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Enterprise Rent-A-Car Finds Recruits on Campus
Enterprise Rent-A-Car is known for its college graduate Management Training program, which takes recent college graduates and prepares them to be the future leaders of the company. Enterprise regularly attends UT Dallas career expos to recruit all majors across campus. The company's recruiters also provide career advice to students in networking sessions. "It is great to have a local partner in UT Dallas," said John Hebner, regional vice president for Enterprise. "Our employees work hard but we also pride ourselves in a fun employee culture. We want dedicated and hardworking employees who have a vision for the future and the students at UT Dallas meet our needs time and time again."


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Alternate title: How to know when there is something that should scare the crap out of you in a NRC event report.
When a leaking crack in a pressure vessel holding back up to TWENTY THOUSAND POUNDS of liquid and gaseous Uranium Hexafluoride is called a "linear defect", its your sign that somebody doesn't want you to understand something that should scare the crap out of you otherwise.
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Women's Aqua Aura-Quartz Dragonfly Charm Beaded Bracelet | Handmade Bracelet | Memory Wire Bracelet
This fashionable and shiny bracelet will be a perfect finishing touch to your outfit. Featuring colorful natural stone beads with gold-tone stainless steel spacers, cute stainless steel dragonfly and durable elastic cord for comfy all day wear. Style this bracelet with your blouse and high waisted trousers or a bodycon dress and strappy heels for a look we are crushing on.
- Gender: Women
- Style: Casual, fashion
- Material: Stone, metal
- Durable design
- Beads size: 8 mm
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- Free US shipping with the purchase of $50 or more
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Most orders are shipped out from the US and some from our International warehouses. They will do everything that they can to ship your order fast so you can receive it as fast as possible. Please allow 2 to 3 business days for shipping your order to the US. Due to the popular demand of our products and offers, please allow 2 to 5 business days for processing and 7 to 10 business days for your order to arrive Internationally. Due to distance traveling and customs. Please note, these are only estimates.
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From Cáceres to Trujillo
Basilica of Santa Lucía del Trampal. Alcuéscar
Montánchez Castle
Trujillo Castle
- 自治州 : Extremadura
- 県/島 : Cáceres
- ルートのタイプ :
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The bridge between Extremadura and the Americas
Trujillo, a mediaeval town and cradle of conquistadors, is an outstanding tourist destination. As we approach from Cáceres, we pass through fields and wooded pastures which serve as grazing for fighting bulls, and the distinctive Iberico breed of pig from which the famous cured hams and sausages of Extremadura are made. These villages of whitewashed houses, ancient noble mansions, churches and castles make the ideal place for stopping on our way.
We start our route, which can be done in one or two days, heading southwards. Leaving Cáceres, the A-66 dual carriageway known as the Autovía de la Plata (Silver Road) takes us very near Alcuéscar, about 40 kilometres away. In the area near the village stands the basilica of Santa Lucía del Trampal, one of the few Visigoth churches (7th century) still surviving in Spain today. From Alcuéscar we continue on along various local roads into the region of the Sierra de Montánchez and Los Ibores. First we come to the village of Montánchez, 10 kilometres away. This is the centre of production for excellent cured hams and wines, and is also known for its castle, of Almohad origin (12th century), and its noble houses. Seven kilometres further on in Valdefuentes, it is well worth visiting the scarce remains of the old 16th-century palace of the Marquises of Valdefuentes, the Baroque church of Bienvenida (17th century) and the church of the old convent of San Agustín (18th century), a large building which was known as the 'little Escorial'. For 40 kilometres we continue on through a landscape of vineyards and wooded pastures where we'll see fighting bulls grazing; we'll pass through typical mountain villages such as Torremocha, Botija, Plasenzuela, Ruanes, Salvatierra de Santiago and Zarza de Montánchez. Here we make a stop to see the 16th-century Gothic-Renaissance church of San Miguel, one of the largest churches in the region. Nine kilometres further on we come to Almoharín. Its church of El Salvador has a splendid porticoed gallery or loggia which gives onto the Plaza Mayor square. In Miajadas, 12 kilometres away, stands the Gothic-Renaissance church of Santiago Apóstol dating from the 15th-16th century. We continue on for another 33 kilometres, passing through Escurial, Alcollarín, Zorita and Herguijuela, on our way to Trujillo. Our penultimate stop is in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, located approximately nine kilometres away at the summit of the Santa Cruz mountains beside the A-5 dual carriageway. It is well worth stopping to visit the churches of La Veracruz (Gothic-Renaissance, 16th century) and the convent of Los Agustinos (17th century), as well as the remains of the pre-Roman hill fort and necropolis known as the Castro de la Sierra de Santa Cruz. We end our route 14 kilometres further on in Trujillo, the birthplace of conquistadors such as Francisco de Pizarro and Francisco de Orellana. Dating from pre-Roman times, this attractive historic and artistic site revolves around the parts known as 'the town and the city'. The 'town' corresponds to what was the urban centre in mediaeval times; it stands on the ridge of El Zorro and is surrounded by a wall with 17 towers. It is presided by the 9th-century Arab castle, later extended by the Christians in the 12th century. Also worth visiting, among numerous other sites, are buildings such as the church of Santa María la Mayor, late Romanesque (13th century), with Renaissance and Plateresque parts (16th century), and the mansions of Chaves el Viejo (Gothic, 14th-15th century). The part known as 'the city' arose in the 15th and 16th centuries outside the mediaeval walls, and revolves around the famous Plaza Mayor square with its colonnades. It is home to monuments such as the mansions of Viejo and La Cadena (15th-16th century), San Carlos (16th century), Marquis of La Conquista (Plateresque, 16th century) and Juan Pizarro de Orellana (16th century), as well as its unique bullring, inaugurated in 1848.
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Western Sydney striker Brendon Santalab is yet to find out if he will be banned for racial vilification, with the accusations still being considered.
Both Santalab and Sydney FC's Ali Abbas, who claimed he was the victim of slurs against his culture and religion, fronted a disciplinary hearing at Football Federation Australia's (FFA) Sydney offices on Monday to present their sides of the story.
The hearing which began at 5:30pm (AEDT) was adjourned late on Monday night until a date yet to be determined.
It was the first time the two have come face to face since Abbas alleged he was abused at the heated Sydney derby at Allianz Stadium on March 8.
Santalab has denied the allegations.
If found guilty, Santalab faces a minimum ban of five matches for a racially aggravated offence, which will be the first time in the A-League a player has been punished for racial vilification.
Joel Griffiths received a three-match ban while playing for Sydney FC in February last year for a racial term shouted at a linesman, but was only convicted of abusing him but not of racial vilification as the official didn't hear the term used.
Santalab was on Monday accompanied by the club's general manager John Tsatsimas and executive chairman Lyall Gorman along with his legal representatives.
Abbas meanwhile, was joined by Sydney FC chief executive Tony Pignata at the hearing which is being held behind closed doors.
Various Sydney FC players submitted statements to be considered by the disciplinary committee, which was chaired by John Marshall SC.
It is not known if any Wanderers players have done the same.
Santalab was last week ordered to front the disciplinary committee as part of the FFA investigation into Abbas' claims.
Abbas, who was born in Iraq and became an Australian citizen in 2012, was visibly furious after the final whistle of his side's 3-1 win over the Wanderers over a fortnight ago.
He engaged in a heated exchange with Santalab, with several players stepping in to separate them.
When was asked about his outburst just minutes later in a post-match interview he said it was due to comments that were made about his ethnic background and his religion.
