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Toyota Sudden Acceleration Problems Mount
I am investigating whether this horrific crash that nearly killed my wonderful young client was caused by a faulty Toyota accelerator.
Here are the latest developments in what I believe may be the biggest and most deadly corporate cover up of all time:
1. Yesterday Toyota finally added the Prius to its limited list of defective cars that needed to be recalled — only after one suddenly sped up to more than 90 m.p.h. in San Diego. Prius drivers had already complained 406 times of these sudden and potentially fatal accelerations before this glorified car was recalled.
2. Last week the family of Mark Sayles filed suit, whose Lexus suddenly accelerated to 120 miles per hour on a San Diego interstate last August before tragically crashing and killing this 45 year old police officer, his wife, daughter, and his wife's brother. SEE PREVIOUS STORY.
It was not until their terrifying 911 tape was posted to UTube that Toyota finally began recalling its defective vehicles in September. Toyota has blamed the floor mats for getting tangled up with the gas pedal.
At least 52 people have died and hundreds have been seriously injured in these sudden accelerator crashes.
Toyota has already recalled more than 6 million of its defective vehicles just here in the U.S.
3. On Monday, a 2006 internal memo was released proving that the company knew that its vehicles were defective. Toyota's own assembly line workers warned the company that its quality had deteriorated and that more safety inspections were necessary. What did Toyota do? It ignored the problems, of course.
4. Furthermore, Toyota issued what these assembly workers called "secret recalls," in which owners were told to bring in their cars for "routine checkups," the dealer replaced defective parts, and then billed the owner for the work that it should have paid for.
5. "Everything Toyota does is hidden," Fumio Matsuda, 84, often called the Ralph Nader of Japan for his investigation into shoddy car making practices, wrote this week.
Matuda added: "I believe there will eventually be criminal charges. They knew there were problems with their cars, but they didn't do anything until they were pressured."
You may not be old enough (I am) to remember that Ralph Nader, an attorney, got his start in 1965 documenting the unsafe features of the Chevy Corvair and other models in his ground breaking book Unsafe At Any Speed.. Nader showed how American car manufacturers deliberately designed cars that lacked vital safety features and instead used that money to add fancy styling that could even hurt drivers, like metal dashboards, confusing gear shift knobs, overweighted front tires, faulty rear suspensions, etc.
I was a member of TEXPIRG, Nader's public interest law firm, while I attended the University of Texas in the Seventies.
In response, rather than fix its defective cars, GM outrageously tried to silence Nader by bullying him, illegally wire tapping his phone calls, following him, interviewing every one he talked to, libeling him in the press, and even sending women to lure him into sexual liasons so they could blackmail him.
6. Last week, an Illinois engineering professor released test results which showed that Toyota engines could rev without a driver even pressing on the accelerator! So much for the gas pedal/floor mat defense raised by Toyota.
7. A hearing is scheduled on March 25th in San Diego to consolidate the 89 separate lawsuits into one case. Investors are seeking damages due to the diminished value of Toyota's stock price since the recalls began.
8. Multiple shareholder derivative lawsuits have also been filed accusing Toyota of concealing the truth about its defective vehicles, causing share prices to fall.
I challenge Toyota to stop blaming floor mats and gas pedals and fix the electronic throttle controls which are apparently causing these tragic deaths and senseless injuries.
And manufacturers should also include "smart pedals" and provide immediate access to the onboard data recorders so they can monitor real time performance of their vehicles.


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Since last week's post about Ken's um ... "accident", we've had three different appointments made ... a full-body bone scan, a CT scan of Ken's wrist, and a doctor's visit with an orthopedist to read Ken's x-rays that were taken last week. After a lot of phone calls with the doctor's office, the hospital and our insurance company ... we cancelled every appointment! It's a shame that over $400 per month on health insurance doesn't cover the scans. We would have been looking at almost $2000 for the bone scan and we didn't wait to find out how much the CT scan would have cost. Of course, if we didn't own anything and blew our money every weekend we wouldn't have to worry about such things ... the government would pick up our tab. But that's another story that I'd better not get started on!
The full-body bone scan and the CT scan were a result of Ken's doctor visit last week. At the time, Ken's entire right side of his body was hurting ... full-body scan ordered. The next day, Ken's body aches were improving but his left wrist was killing him. After phone calls to the doctor's office with no advice if the constant throbbing and increased swelling of his wrist was "normal" (advice would be another $45!), we finally got a phone call from the doctor's office just minutes before they closed for the weekend ... after reviewing the x-rays again Ken may (not sure) have a small wrist fracture, but if so there doesn't seem to be any "displacement". The quick phone conversation consisted of being told that yet another test was ordered (the CT scan) and "not to worry" about our insurance coverage ... they'd get it approved. As I mentioned in my last post ... yeah, right! Good thing I did "worry about it" and not take the nurse's word. I doubt she would have been willing to pay our bill. When Ken got off the phone, I asked him what instructions he was given regarding care of his possibly fractured wrist over the weekend ... they didn't mention anything. Another call to the doctor's office and wouldn't ya know ... closed for the weekend!
Our weekend consisted of a lot of time on the sofa with Ken's wrist wrapped in an ace bandage and elevated on a pillow. Without any instruction from the doctor's office we figured this was the best thing to do. The entire weekend was stressful, wondering if Ken's wrist was fractured, how much all of this was going to cost (didn't find out till Monday), how much work Ken would miss and income he'd lose, etc. By Saturday evening all of Ken's other body aches were about gone and his wrist wasn't feeling good, but it was feeling better. Maybe we could cancel the two scans and just see an orthopedist. After all, the doctor's office did mention that after the scans Ken would need to see an orthopedist. Why not go straight there with Ken's x-rays from last week? We'd rather pay the $65 co-pay for the orthopedist than the big bucks for the scans that may not be necessary ... the doctors sure aren't worried about wasting our money.
Long story short ... we cancelled the two scans on Monday and instead made an appointment with the orthopedist for today (Wednesday). This morning we cancelled the orthopedist appointment because Ken is being careful with his wrist and it's improving every day ... fingers crossed! We can always re-schedule if necessary, and hopefully we just saved ourselves $65 bucks.
Good ending to the story right? Well, not so fast! On Sunday Ken's lower back started hurting really bad and it hasn't improved ... he can barely walk and it hurts when he coughs. After trying to work on Monday (helper drove) he cancelled his jobs yesterday in hopes of feeling better today, but he didn't stay on the sofa like he should have. He went to work today (he promised he wouldn't drive and only supervise) and he plans on doing no more than that for the rest of the week. This weekend will once again be on the sofa. We're really hoping that Ken just pulled a muscle. That's what he thinks it feels like.
This whole ordeal has required a lot of involvement and thought on our part. We've had to weigh our options, do our own research on fractured wrists (most don't require surgery if not displaced), and provide our own treatment. If we had just gone along with the doctor's advice, we'd have thousands of dollars in bills and who knows ... maybe all for nothing.
I'm hoping that all the rubbing on Buddha's belly is gonna pay off and Ken will be feeling a lot better by next Monday (if not sooner). We really need to keep things going until our house sells ... send us some good vibes ya'll!
I wish I was nearby with my Motrin 800. That really takes the edge off without making you sleepy.
I'm hoping and praying that he feels better very soon.
Oh, man, I'm so sorry to hear this! It's so sad that anyone has to worry about costs when there is an injury. You are smart to not take anyone's word for things like whether procedures will be covered. Sending healing energy his way, and praying for his body to heal itself without medical intervention.
I lived next door to Canada most of my life and I can tell you that they are amazed at why we can't even accomplish basic health care for our citizens. My kids go through the same thing you guys are going through, and so will we when we start cruising. What are we paying insurance for? What are we really getting for emergencies? Will a cancer diagnosis wipe us out? I tell my kids to keep a savings account just for health care emergencies, but realistically it would be tough to have that much money handy when just a broken arm can cost $3,000.
Whenever we pay those high prices I think of Congress, where they have the most awesome gov't paid health care, better than anyone else, yet they rally against us getting anything at all.
Hoping Ken improves soon. Hang in there! We WILL see you guys out here some day. If I ever get this freezer working, I'll make you a frozen margarita.


