Car Group" – one of the first sports car clubs in California. An attorney among them had suggested they used the word 'Group' instead of 'Club' to avoid potential insurance problems. Another collection of sports car enthusiasts gathered at Al's shop every Saturday calling themselves the "Moss Motors Luncheon & Bench Racing Society."
Moss Motors was, by now, doing a great deal more than just front-end work, with Al buying and selling a few cars later in 1948. One TC Al sold for $1,100 was to a teenager named Howard Goldman. Two years later, Howard bought another TC from Al (which he still owns!). They became firm friends, and this friendship was to have far reaching implications.
The logical expansion of this growing business was to begin selling new cars, and in the spring of 1950 Al became the West Coast distributor for Allard Cars, bringing the first Cadillac-powered Allards to the area. In addition, he also became the L.A distributor for the Rootes Group selling Hillmans, Humbers and the Sunbeam-Talbot lines. The Allards were fast and had a richly deserved reputation for being extremely difficult to drive. Al raced one with some success, but a serious accident in January 1951 convinced him that his future might lie in other pursuits. He'd never really enjoyed the new car sales end of the business, and so he sold the distributorships in order to concentrate on the service and parts work he loved the best. Al moved to a new facility on Pico Boulevard; however, he soon outgrew this location and moved again, this time to Venice, just west of Los Angeles proper.
Throughout the late 1950s, service work was the prime function of Moss Motors; however, since the MG TC had gone out of production in 1949, being superseded by the MG TD, parts availability was becoming a major problem. Al began to buy up lots of obsolete parts and even ventured into manufacturing some items. Thus, with a supply of parts to support his own service needs, and an ever-growing demand from people who wished to undertake their own restoration and repair, Al prospered. Eventually, with more and more owners calling for spare parts, it seemed logical to produce a modest catalog, and thus the first TC catalog appeared in 1962.
By now, Howard Goldman, together with his brother Philip, had, in 1958, relocated their family-owned company some 100 miles northwest of Los Angeles to the scenic city of Santa Barbara. After numerous visits with his friend Howard, Al decided to relocate Moss Motors to Goleta, a small town adjacent to Santa Barbara in 1961. And, with the mail order side of the business expanding rapidly, the decision was taken to drop the service side of the operation.
Al was also going international at this time, making frequent trips to England to purchase discontinued parts which his customers urgently required. And Moss entered the computer age in 1970 with the purchase of an early IBM card based system. Rumor has it, that this very machine can be seen in some distant computer Hall of Fame! Also during the early 70′s, two junior members of staff joining Al were Glenn Adams, the current President of the company, and Chris Kepler, currently Vice President of Operations, and both are still here forty years later!
The business continued to grow as enthusiasts embraced the British sports car movement, and Moss expanded by adding parts and catalogs for the MGA, the early MGB, The Austin-Healey and the Jaguar XK120-140-150 series. In 1977, Al purchased 48 tons of 'obsolete' inventory directly from Standard Triumph in England, a shipment which filled no less than four 40-ft containers, and was in fact, the largest single buyout of TR2-3-4 spares ever! Thus, in 1978, Moss Motors published the world's first comprehensive TR2-3-4 catalog and this publication also represented a new philosophy. The catalog illustrated, and listed, virtually all the parts that would ever be needed for these cars, even if the parts were no longer available at press time. This made the catalog a valuable restoration aid and reference guide and set the standard for all future Moss Motors catalogs.
By 1978, Moss Motors was supplying parts for British sports cars to customers worldwide, and in fact the business had become so large that it had ceased to be fun for Al, being more like work! It was at this time that his long-time friend, Howard Goldman, offered to purchase the entire Moss Motors operation. Al eventually took him up on his offer and entered semi-retirement to spend much of his time restoring and racing his collection of British sports cars at his home in Arizona.
At the age of 80, at the urging of his many friends, Al wrote his autobiography: The Other Moss: My Life with Cars and Horses. Certainly there will be many additional stories shared of the adventurous, thoughtful and humor-filled life Al Moss vibrantly lived. We are saddened by his passing, but so enriched by him having been with us.
UPDATE (28.September 2012): The folks at the Allard Register reminded us today that Moss was an Allard distributor as well, and that they have over the last several months published some of his Allard-related correspondence.
Also, Ken Smith sent us this Larry Long photo of Al.
Moss Motors buys Al Moss's MG TC
When we were out in Monterey for Pebble Beach weekend, we looked over this 1948 MG TC at the RM Auctions preview. It didn't click until reading the catalog description that this was the car that had been owned since 1948 by Al Moss, the founder of Moss Motors, and was the very car that had inspired him to go into business.
