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Dunn Vineyards produces only 2,500 cases of Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon. This wine is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon.
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Feb 5, 2013I really, really enjoyed this movie. Excellent acting, and pace. Unlike many movies today, it was not "too long" the script was clean. Sean Penn was ferocious and very scary. I hope he wins an Oscar.
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Jan 13, 2013Can't help but think that critics have an agenda. This is a really good movie. I really liked the way it was stylized and filmed. It is a bit funny sometimes but a great experience through and through. Shall watch it again. Highly recommended.
Jan 18, 2013I really like it .
Jan 19, 2013This movie is fantastic. Ton of blood, action, and suspense. If you like those types of movies, than Gangster Squad is for you. Right from the beginning, the movie had my attention.
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Apr 8, 2013I love 1930s 1950s gangster movies! Everything about them is awesome, This movie has a lot of great actors, good special effects, a lot of great scenes, and a good story. And just because I love gangster movies, 10/10
Apr 20, 2013Gangster shoot'em-up movie (with almost no shooting in the first hour), which feels like a mix of short scenes from various, unrelated films. It has a great cast that never manages to meet the expectations, great setting that is never really explored, and mediocre attempts to create deeper characters that fail miserably in a mish-mash of cliches.
May 24, 2013
May 29, 2013Very good movie and as others have mentioned, much more graphic than expected but in a good way. Did a great job of portraying the era and had a little bit of everything.
Jul 22, 2013This started out as a serious gangster movie and ended in a wild west shooting style. Interesting characters, while the movie is deep and tells a scary story its full of meaningless shooting and action. An interesting mix thats good for all fans of the wild west and 1940s america.
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Jan 23, 2013Really surprised this film has so many positive ratings. Sure, it's a great movie...that should be nominated for Best Picture at the Raspberry Awards. All flash and no substance, which is what the majority of Hollywood dishes out anyway. Minus the big name actors, this movie could go straight to Redbox and nobody would notice.
Jan 11, 2013
Jan 12, 2013It's just a fun movie. I'm a sucker for gangster movies and history, and while at times this is over the top it's still a beautifully shot and decently acted film. Just go in with an open mind and don't be expecting "Goodfellas" and you'll enjoy yourself.
Jan 15, 2013I really enjoyed this movie from beginning to end. It COULD'VE been an epic movie like other gangster movies in the past, but sadly it's only 1 1/2 hours long. I think this movie should've been a 3 hour epic, or nearly 3 hours...and more story-focused. But I thoroughly enjoyed it and will be watching it again tomorrow.
Jan 14, 2013
Jan 14, 2013Amazing movie .
Jan 11, 2013Great cinematography, but the film itself leaves a lot to be desired, more style less substance. There are a lot of things this movie gets right, but from a narrative perspective, it isn't very strong. Sean Penn, cinematography and the shootouts are the true stars of the film
Jan 12, 2013"Gangster Squad" is a thoroughly enjoyable crime noir flick, resplendent in its violence but lacking in emotional depth. Sean Penn shines in what is otherwise a forgettable film.
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Apr 6, 2013Pure garbage. It's a mystery how this cast agreed to such a poorly-designed premise. The result amounts to a complete waste of time. Watch something else.
Jan 12, 2013
Jan 11, 2013A pulpy action throwback that effortlessly achieves its goal to entertain thanks to a top-shelf cast, dazzling direction, and a fast-paced screenplay chock-full of snappy 1940s-style patter.
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Jan 21, 2013Good acting, time period cars, clothes and firearms seemed peroid correct. However, the production and directing of this movie is where it loses me. If you got 8 bucks to blow and less than 2 hours to kill go for it, other wise see something else
Jan 23, 2013
Jan 24, 2013Gangster Squad has a great style and some great actors; unfortunately the writing keeps it from being so much more than it could've been. When coming into this film I expected to be bored to death, but the film is actually very entertaining and fun which will please many audience members. There is a lot of violence and action that made this feel like a mix of
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Feb 5, 2013The movie fails to entertain period.
The story-line is a seen it a million times before and it was done better.
Characters are unbelievable, uninspiring and dull
There are mediocre special effects thrown in hear and there like car chases and fist/gun fights.
All in all do not recommend to anyone but people who have absolutely nothing else to do. -
Feb 23, 2013You've seen Goodfellas, Scarface and LA Confidential? Then you've seen Gangster Squad. All cliches and no substance, the best thing in it are the cars.
Apr 6, 2013
Apr 13, 2013Gangster squad directed by Fleischer, a really bad movie, almost ridiculous, the director can not make a gangster film, stereotypical characters, in short, the movie is crap boring haphazard.
Apr 14, 2013
Apr 29, 2013This ho hum gangster flick has one of the greatest pedigree in recent months, but has no ambition. Great actors? Check. An acclaimed director? Check. What you have though is simply a straight up action film. nothing more. If you want a more visceral and greater take of this 'rogue cops vs gangsters' sub genre, than look up 'The Untouchables'.
May 24, 2013All style & no substance. Fleischer & company waste the tremendous talents of this A-list ensemble cast so much that even the charismatic Gosling can't save it. -MN
May 28, 2013With a cast this great, and a premise so promising, one would expect this movie to be incredible. Unfortunately, this movie sucks big time. It's boring, overly long, and it does not utilize the great tools at its disposal. A real disappointment. Yuck.