"We are not here to attack religion or culture, we are here to play football," he told Fox Sports.
"I come from a different country, I respect everyone here. I should get it back. If I don't get it back, I'm going to attack.
"That's what happened.
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Another musician has written an open letter to offer Miley Cyrus sage advice. But this critique has nothing to do with her racy performances.
Indie rocker Sufjan Stevens took to Tumblr to let Cyrus know about a grammar faux pas in her Bangerz track "#GetItRight." The singer cited Cyrus' "great song, great message, great body," but suggested she needed "a quick grammar lesson." He took issue with the line "I been laying in this bed all night long."
"Miley, technically speaking, you've been LYING, not LAYING, an irregular verb form that should only be used when there's an object, i.e. 'I been laying my tired booty on this bed all night long,'" Stevens wrote. "Whatever. I'm not the best lyricist, but you know what I mean."
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Cyrus, who recently was ensnared in a social media spat with Sinead O'Connor over a series of letters, has yet to respond Stevens' language lesson. The critique, however, was followed up by some playful and complimentary words.
"Miley, I love you because you're the Queen, grammatically and anatomically speaking," he wrote. "And you're the hottest cake in the pan. Don't ever grow old. Live brightly before your fire fades into total darkness."


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Whoop whoop! Here are 3 of the 6 new ads I just photographed for Snoqualmie Casino with ad agency Green Rubino. I'm really proud of how these images came together. Lot's of firsts on this project. I had my first 3:00am call time, first time shooting models jumping on a trampoline in high heels, and first time winning $100 on slots while working.
There are a ton of casino's fighting for business these days, and most of the ads I have seen all pretty much look the same. A dude eating a big hamburger, a pretty lady rolling dice, and a group of friends out to dinner. Not to mention the photography is usually pretty bad. It's easy, and what I am sure people have come to expect from casino ads. That is why it was so refreshing to work with Green Rubino on this campaign because it was a well put together concept with high production value. Snoqualmie Casino is going to stand completely apart from the competition. At least until the competition has time to scramble and try to copy this.
As always, a very big thank you to the wonderful people at Green Rubino and Snoqualmie Casino for working with us on this ad campaign. Dennis Budel, Jason Vargas, Joe Quatrone, Peggy, and Michelle Hendrickson, congrats and well done! Time to celebrate.
Agency: Green Rubino
Creative Director: Joe Quatrone
Associate Creative Director: Dennis Budell
Photographer: John Keatley
Producer: Taylor Reed
Hair & Makeup: Cara Aeschliman
Wardrobe: Morgan Dillon
1st Assistant: Gregg White
2nd Assistant: Oliver Ludlow
Retouching: Gigantic Squid
CGI: Vitamin-E Studio
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Ayuntamiento de Málaga
Malaga Fair 2014
Practical information
- When?: To be confirmed 2020
- Where: Plaza de Toros "La Malagueta"
- More information : http://www.malagaturismo.com/
- Activity: Commemoration
- Theme: Tourism
The Malaga fair commemorates the city's capture by the Catholic Monarchs in August 1487, and is celebrated with a range of activities such as competitions, performances and concerts, held in the fairground of El Real.
Other venues throughout the city host a variety of different events and functions as part of the festivities. For example, the official speech marking the opening of the festivities is pronounced on the beaches of La Malagueta; the port is the site of a fireworks display; and the park and the Plaza de la Marina square host various different kinds of concerts. The programme of bullfights for the fair features a novillada (bullfight with young bulls) with picadors and a mounted bullfight, as well as regular bullfights in the La Malagueta bullring.
Practical information
- Date: To be confirmed 2020
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29016. Málaga (Malaga. Andalusia)
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Tel. +34 951926020
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Susan Davis, Communications Director of the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa(BIFHSGO) has graciously prepared a review of my new book:
Woodcock, Christine. In Search of Your Scottish Ancestors: Search Your Roots; Discover Your Heritage, Ontario. 2012. 56 pp. ISBN 978-0-9917500-0-9 Paperbound.
When Christine Woodcock told me she was publishing a book on researching in Scotland, I immediately wanted a copy. Still feeling a bit timid about crossing the pond to look for my Angus, Glendinning and Bell ancestors in Scotland, this how-to book is a welcome addition to my bookshelf.
When Christine Woodcock told me she was publishing a book on researching in Scotland, I immediately wanted a copy. Still feeling a bit timid about crossing the pond to look for my Angus, Glendinning and Bell ancestors in Scotland, this how-to book is a welcome addition to my bookshelf.
Packed with useful information, it is organized into a series of chapters that takes you from starting your search to providing advice on ancestral tourism. Written in an informative but friendly manner, the book is based on Christine's first-hand experience as a researcher and educator. Each year, Scottish-born Christine, leads a group of family history researchers on Genealogy Tours of Scotland.
In her chapter, Important Things to Remember, Christine reminds us to Beware the Ear of the "Hearer" and shares her challenge of getting past the heavy Scottish brogue to find her gggrandfather Henry Fowler. After years of research and a new strategy, she finds him listed as Henry Fuller. "Once I saw the name, it made perfect sense. I could literally see him standing at the door and the census taker asking, "Surname?" and my great-great-grandpa answering "Fooluhr.""
Christine gets you thinking about cluster genealogy research and your ancestors' social circles in her chapter Who are the People in the Neighbourhood? One of the research examples she shares is her
ancestors and their neighbours who were miners working for the same coal company and living in company housing. Deep family connections were made when three of 10 Crawford children married three of 11 Fowler children. She also devotes a chapter to the Selkirk settlers.
Very familiar with the various Scottish records, Christine provides insight into how to access the various records online with an extensive list of lesser known online databases and a handy list of the local resources provide by Scottish family history societies. She provides a primer on using ScotlandsPeople.
Printed in a booklet format, In Search of Your Scottish Ancestors is easy—to read, understand and put to use. It is also a convenient size to carry about. So if you'll excuse me, I'm off to do some research on Mary Ann Angus, my gggrandmother who left Aberdeen as a teenager in the 1860s to settle in Canada with her family.
For more information about Christine, her book and her tours, visit her website: http:www.genealogytoursofscotland.ca


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I'm trying to use this setting:
-Yamaha RM1x as sequencer (master)
-Korg ESX1 (slave)
when I change session on the Yamaha, I set a program change so that the Korg change pattern.
The problem is that the Korg receive the message, change the pattern but it takes one bar to start the new pattern.
This makes my performance impossible to be good as you can imagine,
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Aylesbury gospel reggae star Christopher Grant aka Chris Da Ambassada has launched a new single and video called Leave It Alone and says he wants to keep spreading positive vibes.
Born on the beautiful island of Jamaica and now residing right here in our very own town Aylesbury, Ambassada is an international recording, award-winning reggae artist making waves across the scene with his talents.
His music brings us a taste of the Caribbean, with some vibrant and upbeat tracks that also delivery a strong positive message which is centred around his Christian faith. Songs like 'How Far I've Come' talk about his journey from humble beginnings in Jamaica to the recognised figure he has become within the industry.
The dad of two also talks about his mission to tell young people the truth and bring changes to their lives.
In a time where it seems violence is promoted in a lot of the music listened to by our youth, Ambassada's stance is refreshing as he promotes positivity in his songs, which will be listened to by the same young audience.
He said he wants to bring about a change in the mindset of today's youth and create one with a 'can do' attitude.
