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Batman Vs Superman Gets Pushed Back a Year
January 22, 2014 - 05:30
David Konow
Okay, okay, we know what you're thinking…Enough with the Batman Vs Superman! We couldn't agree more. We're sick of it too, and the movie isn't even out yet. In fact, whoever's waiting for Batman Vs Superman is now going to have to wait a little longer, two and a half years longer in fact.
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The New Wonder Woman, Gal Gadot, Speaks
December 30, 2013 - 16:00
David Konow
Okay, so by now we all know that Batman Vs Superman is going to have more than Batman and Superman, in fact, the rumors are true that they've just cast Wonder Woman in the film.
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Will Joaquin Phoenix Play Lex Luthor?
December 20, 2013 - 13:00
David Konow
There's been so much in the news lately about Batman Vs Superman, and comic fans are bracing themselves for what could be a huge disaster. We're definitely keeping our minds open on this one, but there's already quite a few warning signs that should not be ignored, especially the Bat-casting of Ben Affleck.
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Are Superhero Films Overstuffing the Turkey?
December 16, 2013 - 16:00
David Konow
Comic book movies are still hot stuff for the moment, but there's definite danger signs ahead. The biggest one right now is Batman Vs Superman, which will also include Wonder Woman, possibly other heroes as well.
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Wonder Woman Is Indeed in Batman Vs Superman
December 6, 2013 - 05:00
David Konow
Another day, another rumor about the latest fanboy whipping boy, Batman Vs Superman, except this story is true: Wonder Woman is indeed in the movie.
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Could This Be the Plot of Batman Vs Superman?
November 20, 2013 - 03:00
David Konow
There's been recent speculation that several other superheroes will be appearing in Batman Vs Superman, which will hit theaters on July 17, 2015. Rumors were going around that Warner Brothers has been auditioning actresses to play Wonder Woman, and there was also speculation that Nightwing could be part of the story as well.
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Will Wonder Woman Sneak Her Way Into Batman Vs Superman?
November 10, 2013 - 12:00
David Konow
Batman Vs Superman doesn't have enough problems, now there's talk that Wonder Woman could be a part of it? We know Warner Brothers has wanted to get a Wonder Woman movie off the ground, but does cramming her into Batman Vs Superman solve anybody's problems?
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If You Were Ben Affleck, You'd Be Reluctant to Take on Batman Too
October 26, 2013 - 15:00
David Konow
This story is pretty self-explanatory…we'd all have second thoughts about taking on Batman. Who wouldn't love to run around wearing that suit, and get paid tens of millions of dollars to do it? Then again, Batman has a very rich, and varied history, and there will be enormous pressure not to screw it up.
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More Batman Vs Superman Details Emerge
October 23, 2013 - 12:00
David Konow
We understand that Warner Brothers wants to keep the Batman and Harry Potter franchises going as long as they can, but what about Wonder Woman? A potential Wonder Woman movie's been in the works for decades now, and at one point Joss Whedon was going to direct. There was also the announcement of Amazon, an origin story TV series, but there hasn't been any news on that lately.
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Batman Vs Superman Starts Shooting This Weekend
October 16, 2013 - 12:00
David Konow
We know, we know, we hear you loud and clear. We know that many of you, ourselves included, aren't nuts about Batman Vs Superman. In fact, it's the current fanboy whipping boy, and it's still a year and a half away from release.
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Ben Affleck Taking the Batman Hate in Stride
September 18, 2013 - 12:00
David Konow
It's always amazing to see how thin-skinned people in Hollywood can be. It takes an enormous amount of slogging through the trenches to get anywhere, and you'd think it would make people in Hollywood stronger, yet it's still full of whiny babies. Whether Ben Affleck is like this in private or not over his Batman casting, he's certainly putting up a brave front in public.
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Social landlords should provide nurseries to help single parents into work - report
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Social landlords should provide nurseries to help single parents into work - report
Around one in three of all households living in London council and housing association homes are headed by a single parent and only a third of those are in employment, according to new research published today.
The Centre for London's 'Home-Work: Helping London's Social Tenants into Employment' report argues that a key factor explaining the low rate of employment is the difficulty of finding flexible and affordable childcare in the capital. It argues that those responsible for housing associations and local authorities could do more to help parents who want to work secure affordable childcare – by, for instance, setting up nurseries themselves. Single mothers make up 94% of London's single parent social tenants.