Rewatch LA Confidential instead of wasting your time with this drivel. It's a much better crime drama with in a similar setting. -
Jun 4, 2013"While i was not in love with the film nor is it a masterpiece in anyway, shape or form. But it sets a good tone in its classic backdrop. Featuring some pretty good performances. The bottom line is GS is entertaining but insanely forgettable. Its just good" B-
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Jan 21, 2013This is definitely a good movie, which I really enjoyed watching. The story is quite okay, and fits the era very good. The characters are all decent at least. Good guy O
Jan 27, 2013This movie has a nice cast, good visual effects, nice operator's work and a great atmosphere of post-WWII Los Angeles. The entourage reminded me of a video game LA Noire. To describe a genre: it isn't a criminal drama it's a gangster style action movie. A nice one to watch it once.
Jan 28, 2013Overall, a pretty good gangster movie. The whole feel of the movie is spot on and Sean Penn's role as Mickey Cohen definitely delivered. Pacing can be a bit of a problem. Writing isn't Gangster Squad's strong suit, as the movie can become predictable to some.
Jan 30, 2013The movie itself its entertaining but nothing for the ages. Sean Penn is atrocious in my opinion. But I do think Ryan Gosling did a good job. Emma Stone and Brolin where decent too.
Feb 1, 2013
Feb 2, 2013It was a nice movie, sure, it does not have great dialog or great acting but it was quite entertaining. I'm picky with the use of my free time, and I must say I had a great time. Maybe in terms of a good movie from a art point of view it would deserve like 4.5 but taking the entertainment value it would be a 7.
Mar 3, 2013
Mar 24, 2013This film had the potential to be one of the great gangster films of this century. Unfortunately it did not exceed this expectation. The plot was outstanding, the cast was good, what could go wrong? To be frank, a lot went wrong. This film is not worth the watch and i am glad it hasn't won any Oscars.
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Apr 20, 2013I don't agree with the general critics of this film, it's true that it is not an Oscar film and it could have had more suspense and tension, but it definitely had a lot of action and decent scripts. This movie deserves better numbers than what it has.
Apr 27, 2013An unfortunate waste of such great talent. This is just an average film still entertaining, but really lacks when it comes to the script and the tone.
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May 25, 2013Even though it isn't as good I thought it would be.It still has a good story,great action and a pretty good ending.Even though the end fight was disappointing,it is still a good movie.
Jul 7, 2013
Jul 14, 2013This movie was a disappointment, but not as bad as some critics make it out to be. I thought it was decent, but the trailers made it look fantastic, and it really wasn't.
Jul 15, 2013la mafia domino en los angeles en 1949 por mickie coen pero la fuerza antiganster se pone en medio como una especie de "the avengers" para detener esto a punta de balas y golpes un buen trama pero no un excelente desarrollo
Jul 19, 2013This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
Jul 25, 2013Don't mistake Gangster Squad for a serious gangster movie. It's an action movie that features A-listers and decent production design. Let's all just acknowledge this is the best we're going to get from the multiplex this early in the year.
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Feb 3, 2014Great, snappy dialogue. Story was a bit all over the place and there was none of the elegance or "cleanliness" of Mulholland Falls or Chinatown but my wife and I thoroughly enjoyed it nonetheless. Wonderful sets, solid acting. I'm a sucker for these LA 1940s period pieces so what can I tell ya? Great watching.
Feb 16, 2014Gangster Squad, was better than my expectations.I can`t say it has much in it that are memorable moments, but it`s a movie worth watching. It has some great characters on the good and bad side of things.The ending was satisfying.
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The violence is so indifferently presented that it has no kick; it's not grim or graphic enough to shock, but it doesn't rev us up, either. The picture's various shoot-'em-up sequences are so generically conceived and shot that each one is indistinguishable from the next – by the movie's end, they may as well all collapse into an exhausted heap.
Gangster Squad is a gang war drama built on Western conventions, a rootin' tootin', Camel-smokin', whiskey swillin' shoot'em up.
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National Post Ducks Correction; Repeats "Slander"
Per an earlier post, the National Post recently defamed the renowned astrophysicist Dr. Nigel Weiss with an article lumping him in with a group of climate change "deniers."
In response to this – an error that caused him a good deal of embarrassment among serious scientists – Dr. Weiss wrote this Letter to the Editor:
The article by Lawrence Solomon, which portrays me as a denier of global warming, is a slanderous fabrication. I have always maintained that the current episode of warming that we are experiencing is caused by anthropogenic greenhouse gases, and that global temperatures will rise much further unless steps are taken to halt the burning of fossil fuel. Compared to these effects, the influence of variations in solar magnetic activity is unimportant, however interesting it may be to astrophysicists like me.
For further details see the Press Release on the University of Cambridge website
Nigel Weiss
If you thought that a responsible newspaper would offer a quick correction and apology, you would have missed your bet with the National Post. Instead of running Dr. Weiss's complaint on the letters page, "the editor" gave it to writer Lawrence Solomon, who instead challenged Dr. Weiss with this email:
Dear Dr Weiss,
I am writing in response to your letter to the editor of the National Post, in which you take issue with my characterization of you as a "denier." I can understand your objection to having a negative term assigned to you, although my use of this term is meant to be ironic – it is clear that I am not hostile to those I describe. I use the term "denier" to describe scientists who do not believe that the "science is settled."