"I believe that I was called specifically by God to be an Ambassada for His Kingdom, with a unique sound and style to bring changes to the world," Christopher said.
This year has already been huge for Ambassada with the release of no fewer than four singles. He was also nominated for three International Marlin Music Awards, has signed to new artist management with Tru-Life Promotions and is set to perform at the PGM Awards 2017 this October.
His latest project sees Ambassada release what he describes as a 'hot new single' and accompanying music video called Leave It Alone. DJs all over the world are already requesting the track from the likes of the United States, Costa Rica, the Caribbean and more.
So what's the song about? Well, take a look and listen for yourself here or visit his own dedicated YouTube Channel - CDA-TV and see for yourself!
Chris added: "It's a fantastic song that is sure to be a favourite of all reggae, dancehall and pop music lovers. Leave It Alone produced by Reminiss - @silentmindsuk - and mixed by Daniel at Runway Studios. Leave It Alone is also available on iTunes, Spotify and more.
For more finormation on Chris nad his music visit his website www.chrisdaambassada.com


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Edson Buddle scored the series winner with his header off a David Beckham corner. Hear from the Galaxy forward after the match:
Omar Gonzalez scored tonight's game-winner off a diving header from a well-placed David Beckham free kick. Hear what he had to say about his first every postseason goal:
David Beckham assisted on both of the Galaxy's goals tonight. Hear from the star midfielder after the match:
The Galaxy face FC Dallas in the Western Conference Championship on Sunday, November 14 at 6 p.m. at The Home Depot Center. Tickets are available as low as $20! BUY TICKETS


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Skiers looking at the series of storms barreling down on the Bay Area might be thinking snow will soon be blanketing Tahoe ski resorts at the systems move east.
Meteorologists at the National Weather Service in Reno have some disappointing news. They say that isn't go to happen. The storms are going to bring lots of moisture to the region, but most of it will fall in the form of heavy rain.
NWS meteorologists in Reno said right now snow is only expected to fall above the 8,000 foot level both Thursday and Friday night and even at that elevation only 10 inches is expected each night.
The weekend snow forecast models are still too far out to be accurate, but Reno meteorologists said right now the snow levels look to go even higher for Saturday and Sunday.
Both Heavenly and Kirkwood ski resorts are still hopeful. Workers there said snow was falling Wednesday. They sent photo proof above and below at both locations. You can also see live streaming video click here.
The no snow forecast is good news for people traveling across I-80 or Highway 50. Although drivers are supposed to bring chains with them at all times, road closures and/or snowy passes are not expected to slow people driving to and from the valley to the mountains.


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My name is Landon Poburan I am a web developer and I am in need of a new logo and business cards. It can be the initials LP, the full name Landon Poburan/landon poburan, can have graphics incorporated, etc, it is very open.
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Likes: More than 61,900
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Posted 05 December 2003 - 19:26
Of the memorabilia that I have collected about my own car, one of my most prized is an engineer's report after it raced at (and retired from) Le Mans. Not only does this detail all the mechanical woes suffered by the car, it also covers the team's experience with it service truck – a Commer C59 Diesel. Believe it or not, it was described as 'very comfortable', but then I suppose it was over forty years ago. Nothing as namby-pamby as a transporter for the car – in them days cars were driven to t' races.
Back to an earlier question: can anyone throw any light on the white Dennis with Jaguar signwriting in the Goodwood paddock this year? One reason for my interest in this is that about twenty years ago I spent a few months working at Dennis in Guildford and, rather foolishly (though innocently) they put me in an office that contained a whole lot of old photo albums. Needless to say, when I found these, not much work was done and although the albums contained photos of a very wide range of special vehicles they had built (not just buses, fire engines and dust carts), I cannot recall any racing car transporters.
Posted 09 December 2003 - 11:03
...and a model of the same...
Peter can add his descriptions.
Posted 09 December 2003 - 11:16
The first transporter is a 1965 Fiat 643N1 owned by Tom Shaughnessy ( USA)
The second photo, I took at this years Ferrari / Maserati challenge at Spa...( I don't know too much about it?) last is a model of the same transporter...
Posted 09 December 2003 - 12:19
The second photo, I took at this years Ferrari / Maserati challenge at Spa...( I don't know too much about it?) last is a model of the same transporter...
I think that's the vehicle now owned by Carlos Monteverde and used for carrying a very impressive collection of 50s and 60s Ferraris?
Posted 10 December 2003 - 08:39
Posted 10 December 2003 - 09:11
A Bonneville car, based on a Citroen SM, and so was the transporter... and the trailer had some very neat Citroen fittings too... like suspension that lowered the thing so the car could drive straight off it!
Check it out... two pics, well worth looking at...
And just so you can see it was a serious little salt flat charger...
Like it?
Well, it did over 200mph... read all about it here!
Posted 26 December 2003 - 21:43
I'm terribly sorry that the photographer left the front out of the picture. It's supposed to be taken in the early 50's at the AVUS paddock, surely for the 1953 F3 race that featured the T17 streamliner in which John Cooper drove and won.
Posted 27 December 2003 - 03:03
PS-Since I know almost nothing about old vans or trucks, what's that silver van in the background? It looks odd to me, kind of like its been chopped.
Posted 27 December 2003 - 18:43
The funky little van could be a Tempo Matador, and I agree that it has a weird train-like quality to the front!
Posted 27 December 2003 - 20:16
The front wheels always had a pile of negative camber, and from memory the poor things had a backbone chassis.
Posted 27 December 2003 - 20:54
Posted 28 December 2003 - 15:52
Originally posted by Ray Bell
Indeed it is a Tempo Matador... renowned for their front mounted VW engine driving through a 3-speed transaxle to the front wheels.
The front wheels always had a pile of negative camber, and from memory the poor things had a backbone chassis.
Not exactly a VW bus clone then. The handling must have been interesting with the engine ahead of the front wheels and all that overhang. Say, no cargo, in the wet...
So, no clue about the lorry then?
Posted 28 December 2003 - 18:25
Posted 28 December 2003 - 19:56
Does anyone know, by the way, what famous racing car used the transaxle from the Tempo Matador?
Posted 28 December 2003 - 22:41
Posted 29 December 2003 - 09:27
Posted 29 December 2003 - 09:35
Posted 29 December 2003 - 13:28
Originally posted by VDP
Between the engine and the rear wheels...
Posted 01 January 2004 - 14:04
To see more of this type of Americian / Canadian racing check: http://www.icnet.net...man14/index.htm
Posted 01 January 2004 - 21:33
It's a shame mentioning Moon transporter without adding a picture, so here it is:
I'd also like to add links to some of equsite promotional vehicles designed by Philippe Charbonneaux but sadly googling didn't provide any results so far... and those vehicles had nothing to do with racing anyway.
Posted 01 January 2004 - 23:46
Did it steer by braking the individual wheels, scraper style, or is there something we can't see? Maybe hydraulic rams that turn the prime mover in relation to the trailer?
And is it based on a Corvair?
Love that converted car carrier, too, Racer's Edge... wish I had pics of Malcolm Bailey's transporter...
Posted 02 January 2004 - 01:13
It is based on a Mercedes 300s chassis with a 300 cu in Chev V8. The cab was mostly '59-'60 El Camino. The rest of the body was aluminum and built by Troutman-Barnes.
There is a technical report in SCG, November 1961.
Posted 02 January 2004 - 01:19
It is based on a Mercedes 300s chassis with a 300 cu in Chev V8. The cab was mostly '59-'60 El Camino. The rest of the body was aluminum and built by Troutman-Barnes.