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Revision as of 21:43, 30 November 2012 by Tynian (talk | contribs) (Fixed some incorrectly formatted external links.)
2 Why TFC?
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(Taken from The Final Challenge homepage.)
The Final Challenge (TFC) is a multi-user dungeon (MUD) - an online text-based multi-player game - that people play at all hours of the day or night for free.
TFC has been on-line since 1994, and has a strong, devoted community of players from all over the world. It is heavily modified from its merc beginnings, and is currently at version 4.21b. It has a large, coherent world of some 161 areas, more than 93% of which are original and unique to the realm.
Newcomers to muds are encouraged to read our help pages for information on what a mud is and how to play. You can also view the TFC Forums, where players talk about subjects related to the game.
Why TFC?
Some key differences between TFC and other muds today is:
There is a highly active immortal staff who develops varying quests for the characters that reside in TFC to participate.
TFC can be followed on social media sites: Facebook, and Twitter.
Policy and Rules
TFC Rules for players can be found within the Policy Information section. It is highly recommended that anyone playing TFC become familiar with the policies of the realm.
Within TFC there is a list of "FYI's". These FYI's should also be considered rules and recommendations to follow when in the realm of TFC.
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There are areas within the Wiki for newcomers. Please refer to the Category of "Newbie Help" for areas of the Wiki that contain helpful information. Also, be sure to check out the Newbie Help section of the Wiki!
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Floyd: Es gibt noch Helden (englischer Originaltitel The Feeble Files) ist ein Point-and-Click-Adventure des britischen Entwicklers Adventure Soft. Der Spieler steuert den Außerirdischen Floyd durch eine Welt voller satirischer Anlehnungen an Science-Fiction-Romane und -Filme. Veröffentlicht wurde es 1997 für Microsoft Windows, einige Jahre später folgten Portierungen für Mac OS und Commodore Amiga.

Handlung

Floyd ist ein kleiner Angestellter im Ministerium für Galaktische Unsicherheit des "Konzerns", eines Hybriden aus Regierung und Firma auf seinem Heimatplaneten. Sein Job ist es, Kornkreise auf unterentwickelten Planeten zu erzeugen, so auch auf der Erde. Nach Erledigung seiner dortigen Aufgabe kollidiert sein Raumschiff kurz nach dem Start mit der irdischen Raumsonde "Voyager 2", was eine Kettenreaktion von Ereignissen auslöst, die schließlich zu Floyds Inhaftierung durch den Konzern führen. In einem Umerziehungslager auf einem Gefängnisraumschiff schließt er sich einer Untergrundbewegung an, deren Ziel der Sturz der diktatorischen Regierung des Konzerns ist.

In der Gesellschaft in der Floyd lebt, ist der sogenannte "Konzern" Arbeitgeber, Regierung, Polizei und Militär zugleich. Oberstes Führungsorgan ist das sogenannte "Omnibrain". Der Konzern unterdrückt seine Bürger bzw. setzt diese unter Drogen. Rebellisches Verhalten wird hart bestraft. Floyd selber bezeichnet den Konzern treffend als Stasi. Das dargestellte System orientiert sich auch an den Romanen "1984" von George Orwell und "Schöne neue Welt" von Aldous Huxley.

Spielprinzip und Technik
The Feeble Files ist ein 2,5D-Point-and-Click-Adventure. Aus Polygonen zusammengesetzte, dreidimensionale Figuren agieren vor ebenfalls dreidimensionalen, vorgerenderten Kulissen. Der Spieler steuert die Spielfigur mit der Maus durch die Spielwelt. Mit den Maustasten kann er Aktionen einleiten, die den jeweiligen Spielcharakter mit seiner Umwelt interagieren lassen. Er kann so Gegenstände finden, sie auf die Umgebung oder andere Gegenstände anwenden und mit NPCs kommunizieren. Dialoge werden durch eine Single-Choice-Auswahl vom Spiel vorgegebener, in die Situation passender Themen gesteuert. Mit fortschreitendem Handlungsverlauf werden weitere Orte freigeschaltet. Die Kamera zeigt das Geschehen aus einer teilvariablen Perspektive. Sie hat zunächst eine feste Position inne. Bewegt sich der Spieler ein Stück weit aus dem Bild, fährt die Kamera mit und fokussiert ihn erneut. Verlässt der Spieler den aktuellen Aufenthaltsraum, wird die Kamera in den neuen Raum transferiert und nimmt dort wiederum eine feste Position ein.

Produktionsnotizen

Ausgangsbasis für die Konzeptionierung und Erstellung von Floyd war, dass die Adventure-Soft-Autoren nach den Erfolgstiteln Simon the Sorcerer und Simon the Sorcerer 2 eine Schreibblockade befürchteten und deshalb eine Pause von der Weiterentwicklung der Fantasy-Spieleserie einlegten. Laut Simon Woodruffe waren TV-Serien wie Doctor Who, Red Dwarf, Star Trek und Blake's 7 Inspirationsquellen für sein Skript. Das Spiel wurde mit der von Adventure Soft entwickelten AGOS-Engine erstellt, die auch für Simon the Sorcerer zum Einsatz kam. Floyd wird in der deutschen Version von Tobias Meister gesprochen, Regina Lemnitz übernimmt die Rolle der Dolores. 2001 veröffentlichte Epic Interactive eine Portierung für Mac-OS-Rechner.

Auf modernen Computern kann das Spiel mittels ScummVM gespielt werden. Das Spiel ist seit 2008 auf der digitalen Plattform Gog.com und seit Juni 2021 auf Steam in mehreren Sprachen erhältlich.

Rezeption

Aus 4 aggregierten Wertungen erzielt Floyd auf GameRankings einen Score von 65. Der deutsche PC Joker hob den Humor des Spiels als größte Stärke hervor. Weiterhin gelobt wurden Gameplay, Steuerung und die deutsche Synchronisation. Das IGN-Magazin stellte die ungewöhnliche Mischung aus der Darstellung eines totalitären Systems und teils schwarzem Humor heraus. Rezensent Chris Bidwell lobte die Story des Spiels, kritisierte aber die Grafik ("Die FMV-Filmchen sind ein Schandfleck."), die Soundqualität und das "frustrierende" Gameplay. Das Fachmagazin Adventure Gamers ordnete Floyd: Es gibt noch Helden 2011 in seiner Liste Top 100 All-Time Adventure Games auf Platz 91 ein.

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Amiga-Spiel
Computerspiel 1997
Mac-OS-Spiel
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School of Richmond Ballet alum and current Richmond Ballet company dancer Valerie Tellmann and Kirk Henning as The Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier.
Richmond Ballet company dancer Valerie Tellmann remembers checking the casting list five times before it really sank in that she was going to dance the coveted role of Clara in The Nutcracker.
The holiday season in Richmond wouldn't be complete without Richmond Ballet's grand production of The Nutcracker. The legendary ballet has become a holiday tradition for countless families in Richmond, and now also Norfolk. Putting the massive ballet together is a tremendous undertaking – one that starts in September when the school's director, Judy Jacob, pulls out the show's music and choreography. Jacob has danced in the show and worked with the production for more than twenty years.
Keeping up with dozens of children and making sure all goes smoothly during the production is a Herculean task for Weger. She handles everything from hair mishaps to wayward children. "We have little things happening all the time," she says.
Little bunnies emerge from underneath Mother Ginger's skirt in Act II of Richmond Ballet's The Nutcracker.
Blair Bigelow, who served as wardrobe manager from 2005 to 2013, is also a backstage regular. "The most challenging part of the show is the sheer volume of costumes we have in our production, close to 250," she says.
Maggie Small as Clara holds tight to her nutcracker.
Dancer Maggie Small as the Snake in the Arabian Dance.
She also left a lasting memory for her fellow dancers when she danced the role of Snow Queen and it began to snow outside of the theater during the scene. "Valerie ran to the window and yelled 'I did it. I made it snow!'" Small says.
Just as it has for those of us in the audience, The Nutcracker has left lasting memories for all of the dancers who have appeared in the production over the years. "A lot of dancers who have retired have said one of the hardest things for them is not doing The Nutcracker," Tellman says.
Rebecca Weger, the official child wrangler, (aka school manager) can understand that feeling. "It just wouldn't be Christmas without The Nutcracker," she says.
School of Richmond Ballet students apply finishing touches as they prepare to take the stage as Dolls in the Battle scene of The Nutcracker.
This season marks the fortieth anniversary of The School of Richmond Ballet, which was founded in 1975, nine years before the creation of the professional company. Tara Penick, the school's middle division principal and coordinator of ensembles, has witnessed the growth of the teaching institution since she started in 1997.
The majority of Richmond Ballet's professional dancers – three-quarters to be exact – have received a portion of their training through the The School of Richmond Ballet. Other graduates have joined companies across the United States and around the world. One of the school's most famous graduates is Philip Neal. Now retired, Neal was a principal dancer for the New York City Ballet for more than twenty years. Alum Dominic Hodal is currently dancing with Staatsballett Berlin.