I do not understand, however, what other objections you may have to my column. Have I misrepresented your statements, for example, or attributed beliefs to you that you do not hold? If I have, I would very much like to understand how I have done so.
Larry Solomon
As Mr. Solomon is well able to string together apparently intelligent paragraphs, it would appear that his impenetrability on this issue is intentional. It was abundantly clearly that Dr. Weiss was not complaining about the "epithet" denier because he finds it distasteful. He's complaining because it is pointedly not true.
Dr. Weiss says, "I have always maintained that the current episode of warming that we are experiencing is caused by anthropogenic greenhouse gases," and "compared to these effects, the influence of variations in solar magnetic activity is unimportant." And yet, having written a whole column describing Weiss as a believer in the sunspot theory of global warming, Solomon wonders, "Have I misrepresented your statements, for example, or attributed beliefs to you that you do not hold?"
Larry, Larry, Larry. What do you think Dr. Weiss meant by "slanderous fabrication"?
More amazing than this rude riposte – this argumentative, ungracious and insensible retreat into "irony" – was Solomon's next column: Even with Dr. Weiss's correction in hand, Solomon followed, on Friday, Feb. 9, with this article , in which he again characterizes Dr. Weiss as someone who denies that greenhouse gases are the principal cause of climate change. Solomon then concludes with a disingenuous plea "to drop the term denier from the scientific lexicon."
Once again (and slowly, for the benefit of the National Post) Dr. Weiss is not saying that he would rather be called a "skeptic " than a "denier" - he's neither. He is saying he would rather that Larry Solomon tell the truth.
According to another National Post story, a new Compas poll shows that Canadian business executives are still divided over whether to believe that the science behind climate change is settled. Small wonder if they are depending upon the National Post for the "facts" on which they must base their opinions.
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Although craftily written, Solomon is engaging in the old trick of obfuscation. He deliberately and deftly switches the concept "nuance" with "skepticism".
He implies that if you have a nuanced take on AGW, then you must be skeptical about its existence and the need to act. In his world there are clearly only two camps: the "true believers", and the "skeptics". Whether or not the term "denier" is used ironically, he is 100% clear that all nuance means "skepticism", and that means one thing: there is no cause for action.
Far from introducing shades of grey, he shoehorns opinion into ond of the two camps: black and white.
By "nuanced", I meant a picture of climate change that includes natural drivers as well as anthropogenic ones. It's quite simple.
Solomon is clearly pushing the position that, for all parctical purposes (ie, taking action) you can't have both. But many people on the other side of the debate do the same, giving people like Solomon an in for their "true believer" claims.
And by the way you're right: "…global temperatures will rise much further unless steps are taken to halt the burning of fossil fuel." is not a "nuanced" statement, meaning that while it may be correct, it's also of very little use: it tells us nothing about how to halt the burning of fossil fuel, what will be the consequences of not doing, and how we should approach the trade-offs we will obviously be forced to confront. These are the (laregely unspoken) questions burning away behind the "yes or no" AGW debate–and ones which we'll probably need a nuanced picture of the science to tackle.
Here's a 1997 article by Thomas Walkom about it; it's on the Energy Probe website, which is to their credit, I guess, because I am appalled by much of the article, and by Solomon's other organizations.
"…Where most Canadian public-interest groups support a greater role for government in solving environmental problems, Energy Probe calls for less.
Its solution to the problems of the environment - indeed, of most social problems - focuses on free markets, privatization, selective deregulation and other policies usually described as right wing.
It holds up former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher as the world's model environmentalist… "
"…"They so often operate in counterpoint to efforts of other environmentalists that the effect is to undermine other organizations," says Steven Schrybman, formerly a Toronto activist who now heads Vancouver's West Coast Environmental Law Association…." Here is the link.
There are some interesting connections there; I know Tom Flanagan contributed articles to Solomon's Next City; including one co-authored with Stephen Harper: Here is a link to a partial copy of that article. They article also mentions the Donner Foundation; and I know Flanagan received a prize from the Donner Foundation for his repulsive book about First Nations.
Also, the blog Le Revue Gauche describes Energy Probe as anti-nuke but pro-coal. The blog post has some links which may be useful. Here is that link.
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Great, thanks. Yes, I did sign up.
I was just going to add that the last link stresses that Energy Probe is pushing for private property rights; this is something Harper, Flanagan, the Fraser Institute and others of their ilk promote; and it could be disastrous for environmental regulations.
In the National Post articles did Solomon appear to have interviewed anybody?
After seeing Naomi Weiss's post to the earlier article here, I googled her name and found this article where she commented near the bottom: "…Mr Solomon got his facts wrong, which is unsurprising as he didn't even interview Professor Weiss himself…"
At this link.
The commenter below her linked to Dr Shaviv's blog, and he also objected to Solomon's description of his beliefs:
"…On junkscience.com, I found an interesting link, it was to an article by the National Post, which has so many quotes of me, it looked as if I was interviewed without noticing it!