There is a technical report in SCG, November 1961.
Posted 02 January 2004 - 02:03
And indeed, as William asked in first place, Holtcamp was inspired by that famous MB truck. So, even if Dean Moon only owned it and had nothing to do with its creation, some of us, including me, are always thinking of this interesting vehicle, unjustifiably, as "Moon transporter"... Thanks for pointing it, Gerr.
Posted 02 January 2004 - 02:07
Originally posted by Ray Bell
Does anyone know, by the way, what famous racing car used the transaxle from the Tempo Matador?
I had cut-down Tempo Matador driveshafts, machined to fit the VW gearbox in the Jolus Minx, 1963-65.
Do you know how hard it was to find a Tempo Matador in a wrecking yard in Australia - even then? Although I recently discovered one, complete, on a country property, owned by a man who said he is "gunna" restore it one day...
Posted 02 January 2004 - 02:49
The owner was keeping it, he has another he's restoring.
I thought Graeme Snape would have been interested, but apparently he has three spare gearboxes.
Posted 03 January 2004 - 01:39
But in 1989 there was a transporter at oulton park(i think) with sign writing on the door saying "BIGAL",much to the mystery of many until it was realised that the trucky was a rather large fellow by the name of alan....who had clearly hired a very incompetant sign writer.The writing was removed before the weekend was over i think,but i have often wondered if a picture of this exsisted....
Posted 14 January 2004 - 04:52
I am trying to document it's history. I have been told that it was built in 1969 for March Engineering Formula 2 Racing Team by Ford Motor Co. Ltd. However I have not been able to substantiate that information. I have also been told that while Lister used Ford vehicles in the early years, they might have used this one. I believe that the original vehicle was either red or blue, maybe with yellow trim.
Any help or leads that you may be able to supply would be most appreciated. I would attach a photo but I don't know how. I can e-mail photos if requested.
Thanks...Bill Allen firstname.lastname@example.com
Posted 14 January 2004 - 06:17
Originally posted by Mawerick
Stunning photos Mawerick - thanks for posting those. Perhaps the ultimate single car transporter ever devised.
Bill, I'm sure someone around here wil be able to help... check your email.
Posted 10 February 2004 - 19:22
I'm sorry but I don't understand how to include the photos here. But contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com and I will send them to you.
I am also still looking for information on my 1969 vintage British transporter. So far I don't think that this vehicle exists!!!
...Bill Allen
Posted 22 February 2004 - 15:12
Can you even think!.. to see McLaren today, show up to a race like this, with a primer grey paint job, on a Ford flatdeck *.. ...those were the days when racing, was racing, not posing for the sponsors & spectators...as they say: "If it don't work, ... Chrome it!" ...boy has the sport ever changed!
Posted 22 February 2004 - 18:38
Is that Boyd Jeffries in the Goodyear suit? Another lost phenomenon: driver shows interest in a car when it's not race-ready and warmed?
Originally posted by Racers Edge
Can you even think!.. to see McLaren today, show up to a race like this, with a primer grey paint job, on a Ford flatdeck *.. ...those were the days when racing, was racing, not posing for the sponsors & spectators...as they say: "If it don't work, ... Chrome it!" ...boy has the sport ever changed! [/B]
Posted 25 February 2004 - 19:32
The racing site is the Mission circuit, east of Vancouver, in the Fraser Valley, and the event was a vintage race attracting drivers from up and down the Pacific Coast area.
The Lotus 7 is also a fine sight.
Posted 27 February 2004 - 10:17
Originally posted by bradbury west
Sorry to be a bit mundane..................
Does anyone else recall Jackie Oliver's Ford Thames 300C flatbed transporter on which he used to carry his Elan 26R in 1964? It was a rich maroon colour, like his car, and had the legend Red Rooster on the doors, possibly after a song by an up and coming but now well known period beat combo.Roger Lund
Is this where the "rich maroon"Oliver helmet colours came from?
Was Jackie Oliver nee Hamilton on the scene then?
Posted 27 February 2004 - 22:36
Posted 28 February 2004 - 17:19
From Mark Spaulding's collection at Watkins Glen Memories
In those days, it was great when somebody had a sponsor who was car dealer. They could all split the cost of transportation. Can you imagine the chance of the 'opposition' getting that close to one another's cars today?
Posted 29 February 2004 - 12:11
There is some other interesting pictures in that site.
Posted 12 August 2004 - 21:11
http://perso.wanadoo.....s paddock.htm
Posted 12 August 2004 - 21:30
It's the ex-Team Lotus transporter from sometime in the '60s up to '73, when it was transferred to the Texaco Star Lotus F2 team. From there it went to Alexis, which is how I came to know it as I worked for them in '75. I've said a bit more about it here.
And it was a big improvement on this...
Posted 13 August 2004 - 13:50
Originally posted by Twin Window
I've already posted the pics of the transporter below in a recent thread, but as rdrcr pointed out they have a natural home here!
It's the ex-Team Lotus transporter from sometime in the '60s up to '73, when it was transferred to the Texaco Star Lotus F2 team. From there it went to Alexis, which is how I came to know it as I worked for them in '75. I've said a bit more about it
TW, according to Michael Oliver's Lotus 72 book this transporter was severely damaged in a road accident on the way from Jarama to Monaco in 1972. For the rest of the 1972 season Lotus used an old Bedford transporter borrowed from Tim Parnell, until this was written off in the accident on the way to Monza. It was replaced by a new 'state of the art' transporter supplied by Marshalls of Cambridge in September 1972.
Presumably the old transporter must have been repaired sometime during 1972 and handed down to the F2 team for the 1973 season.
Posted 31 August 2004 - 01:52
Back in the early 1970's, I was a member for several years of the Oshawa Motor Sport Club here in Ontario, Canada. The club was heavy into solo events and still is, I'm sure. I purchased a 1968 Kelly FV in the spring of '73 with a target of getting in on track for 1974 at my local circuit, Mosport, just 30 minutes from my home. My cousin, Robin Virtue, had been racing FV for several years already and suggested that, as he did too, move from OMSC to the Deutscher Auto Club out of Toronto since it had numerous contacts in FV racing. I did so for '74 but kept in touch with many of the members of OMSC. One was(and still is)my good friend, Don Forsey, a car/bike racer of the period. Don and I noviced together in 1974, he in a Toyota Celica(which he stuffed into a guardrail on the exit of the last corner at Mosport in one of our novice starts; I came 'round to find him being stretchered away - almost veered into his Celica in surprise)
Don called me in early September of '74 to invite to me an OMSC meeting where there was going to be some interesting news concerning the upcoming F1GP at Mosport. Don and I attended to learn that OMSC was given the opportunity to assist in unloading all the F1 cars at Toronto's Pearson International Airport in the days leading up to the race. Well, who's going to turn down a deal like that? We both volunteered and on the appointed day, drove to Pearson and found our way to the ramp where two aircraft were parked. It was next to some hangers down near the end of one of the runways, well away from the terminals. Already on the concrete were two BRM's, covered in tarpaulins. They were virtually ignored, I'm sorry to say...due largely to their being reduced to 'also ran' status at this point in their history. We joined the rest of the OMSC gang at the aircraft and were fascinated to see the turboprop aircraft's tail swing to the side, opening up a clam to reveal the goods inside. Several airport staff, including a character named Rocco, whom I strongly suspected of having more than just a passing acquaintance with certain mood-altering substances, directed the off-load. Well, what goodies would we find inside?