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1976 Plays for Britain (TV Series) (1 episode)
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1976 Great Performances (TV Series) (1 episode)
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1975 Shades of Greene (TV Series) (1 episode)
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1974 Haunted: Poor Girl (TV Movie)
1974 Stardust
1974 Childhood (TV Series) (1 episode)
- A Great Day for Bonzo (1974)
1973 Black and Blue (TV Series) (1 episode)
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1973 High Kampf (TV Movie)
1968-1972 ITV Playhouse (TV Series) (11 episodes)
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1972 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) (1 episode)
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1972 Joy (TV Movie)
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1970 7 Plus Seven (TV Movie documentary)
1970 The Lovers (TV Series) (6 episodes)
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1970 The Sinners (TV Series) (1 episode)
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1969 Parkin's Patch (TV Series) (7 episodes)
- Everybody Knew But Me (1969)
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- Bonus (1969)
1969 Big Breadwinner Hog (TV Series) (2 episodes)
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- Hogarth Accepts Responsibility (1969)
1967-1968 City '68 (TV Series) (5 episodes)
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- A Question of Priorities (1968)
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1967 Escape (TV Series) (1 episode)
- A Bad Risk (1967)
1966-1967 Coronation Street (TV Series) (8 episodes)
1963 World in Action (TV Series documentary)
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2014 Bending the Light (Documentary) (executive producer)
2013 Eddie (Short) (executive producer)
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2006 21 Up America (Documentary) (executive producer)
2005 Rome (TV Series) (consulting producer - 12 episodes)
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2000 It's a Shame About Ray (Short) (executive producer)
1998 14 Up in America (TV Movie documentary) (executive producer)
1997 Inspirations (Documentary) (producer)
1993 Crossroads (TV Series) (executive producer - 1 episode)
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1992 Bram Stoker's Dracula (executive producer)
1992 Intruders (TV Series) (executive producer - 2 episodes)
- Episode #1.2 (1992) ... (executive producer)
1992 Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story (TV Movie) (executive producer)
1991 Age 7 in America (TV Movie documentary) (executive producer)
1991 Born in the USSR (TV Series documentary) (consulting producer - 1 episode)
- Born in the USSR: 7 Up (1991) ... (consulting producer)
1990 Criminal Justice (TV Movie) (executive producer)
1984 The River Rat (executive producer)
1970 7 Plus Seven (TV Movie documentary) (producer)
2012 56 Up (TV Movie documentary) (researcher: 7 Up)
2007 P.O.V. (TV Series documentary) (researcher - 1 episode)
- 49 Up (2007) ... (researcher)
2005 Born in the USSR (TV Series documentary) (consulting executive - 1 episode)
- Born in the USSR: 21 Up (2005) ... (consulting executive)
1964 Seven Up! (TV Short documentary) (researcher)
1991 35 Up (TV Movie documentary) (uncredited)
1985 Spies Like Us
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- Michael Apted (2017) ... (special thanks)
2013 20 Feet from Stardom (Documentary) (special thanks)
1994 Hoop Dreams (Documentary) (thanks)
2019 Good Morning Britain (TV Series)
Himself - Director
- Episode dated 4 June 2019 (2019) ... Himself - Director
2019 7 Up & Me (TV Movie documentary)
Himself - Director, The Up Series
2019 A Matter of Life and Death: Michael Apted on 'The Triple Echo' (Video documentary short)
2018 CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion (Documentary)
2018/II Hillbilly (Documentary)
2017 Making 'Unlocked' (Video documentary short)
2016 American Masters (TV Series documentary)
Himself - Director, Coal Miner's Daughter
- Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl (2016) ... Himself - Director, Coal Miner's Daughter
2015 ITV Changed My Life (TV Movie documentary)
2015 Defying Categories: Ralf Bode (Video short)
2014 Gorky Park: Director Michael Apted Interview (Video documentary short)
2014 Bending the Light (Documentary) (voice)
2013 The World in Action Years (TV Movie documentary)
Himself - Former WIA Producer
- Episode dated 6 January 2013 (2013) ... Himself - Guest
2013 Bond's Greatest Moments (TV Movie documentary)
Himself - Narrator / Interviewer (voice)
2012 CinemAbility (Documentary)
2012 Click (TV Series documentary)
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2011 Fox Movie Channel: Direct Effect: Michael Apted (Video short)
2011 Good Vs. Evil: Battle on the Sea (Video short)
2011 Portal to Narnia: A Painting Comes to Life (Video short)
2011 The Chronicles of Narnia: Fox Movie Channel: In Character with Liam Neeson as Aslan (Video short)
2011 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - The Epic Continues (Video short)
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- John Belushi (2010) ... Himself - Director, Continental Divide
2010 John Belushi: Dancing on the Edge (Documentary)
2008 Treasures of the Academy: Guardians of History (TV Movie documentary)
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2007 Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV Series)
2006 The World Is Not Enough: Deleted and Extended Scenes (Video documentary short)
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2006 The World Is Not Enough: The Boat Chase (Video documentary short)
2006 The World Is Not Enough: The Boat Chase - Introduction with Director Michael Apted (Video documentary short)
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2006 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies (TV Movie documentary)
2005 The 50 Greatest Documentaries (TV Movie documentary)
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2005 ITV 50 Greatest Shows (TV Special)
- Jennifer Lopez (2004) ... Himself
2003 Enigma: Bletchley Park and Enigma (Video documentary short)
2003 Enigma: Putting It All Together (Video documentary short)
2003 More Than Enough (Video documentary short)
2002 James Bond: A BAFTA Tribute (TV Special)
2002 Happy Anniversary Mr. Bond (TV Movie documentary)
2002 Best Ever Bond (TV Movie documentary)
2002 Enigma: About 'Enigma' - The Movie (Video documentary short)
2002 Enigma: Behind the Scenes (Video documentary short)
2002 Enigma: Cast and Crew Interviews (Video documentary short)
Himself - Director (segment "Michael Apted")
- Tom Welch/Unlocking Parkinson's/Michael Apted (2002) ... Himself - Director (segment "Michael Apted")
2000 A View to a Boat Chase (Video documentary)
2000 The World Is Not Enough: James Bond Down River (TV Special documentary)
2000 Now Pay Attention 007: A Tribute to Actor Desmond Llewelyn (TV Movie documentary)
1999 The Making of 'The World Is Not Enough' (Video documentary short)
1999 The World Is Not Enough: The Making of a Blockbuster (TV Mini-Series documentary)
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1999 Behind the Scenes with 'The World Is Not Enough' (Video documentary short)
1999 And the Word Was Bond (TV Special documentary)
1999 Premiere Bond: The World Is Not Enough (TV Special short)
1999 Exclusive (TV Series documentary)
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1999 MADtv (TV Series)
1999 The Bond Cocktail (TV Movie documentary)
1999 Comme au cinéma (TV Series documentary)
1999 The James Bond Story (TV Movie documentary)
1996 Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (TV Series documentary)
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1995 Century of Cinema (TV Series documentary)
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1988 The Media Show (TV Series documentary)
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1983 The Making of 'Gorky Park' (TV Movie documentary)
1981 Clapper Board (TV Series)
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2009 España, plató de cine (TV Movie documentary)
2000 The World Is Not Enough: The Secrets of 007 (Video documentary short)
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Submarine - Blu-ray Review
'one of the best made, sharply observed, beautifully shot, endlessly endearing romances I have seen in a long time'
I had pre-judged Submarine. It's difficult not to. It is very clearly an Indie with a capital 'I'. It features an Indie boy and an Indie girl who, I thought, would probably potter around doing Indie things, circling a plot that was so Indie it may as well not exist, whilst affecting Indie personality traits that called for them to wear geek-chic duffel coats for no obvious reason. I was entirely wrong. Well, apart from the duffel coats.
Submarine is actually one of the best made, sharply observed, beautifully shot, endlessly endearing romances I have seen in a long time. It may be an Indie with a capital 'I' but it has none of the possibly negative connotations that brings with it. It is directed impeccably by Richard Ayoade, who follows in the footsteps of Gareth Edwards (last year's Monsters) as having charged into film-making with little care for the fact that he shouldn't be this good at it and that British-made films typically aren't a whole lot like this. And he's done it with duffel coats.
In my defence, I am not the only one who misjudged Submarine. Take the film's own synopsis, for example, which states that Oliver Tate's (Craig Roberts) two objectives are to 'lose his virginity before his next birthday, and to extinguish the flame between his mother and an ex-lover'. The second of those might become true - as Oliver tries to keep his mother (Sally Hawkins) from having an affair with hip psychic Graham (Paddy Considine) - but the first never is. The film is about Oliver - fifteen and awkward - trying to find his way in a relationship with Jordana (Yasmin Paige) and whilst sex may (or may not) feature, it is never the only subject of Oliver's pursuit or, really, of his often hilarious narration.
Whilst his narration is exemplary, really Oliver treads a line that brings him dangerously close to being unlikable. He's a literate, pretentious, swat with faux-cool hipster inflections that are summarised in a scene where he lists the things he's tried in order to make himself more of an individual. For all that though he is disarmingly innocent and his pursuit of Jordana is honest and full of an endearing integrity. Jordana too is not perfect. She's occasionally too brash to like and initially appears a more 'full of herself' version of Oliver. She's not though. Nor is Oliver as much of a bumbling misfit as he appears. They're imperfect characters, cautiously eyeing each other up and, eventually, deciding which imperfections they can cope with in each other, which they can iron out, which they can actually see in themselves. It's a perfect arc. I was hooked. I approached the third act not wanting to imagine any situation which didn't lead to them being together in the final reel.
Technically too the film is a marvel of smart, teenage-savvy, scripting ('Chips says that if a girl won't get it on with you on New Year's Eve, then you may as well cut it off' Oliver narrates, 'I'm beginning to think that we may grow apart') and beautiful photography. The blu-ray transfer is flawless. Ayoade's shot composition is constantly arresting. It comes with a level of almost mocking self-awareness but it doesn't let that get in the way of presenting a beautiful vista at sunset or a firework display in isolated night time.
For summary - and by way of lazy comparisons - when you think of Submarine, don't think of all the false prejudices mentioned above. Think perhaps of a better shot, better scripted (500) Days Of Summer, with more heart, more humour and better characters; re-located to Wales with added duffel coats. You can't get much better than that really.
Submarine is out on Blu-ray and DVD in the UK on Monday 1st August 2011
'loses the feel of its creativity by the final moments, but it's quite a pleasant ride' - Bitchin' Film Reviews, 3/4
Film Intel article for Thursday, July 28, 2011
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BRENT 28 July 2011 at 10:53
I have heard nothing but good things about this and have ben waiting impatiently for it to reach my shores!! I hope that it is one that doesn't slip under the radar and not play here because generally if that happens it then isn't widely avaliable on DVD either.
Must be one of the few films you have 5 starred this year?!
Sam Turner 28 July 2011 at 11:18
Will definitely be a big shame if it doesn't make it over there. I think the five starers this year (going by UK release date) have been this, THE KING'S SPEECH and BLUE VALENTINE so yes, pretty lofty company.