So, to set things straight, I was never interviewed by Lawrence Solomon. I am quite sure that if he would have interviewed me (and all that would have been required of him is send me a few questions by e-mail), he would have obtained original shaviv quotes. I presume that the writer just surfed my website, picked whatever he liked, glued it together and voilà, got an original article. I presume it is legitimate, and it even saves a long distance phone call.
Second, if he would have sent me that article before publishing, I would have pointed out various inaccuracies in it. Here are some details in the article:…"
Note at the bottom, he had a response from Solomon. So Solomon again used the "ironic" defense!
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Licorice Caramels (1.5 lb. Bag)
Licorice Caramels from Holland—Soft, Chewy, and Loaded with Flavor
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- Soft, creamy licorice caramels
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Licorice Caramels (1.5 lb. Bag)
Warning: Potential allergen, product contains milk and soy products. May contain traces of nuts.
Sugar, glucose syrup (contains sulphite), hydrogenated
vegetable fat, skimmed milk powder, sweetener (sorbitol
syrup, licorice powder (3%) salt, emulsifier, (soy lecithin)
natural flavors, colors (tarazine, sweet yellow, allura
red ac, brilliant blue CF) May contain traces of nuts.
Shelf Life: 2 years
Nutritional Item | Quantity | % of Daily Requirements |
European Format: | ||
Serving size: 40g | ||
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Calories from fat: | 29 | |
Total fat: | 3.4g | 1.4% |
Saturated fat: | 3.4 | 1.4% |
Trans fat: | 0g | |
Cholesterol: | 0g | 0% |
Sodium: | 0g | 0% |
Total carbohydrate: | 32g | 11% |
Dietary fiber: | 0g | |
Sugars: | 25g | |
Protein: | less 1g | |
Vitamin A | 0% | |
Vitamin C | 0% | |
Calcium | 0% | |
Iron | 0% | |
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Manufactured In: Holland
Material - Country Of Origin: Holland
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VEHICLE Admiral | |
(Rear quarter view) | |
Vehicle type | Civilian car |
Body style | 4-door compact sedan (3D Universe) 4-door full-size sedan (HD Universe |
Capacity | 4 (driver and 3 passengers) |
Appearance(s) | GTA Vice City GTA San Andreas GTA Vice City Stories GTA IV GTA Chinatown Wars |
Manufacturer | Dundreary (HD Universe) |
- "Efficient German cruiser. Popular with commuter belt middle men."
- — GTA Vice City Website
The Dundreary Admiral is a 4-door sedan featured in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, Grand Theft Auto IV and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.
In GTA Vice City, GTA San Andreas, GTA Vice City Stories, the car resembles a 1980s Mercedes-Benz E-Class (W123), with a front facia similar to the Volvo 240.[1][2] In GTA San Andreas, it appears to feature a minor 1990s facelift, although in reality, at this point of time, the W123 was replaced by the Mercedes-Benz W124. The design remains unchanged throughout 3D Universe.
In GTA IV, the Admiral sports a completely different design with no reminiscence to the previous renditions. Gone with the Mercedes appearance, it is now based on the 2003-2011 Mercury Grand Marquis with taillights from the 11th generation Toyota Crown, having some minor influences from the 2001 Audi A8. Interestingly, the Admiral appears to be a long wheelbase model, despite the fact that the long wheelbase Grand Marquis was only availible in the Middle East.
In GTA Chinatown Wars, the Admiral still retains the Mercury Grand Marquis design, but a different year, particularly the 1983-1991 model.
In the GTA III era, performance wise, the car is generally acceptable with light weight, stable handling, and good acceleration and top speed, to the point it is offered as a starter car which the player may first control in GTA Vice City. Surprisingly, it is front-wheel drive, in contrast to the E-Class or Volvo 200 which are both rear-wheel drive, making it quite suspectible to understeer. The GTA Vice City and GTA San Andreas renditions has the same engine sound as the Sentinel, implying it is turbocharged, but the GTA Vice City Stories rendition is different, emitting the same sound as the Taxi and is not turbocharged, reflecting the game's setting in 1984. All renditions are equipped with a four-cylinder engine.
In GTA IV, it is powered by a large V8 engine with a RWD configuration coupled to a 5-speed transmission. Acceleration is good but not great (0-60mph in 7.8 seconds), and handling is as to be expected; the sheer weight and the comfort-oriented suspension does have its disadvantages. The top speed is a rather impressive 198 mph (320 km/h). Despite ABS as standard, it takes a long time to stop the heavy saloon completely. The Admiral, however, is very resilient to crashes thanks to its bulky construction. The weight is also useful for ramming other vehicles off the road. The Admiral is rather rare, it is more common to find it in limo form, the Stretch.
In GTA Chinatown Wars, the Admiral retains the performance from GTA IV. There is a purple and white Triad variant on which sports upgraded acceleration and top speed as well as a smoother engine sound.
Appearance in missions
GTA Vice City
GTA San Andreas
- Stowaway (Alternate Cutscene)
- Los Sepulcros, as the car you're meant to drive after killing Kane. It's everything-proof, though, so you may want to store a Tow Truck in your garage to keep the Admiral.
- You've Had Your Chips, these cars are used by the mafia.
GTA Chinatown Wars
Notable Owners
- In GTA Vice City, Ken Rosenberg owns a unique white Admiral.