(While all this was taking place, we noted numerous movements on the runway a short distance away. Most were jetliners of 707 ilk but occasionally, the ground shook and the hangers rumbled as the then relatively new Boeing 747's roared into the sky. Quite a treat and most definitely impressive.)
We climbed a mobile gantry to gain access to the cargo bay as a car hauler transport from a local trucking company took up station behind the aircraft. It was just like the one's used to ship your everyday Chevy or Ford - two levels with ramps and hydraulics to raise or lower the assemblies. Ducking inside the cargo bay, we had light from a GPU(ground power unit)humming away beside the plane, supplying the juice to the plane's lights. So what did we find? OMG!!! While I can't recall everything from 30 years back, I so vividly recall wheeling Ronnie Peterson's Lotus 72 off the tail on to the waiting ramps of the hauler. I'm sure there was a McLaren M23 as well. For sure, I remember tackling Vittorio Brambillia's March. It was on an upper level deck inside the aircraft and was posing a problem in getting it down. When rolled to the end of the upper deck, the rear wing prevented us from merely running it down the ramps to the main level of the aircraft. The wing was striking the top of the fuselage. We had to employ some hand-held, jury-rigged ramps that allowed us to roll it forward a small distance off the end of the deck, tilt it a few degrees, roll it a few more inches, tip it again and so on. We had about 10 men on the ramps and there was plenty of huffing and puffing from all concerned but we got it down safe and sound. As well as the cars proper, we had a ton of spares to off-load as well. Airboxes for both McLarens and Brabhams come to mind. A series of Melmag wheel containers, light as a feather. A Cosworth DFV all neat in a little tubular frame(wondered if I could shoehorn it into the back of my Kelly...hmmmm). One young lad from the OMSC had trouble getting a tool box out from a tight space between the fuselage and the internal ramping framework. It said 'BRM' on the top. Before I could step into assist, he'd decided that the optimum solution was to turn it up on its end and continue rolling it over and over, end for bottom, bottom for end, end for top, until he'd gotten it down to the end of the cargo bay. Of course, all the while during this, you could various bits flailing about within. Felt like writing a note to the owner and leaving it on the box. Sorry, mack. Part way through our task, we were suddenly plunged into darkness as the GPU ran out of fuel. Rocco was dispatched to secure some fuel and returned momentarily on a tractor at speed, screaming with delight as he saved the day. It took some time to complete the job but all were very satisfied indeed with our labours.
Can you imagine this taking place today in 2004? Not an earthly.
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Posted 24 November 2004 - 20:44
found a nice page
cheers Marty
Posted 24 November 2004 - 23:20
wonderful!!! Thanks for sharing.
Posted 12 December 2004 - 14:14
just finished scanning slides for today (10 hours since my scanner is pretty slow )
and found something for this thread.....i am pretty sure the pic was taken at a race meeting at Mainz-Finthen airfield....the army tents in the background and the area are familiar to me....
I'll check what year and who's transporter it was (just have to find the matching program....)
cheers Marty
Posted 12 December 2004 - 23:47
HMSC Flugplatzrennen Mainz Finthen 10/11.07.1965
# 182 Mauro Cintolesi ,Firenze It.
# 152 Carlo Benelli ,Firenze It. ,Racing Team SAS
# 154 Erich Bitter, Duesseldorf
all on Abarth 850 TC
cheers Marty
Posted 13 December 2004 - 12:18
Originally posted by Martin Roessler
here they are:
HMSC Flugplatzrennen Mainz Finthen 10/11.07.1965
# 182 Mauro Cintolesi ,Firenze It.
# 152 Carlo Benelli ,Firenze It. ,Racing Team SAS
# 154 Erich Bitter, Duesseldorf
all on Abarth 850 TC
cheers Marty
...and of course Erich Bitter went on to become more famous in another automotive field...
Posted 13 December 2004 - 17:40
I MIGHT have some insider news about the future of that transporter, sufficed to say it will not be sold or anything...
Here are a couple of modern shots from my camera. I'd LOVE to find some fantastic period shots of it with the cars in front, or the drivers, or such to run 300px wide on the web site. I know we've bought a few, but I can't seem to get my hands on them, and I'd much prefer not to spend any more money, so if there are any charitable souls, that would be fantastic.
the Transporter with 002 and 004 in Petaluma
the Transporter with (let's see here) 007/6(? - it's Nick Colyvas'), 004, 002, 009/11(?Buz'), 009/? (Knoop's), 005, 001, and 012/? (Buz')
with 001 and 002 (notice 002's bluff nose inside the door above Norah's drawer... waiting patiently for the day it would be revealed)
and 001 gets rolled in after a hard day's work. Note 002 in the fore and it's airbox sitting quietly over by the Transporter tyre (ooh, ooh, I even spelled right!... spelt? mmm..) again, waiting quietly for the day it would "give me 500 more revs in the corners!" (so said Francois)
(all available at www.TeamTyrrell.com)
Posted 13 December 2004 - 20:31
Unfortunately I only took one which shows any of the transporter, but I've got a few others of the cars from 1972 and 1973. This was taken at the 1973 International Trophy at Silverstone.
Rob Ryder will have some better ones than me, I suspect, as we discovered (thirty years on) that we were stalking each other at a few races around then!
Posted 13 December 2004 - 21:04
Well, now, this is interesting! I've never seen the awning before... Very cool!


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Reclam Group is the leading producer of recycled ferrous and non ferrous metal products in Southern Africa based on revenue and sales volumes.
Reclam Group's business can be considered as "above-the-ground" mining. Reclam Group beneficiates basic commodities that are sold to the same customer base as that of mines. The only difference is that its raw material is a secondary or recycled material relative to "virgin" material which is beneficiated from an ore.
Reclam Group also produces recycled paper, cardboard and plastic products, as well as aluminium ingots and pellets, and copper sulphate products. Reclam Group's products are primarily used by its customers as input materials in the manufacturing of their products. These include steel, various non‑ferrous metals, glass, paper and cardboard.
Reclam Group has the largest operational footprint for recycled ferrous and non‑ferrous metals and recycled glass products in Southern Africa, with over 70 collecting and processing facilities strategically located across Southern Africa.
The recyclable materials industry that Reclam Group is involved in, entails collecting obsolete or discarded ferrous and non‑ferrous metals, paper, cardboard, glass and plastic and sorting and processing these according to end‑user specifications into products that are used as input materials for industrial manufacturing.
Reclam Group has a workforce of about 2000 employees, about 700 purpose built vehicles and more than 6000 specialised containers for the storing and transportation of recyclable material, such as hooklift bins, lockable non-ferrous bins, cardboard compactors, etc. Bins are also placed at client sites for collection of recyclable materials.
Reclam Group typically collects, processes and delivers in excess of one and a half million tons of recycled products each year.
Reclam Group enjoys industry membership of, amongst others, the Metal Recyclers Association ("MRA"). Reclam Group has been a longstanding member of the MRA.
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If you're looking for general information on Python, check out the main Python website at http://www.python.org. You could also pick up a copy of Python for Dummies (I'm one of the authors). If you have technical questions (as opposed to comments or questions about my web pages), please post them to comp.lang.python so that everyone can share in the answers.
I now have up the slides from my OSCON 2002 presentation, Python for [Perl] Programmers. It's a fast-paced introduction to Python that focuses on the powerful features available in Python 2.2.