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"The Count-Down has Started": Statement on the Tenth Anniversary of the Soweto Uprising by O. R. Tambo, 16 June 1986
On June 16, 1976, as we all know, the children of Soweto, Mamelodi, Gugulethu and other areas rose united in response to a massacre unprecedented in its nature and scale. On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of that uprising, the youth and students, the children, parents, teachers and other professionals; the workers in town and country, on the mines, in commerce, industry and the farms; the religious community - in fact, the entire oppressed population together with democratic whites are bound together by the blood that covered the streets of Soweto, the blood that has since soaked the soil of our motherland in even bigger quantities.
On this truly historic occasion the nation will pay fitting tribute to the young heroes and martyrs, including eight-year-olds, who fell in that titanic battle against the forces of apartheid repression. And so the repression we experience today is not new. But as we can see today the sacrifices of those heroes and martyrs were not in vain. The declaration of yet another state of emergency, this time across the length and breadth of the country, means that the entire people of South Africa, black and white, the oppressed and the oppressor, friend and foe alike, are focussing on the tenth anniversary of the Soweto Uprising, the South Africa Youth Day.
This means that the Botha regime has wittingly or unwittingly defined Monday June 16, 1986, as the biggest national occasion since Soweto. It deserves to be and we shall make sure that it is. The declaration of the state of emergency at this time means that the struggle has intensified and spread to every part of the country, uniting all our people against the apartheid system. It means the regime has been pushed to the limits of its repressive capabilities.
The state of emergency means, as Botha admits, that the ordinary laws of apartheid domination, the iron chains which have bound us hand, foot and mouth over the decades, have become inadequate to halt the mounting popular offensive against white minority rule and exploitation of our labour. The use of vigilantes and impis has failed to serve Botha's purposes. The regime has been forced by the relentless advance of the democratic forces in our country to come out from behind the vigilante defence lines and undertake itself the task of defending the system. It is forced to take on the people's offensive. We stand face to face not with surrogates but with the racists themselves.
This helps to clear any confusion there may have been as to who we are fighting, what we are fighting and what we are fighting for. With the state of emergency the enemy is there for all to see. The lines are clearly drawn: the fighters for a nonracial, democratic and united South Africa on the one side and on the other the armed defenders of the apartheid crime. This is the struggle the ANC and the democratic movement is leading. It is the people united in action against baaskap, for baaskap is baaskap by any other name.
As the struggle has grown and reached unprecedented levels of intensity, the apartheid regime, faced with the irresistible advance of the masses, decided to hire black policemen, black vigilantes and black impis, to fight, murder and die in its defence. Hence the so-called black-on-black violence, an expression which is a distortion of reality. It is of course part of the apartheid survival strategy that the slave master should hire slaves to save him from the revolt of the enslaved. But this strategy, like all its predecessors, has failed. That is why Botha resorts to desperation of the state of emergency.
The stark reality of the South African situation is that the people are inexorably, irresistibly rising up from slavery. Victory is calling and we earnestly urge all our people to leave Botha to do his own thing, to defend the indefensible if he dare. Let us all rejoin the ranks and unite in action for freedom. Let us focus and concentrate our attack on the apartheid system and its structures. Let none defend this doomed system or its tottering structures. Our people must refuse to be used against their own interests, against their own future, for the perpetuation of their own domination.
Apartheid must not be left to die a natural death when it is something like 70 years old or more. It must be destroyed now. Those who say it is dead have no reason to defend it, and our unity in action must make its mark on the tenth anniversary of Soweto. Let June 16, 1986, be the take-off to new heights of struggle for a new South Africa in this decade of liberation, the decade of the 80s. The time has come for a showdown with the forces of oppression, repression and exploitation.
Fighting with us are the peoples of the world. International pressures are being mobilised at this time as never before, precisely around the tenth anniversary of the Soweto Uprising. We have had the report of the Group of Eminent Persons submitted on 12th June. On June 16 one of the biggest world conferences to deal with the South African situation and decide on appropriate measures in the form of sanctions is taking place in Paris. And this week the United Nations Security Council is meeting again to discuss and decide on the situation prevailing in South Africa.
A people determined to challenge the South African regime in all its strength, with all its states of emergency, is a people that can only be rewarded with victory. And the tenth anniversary of Soweto will see a challenge of this state of emergency in massive defiance, with Umkhonto we Sizwe and its units and detachments moving into action across the country. All this adds up to spell a new and unparalleled crisis for the Pretoria racist clique. The countdown has indeed started. We must sustain the momentum of our offensive for the destruction of the system and the creation of a new order in our country.
Oliver Reginald Kaizana Tambo
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The beloved Hans Christian Andersen fairytale comes to life in this magical animated musical featuring the voices of Carol Channing, John Hurt, Charo, Gilbert Gottfried and more! When Thumbelina meets the prince of the fairies, it's love at first sight. But after the tiny would-be princess is kidnapped, she goes on a harrowing adventure that helps her learn about friendship, hope, fame and love!
Gary Goldman
John Pomeroy
Willard Carroll
June Foray, Jodi Benson, Gilbert Gottfried, Charo Charo, Barbara Cook, Gino Conforti, Gary Imhoff, Will Ryan
© 1994 Don Bluth Group of Companies. All rights reserved.
Sergio Benítez
Under the authorship of Barry Manilow, it is not that the 'Thumbelina's' songs are abhorrent, is t...
Rachel's Reviews (YouTube)
I just think it's a fun little fairy tale [but] it's not good as The Lion King by any stretch of t...
Michael Szymanski
Susan Tavernetti
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
Jeffrey Westhoff
A huge disappointment from Don Bluth.
Film Freak Central
Walter Chaw
The film is for very young children and people in comas.
Apollo Guide
Brian Webster
A little more Thumbelina spunkiness would have gone a long way toward making this a more compellin...
Hollis Chacona
James Berardinelli
I didn't much care, for two reasons: Thumbelina's woe-is-me act got old real fast, and I couldn't...
Magical, musical story is a classic fairy tale.
Parents need to know that Thumbelina, a adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's story, will delight fans of fairies and princesses, but also includes some tension and mild peril. There are themes of kidnapping and marriage to the wrong fellow for the wrong reasons, but the happily-ever-after is solidly in place.
Educational Value
Violence & Scariness
Genre:Family
Release Date:March 30, 1994
Barbie of Swan Lake
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
A Simple Wish
Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Bitty Mysteries (Digital)
Strawberry Shortcake: Campberry Stories
Strawberry Shortcake: Snowberry Days (Digital)
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
Arthur and The Great Adventure
Strawberry Shortcake: The Berryfest Princess Movie
Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Hi-Tech Fashion
Strawberry Shortcake: Berry Best in Show (Digital)