- In GTA Vice City, Amy Sheckenhausen owns an Admiral with a random color.
- In GTA Vice City, Ricardo Diaz owns a unique bullet proof, fire proof, and explosion proof grey Admiral.
- Huang Lee owns aTriad's Admiral.
- Wade Heston owns a matte-black Admiral which was given to him by his wife before they were divorced as seen during the mission Evidence Dash.
- Kane owns a grey Admiral as seen in Los Sepulcros.
Unique colors
- In GTA Vice City, black Admirals are available on the mission Check Out At The Check In and Loose Ends.
- The Triads are depicted to use the Admiral as one of their cars in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, but they are never used (except in Yu Jian ), but are instead spawned around Cerveza Heights and other nearby places from the start. The violet-white car sports upgraded acceleration and top speed as well as a smoother engine sound.
- The Stretch is a limo variant of the Admiral in Grand Theft Auto IV.
GTA Vice City
- It is found everywhere in Vice City.
- Parked at a mansion on northwest Starfish Island. Use a helicopter to get into the garden, then use the ramp to get out.
GTA San Andreas
- The car will mostly appear in Las Venturas.
- Often spawned at The Strip.
- It will also appear in the mission Los Sepulcros.
- Occasionally spawns around Juniper Hollow.
- Found around some parts of Los Santos including Downtown Los Santos, El Corona & Santa Maria Beach.
- Parked in the parking lot of Papercuts, across from the Los Santos Conference Center (Only when wanted for export).
GTA Vice City Stories
- Driven by members of the Trailer Park Mafia until you kill their leader Marty Jay Williams.
- Parked at all Loan Shark empire sites that Victor Vance owns.
- It is one of the gang cars of the Vance Crime Family, with them driving it mainly around Little Havana and Escobar International Airport. Even though you are their leader, if you attempt to steal the car from them, they will shoot at you, as would other gang members whose cars you try to steal in GTA:VCS .
- Parked at the Beachcomber Hotel in Viceport.
- At the car lot at Sunshine Autos.
- Driven by pedestrians all around Vice City.
GTA IV + Episodes from Liberty City
- It is a rather rare car in GTA IV , but will spawn if driving a Stretch.
- It will also spawn somewhat more when riding a PCJ-600.
- Also spawns easily while driving a Steed.
- Also spawns easily while driving a DF8-90.
- In TBOGT, in the mission Going Deep, there are several Admirals parked in the garage.
- Spawns frequently in multiplayer.
- Can be found at Francis International Airport and The Triangle in Single player.
- In TLAD, if you are driving an Ambulance it will spawn.
GTA Chinatown Wars
- Spawns commonly in traffic.
- The Triad variant is parked in certain areas in Cerveza Heights and outside of Kenny Lee's house.
- Used as a drug stash by certain drug dealers, however, it is locked.
- Near the entrance of your Cerveza Heights safehouse.
- In Wu Kenny Lee's warehouse in East Island City, close to East Borough Bridge.
- Ken Rosenberg's unique white Admiral appears in GTA Vice City's first mission Introduction.
- The Russians in GTA San Andreas drive these cars along with the Feltzer and the Sentinel
- It's named Admiral due to the car's luxury design (driven by admirals)
- In 3D Universe, it's revealed that Admiral competes with Sentinel. Like the real-life rivalry of Mercedes-Benz E Class with BMW 5 Series.
- The Admiral is the first vehicle seen in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
- The default radio stations for the Admiral are:
- GTA Vice City Stories: Flash FM, V-Rock or Emotion 98.3.
- GTA IV: The Journey.
- Since first appearing in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, it can be assumed that it is the predecessor of the Kuruma, since it does not appear in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.
- During the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City development, the car originaly had Grand Theft Auto III offroad rims.
- In GTA IV, you can see the Dundreary logo in the reverse lights.
- In GTA IV there is a wrecked version of the Admiral.
- In Chinatown Wars, it is one of the three cars that can be seen in 3D (Evidence Dash) along with the Enforcer (The Offshore Offload) and the Ammu-Nation Yankee. Its license plate is 488 BNZ.
- A black Admiral appears in the SPAS-12 shotgun trailer. [[3]]
- An Admiral appears in Manhunt 2.
- It shares the rim design with the Manana
- In GTA Vice City Stories, one may consider Admiral as the civilian version of the Taxi, as they utilize the same engine sound.


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Companies around the world spend up to $100 billion a year1 1. Bersin & Associates, figure for global spending, 2008. to train employees in the skills they need to improve corporate performance—topics like communication, sales techniques, performance management, or lean operations. But training typically doesn't have much impact. Indeed, only one-quarter of the respondents to a recent McKinsey survey said their training programs measurably improved business performance, and most companies don't even bother to track the returns they get on their investments in training.2 2. See "Building organizational capabilities: McKinsey Global Survey results," mckinseyquarterly.com, March 2010. They keep at it because a highly skilled workforce is clearly more productive and because employees often need new skills to deal with changes in an organization's strategy or performance.
Few companies see sustained benefits from training employees. There are some straightforward steps they can take to do better.