See also my BayPIGgies presentations.
I set up this page mainly as a place to put my writings on how to use threads in Python. I have ambitions to write a full-blown tutorial, but so far I've only managed to put up slides from my in-person tutorials. The most recent one was at the 2001 O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON 2001) in July 2001. Here's the whole slideshow, including the PDF for the main slideshow itself, plus all the demo scripts.
You can also find an article about the GIL (Global Interpreter Lock) in the first issue of PyZine.
An earlier version of the tutorial was presented at the Ninth International Python Conference (IPC9) in March 2001. Here's the whole slideshow for IPC9, including the PDF for the main slideshow itself, plus all the demo scripts.
As the first stage in an experiment in computational threading, I've created Decimal.py, a module that implements the decimal arithmetic (BCD) algorithms of Mike Cowlishaw (http://speleotrove.com/decimal/). My Decimal.py currently implements addition/subtraction and multiplication, plus a few conversion routines. This work was built on by several other people to match the full decimal standard and included in the Python core as of Python 2.4.
I'm archiving Tim Peters's FixedPoint.py module, but this has been mostly superseded by the decimal module.
I've also put up the slides from my OSCON 2000 thread tutorial (July 2000). This was an early effort and is left mostly as a historical curiosity (and in case anyone can't get access to Acrobat).
If you're curious about me, check out my personal home page at http://rule6.info/
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MILWAUKEE (AP) – All three candidates for Wisconsin Supreme Court are scheduled to appear at a public forum together for the first time.
Incumbent Justice Pat Roggensack, law professor Ed Fallone and consumer lawyer Vince Megna will answer questions from a moderator and audience members Thursday in Milwaukee.
The event comes 12 days before the candidates meet in a Feb. 19 primary to whittle the slate from three candidates to two. The general election is April 2.
Recent campaign-finance reports show Roggensack with $55,000 in the bank heading into January. That compares with about $7,000 for Megna and $5,400 for Fallone. Roggensack's totals don't include another $20,000 she received from a national group that advocates for private school vouchers.
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If you're here in the Panel Discussion programming block, you might be a lapsed comics reader, trying to find a way back to the JLA Satellite. Or you might someone killing time until you pick up your weekly Wednesday pull list. Or maybe you've said goodbye to dozens of longboxes to embrace the promise of digital comics. Whichever it is, you're still interested in the good stuff.
Welcome, then, to the Panel Discussion Dozen, where I pick out twelve just-released or out-soon comics that I think are worth paying attention to. Ready? Then, let's meet the sequential art that'll be draining your wallet this week.
The Goon #39
Eric Powell's series about a freakishly strong, pug-ugly everyman trapped between the worlds of crime and horror has been an underappreciated gem for years now. There's been a mix of lowbrow hilarity, surprisingly gentle relationships and forebodingly criminal menace that have won the book a loyal following. But apparently that's enough as the book sees a superhero spoof makeover with this issue. Multicolored Goons? This should be good.
Mass Effect Homeworlds #1
Maybe you want more Mass Effect, even after all the controversy about the ending of BioWare's hit threequel. Each issue of this series will take readers into the backstories of a ME character, and this first issue will look into the past of beefcake soldier James Vega. We better find out who the hell taught Vega to play cards when the galaxy is going to hell. That guy needs a talking-to.
Star Wars Blood Ties: Boba Fett Is Dead #1
There's a classic heist-caper/crime-thriller set-up ingrained in this Star Wars story, which starts the story with the big feat already accomplished and repercussions beginning to reverberate through the lives of the crew who did it. In this case, the hired guns who offed Boba Fett start dying mysterious deaths while the son of a clone of Jango Fett finds himself embroiled in the aftermath. This sounds like it's going be a grittier-than-normal take on the Star Wars mythos and should be worth checking out.
Aquaman #8
I've liked the current storyline going on in Geoff Johns' reboot, which deals with the team of metahumans that the King of the Seven Seas belonged to before the Justice League. They're all a bunch of cultural outsiders which makes the bonds between them resonate differently than those between big-name superheroes. BUt their darker histories merge with Arthur Curry's own and lots of bad stuff happens as a result.
Gears of War #23
As Cliff Bleszinski himself said in last week's interview, the Gears of War comics have room to explore parts of the shooter series' fiction that the games can't. This issue explores the tensions between the Stranded and the Gears who try to maintain society after the Coalition of Ordered Governments falls apart.
Uncharted #6
A lost city. Mysterious, myth-born enemies. A desperate escape. Sure, you expect all those things in an Uncharted story. But this issue also promises that "Chloe has one more surprise for Drake!" I, for one, hope it's a button-down shirt. The untucked Henley thing is so two-games-ago, Drake.
Gotham Central, Vol. 4: Corrigan
This volume brings together issues from one of the best Batman series ever, made all the better for almost never having the Dark Knight in its pages. Gotham Central focuses on the Major Crimes Unit in Batman's hometown, showing how the stress of trying to solve crimes before a certain Caped Crusader does ratchets up the tension of an already tough job.
Gotham Central is a police drama in the vein of Hill Street Blues and Homicide TV shows where the detectives in Major Crimes hate Batman, but they still need him sometimes. In the stories collected here, a bunch of teenaged boys dressed up like Robin start showing up dead and superheroes start butting into the murder investigations. All in a day's work at Gotham Central, even if work sucks.
Black Orchid Deluxe Edition HC
Before he wrote The Sandman, won all sorts of literary awards and became a self-sustaining fiction ecosystem all unto himself, Neil Gaiman penned this wonderful, horror-inflected take on a second-string DC superheroine.
As the title character tries to find out why she was murdered and reborn as a plant elemental, she runs into characters like the Swamp Thing, Poison Ivy and Batman. The artwork here is by Dave McKean, who would go on to create the spectacular visual template for The Sandman with Gaiman. It's a great early work by a power duo that's been out of print for a while. Worth picking up.
Popeye #1
I know what you're thinking: "Really, Evan? Popeye?!" Maybe I'm showing my age but reruns of the old Fleischer Bros. Popeye cartoons made me a big fan of the character. And the fact that it's Roger Langridge—who had great runs on The Mighty Thor and The Muppets—handling the writing chores means that this should be perceptive and funny.
Astonishing X-Men #49
I like Majorie Liu. She writes psychologically complicated superheroes. Astonishing X-Men has been a place for slightly divergent takes on the mutant mythos and, with a story focusing on Northstar, I'm hoping that Liu's talent for quirk shines through.
The Omega Effect crossover that's been happening between the Punisher, Spider-Man and Daredevil comics reminds me of a time when I actually liked team-ups and interwoven plotlines. The personalities of each crime-fighter are distinct and well-drawn, making the tension that rises when they work together more believable and enjoyable. There's a tug-of-war over what to do with a hard drive full of damaging information Daredevil has on major supervillain organizations. I'm guessing that whatever happens, it's going to be a great read.
Now that the big cosmic hoohah from the previous story arcs has died down, FF writer Jonathan Hickman seems to be giving us character-focused issues to balance out all the plot-heavy action of the last few months.
This episode has Spider-Man and the Human Torch—two characters who've always had a friendly rivalry—moving in together as roommates. Hickman's created a vibrant emotional landscape for the Fantastic Four books of late and he should have some fun with these two buddies in an Odd Couple arrangement.


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In a dramatic shake-up that took Hollywood by surprise, NBCUniversal has shuffled its executive ranks by forcing out film Chairman Adam Fogelson and shifting Universal Studios President Ron Meyer — the industry's longest-serving studio chief — to an advisory role.