Now we learn that Moss Motors, which Al Moss sold in 1977, was the winning bidder for the TC, paying $66,000, including a 10 percent premium. The company announced the purchase on its website:
Considering the car's history, and founding connection to the company, we could hardly let it get away. With a successful outcome, Al's TC is now part of the Moss Motors British car stable. The car is located in Goleta, [California,] and will be used as originally intended, and preserved as a symbol of Al's contributions to the British car hobby. We'll have plenty to say about the car in the coming months.
Al Moss bought the car on September 13, 1948, from its original owner, who had won the car in a "Why I Like Philco TVs" contest sponsored by Gough Industries, which was a distributor of both Philco radios and MGs at the time. The winner, a young mother with two children, drove the car just once before putting it up for sale.
Photo by Patrick Ernzen, courtesy of RM Auctions.
Moss was in the forefront of the post-war sports car movement in Southern California, taking his new MG to the race track, and competing in gymkhanas and "funkhanas." A TC is the sort of car that requires frequent adjustment, lubrication and general fettling, and Moss, who had grown disenchanted with the local MG dealership, decided to open his own shop in Los Angeles in 1949. Many an enthusiast found their way to Moss Motors by spotting his TC parked on Olympic Boulevard. He published his first parts catalog 50 years ago this year.
Al Moss's TC, painted in the Bronze and Cream colors used by the factory racers, has been a fixture at the Monterey historic races. The car had long run with a supercharged engine from a later TF model, but recently regained its original engine, now equipped with a Shorrock supercharger.
Photo by Patrick Ernzen, courtesy of RM Auctions.
Shelby's race car outruns the field at B-J Las Vegas
This 1969 Boss 429 fetched $214,500 at Barrett-Jackson Las Vegas. The top earner was a 1949 MG TC once raced by Carroll Shelby
photo courtesy Barrett-Jackson
Muscle car prices were a major contributing factor to the more than $29 million in sales generated at Barrett-Jackson Las Vegas, October 16-22, but it was a British roadster, once raced by an American automotive legend, that hauled in the highest price paid at the event.
Carroll Shelby's first road race car, a 1949 MG TC, sold for a whopping $313,500 — easily more than five times what a TC might ordinarily command. Bidding was intense for the MG, according to B-J, reaching six figures within seconds of the opening offer. Shelby piloted the British speedster (Lot #819) to a surprise victory in a road race in Norman, Okla., in 1952, a win that set the stage for his prolific career. Shelby donated 10 percent of the MG's winning bid to charity.
The next highest price paid at the Sin City edition of Barrett-Jackson went to Funkmaster Flex's custom 2006 Ford Mustang GT, which hauled in $300,000.
"We're thrilled with the outcome of our first Las Vegas event on many levels," said Craig Jackson, chairman/CEO of Barrett-Jackson. "Las Vegas and Mandalay Bay welcomed us with open arms and as a strategic partner and it's clear that consignors, bidders and visitors were treated to a spectacular experience. Collector cars prevailed in a struggling economy, proving that they can be treated as both a hobby and an investment."
The top 10 earners at the auction were:
Shelby's 1949 MG TC – $313,500 (Lot #819);
Funkmaster Flex's 2006 Ford Mustang GT – $300,000 (Lot #774.4);
2003 Saleen S7 – $260,700 (Lot #805.1);
1954 Rolls-Royce Silver Dawn – $225,500 (Lot #794);
1969 Ford Mustang Boss 429 – $214,500 (Lot #803.1);
1962 Lincoln Continental – $209,000 (Lot #812);
1938 Packard Victoria – $209,000 (Lot #801);
1970 Ford Mustang Boss 429 – $205,700 (Lot #816);
1970 Plymouth HEMI 'Cuda – $187,000 (Lot #804.2);
1958 Chevrolet Corvette – $187,000 (Lot #788).
For complete results head over to Barrett-Jackson.com.
(This post originally appeared in the October 30, 2008, issue of the Hemmings eWeekly Newsletter.)
Vermont restorer earns New England Concours d'Elegance Best of Show
Hemmings Editor in Chief Richard Lentinello presents Best of Show honors to Mr. and Mrs. Dave Steinman and their 1947 M.G. TC at the New England Concours d' Elegance July 20 at Stratton Mountain.
photo courtesy David Traver Adolphus
With a field of more than 100 of the country's finest cars on the green at Stratton Mountain's golf course, Hemmings judges had their work cut out for them last Sunday. But when all the numbers were tabulated, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Steinman's 1947 M.G. TC from our own home state of Vermont emerged as the clear winner of the New England Concours d'Elegance's Best of Show honors.
Finished in cream with green interior, the M.G. is the product of Steinman's old-world brand of craftsmanship, which has earned other examples of his work wins at Pebble Beach.
Look for complete coverage of the event in an upcoming issue of Hemmings Motor News.