Given how important skilled workers are, companies must do better at creating them. When senior leaders focus on making training work—and get personally involved—improvement can come rapidly. The content of the training itself is not the biggest issue, though many companies could certainly improve it (see sidebar, "Getting training content right"). The most significant improvements lie in rethinking the mindsets that employees and their leaders bring to training, as well as the environment they come back to afterward. These are tasks only senior leaders can take on.
Adults learn in predictable steps. Before employees can master a new skill effectively, for example, they must be convinced it will help improve their organization's performance, recognize that their own performance is weak in that area, and then actually choose to learn.3 3. See Malcolm S. Knowles, Elwood F. Holton III, and Richard A. Swanson, The Adult Learner: The Definitive Classic in Adult Education and Human Resource Development, sixth edition, London: Elsevier, 2005. Yet most corporate training programs overlook these prerequisites and just assume that employees "get it." This approach is a big mistake because it allows normal patterns of skepticism to become barriers to learning. The results are familiar to anyone who has attended a corporate training event. Instead of approaching training as active learners, many employees behave as if they were prisoners ("I'm here because I have to be"), vacationers ("I don't mind being here—it's a nice break from doing real work"), or professors ("Everybody else is here to learn; I can just share my wisdom").
Getting training content right
Companies can sharpen the content of their training programs by applying a little common sense and attention to well-known practices in areas such as adult learning. Yet we find that these practices are often so obvious that executives don't bother to revisit them or measure performance against them, thus allowing training programs to drift away from best practice without anyone even realizing it. In our experience, five straightforward tips can help:
Many training programs frame their definition of success in terms of "things we want people to know" rather than "behavior we want to see." Consciously focusing on the latter objective helps planners to choose more appropriate content and to measure success afterward.
Focusing solely on functional skills (for instance, selling techniques, customer segmentation, or total-cost-of-ownership analyses) is a mistake. While vital, these "hard" skills often require "soft" ones (such as general leadership, change management, or communication) to make changes stick. Best-practice training programs interweave these soft skills seamlessly.
Adults learn best when applying newly acquired skills to solve real problems. Yet training programs rely heavily on lectures, role playing, and "war stories." At best, these methods raise the participants' awareness of important concepts, but they typically fail to transfer any actual skills. Active learning is the answer: great training programs encourage participants to practice new skills in the context of real-life situations or include projects that can noticeably improve an organization's results as learners build their skills.
It's difficult to create a meaningful learning experience for every trainee, given the frequent diversity of backgrounds, experience, and knowledge. Many companies deal with this problem by developing role- and tenure-specific programs, but even these can miss the mark because of individual strengths and weaknesses. What's more, many programs use precious in-person training time to impart basic knowledge that is often far too rudimentary for many participants. "Mass customization," which in this context often means using technology to help learners customize the focus and level of their lessons, but can also include tactics such as allowing individuals to choose different levels of training or giving them input into designing their training, allows employees to learn the basics online, ensures that groups have a level playing field for in-person training, and enables organizations to focus in-person training on the most important skills to drive business performance.
The most obvious skill gaps often occur in pockets of organizations, and companies rightly focus training energies on them. But don't overlook how training will affect employees elsewhere in a company. For instance, consider one that wants to improve its ability to conduct total-cost-of-ownership analyses and so trains its purchasing department in those skills. After beginning to use them, the purchasers may very quickly face resistance from colleagues in other departments affected by their decisions (say, a switch from one supplier to another), if colleagues don't understand why the purchasers are working differently or how to accommodate the changes.
To help ameliorate such problems, selected employees in the adjacent departments must be retrained in complementary skills. In a purchasing program, this might mean teaching product developers and people who find supplies for new products how to interpret total-cost-of-ownership analyses so they can set specifications that fit the new procurement strategy. Changes can go as far as altering the development of new products or launching processes to fit the new procurement system. Such a holistic approach helps to set the right expectations and to align employees collectively with the new behavior.
To avert these outcomes, companies must help employees to internalize the need for change and to develop the desire to gain the skills that will bring progress. The best method is to include trainees or their peers in determining what changes need to be made and why, thereby creating credible ambassadors for the effort. If this isn't possible, a similar purpose is served by beginning a training program with an analysis of the existing performance problems of the individuals or business units involved and of how the new skills will address these problems.
Consider the case of a retailer that knew its customer service and selling skills were relatively poor. In response, the company formed teams of district managers, customer service representatives, and salespeople to help it understand its current skill levels and to plan improvements. To observe good customer service, the teams visited high-performing organizations, such as the Ritz-Carlton. The teams also conducted mystery-shopping exercises, in which they did not reveal their corporate affiliations, at the stores of competitors, where they received mixed service at best, suggesting that service improvements could become a real competitive advantage. Teams also conducted exit surveys of the retailer's own customers to correlate the quality of their experience with how much they purchased and whether or not they intended to return to the store. And the teams observed hundreds of their colleagues in action—enough to believe that the company was not delivering a great customer experience and that change was necessary.
To improve customer service and selling, the teams then designed new processes and tools, including guidelines that helped salespeople translate product features into benefits that shoppers could relate to. Next, they began piloting the improvements at a few stores. The results were impressive—a double-digit leap in conversion rates and rising sales in important product categories. Better yet, after showcasing the results at a meeting of the company's retail managers and establishing the program's credibility, the teams found the managers clamoring for the chance to have training start at their stores.