Above: The creator of 4chan.
This morning Christopher Poole, better known to some as "Moot," announced plans to step back from the site he created 11 years ago. That site is 4chan, a mega-popular message board known as the birthplace of everything from Lolcats to the Anonymous hacktivist group.
Poole created 4chan when he was 15. Since then, it's amassed over 42 billion total pageviews, nearly 2 billion posts, and over a billion visitors.
After hearing Poole's plans, we asked if he'd share more — and he obliged.
Please note that we've trimmed the interview, for clarity.
VentureBeat: So, you're leaving 4chan … Have anything to add to your earlier message?
Christopher Poole: It's been a long time coming. It's something that I've been planning for the better part of a year or two now. It just felt like the time is right to move on.
That reign, I guess, is pretty unprecedented. It's hard to name many online communities that have tens of millions of users and last for this many years.
But it's natural closure, for me.
VB: What do you think of 4chan's reputation, after all these years?
Poole: For better or worse, I think it's done far more good than bad. For a lot of people, 4chan has served as their third place … not work, not home, not school, you know? The site has been accessed by millions of people. For the most part, it's touched those people in a really positive way. Despite the more unsavory things. When you take it for what it's worth over its entire run, I think it's been a powerful and positive force for people.
VB: There seems to be big differences between you — you know, your personality — and the 4chan community, especially when you consider the controversies.
Poole: When I came out as the creator in 2008 or so, people expected me to be a manifestation of the community, which is kind of hilarious. That would make me like a caricature of a person. And I think that kind of shocked people.
VB: What's next for you? Is it a startup, investing, or what?
Poole: I honestly don't know. That's a question that I truly don't have an answer to. I'm in a really different place than I was last year. This announcement comes exactly one year after the DrawQuest shutdown announcement [note: while at 4chan, Poole separately founded DrawQuest]. I think back to where I was last year, making a big life-changing announcement, and I was totally drained. I really needed time to relax and invest in myself. This year's really different…I'm in a really good place emotionally.
This process with 4chan has taken about two years. I'm very happy with it. I'm really excited about moving on to something else.
VB: Will you start something again, someday?
Poole: I don't know. I think I'm open to anything. I'm not, you know, itching to start a company, but that's not to say I wouldn't start a company. I'd welcome the opportunity to work for somebody at this point. I've never worked for anybody before.
VB: What will your role at 4chan be going forward?
VB: Will you ever come back to 4chan? Will it be a clean break?
Poole: I think it will be a clean break. I'm a user of the site. I have good feelings about the volunteers. I have nothing but positive feelings. I have a vested interest in it as a user, and I'd like to see it continue to march on and prosper. I'll always be a fan. And continue to be helpful.
For me this is closure. This is the end of a long journey. It's bittersweet in some sense … no, actually I would just call it sweet. I think the emotions that I'm feeling — or the lack of certain emotions that I'm feeling right now — they tell me this was the right time. The last thing I want to do is stay on for five more years and just get jaded. I think this reinforces the fact that this was the perfect time for me to take my bow, and allow the next generation of leadership and users to kind of chart their own destiny.


Ban Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems!
The UK Section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) supports a ban on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS).
Developing technologies are adding to the levels of autonomy in todays weapons systems.
Human-in-the-Loop Weapons: Robots that can select targets and deliver lethal force only with a human command – includes Drones (robotic aerial vehicles) – piloted at a distance by humans who assess the target identified by the drone and decide whether or not to attack.
Human Rights Watch have comprehensively developed the legal arguments against LAWS: why a robot cannot stand trial; how it is highly unlikely that any of the personnel involved in the development, implementation and deployment of LAWS: programmers, manufacturers, commanders, could be liable for the actions of their creations[viii].
A robot could not be held accountable because "the goals of criminal law, the duties of humanitarian and human rights law for legal accountability and the criminal act of intentionality could not be met. A robot is not a person, has no legal persona and cannot be tried in international courts and would have no concept of 'punishment'"[ix] Victim(s) would therefore be left without a sense of justice having been done, without a personal or collective psychological closure and the possible inability to move on in a constructive way.
LAWS capable of autonomy are estimated to be some 20-30 years away in development terms. But the technology is developing rapidly: the DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Robotics Challenge put up $3.5million in prize money this year (2015) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGOUSvaQcBs Why would the defence arm of the US military establishment be interested in autonomous robots if not for military purposes?
LAWS development has raised the possibility of a future arms race as nations compete for 'superiority'. The security of computerised systems is another area receiving too little attention – the consequences of LAWS hacking could be horrific. We already know the impact of civilians lives lived under the threat of drones monitoring their every move – lives blighted by fear and resulting in deep-seated psychological trauma.[xiv] What will be the impact of advanced LAWS operating among civilian populations?
Whilst there is nothing wrong with developing and using robotic technologies, both physical and AI, for economic or social purposes, we must question our own moral worth in delegating the responsibility for life and death decision making to robots. The UK Section of WILPF is concerned that a 'wait and see' attitude prevails and may linger until it is too late. We remind our leaders that 105 states have signed up to the Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons and ask why there is such reluctance by UK Government and other world leaders to take action and embrace a comprehensive, pre-emptive, prohibition on LAWS?


Oh, thank you readers! When I can't seem to come up with an idea, one of you sends me a note and "Presto!" I have a column.
A lady sent me a note a while back along with a news clipping. The clipping dealt with a critic of a government predator control program. She was particularly impressed with this gentleman's observation that, "In visiting rural areas of Greece, Austria, Spain and other countries, I have seen animal herders with guard dogs at work. Isn't there a way that young unemployed people can be trained to look after range animals and protect predators from causing problems?"
She wasn't very impressed with the story or the man's idea. I decided, what the heck, I'll give it a try.
I went down to the local shopping mall and hired one of those "unemployed young people" to trail along and protect some cows a friend and I had up in Colorado's White River National Forest. I asked him to keep a journal of his experiences so I could decide if my reader friend was being too harsh on these somewhat uninformed people.
The following are excerpts from his journal.
Day 1: My, what beautiful country. I am glad I'm keeping the ruthless cattle barons from destroying the natural predators that live up here.
Day 3: I can't find the cows I'm supposed to be watching. I think I saw some up on the next mountain yesterday.
Day 6: Man, am I glad to be back at camp. I got lost trying to find those darn cows. Lucky I came across a road someone had built. Don't know where it came from. It led me back to camp. Darn cattlemen.
Day 10: Finally found a cow and her calf. Didn't have much luck protecting them, though. She wouldn't let me down out of the tree until dark.
Day 20: Lost both earrings today when scrambling through the brush to get water. Lucky I found that little dam and pond. I was really getting desperate. Saw lots of deer and elk drinking there. Don't know who built it. Darn cattlemen.
Day 40: Close call today! A bear ate all my supplies and my leather coat. Haven't seen many cows lately. Been too busy watching for bears and lions. At night coyotes make too much noise to sleep.
Day 60: I've about had it! Found a cow half eaten today. It was not a pretty sight.
Day 90: Lucky they sent that rifle with me. I thought I'd never use it, but I've shot it five times to scare lions chasing calves.
Day 120: Saw my first human today. He was a pool rider for the grazing district. We talked about how we would keep the cows moving to reduce grazing pressure. Talked about coyotes, too. Nice guy!
Day 150: (Last day of the grazing season.) Sure learned a lot. Cows and cow people ain't half bad. Ranchers sure have made it better up here for the elk and deer with ponds and such. I learned cows don't kill deer. Lions, bears and such do.
Well, looks like that clipping had some good ideas after all.
Next year let's send politicians up to "guard" the cows. May feed a few bears, too.