The report argues that:
- Social tenants whose income goes up should pay progressively more rent, until they are paying a near open market rent. But the increase should be gradual and social tenants should be guaranteed a home for life – government proposals to impose a dramatic hike in rents for households earning more than £60,000 and end life-time tenancies could act as perverse incentives, discouraging work;
- Local authorities and housing associations should do more to help manage the risks of leaving benefits, going into work, and then going back on benefits, by creating a special fund on which tenants who lose work can draw;
- Social landlords should take a more rigorous approach to designing and evaluating into work services that they run. The large majority of social landlords now fund into-work services for their tenants – 80% provide training and skills development for their residents. But very few evaluate these in a systematic way.
Though the report focuses on London, its findings and recommendations have application across the country.
The findings of the research argue against the idea that providing needy people with a subsidised social home creates a culture of dependency.
The report also finds that:
- 40 percent of working-age Londoners who live in council or housing associations homes don't work, and that at least 1 in 4 London social tenants don't work and could, with the right support, be expected to work.
- Around 45% of working age social tenants in London are working compared with around 70% of private renters and around 80% of home-owners.
- When it comes to employment, London's social tenants are, in most respects, not doing any worse than social tenants elsewhere in the UK and in some respects they are doing better. So London's ethnic minority social tenants are more likely to work than those elsewhere. But there are many more single parent households in London than elsewhere (32% compared 25%) and single parents are significantly less likely to be employed (33% compared to 36%).
- This is part of a larger pattern. 60% of UK mothers work compared with only 43% of London mothers.
- Childcare is up to a third more expensive in London than elsewhere in the UK, with parents paying on average of £119 per week for a child under two.
- While all council and social housing association homes are subsidised, London homes are particularly heavily subsidised – rents on social homes are on average at least 50% lower than rents on equivalent private homes.
- Charging higher earning social tenants a higher rent, as proposed by the report, could, on a very conservative estimate, bring at least £200 million a year in additional revenue across England – money that could be used to build new homes and help social tenants into work.
- A recent national survey showed that while 80% of housing associations now offer tenants services aimed at developing their skills, only 12% offer help with childcare.
Ben Rogers, Director of the Centre for London said: "The best route out of poverty for those who can work is a well-paid job. It's no surprise that unemployment is higher among people who live in council or housing association homes when these homes go to the most vulnerable and needy people, including disabled people, and people in poor health. But London has a very large number of parents – especially single parents – in social housing who don't work. This is in part because of the very high costs of childcare in the capital – costs that have got higher over the last few years.
"Social landlords should explore ways of helping their tenants with childcare, by, for instance, running nurseries and youth clubs from their own premises."
James Gregory, one of the report's authors, said: "Social tenants benefit from highly subsidised rents, especially in London so it's not surprising that there are growing calls for higher earning social tenants to pay more. But we need to make sure that higher rents and end to life-time tenancies don't work to discourage tenants from working.
"At the same time, social landlords should look at ways of using some of the rent that working tenants pay to cushion the blow if they fall out of work and have to go back on benefits. Many low income people are put off looking for work by worries about coming off benefits and then losing their job, and finding themselves without job or benefits."
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1916: The Arizona Governor Who Refused to Leave Office
George Hunt contested the election all the way to the state Supreme Court after he lost by merely 30 votes.
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I have a newborn 3 weeks old and another one 15 mo. I totally understand you but in my case things are different. My mom visit us every day for few hours, she cleans the house, she cooks for us and for the older baby and in general she helps a lot. All that because I had a c-section and the doctor said that I should not pick up my older son for at least 6 weeks (he is heavy - 13 kilos already). What am I going to do afterwards? i am thinking to buy a ... sling! This way I will keep breastfeeding the baby and my hands will be free. I will separate a space in the living room for the older one so he will be able to play safely and I will keep using a playpen. Kinda hard measures but safety comes first.
I had my first 2 close together 17 months apart, and when I used to BF I would get a snack and a drink along with a few books for my oldest and I would have him climb on the couch and we would read and he would have snack with him brother, it was good bonding time for me to read to him. I also used one of those baby gate things to kee him in the living room with me (larned that lesson the hard way as one time he took his snack and went over buy the dogs food and water and shared all his snack witht the dog!!). I also used the swing a lot and put the baby down as much as I could, and I HAD to develope a feeding schedule for the baby in order to ge anything done.I was not a single parent but my hubby had no time off after the baby was born so I was on my own lots of days. It is very exhausting, and good luck those are some lucky babies to have a mom who loves hem so much.