Even when employees do learn what they're taught, they very often don't apply it. If this happens, the training will be wasted—no matter how good it is. Preexisting mind-sets are one frequent cause of this problem. Companies should therefore ferret out problematic mind-sets with the same rigor they put into diagnosing skill gaps.
For instance, a big-box retailer had been trying to increase its focus on customers for more than two years. It invested millions of dollars in teaching a five-step selling process, monitoring customer feedback, and rolling out e-learning programs to improve its employees' knowledge of the products it sold. Salespeople passed every certification test they were given yet still didn't use the new skills on the floor. Customer feedback and store performance remained lackluster.
To figure out why, the company conducted a mix of employee interviews, focus groups, and surveys. Two troubling mind-sets emerged. First, salespeople fundamentally believed that the behavior of shoppers had shifted, so that they now primarily browsed in stores and made most purchases online. Thus, employees associated attending to shoppers with a low payoff. Second, salespeople clung to age, gender, and racial stereotypes about which customers would make purchases—and tended to ignore the others. An examination of shopper survey, purchase, and conversion data proved both mind-sets false.
The company relaunched its training efforts, now grounded in an open discussion of these two mind-sets, using facts to dispel the myths and to build new enthusiasm for customer service. Salespeople began to apply the methods they'd already learned, which quickly drove a 150-basis-point improvement in conversion rates at the pilot stores and a 20 percent improvement in their net income.
To ensure that the lessons stick when training ends, companies must have meaningful support from the relevant leaders beforehand. This point sounds obvious, but we've seen many training programs stall when leaders agree with program goals in principle yet fail to reflect them in their own behavior, thereby signaling to employees that change isn't necessary.
For example, one industrial company noted a need to upgrade the skills of its marketing department. The HR staff launched a well-conceived program—based on a clear definition of the new skills good marketers must have—that included a curriculum developed by a leading university. In parallel, the company hired several employees who had the skills it was trying to foster and who would, presumably, help their colleagues develop them. After sending marketing staffers through the program, however, senior executives still expressed frustration with the department's capabilities. Worse, many marketers appeared to be spending time on things that weren't really marketing, such as resolving customer service breakdowns.
A closer examination revealed that the new marketing skills hadn't taken root, because the company hadn't trained the department's leaders, who lacked the necessary skills and could not be effective role models. Further, the leaders were not prepared to change the way they ran meetings, made decisions about branding or advertising programs, conducted performance dialogues, or coached others on marketing skills. Consequently, employees perceived that their bosses weren't particularly interested in having them apply the new skills and that they should continue to spend a significant amount of time on old activities, such as resolving customer crises.
Outcomes are much better when business leaders participate in the design and delivery of training programs and connect them to the new ways of working. For example, one consumer goods company hoping to bolster its marketing skills began by including senior managers from a range of functions in a detailed discussion about what marketing skills were needed. Marketing leaders then restructured the relevant processes—for instance, those related to generating customer insights—to leverage the program's content explicitly. To drive home the importance of implementing the new skills, company leaders went through the training first; many taught subsequent courses and also served as role models to reinforce the new behavior afterward. The program as a whole improved business performance tremendously, helping the company to shift from declining or flat unit volumes to double-digit volume growth and from stagnant net sales and operating-margin growth to a robust compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9 percent.
Participants rarely leave any training program entirely prepared to put new skills into practice. Old habits die hard, after all, so reinforcing and supporting new kinds of behavior after they are learned is crucial. Furthermore, companies typically expect employees to go back to work and figure out for themselves how to incorporate what they've learned into their day-to-day activities, which often take up all of their time as is.
This was a particular problem for a biotech company trying to beef up its poor performance-management skills. (Indeed, at the outset of the effort, performance management was so rudimentary that employees didn't even have job descriptions.) The company dedicated itself to improvement and trained all its managers in the necessary skills. But when those managers got back to work, they couldn't find the time to integrate performance reviews into their routines and got no help doing so. Two years later, nothing had changed, and all that the managers had learned was lost.
Contrast this experience with that of a large manufacturer also trying to improve its performance-management skills. The company had trained its frontline supervisors on coaching and on conducting better performance dialogues with line workers, and the supervisors had agreed to begin practicing the new skills immediately. The supervisors even had laminated cards they could use as "cheat sheets" to guide the conversations.
But back on the shop floor, a multitude of distractions, fires to fight, and other mundane barriers made it easy to slip back into old habits. In fact, a check-in later during the week when the training occurred revealed that the supervisors weren't practicing any of the new behavior. When company executives asked why, it became clear that the supervisors hadn't made the time—in part because the coaching and feedback conversations would be difficult but also because the supervisors felt management wouldn't support their efforts. Previous training exercises, the supervisors noted, had never been accompanied by follow-up.
To show that things would be different this time, the executives insisted that the conversations take place and even shadowed the supervisors on the shop floor to help them. While this was uncomfortable for everyone involved, the supervisors soon gained confidence using the new skills and began to see results. Indeed, within just two months, productivity, reliability, and safety performance had all improved, and the plant was able to produce 25 percent more output than it had in the past.