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209 search results for Museums
The Cincinnati Museum Center explores the ancient world of mummies and the windows they provide into the past.
Favorite Son
Columbus celebrates the talent of artist George Bellows.
Round & Round
This Sandusky museum traces the golden age of carousels and the craftsmen and styles that defined the era.
Made in Ohio
Homegrown artists shine in an Akron Art Museum exhibition highlighting works from the museum's permanent collection created between 1850 and 1950.
Michigan: Culture Cruise
Head north and and you'll find a range of destinations that celebrate history and heritage.
'Expanded Views: Native American Art in Focus'
A Toledo Museum of Art exhibition featuring historical and contemporary works by Native Americans offers a fresh perspective.
'A Story of Flying: 20 Years of Passion Works'
Ohio University's Kennedy Museum of Art hosts an exhibition featuring works from the acclaimed Athens studio for artists with developmental differences.
A Century of Asian Art at Oberlin: Japanese Prints
Oberlin's Allen Memorial Art Museum closes out its year-long celebration of Asian art with an exhibition of beautiful prints.
Feeling cooped up already? These 30 destinations offer great places to spend a winter afternoon.
Kentucky: Explore the Bluegrass State
Check out these five destinations for natural beauty and museums that offer insight into the world around us.
Heritage Road Trips 2018
These four museums that celebrate Ohio's industrial heritage offer a window into how we helped the nation grow.
102 Days + Nights of Summer: August 2018
Enjoy a Verandah Concert at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums, take on Steel Vengeance at Cedar Point and witness the Battle of Ohio.
Best of Ohio 2013
We discovered a diverse assortment of destinations, dining spots, museums, events and more for this year's list of the best our state has to offer.
The Transformation
For eight years, the Cleveland Museum of Art underwent a metamorphosis that resulted in a new and fascinating place.
Garden of Inspiration
The Toledo Museum of Art transports visitors to Paris with art tied to the city's famous public green space.
The Cincinnati Art Museum spotlights Grant Wood's famous twosome along with other portraits of the Midwest.
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History examines how the 4,600-mile Silk Road spread new ideas across the ancient world.
'Dragons, Unicorns & Mermaids: Mythic Creatures'
COSI's new American Museum of Natural History exhibition delves into how legendary creatures have their roots in the real world.
'Paris 1900: City of Entertainment'
Turn-of-the-20th-century Paris offered a glimpse of a new and changing world. The Cincinnati Art Museum highlights the era with an exhibition organized by the Petit Palais Museum of Fine Arts.
The Butler Institute of American Art Turns 100
A century ago, Joseph G. Butler Jr. opened a Youngstown museum dedicated to American artists that featured just 34 works. As the institution celebrates its centennial, its collection now numbers in the thousands.


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Tyre Manufacturers - Michelin Tyres
Michelin has been one of the world's most consistent producers of car tyres. This French giant has been in this business for more than 120 years now. It has been a trailblazer in terms of technological advancements as well as marketing strategies. Michelin car tyres are among the bestselling models around the world.
You will find most of their quality products at our facility, Treadstones in Leicester. Our facility stores all types of tyres the organisation manufactures- summer, winter, all-season and high-performance.
We also sell Michelin tyres online in Leicester.
There are several reasons why Michelin's products are so famous. Here are some major points.
Why are Michelin tyres so popular?
Michelin was born as a small proprietorship company in France. Formed by two brothers, Edouard and Andre, the company originally used to manufacture rubber tyres for cycles. By chance, they discovered pneumatic tyre. By 1891, Michelin had a patent on the removable pneumatic tyre, which is what rides on even after 100 years.
Michelin car tyres are notable for their durability and versatility. They have many firsts to their names and are reckoned as a trailblazer for their marketing efforts. For example, the Michelin Man, or Bibendum, is universally recognisable. Michelin stars and guides are used by jet-setting global citizens.
But Michelin is still predominantly a tyre manufacturer. Here are some reasons why their products are so popular and why so many people buy Michelin tyres online in Leicester.
Efficient navigation on tricky roads: Michelin has pioneered a variety of tread designs ever since its inception. It was one of the first major corporations to come up with modern-day treads used on slick surfaces. It was also the first one to introduce the concept of wider shoulder blocks on winter models.
Motoring excellence: Michelin has won more races than most of its competitors. Together with names like McLaren and Brabham, Michelin has successfully dominated the F1 market too. It has also worked with the likes of Williams, Jaguar and Renault.
Innovative nature: Some years ago, Michelin rolled out the Tweel, a portmanteau of the words wheel and tyre. Unlike standard pneumatic models, Tweels do not have compressed air and are immune to punctures. Polyurethane spokes connect the hub to the rim. These spokes also act as shock absorbers.
Record-breaking achievements: Michelin has supplied tyres to the US Space Shuttle Program too. Currently the biggest tyre manufacturer in the world, Michelin has already gone places few companies have dreamt of.
Buy Michelin tyres from us
If you are looking to buy Michelin's products in Leicester, get in touch with us either online or via a personal visit. We have the widest variety of their models and offer excellent deals as well. Think of Michelin, think Treadstones.


TROISDORF/SALZBURG: December 04, 2018. Commercial vehicle delivery company Vegatrans and rail logistics specialist TX Logistik (TXL) are using a 'roadrailLink' (r2L) adapter to deliver Iveco vans from Italy to Germany.
The system, which transforms a standard pocket wagon into a car transport wagon, is being used between Sommacampagna- Sona near Verona and the German North Rhine-Westphalia town of Rheine.
Twice a week Iveco vehicles are sent north to Rheine while Scania and Iveco trucks and semi-trailers destined for Italy use the same equipment on the return leg to Verona.
The r2L system is built with mobile and adjustable ramps to transport 96 vans, 64 trucks or 32 semitrailers – or a variety of each.
TX Logistics is providing complete terminal-to-terminal service for Vegatrans, including fleet management and 24/7 monitoring.
"With roadrailLink, we can transport 32 light commercial vehicles more per train than with conventional flat wagons," explained Franz Blum, Vegatrans managing director. "For the first time, this enables us to combine inbound and outbound traffic in rail vehicle logistics to make it even more efficient." A total of 64 r2L load carriers are being used on this and a second line between Wörth am Rhein and Fernetti, near Trieste.
With 32 more units under construction Blum added: "We are planning the next transports between Italy and Poland as well as between Austria and Benelux."