I have a bag of activities coloring books, Water painting, Legos, play dough, stamps, ect that each time I nurse my LO we pick out an activity my daughter can do. These are special only for while I'm nursing. If she is still doing that activity when I'm done I don't remove it until she is finished or moves onto something else.
This has been working really good the last few weeks.
Also do you have a baby carrier? I've learned to nurse my LO in my Moby that way I can have my hands free to read a book to my daughter or sometimes accomplish something lite around the house.


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Demand Media Inc. ( DMD ): CEO and Chairman of the Board M. Richard Rosenblatt Sold 150,000 Shares
CEO and Chairman of the Board of Demand Media Inc. ( DMD ) Richard M. Rosenblatt sold 150,000 shares on 10/17/2012 at an average price of $10.11. Demand Media operates as a media company comprising of two distinct and complementary service offerings: Content & Media and Registrar. Demand Media Inc. has a market cap of $818.97 million; its shares were traded at around $9.63 with a P/E ratio of 481.5 and P/S ratio of 2.52.
Demand Media Inc. reported their 2012 second quarter financial results. The company reported total net income of $79.5 million and net loss of $2.4 million.
CEO and Chairman of the Board Richard M. Rosenblatt sold 400,000 shares of DMD stock in August, September and October. Chief Revenue and Marketing Officer Joanne K. Bradford sold 85,788 shares of DMD stock in May, June and September.
Is this related to the a potential disqualification from ICANN for the new top level domains they have applied for?
Sentiment: Sell
CEO's sell blocks of their shares "all the time" for various reasons. If you look at history, often the reasons have almost nothing to do with business operations and more to do with personal finances. Who knows why he sold his shares. The man just bought a multi-million dollar house and probably has a hefty mortgage. Or maybe he wants to buy a beach house in Hawaii.
Besides, before the sale, Rosenblatt held more than 3.5 Million shares of DMD. Now he has 3.2 million shares. Wouldn't you want to diversify a little if you're entire net worth was tied to one company? If he was that concerned with the future of DMD, I think he would have sold more of his shares by now.
Your post screams of the usual FUD misinformation that circulates these type of message boards. Obviously you are short and attempting to get shareholders to sell their shares. Have fun covering when this is back to $11 a share.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
I agree with sirallsworth. One can't read too much into a CEO selling a block of shares. Happens all the time to good and bad companies. Most of DMD shares are held by insiders. Look it up. The insider ownership is more than most companies. And the majority of those holders haven't sold, even when things were bad in 2011. So, the CEO sold less than 10% of over 3.5 million shares - big deal.
Non event in my opinion.


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How do I know this? Well, I only need to ask the experts at Teen Vogue.
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Thanksgiving and Black Friday have come and gone. So have Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday.
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Just looked at the Weather Page, It is snowing in Moria. It is probably hard to do but shouldn't the weather be more realistic?
(Unless Moria is the Mountain not just the Mines/Khazad-Dúm, And I thought the mines were in Caradhras, so It should have Caradhras instead of Moria, but the location counts as Moria.)


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The Weekly's World News: The Paper Looks to Central America and Comes of Age
Staff writer, news editor 1983-1984
Media columnist 1986-1988
News feature editor, staff writer 2001-2008
It was in late 1983 and I was working as news editor for the Weekly when founder and then-Editor Jay Levin called me into his office and immediately showered me with precisely the sort of brainstorm for which he was already notorious.
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At the time, the Reagan administration was funding a covert contra war in Nicaragua, propping up a bloody war-torn regime in El Salvador, training special forces in Honduras, and running secret operations out of Costa Rica, so this was hardly virgin territory. But talk about Demanding the Impossible. We were a growing but still a relatively modest weekly, with a tiny paid reporting staff and scant resources. And now we were supposed to out-report the Mainstream Media on the hottest foreign policy issue of the day?
Levin, almost alone among editors of America's alternative weeklies, had a burning passion for international coverage. When other metro weeklies were focused on music, movies and maybe the local gentrification generated by their own base of advertisers, Levin wanted to cover all of that plus half of the rest of the world. He never bought into the conventional wisdom that somehow when the sort of sophisticated Angeleno reader who was attracted to the Weekly picked up the paper, only the portion of his or her brain that concentrated on local affairs remained attractive.