Jeff Shell, 48, was named the top film executive as chairman of the newly created Universal Filmed Entertainment Group. He has spent the last two years in London, overseeing NBCUniversal's international television businesses.
Industry observers say the moves reflect the growing importance of the foreign film market and the desire by NBCUniversal and its owner, cable giant Comcast Corp., to put a trusted lieutenant — Shell — at the helm. Fogelson and Meyer were among the last of the surviving executives from the previous management regime under General Electric Co.'s stewardship of the media company.
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Meyer, president of Universal Studios since 1995, was named vice chairman of NBCUniversal. The company said he would be an advisor on film, television and theme parks through 2017. Considered the ultimate Hollywood insider, Meyer, 68, co-founded Creative Artists Agency and has long been NBCUniversal's consigliere to Hollywood, soothing bruised egos and smoothing out disputes.
Although no job in Hollywood is safe, Fogelson's ouster this week was startling given the studio's strong box-office performance this summer. Universal, buoyed by the hits "Despicable Me 2" and "Fast & Furious 6" — which both grossed more than $785 million worldwide — is vying with Warner Bros. for the top spot in domestic box-office market share.
Still, NBCUniversal decided that it wanted to shuffle the deck from a position of strength. A top executive said the company felt that the studio's weakness was not the movies it chose to make, but rather how it approached the increasingly complex business, which is now driven by foreign demand.
Nearly 70% of the $34.7-billion global box office last year came from international markets, led by China, Japan, Britain, France, India, Germany and South Korea. International box office was estimated at $23.9 billion, according to the Motion Picture Assn. of America.
"I think every studio is increasingly focused on the international business — it is 65% to 70% of our world now," said Russell Schwartz, president of theatrical marketing for Relativity Media and a longtime Hollywood executive. "This doesn't seem to really be about Adam [Fogelson] but more about Comcast wanting to have a bigger imprint on the business."
As part of the overhaul, Universal Pictures co-Chairman Donna Langley was promoted to chairman. She will report to Shell.
Media consultant Adam Ware, who has known and worked with Shell for two decades, called him a capable and no-nonsense executive who "tells you exactly how it is."
"He is very bottom-line-oriented. He doesn't like wasting a lot of time," Ware said. "He is very good at empowering creative people."
The new leadership structure is in keeping with NBCUniversal Chief Executive Steve Burke's management style of streamlining divisions and entrusting longtime associates with top jobs.
"Having led NBCUniversal's international operations for the last 21/2 years, Jeff is perfectly positioned to lead our film group at a time when global expansion is more important than ever," Burke said in a prepared statement.
Shell will have oversight of the movie studio, but unlike Meyer he will not be in charge of the company's theme parks.
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A Los Angeles native with an MBA from Harvard, Shell most recently served as chairman of NBCUniversal International, heading all of the company's overseas business, including international TV production and distribution. Previously, he served as president of Comcast Programming Group, overseeing the Philadelphia company's cable network holdings before its takeover of NBCUniversal.
Before joining Comcast, Shell was chief executive of Gemstar TV Guide International. He also worked at Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., overseeing cable channels and regional sports networks. Early in his career he worked at Walt Disney Co.
In 2010, Shell was considered for a top position at Tribune Co., owner of The Times. He ultimately stayed with Comcast.
Universal is the second major film studio to go through a corporate reshuffling in recent months. In June, Jeff Robinov departed Warner Bros. Pictures Group, where he'd served as president since 2007. Warner Bros. Chief Executive Kevin Tsujihara, who assumed his position in March, replaced Robinov with a trio of executives.
On Sunday, Universal hosted a big bash at the Toronto International Film Festival where A-list stars, producers and executives gathered to toast Ron Howard's new film, "Rush." There, Meyer, Fogelson and Langley mingled with stars including Chris Hemsworth, Howard and producer Brian Grazer. There was no hint that a corporate shake-up was hours away.
Times staff writers Joe Flint and Steven Zeitchik contributed to this report.


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A survey of Chinese youths has found that 83 per cent of them have struggled to remember the precise format of their language's characters when writing, old-school style, with a pen or pencil. Computers and phones are to blame.
The so-called "character amnesia" is caused by the modern tech world's dependence on Western alphabet-based systems, leading some to fear for the future of the country's writing system. It could also jeopardise the future careers of the Western world's bad tattoo artists.
But in a rather ironic twist, phones are also coming to the rescue - "When I can't remember, I will take out my mobile phone and find it (the character) and then copy it down" said 21-year-old student Li Hanwei. So were not sure if computers and phones are supposed to be good or evil today. [Physorg]


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Arvest Bank is pleased to announce three of its associates recently graduated from the Graduate School of Banking at Louisiana State University (LSU).
David McBee, Kerry Meythaler and Summer Massey were among the 164 bankers who received diplomas on June 2. This year's class included students from 18 states and Mexico.
McBee is sales manager and executive vice president in Arvest's North Central Arkansas market, while Massey is loan manager and executive vice president in its Springfield, Mo., market. Meythaler serves as senior bank group credit analyst and offices in Lowell.
The three-year program provides courses covering all aspects of banking, economics and related subjects, according to a news release issued by the school. Also according to the release, the school is sponsored by 15 southern state bankers associations in cooperation with the Division of Continuing Education at LSU.
On-campus attendance is required, with extensive bank study assignments between sessions. The faculty consists of bankers, business and professional leaders, and educators from all over the United States.
During their three years at the school, students receive 180 hours of classroom instruction, 30 hours of reviews, planned evening study, and written final examinations at the end of each session.
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Here are the topics covered in this section:
4.1: Benefits and Challenges
4.2: Threaded Discussions
4.3: Netiquette
4.4: What Do I Say?
4.5: The Chat Room
4.6: Keys to Success
Perhaps the biggest difference between online classes and the traditional classroom is that all your contact with your instructor and classmates in an online class happens in writing.
In speech, we are able to communicate meaning and attitude through gesture, facial expression, and tone of voice as well as with words. In writing, of course, we rely on words alone.
Also, since there is not roll to take, logging on and getting involved in online discussions is how you "go" to class. You cannot rely on eye contact and an interested facial expression to show your instructor that you are involved in a class discussion. You must contribute meaningfully to the discussion to demonstrate your engagement.
This is actually a good thing. It is what makes online classes student-centered. In an online class, you must participate to pass. Since everyone must participate, you get to know everyone in the class – even the quiet student who always sits at the back of the room, too shy to speak in front of a group.
Another benefit is that an online class gives you the luxury of taking time to compose your thoughts, so many students find it less intimidating to voice their opinions or offer an answer to a question. The online discussions can also be fun, especially when everyone gets involved.
Communicating solely through writing, however, poses some challenges as well. The following sections of this lesson will give you some good ideas about how to make sure you come across as you want to.
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Most of the discussion in an online class happens "asynchronously" in the ETUDES discussion forum. Here, students can read the posts of their classmates and reply with comments of their own. Everyone does not have to be online at the same time to have a dynamic class discussion.
This lesson will provide some pointers on how to communicate effectively in online discussions; The ETUDES tutorial, available from the Virtual Valley Student Resource Page, will show you exactly how to use the powerful ETUDES discussion forum tool.
In a "threaded discussion" several different conversations may be going on at once. The ETUDES forum offers the option of creating as many discussion topics as needed. For example, there might be a list of discussion topics like "Questions," "Student Lounge," "Group Work," Reading Discussions," and so on.