You CAN make a solid living from your creative talent. But, first, you have to write or re-write the storyline for the success of your talent-driven brand. Top coach Robin Blakely, CEO of Creative Center of America and a member of the Forbes Coaches Council, shows you how to bring structure—and a sense of peace—to the common chaos of your creative career. First, you'll discover the Six Hats Method, a story-based way to finally understand the important areas of your professional platform. Then you'll play a career-changing round of STORYography Cards, a game-like process to define your brand. Prepare for sudden enlightenment—just as Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey defines a universal path for crafting stories, STORYography Cards define a universal path for the critical stages of your brand's promotion. Bring your imagination…the business side of creativity has never been this fun and profitable.
A top business coach for talent-driven brands, Robin Blakely has an extensive background in strategic planning and business development. Robin's business books include: PR Therapy; Six Hats; and Crossing the Troll Bridge: A Marketing Guide for Artists and Writers. The creator of STORYography Cards, Robin is the CEO of Creative Center of America and a member of the Forbes Coaches Council. Her clients include writers, artists, companies, and causes that are powered by talent and passion.
AUDIENCE: Business-Minded Creatives; Writers, Artists, and More. Appropriate for all career stages; mixed levels of experience.
Most of the time you have to wear a lot of Hats to keep your career afloat. Some of the Hats you love. Some of the Hats you hate. Some Hats you may not have even discovered yet. Your many Hats may seem like a problem for you now, but they are about to become a real solution. Things literally begin to change when you focus on your Hats and begin to view your particular working situation in this surprisingly fun and simple new way: You only have one Head. The success of your career will require you to wear six important Hats. It's not impossible to juggle the six Hats if your Head clearly understands the purpose, the goals, and the required needs of each Hat.
Finally! The answers that writers, artists, and small business talents need to survive and thrive as a one-person-business.
♦ Discover how to interpret conflicting emotions that can cause you to doubt your inner wisdom.
♦ Explore ways to leverage your creativity to succeed in a predominantly Left-Brained business world.
clarify the issues all one-person business owners face.
The Light of Your Creativity Can Shine from Every Part of Who You Are…Not Just From Your Work, but Also From Your Marketing Tactics.
In today's connected world, Social Media plays a valuable role in the strong marketing efforts for your company. Platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn can help you acquire new leads, connect with existing customers, develop brand loyalty, and more. Discover the steps you need to follow to interact with prospects, journalists, and other key influencers in your industry.
Jump in: Learn ways to get involved today!
Robin Blakely is the CEO of Creative Center of America, a business development company that leverages publicity to increase business growth for brands. Robin offers a multitude of highly specialized services that include planned coaching and publicity management. She also designs and builds work infrastructures for business teams and creates the communications collateral to support them. Robin develops comprehensive Social Media Campaigns that include set-up, strategy, and branded content. She provides full video production and frequently creates ghosted articles, press kits, bios, newsletters, and scripts.
The only activity that people claim to hate more than death and taxes is public speaking.
So, what can you do when you can't avoid a presentation? Discover a strategy for surviving presentations, how to deal with hostile and negative questions, how to transition communication efforts to align with the realities of Facebook, blogs, and cell phone cameras; and how to deal with annoying and difficult people in the audience, including your own employees.
Creative Center of America's workshops stand out because we pay close attention to distracted learners and provide beautifully relevant illustrations to engage them in the learning process. We also approach complex topics with both depth and simplicity. We offer real solutions for important issues that few others in our space have the expertise to discuss. For example, we help participants find the words to describe the obstacles they are encountering that they may not know are rooted in the particular age/stage of their careers; or, those universal challenges that are being faced by others in their industry.
Our STORYgraphy Cards workshop is about career-building and marketing; it also offers real solutions for multi-potentiality—that's the gift/curse paradox that occurs when one's high potential presents so many possible options that the individual isn't certain where to focus or what to create first. STORYography Cards confront this issue with ease by using a game-like process that helps participants build custom strategies.
Our Six Hats Method workshop is about business development but it also introduces a scalability mindset at the earliest developmental stage appropriate for most creatives. We see this organizational design model as a learning benchmark that defines the line of transition between one's creative career and one's self-owned business. Focusing on scalability allows an individual to create a business foundation that has the built-in capacity to experience growth that eventually allows adding automation, delegating tasks, hiring vendors and staff, and stepping back. The Six Hats Method utilizes story-based learning to help participants visualize and personalize the recommended structure.
Our Crossing The Troll Bridge workshop provides marketing advice for artists and writers to identify and connect with their audience, but it also details ways to nurture the talent-driven brand—that's a special brand that creates products and services directly from an individual's talent or earned experience. This workshop teaches writers and artists about honoring the creative identity, developing natural talent and skill, and, most importantly, taking solid control of one's own professional dreams.


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The beaches of Samui attract travelers with clear water, soft sand and thick green palm trees. Samui is one of the best islands of Thailand for a relaxing holiday, enjoying the sun and the sea. Here you can meet sunrises and sunsets.


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Social Action-RPG Ruin Headed To PlayStation Vita
By Ishaan Sahdev June 6, 2011
A new role-playing game is headed to the PlayStation Vita, courtesy of development studio Idle Minds and Sony San Diego. Titled Ruin, the game was described at Sony's E3 media briefing as a "social action-RPG" that relies on the Vita constantly being connected to the Internet.
Ruin will contain the usual features you'd expect in a game of this sort — multiple classes, loot, advancement and so on — but it also has a unique feature to set it apart: lairs. Players can create and maintain lairs in Ruin, and other players will be able to invade these lairs. You'll be able to form friendships and rivalries with other players as well. As your character grows, your lair will, too.
The game will be compatible with both the PlayStation Vita and the PlayStation 3 using cloud saves, so you'll be able to pick up where you left off on either system. It will also feature integration with social networks such as Twitter and Facebook.
Screenshot taken from Gametrailers' E3 2011 livestream.


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Our Sarah Rochester, NY Book Signing Details
It's been a busy week for Chuck Heath, Sr. and Chuck, Jr., "the two Chuck Heaths," as Governor Palin calls them. Her father and brother's book, Our Sarah: Made in Alaska made its debut with a flurry of interviews by the two authors. This weekend, they add a new dimension to this rollout, embarking on their book tour, which commences in Rochester, New York this Saturday, September 29.
Barnes and Noble is the location, and the store is in preparation mode to make this an enjoyable and successful event.
Here's their address and contact information:
Pittsford Plaza
3349 Monroe Avenue
Below, find important information about the signing event in Rochester. Please keep in mind, this refers to the New York signing only. For guidelines regarding other book tour locations, contact those particular venues.
The book signing event begins at 1:00 p.m., and Barnes and Noble will begin handing out tickets at 11:00 a.m. Each ticket will have a number, and Chuck, Sr. and Chuck, Jr. will sign books for people according to those numbers. In other words, the person who has ticket number one will get to greet the Heaths first.
People are encouraged to remain at the store once they have received their tickets. This will eliminate a situation where someone receives a ticket and leaves, while others have remained in line, only to have that person return and move to the head of the line.
Barnes and Noble does not require attendees to purchase their book from their store (although that would be a kind gesture, since they have opened their doors to allow this gathering). While people do not have to buy Our Sarah from Barnes and Noble to get in line, no one will be allowed in line without a book–whether purchased there or elsewhere. Those who do buy from the Rochester Barnes and Noble must do so before getting in line.
Please take note that Barnes and Noble does not allow attendees to present other books or materials to the Heaths to sign. The book signing is for Our Sarah only.
As Barnes and Noble is trying to get an idea of how many to expect for this exciting event, they encourage phone calls for questions, clarifications, or comments.
Who is planning to attend? Please leave a comment here to say you'll be there or to tell us of others you know will be there at 1:00 p.m. this Saturday, September 29.
I encourage everyone in New York and neighboring states to attend and support the Heaths' labor of love. They have written a book that allows a close-up look at Governor Palin, providing details about her no one else has been able to provide.
Adrienne Ross
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In Bugzilla, Duplicates are a list of bugs, which are raised most frequently.
Duplicates are the most frequently seen open bugs.
Duplicates count the numbers as the Dupe Count of direct and indirect duplicates of a defect report. This information is helpful to minimize the number of duplicate defects.
Duplicates help to save time for QA engineers to log a new defect always.
Duplicates also help stakeholders to find out the root cause, if the same defects are reopened repeatedly rather than just a new defect.
Review the most frequent bug list with the respective issue noticed. If the problem is listed as a bug in the list, then click on the bug id to view details and confirm whether it is the same issue or not. Comment on the additional observation, link it with your Test Case if required and re-open if it is closed.
If the exact problem is not listed, try to find a similar defect that is already listed. If the user finds the defect that are dependent on new observations, he can comment and link the defect. If the user cannot find the defect, log a new one.
To generate Duplicate reports in Bugzilla, we have to follow the steps given below.
Step 1 − Click on the Report hyperlink in the header of the homepage.
Step 2 − As soon as you click on Report, the Reporting and Charting Kitchen page opens. Click on Duplicates hyperlink under the Current State section.
Step 3 − By clicking on Duplicates, open the Most Frequently Reported Bugs table. It has various columns as Bug Id, Dupe Count, Component, Severity, Priority, Target Milestone, and Summary.
This is an interesting feature to filter or customize the Most Frequently Reported Bug tables. Following are some of the important pointers, which are explained in detail.
Restrict to product − It filters out the table based on specific Product and components. The user can choose from single or multiple products by pressing CTRL + Click.
When sorting or restricting, work with − It has two options, either the entire list or the currently visible list.
Max Rows − The user can give a number to see the number of defects in one page.
Change column is change in last − The number of days a user wants to review the changes that have taken place.
Open Bugs only − This will filter out all the bugs those are closed. The result will have a list of only open defects.
When the user Clicks on the Change button, all these filters will change and the bug list will be filtered out.