(This post originally appeared in the July 24, 2008, issue of the Hemmings eWeekly Newsletter.)


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Taking 3D Transformations into Account in Stereo Matching
November 2000
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Given two pictures of the same scene taken from slightly different points of view (i.e. a stereogram), it is possible to determine the distance from the camera for each point in the scene that is visible in both pictures assuming that a unique match for that point can be found. This is the basis for human binocular vision, or stereo vision. The task of finding corresponding points in the two pictures is know as the correspondence problem and is the problem we tried to solve. A common approach to stereo matching is to take a small patch from the left eye image and slide it along the right eye image looking for the best match. it has been pointed out by others that this assumes that the object is perpendicular to the viewing axis; thus any surface that is not will not provide a perfect match. This leads to the possibility of false matches. We overcome this problem by assuming many possible depth profiles for the surface that generated a given image patch. The depth profile that gives the best matching score will be more accurate because the assumption of fronto-parallel objects is dropped. We demonstrate the results of this method with computer simulations using artificial Stereograms created with three-dimensional computer graphic software.
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At some point over the summer, I may or may not know the date (ok, fine, it was June 17, 2012) I became completely obsessed with AMC's hit show The Walking Dead. It was a very organically-grown obsession. Organic, as in, I watched Season 1, Episode 1 and basically continued to watch an episode in what averaged out to be every 1.5 hours over the course of the next three days. In a few short days, I'd successfully cultivated a pretty serious addiction.
It was in the second episode of the second season (aka "Bloodletting") where we – the viewers on the edge of our seats – were first introduced to the lovely Lauren Cohan who plays Dr. Hirshel Greene's daughter, Maggie (though you may also recognize her from her previous work from her roles on The Vampire Diaries, Chuck or Supernatural).
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What I will say: if you don't already obsess over The Walking Dead like I do, get thee to Amazon or iTunes ASAP, catch up on the first two seasons and then slide right into the third, happening right now, people. There's still time. It's not too late.
I mean, if I were to be completely honest, if someone had said, "Hey, so there's this show about Zombies you should watch!", normally I'd tune out – I'm not a big Zombie-genre fan. But! Not a week goes by that I don't watch it. In fact, as I recently told a friend: "The first 30 minutes of the show is fantastic, the next 30 minutes just as amazing and yet, accompanied with a sense of intense anxiety that in less than half an hour you will have to wait 7 more days for the next new episode."
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Lauren graciously took the time to answer "10 Questions With…" so make sure you watch The Walking Dead (Sundays at 9PM/8 Central on AMC) and follow Lauren on Twitter.
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Most people think of two colors when it comes to Valentine's Day: pink and red. We've already got pink covered (check out our Sweet Pink V-Day tutorial), so red would seem the next logical shade to highlight. But if there's anything we pride ourselves on here at MDC, it's breaking beauty conventions and taking risks. As much as we love a classic red lip, we wanted something outside of the box to showcase as our second Valentine's Day look – something a bit more dramatic, something sultry, something…violet.
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When Lebron James announced that he was taking his talents to South Beach to join Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh on the Miami Heat, the trio of NBA stars assumed that they would not only be the biggest act in town but become international sensations. Instead after only 13 regular season games the Miami Heat organization is calling out fans for a lack of interest and asking that they (the fans) start proving they are deserving of the "talent" that is put out there on the floor.
In order to relay their message to the fans, the Miami Heat shared a video and letter directed at the fans on the team's website. Besides being poorly executed (the video is atrocious and the letter self-serving), this was a horrible idea. I cannot think of a worse plan than blaming customers (fans) for the struggles of the company (Miami Heat organization). The only thing that this achieved was to further alienate fans and prove that the organization does not understand its fan base. Below is a copy of the letter.
Miami has never been a professional sports town (it took years for the community to embrace theNFL's Miami Dolphins). The city is a hotbed for nightlife so it is not surprising that fans show up at games to "make an appearance" and then leave early to experience what else the city has to offer. As a fan of basketball, I can understand that the team hopes that fans will support them thick and thin but this approach to sparking interest was ill-timed and inappropriate. The NBA as a whole has struggled with maintaining the interest of fans as many feel the league has become filled with individuals only concerned about themselves and not the game. The Miami Heat's actions only help confirm this sentiment.
As for the team's new star, if Lebron James wanted to be the center of attention he should have stayed in Cleveland or gone to Chicago or New York where he would have been treated like NBA royalty. Since making his decision to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers, Lebron James's new team has struggled to remain relevant. Currently they are tied for the 10th best record in the NBA and while it is a long season, it is obvious that things have not come as easily as "King James" had hoped.
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I'm not sure what you're trying to do exactly, but if the classes in the jar is being loaded, then the xlet classloader knows about the jar already. ???