Here is what the forum looks like when a topic, in this case "Questions" has been opened:
The main topic here is "Questions," and there are five different subtopics that students and the instructor have posted underneath. If all the class discussion took place in one big forum, there could only be one discussion at a time, or things would get very confusing. In a threaded forum, multiple conversations can be going on at the same time without such confusion --provided everyone posts their messages correctly.
So, part of learning to participate in class discussions effectively is learning to post your messages in the proper place. It is generally pretty logical, but you need to keep track of where you are.
If you had a question, for example, you would go to the "Questions" forum (not all classes have the same forums, this is just an example). Then, you would take a look at the topics already posted. Many times, you will find that your question has already been answered. If not, you would see if there is a topic for your question. If you had a question about due dates, for example, you would post it under the "due dates" topic.
If no one else had posted a topic about your question, then you would create a new topic, which opens a new thread where others can post questions or answers on the subject.
Bright Idea! When you participate in a discussion, be sure to stick to the topic. If you want to raise an unrelated issue, create a new topic. This will keep the discussion threads clear and organized.
Not only does proper posting help avoid confusion, it also ensures that you get credit for your work. Many instructors give credit for participating in the online discussions. However, if you post your message in the wrong forum, your instructor will not be where he or she will look for it. So, always make sure you understand where you are supposed to post your forum messages.
Having separate discussion topics makes it much easier to follow the flow of the conversation. However, it can still be a little confusing to keep track of who is saying what to whom, even within a single focused thread.
When you post a reply to a topic, your message appears at the end of the list of messages already posted there. That's fine if you are just posting comments on the topic in general. However, if you are posting a message directly in response to what someone else posted, you need to make sure that your classmates will know which message you are commenting upon.
ETUDES has an easy to use "quote" feature for precisely this purpose. Instead of posting a reply, you can quote from the original message. Then, your classmate's quoted words appear in your message, with your comments underneath.
Alternatively, you could begin your post by acknowledging the name of the poster and summarizing the point you want to comment on: "Juanita, I thought your idea that ……"
Whichever method you choose, it is crucial to discussion clarity that all the participants clearly show which discussion ideas their comments are directed towards.
Bright Idea! When you are posting a message to the discussion topic in general, click on "post reply" to that topic. When you are commenting on a particular post by a classmate, use the "quote" feature. When you want to start a new topic of conversation, click on "new topic."
"Netiquette" is simply "net etiquette." Netiquette outlines simple, polite online discussion behaviors that participants in an online discussion expect from one another.
Online discussions in a college class are perhaps more formal than other public message boards. It helps to remember that in an online class, discussion forums are used in place of the face-to-face discussions in other types of college classes. You want to behave online just as you would if you were physically sitting in the room with your instructor and all your classmates (except that you can be wearing your pajamas and slippers!)
It is also important to understand that an online discussion in a college class is more formal than a "text message." Text messaging uses abbreviations such as, "How R U?" These shorthand tricks are not appropriate in an online class forum. Use full words and complete sentences.
The number one rule of online discussion is "except to be misunderstood." It is challenging to put your thoughts into words and make them understandable to others, without calling for strenuous effort on their part. Therefore, you need to read through all your posts before you click on the "submit" button. Typos, spelling errors, and mixed up sentences always creep into your messages as you compose them. Clean them up before you subject others to them!
You also want to consider that how you come across online will determine your grade. To put yourself in the best light possible, or simply to make yourself understood, be sure to edit your messages before you post them. This is true of private messages as well as forum discussions.
The following websites offer more tips on how to use proper netiquette:
The Core Rules of Netiquette (excerpted from the book Netiquette by Virginia Shea.)
Email Etiquette
Now that you know how the discussion forum works, you might still be wondering how to participate in an online discussion. Though perhaps easier than speaking in front of a room full of people, posting a message to a discussion board can also be intimidating if you don't know what sorts of things to say when responding to someone else's post.
One good way to figure this out is to read through several of the posted messages to see how your classmates what your classmates are saying. Reading their replies may give you some ideas for your own. Your instructor may also give you specific guidance within an assignment.
Bright Idea! Read through all assignment instructions and discussion message posted by your instructor thouroughly and carefully. Doing this will give you as clear an idea as possible of what your instructor expects from you.
Online discussions are best when participants respond to each other. Your instructor may post a question about course material, for example. While it is interesting to read everyone's response to the original question, the discussion becomes even more lively and more fun when you and your classmate's start responding directly to each other's answers.
Bright Idea! To know when your response has received a comment from a classmate, before you click "submit," check the box that says "notify me when a reply is posted." You will be sent an email message to whatever email address you registered for the class with telling you that a reply has been posted. ETUDES also allows you to "watch" a topic and send you an email when new posts are submitted to it.
Here are some additional tips for creating good online discussions:
While most, in some classes all, class discussions are asynchronous, ETUDES does have a live "chat room."
The chat room is simply a space for a real-time discussion. To have a chat, the class, or a small group of classmates, would all agree to log on at a specific time and meet in the chat room to have a discussion.
This can be useful for small group work, especially for making decisions about what assignment you will do and about who will do what to complete it. Some more meaningful class discussions can also take place in the chat room if they are well organized.
However, the chat room requires patience. The messages may take several second to load, so the discussion does not always flow as quickly as we might like. Also, it can take a while to write your message, and you may find that the discussion has gone in a different direction before you have a chance to post it.
An additional point to consider is that unlike the forum discussion board, the chat room does not offer the option of multiple threads. Instead, it is just one big discussion; message appear in a list organized by when they were posted. This makes it especially important to stick to the topic under discussion when you are in the chat room.
Bright Idea! Keep your chat room posts brief. This is a relatively fast-paced discussion with multiple participants. No one respondant should dominate the discussion with numerous, lengthy posts. The discussion forum, where others can read your messages at their convenience is the place for more detailed conversations.
Bright Idea! If an interesting point is raised in the chat room, and you want to discuss it in detail, post a chat room message suggesting that the conversation be continued in the discussion forum. Volunteer to create a new forum discussion topic, pick a logical place to post it, and tell your classamtes where they can find it.
Frequently log on to your class website and check to see if new
messages or discussion topics have been posted.
Take the time to read over and edit ALL the messages and emails you post. It's good manners!
Use complete words and sentences in your online discussion and
email posts. No "text messaging" abbreviations allowed!
Give all your discussion posts and email messages a title that
helps others get an idea of what your message is about.
Expect to be misunderstood! Use emoticons to help convey your
Be an active participant in class discussion. Get invloved, reply to
others, be yourself, and have fun!
Be polite to others in your online messages, even when you
disagree with them. Never write something in a discussion post
that you would not say to someone's face.
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Within the Dream World, you'll occassionally encounter a variety of Pokémon. These Pokémon are not typically available within the Unova region and thus are mostly Pokémon that were previously native to Kanto, Johto, Hoenn & Sinnoh. These Pokémon, once you have befriended them, will then be able to be encountered within the Entralink Forest, accessed through the C Gear. In this area, you will be able to capture them with great ease being able to select the ball to capture them. When you arrive, a Dream Ball will appear in your pack. This will guarantee capture, but you can attempt capture with different balls.
Many of the Pokémon within the Dream World will have abilities that the Pokémon you transfer over from Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold & SoulSilver don't normally have, such as Vaporeon with Hydration and Glaceon with Ice Body. Click here for a list of all Dream World abilities