Measuring impact seems basic, but most companies simply don't do it. McKinsey research finds that only 50 percent of organizations even bother to keep track of participants' feedback about training programs. Worse, only 30 percent use any other kind of metric. What this means, of course, is that many companies essentially measure the effectiveness of training by asking the participants if they liked it. Besides the risk of encouraging "edutainment" over substance, the problem with this approach is that it penalizes programs that push people outside their comfort zones. What's more, it leaves HR departments and other developers of training programs flying blind about their impact. The solution, as we explain in a companion article, "Putting a value on training," is to track the impact of training programs against whatever hard business metric they are meant to improve. If that's not possible, measuring leading-edge indicators, such as actual behavior change, can provide insights.
Training can go wrong in all kinds of ways. But the most important failures occur outside the classroom. By focusing on creating a receptive mind-set for training before it happens—and ensuring a supportive environment afterward—companies can dramatically improve the business impact of their training programs.
Aaron DeSmet is a principal in McKinsey's Houston office, Monica McGurk is a principal in the Atlanta office, and Elizabeth Schwartz is an associate principal in the New Jersey office.
July 2010—Training programs generate greater value for organizations when the curricula reflect key business performance metrics. Testing real-world outcomes is crucial.more
August 2009—Instead of administrative work and meetings, they should focus on coaching their employees and on constantly improving quality.more
March 2010—Building organizational capabilities, such as leadership development or lean operations, is a top priority for most companies. However, many of them have not yet figured out how to do so effectively. The odds improve at companies where senior leaders are more involved.more
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Tour of Flanders 2012This weekend. My favourite classic. Can Fab blow them away again on the climbs, will someone sneak off into the distance whilst the favourites mark each other, will Tom outsprint them all?
Can't wait. Certified Brand Snob
Re: Tour of Flanders 2012Will Boonen and Cancellara cancel each other out ? Not sure if Greenedge have a rider for this one. Sagan is being pumped up but i reckon he doesn't have the form beat Tom or Fabian.
We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works (Douglas Adams)
Re: Tour of Flanders 2012It's gonna be a good one
Take a man fishing and feed him for a day, teach man to fish and feed him for a lifetime , teach a man to cycle and he'll realize that fishing is stupid and boring
Re: Tour of Flanders 2012I wouldn't write off the world number one cyclist - Gerrans... I was so impressed with his last victory and how he handled Cancellara
Re: Tour of Flanders 2012Looking fwd to the race, hoping to watch it either here in Korea at a mates place, or the recorded version at home
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Ohhh i would, especially as he isn't starting the race . Greenedge will be holding him and Albasini back till Amstel, Fleche Wallone and Liège–Bastogne–Liège. We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works (Douglas Adams)
Re: Tour of Flanders 2012Cancellara has gone down very hard and is out:(
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Re: Tour of Flanders 2012Is Sagan still dropped? looks like this is falling into Boonen's hands. Gilbert is looking pretty good.
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Re: Tour of Flanders 2012Langeveld (GreenEdge) gone in a nasty accident with a spectator
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Waiting to here how he is.
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When those 3 got away, it was a pretty good chance Boonen would be able to out sprint Ballan and Poz.
Re: Tour of Flanders 2012geez pippo was very close to dropping tommeke there. no cakewalk for the big guy but once it flattened out, he was always in the box seat.
i had a laugh at some of the commentary "tom's won it twice, but the fans refuse to refer to him as the lion of flanders" "that's cos he lives in sunny monaco, instead of training in the cold and sleet of flanders" "i think he enjoys the monaco lifestyle as much as the weather"
Re: Tour of Flanders 2012bummer about Cancellara, my hero. triple break of the clavicle. out of the classics for the rest of 2012.
Re: Tour of Flanders 2012I bet Pozzato and Ballan wish the Muur was there as much as I do. A longer climb there may have done Tom in but he was always going to get the sprint.
The new route lacked the excitement of the old one I reckon. Certified Brand Snob
Re: Tour of Flanders 2012Great to see GreenEdge register another major victory - their season has really been stellar so far... Too bad the men didn't do as well this time.
Tour of Flanders 2012I agree the new route didn't seem as exciting, visually at least.
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collar bone
Re: Tour of Flanders 2012How can a front wheel pop off so easy?
Re: Tour of Flanders 2012I was gutted to see Cancellara go down and out, my favourite rider.
I didnt think that this years race was anywhere near as good to watch, is last years route the 'normal' route? I know they changed it this year but has it always been the same before this year? I hope the organisers do not have the same route as this year again. Question...what are peoples opinion on the Langeveld incident?? Just a racing incident? I think it was rider error...at that speed why was he going down that way? The spectator had no where to go. How do you like them ******* apples???
Re: Tour of Flanders 2012^why did the spectator move?^
What about the driving from some of the team cars trying to get past the peloton I was disappointed that Pippo didn't counter after Ballan's attacks. He's ridden with and against Boonen enough to know how a sprint would end. FPR Ragamuffin
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he panicked after the peloton starting encroaching on his left, then found SL coming on his right. he shouldn't have been standing there at all, but SL was ambitious in moving onto the footpath(?)
the agreement between them was apparently that pippo wouldn't cover a ballan attack - if he got away, he could have the win, and that pippo was hoping that if boonen covered all ballan's attacks, he wouldn't have the legs in the sprint. didn't work obviously.
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