Defining a ClassLoader subclass is a hard one for BD-J, I don't think the spec permits it (RuntimePermission is never granted for xlets). The only classloader that the Xlet is known to be able to reliably create is URLClassLoader, via newInstance(..). If you create it from the xlet code, then the parent classloader would be the xlet classloader, so your jar should be visible there.


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The Student Union at Wiltshire College, Chippenham has announced it won a nationally acclaimed anti-bullying award.
The Barney and Echo Action Against Bullying Award was presented to the college's Principal Di Dale yesterday in a special presentation at the Cove Theatre.
The award was among 15 other categories in association with The Police Community Education Clubs of Great Britain which recognises the efforts of those actively helping young people and children to become positive members of their community.
The award was presented to Wiltshire College's Chippenham campus after judges were impressed by the Student Union's decision to buy 30 citizenship books which was then donated to Monkton Park Primary School to support their PSHE programme.
Andrew Davies, who presented the award and from the Education Awards said: "It is so important to reward schools and colleges that encourage positive citizenship and the work done here by the Student Union at Wiltshire College is fantastic."
Wiltshire College first introduced the project three years ago after being approached by the Police Clubs of Great Britain to purchase the books from the Barney and Echo range.
The books are used to help children learn about social lessons when it comes to bullying and vandalism in communities and how the choices they make may affect them later on in life.
Principal of Chippenham College, Di Dale said: "Projects like this are great because they link us with our community and it has brought the college into the lives of the pupils at Monkton Park Primary School at a local level."
Over the last three years Wiltshire College has donated over 100 books to three different primary schools and has become so successful the project is now being introduced to the Trowbridge Campus and the college is hoping it will also be introduced to Salisbury and Lackham college.
Head teacher of Monkton Park Primary School, John Barlow said: "This experience has been very positive for the children. It supports the anti-bullying work we do in school and the positive message about staying safe."
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I recently had scleral buckle surgery in both eyes for retinal detachments. Following the surgery the doctor was concerned with the high pressure in both eyes, and my vision in the right eye went almost completely dark a few days after surgery. The left eye did not have this problem. A couple weeks after the initial surgeries, they told me they needed to cut the buckle in the right eye as it was too tight, so I had a third operation. My vision started improving immediately after cutting the buckle, and I am still on medication to reduce pressure in both eyes.
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Oh god. I forgot about Rita's mom. That woman is a bitch.
seriously, i think they do have something up their sleeve. granted, some of the story placements (the grandparents late in the game) smack of "laziness", but i think these writers have been pretty impressive. but, then again, i came to this late in the game having watched the entire series in the past 6 weeks. my experience is obviously different for this.
fuck buddy, serial killer, or both?Showtime has confirmed that Julia Stiles has joined the cast of the Emmy-nominated drama series "Dexter." Stiles, who will appear in ten episodes in the upcoming fifth season, will play a mysterious young woman who forms a unique relationship with Dexter (Michael C. Hall).
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i just watched the fist 2 seasons over a period of 3 days. holy shit. so awesome/i hate it at the same time. its like the most intense build ups EVER and then they tie it up so simply. i dunno. still awesome. i wish the other 2 seasons were streaming on netflix
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I'm a little sad this thread is only 5 pages long, but I can't wait to read through it in a couple weeks. I'm almost done with season 3 right now, and gonna download season 4. I just got to the part where Miguel Prado shows his true colors. Jimmy Smits has SUCH a good character this season. I never realized what a fantastic actor he is. I am seriously terrified of him.
Alright, no more reading in here til I'm done. Ta ta!
I hate not getting Showtime and having to find this online.
I loved the opener and holy shit I went from hating Debra the first season to absolutely finding her hot as hell last night. It didn't take long for Dexter to get some blood on his hands either. Dexter needs to off that neighbor. I hope this is the darkest season yet!
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I don't know how anyone who downloads has difficulty finding this show. Dexter and others are usually up fast too, like as soon as it ends on the east coast it's uploaded and they are on the most popular and safest sites like the noid.
An entire episode dedicated to donkeyface Deb being a total asshole... Worst Dexter season opener ever.
Have you heard of torrents or this demon site? It really shouldn't be this difficult guys. I use three sites to download and all three have it up.
i was disappointed in this episode, and frankly the whole montage of the rest of the season looks like the show has gone way downhill, super over dramatic and played out.
i really hope im wrong. i love me some dexter.
This last episode seemed to be continuing the set up for the season and it had a lot of filler. Does anyone really care if Maria is keeping her fortune a secret? I didn't. The kids are going to live with Grandma and Grandpa already? Deb likes beer and kinda likes Quinn.
Finally, how long before Dexter brings his baby to his first kill? I say less than 3 episodes.


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