Explore and discover pattern in nature at the Greenhouses. We'll collect natural materials from the winter garden, experiment with ink and relief printmaking techniques, and then press materials into clay to make beautiful hanging plaster decorations to take home. What patterns will you find and create?
£5.00 per child / £2.50 low-income. Family workshop for children aged 4 – 9 years.
Join us at the Greenhouses for role-play and exploration to find out how birds survive the winter. We'll make binoculars to spot birds in the gardens, look at real nests and build nests of our own, then make bird feeders to help our feathered friends through the winter months.
£5.00 per child / £2.50 low-income. Family workshop for children under 5 years.
Are your children home educated? Do you love to take learning outside?
Explore and discover pattern in nature at the Greenhouses. We'll collect natural materials from the winter garden, experiment with ink and relief printmaking techniques, and then press materials into clay to make beautiful hanging decorations to take home. What patterns will you find and create?
This hands on education session is aimed at children aged 4 – 9 yrs (KS1 & LKS2), although activities will be inclusive and enjoyable for all the family, and younger siblings are welcome to attend. Herby tea and healthy snack provided.
£6 per child / £2.50 low-income. Price includes materials. This workshop must be booked in advance using our online ticketing system (see below). Please note that tickets are not required for adults attending with their children at our family workshops.
Please provide ages of children and details of any allergies, medical conditions or additional needs in the 'additional notes' box. Please note, all children must be supervised by an adult.


Harris, who has taught classes for NYNEX, IBM, and AT&T, uses business buzzwords like "systems" and "mind screen" to tap into the language of her students.
This attitude may explain why yoga is catching on at corporations. Nike, HBO, Forbes, and Apple all offer on-site yoga classes for their employees. These and scores more Fortune 500 companies consider yoga important enough to offer classes as a regular employee benefit.
The current boom in corporate yoga can be traced back 25 years to when companies began adopting wellness programs to lower health care costs, explains Edie Weiner, president of Weiner, Edrich, Brown, Inc., a New York-based trend analysis firm. At about that time, the Surgeon General issued a warning saying inactivity was as big a health risk as smoking cigarettes. Many companies jumped at the opportunity to establish fitness programs as part of a wellness initiative and began subsidizing gyms, which offered yoga as a "lite" exercise option.
According to researchers from the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester, yoga in conjunction with meditation can indeed relieve stress and improve work performance. The Stress Reduction Clinic is the oldest and largest hospital-based mind/body center of its kind in the United States, treating more than 10,000 patients since opening in 1979.
The clinic delivers meditation and yoga-based classes to clients ranging from judges and correctional staff to the Chicago Bulls, and offers a five-day retreat for CEOs in the Arizona desert. A majority of the clinic's patients report lasting decreases in both physical and psychological symptoms of stress. They also experience an increased ability to relax, greater energy and enthusiasm for life, improved self-esteem, and increased ability to cope more effectively with stressful situations. Recently, the clinic's parent institute, The Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society, launched an eight-week mindfulness-based stress reduction program for corporations. Its goal is to teach participants how to manage stress, enhance clarity and creative thinking, improve communication skills, cultivate leadership and teamwork, and increase overall effectiveness in the workplace. This is just what any human resource department with a conscience would order.
This attitude seems more and more common among human resources executives, who previously doubted the power of yoga and other mind-body exercise forms.
It's not just large corporations with deep pockets like HBO that are bringing yoga into the workplace. Gelula & Co., a 55-employee Beverly Hills firm that creates subtitles in 28 languages for about 200 films per year, is introducing a 7 a.m. free yoga class for employees. Elio Zarmati, the company's 53-year-old president, wanted to share yoga with his employees after going to Stewart Richlin's class at Yoga On Melrose four mornings a week on his way to work. "I go to the office feeling a lot better on days when I go to yoga class, compared with days when I don't," says Zarmati.
Nearly 3,000 miles away in New York City, these feelings are echoed by Doreen Sinski, a 37-year-old working mother. "Yoga has helped me look at things in a totally different way," says Sinski, who's been taking yoga classes at HBO for a year. "It has helped me tremendously in my personal life with my relationships; it's calmed me down and taught me not to let little things bother me. I can clear my mind of things that are not important, and I think I'm a better person for that." While people can be very demanding at work, she doesn't let it upset her. Due to her busy schedule, Sinski is convinced that had yoga not been offered in the office at lunch hour, she never would have found it.
Employee demands for more balanced lives have been the focus of yoga teacher Jean Marie Hays's work for the last four years. Before becoming a yoga instructor in the San Francisco Bay Area, she worked as an occupational health and safety engineer, helping private companies set themselves up as government-approved healthy workplaces. In scrutinizing work environments, she became aware of "a sort of draining of the spirit in the business world." She noticed an imbalance between people's business and personal lives.
It took her about 13 years to realize what the missing piece was, and when she did, she left her work and started a company that brings yoga into the workplace. Since 1995, she and her partner, Debra McKnight Higgins, have worked with more than 50 California companies, teaching yoga and stress management. This includes classes in breathing, effective communication, and Kripalu-style yoga.
Higgins and Hays teach Kripalu-style yoga because it's gentle and internally based—a nice counter to the externally based values of the corporate world. "Since there's less focus on exact alignment, it's easier to get out of your head and focus on what's happening inside your body, on what kind of posture you're holding inside that might be creating the tension in the first place," says Hays, whose only class requirement is that students turn off their cell phones.
Students who do yoga at the workplace often move swiftly in and out of a class scheduled between meetings and work commitments. But yoga helps them go back to work with a clearer head. It provides an opportunity to let everything go for one hour during the workday, to find quiet and stillness, focus on breathing, and allow for relaxation. "A freer body gives you a more open mind," says Theresa McCullough, who teaches at HBO. "How you feel physically is going to affect how you function mentally," she reasons.
In her corporate classes, Jill Edwards Minye, cofounder of the Yoga Circle in Sebastopol, California, helps students realize where they are holding tension—physical, mental, or emotional. Her intention is to guide people out of their heads and into their hearts. "Traditionally, corporations have valued aspects that are considered masculine—being focused and goal-oriented, and valuing the intellect over the heart. I'm trying to help people wake up to their feminine aspects: feelings, intuition, and softness," Minye says. "The most successful business people have a balance of the two." Perhaps the business community's growing awareness of this might account, at least in part, for the corporate yoga boom. Companies are finding that yoga not only helps employees be more productive, it also creates a kinder, gentler workplace.
Nancy Wolfson, who writes frequently on fitness, health, and style, has studied hatha yoga for 19 years. A former beauty editor at Glamour, Redbook, Parents, and Seventeen, she has written for Good Housekeeping, Shape, and New Age Journal.


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Aerospace sector looks to government for help as pandemic grounds once high-flying industry
By Aidan Chamandy November 28, 2020
The aerospace industry is a big contributor to Canadian GDP and employs hundreds of thousands of Canadians. Many of Canada's biggest competitors in the space, like France, have already doled out billions in sector specific relief. Some in the industry fear this is a make-or-break moment.
Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains, pictured on Nov. 7, 2017, at the AIAC conference in Ottawa. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
The Canadian aerospace sector and parliamentarians are calling on the government to help the once-mighty industry ahead of the Nov. 30 fiscal update, as the pandemic has slashed revenues, jeopardized jobs, and has cast a dark shadow on the medium- and long-term prospects for a return to some kind of normalcy.
Aidan Chamandy
Aidan Chamandy is a reporter covering federal policy and parties for The Hill Times.
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