And Levin put his money where his passion led him. He had already paid for expensive stories I had produced from Salvador and Nicaragua. We even had a staff writer, Ginger Varney, actually based in Honduras during that time. A cover story a year or so before by Greg Goldin had compiled the gruesome list of massacres perpetuated with U.S. support in El Salvador.
Within a handful of weeks, somehow, it all amazingly came together. We published a thick, dedicated Central American Primer edition with ground reports and analytical pieces from every hot spot in the region. And it wasn't just Weekly staffers and freelancers who pitched in. Our collection of pieces also included contributions from noted academics, including Norma Chinchilla and the late UCLA scholar E. Bradford Burns.
No one had ever seen anything like this before from an alt-weekly. And not too much since (with the exception of The Village Voice during a period in the '80s and early '90s). Thanks to Levin's startling idea and his fearlessness in breaking all the supposed rules of engagement for metro weeklies, the California Newspaper Publishers Association gave its 1984 prize for "Best Special Edition" to our Central American Primer.
It was that moment in history, I believe, that the Weekly — only about 5 years old — formally shed its skin as a funky, local throwaway and became a paper of gravitas, which demanded to be taken seriously.
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|Nov 13, 1990
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|Jan 4, 1990
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|Cal M. Phillips
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|Rts Trainer Corporation
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (36), Non-Patent Citations (2), Referenced by (17), Classifications (10), Legal Events (4)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This application is a continuation of my prior application U.S. Ser. No. 193,677filed May 13, 1988.
(1) Technical Field
This invention relates to bicycle stands for pedaling a bicycle while in an upright stationary position. In particular, the present invention relates to a stationary bicycle trainer (dual drive or singular drive) that accommodates any wheel base or size, has lockable quick release means, is light-weight and pivotally compact, and has a tensionable roller.
(2) Background Information
The prior art that relates to this invention are of two general types. They are either road travel simulators whereby both wheels of a bicycle engage one or more rollers causing both wheels to rotate when pedaling the rear drive or they are tri-pod like trainers for the rear of a bicycle that telescope and adjust in various ways to accommodate different size wheels and they are dual drive stationary trainers.
For stationary trainers, the art is headed in a technical direction utilizing computers for tracking time, distance, average speed, top speed, number of calories burned, heart rate, and even tracking previous workout comparisons. All these computer add-ons are a visual motivational means for a work-out and can be added to any bicycle. Motivation is a factor involved in any work-out and ease of hook-up of a bicycle to a trainer can either make or break the motivation.
The prior art pertaining to rear wheel trainers have all attempted to accommodate different size wheels and provide a collapsible quick-release trainer. Thus far, as evidenced in the marketplace, no such quick release trainer exists. The prior art that is truly quick release adds permanent structure to the bicycle for the quick hook-up; this has not been accepted in the marketplace.
The road travel simulators that have rollers for both the front and rear wheels are either too difficult to ride or too cumbersome for easy use. In the prior art most trainers have no tension on the rollers. There are very few patents on dual drive stationary trainers even though, in the marketplace, the trend is toward getting the upper body involved as well. As an example, U.S. Pat. No. 3,352,426 to Carlson discloses a horizontal and vertical adjustable rear wheel trainer. However, there is no means for tensioning the roller and there is no quick release means.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,421,308 to Nagy illustrates a common practice in the prior art with an attempt at a quick release means. Nagy permanently attaches extra structure to the axle of a bicycle to accomplish a quick release means. This is unacceptable in the industry because of added weight and no one wants to permanently attach anything extra to their bicycle. Nagy provides a roller for the rear wheel to rotate upon but fails to provide a means for tensioning the wheel.
Most of the supportive stand type trainers attach by some means to the axle and support the weight of the bicycle as well as the rider off the ground. The roller is then tightened down onto the tire to cause tension. The more pressure on the tire the harder the work-out. U.S. Pat. No. 3,735,981 to Mallin uses this method. This type of roller tensioning and off-the-ground support is a disadvantage in that it does not simulate road conditions and it puts undue stress on the axle as well as on the tire. Pushing against the tire as a means of tensioning the roller is not a good system. It causes unnatural wear on the tire.
In the past two years or so there have been some innovative computer hookups to bicycles and trainers alike that trace time, distance, speed, rpms, even heart rate. Most of these have sensors on the front wheel to take advantage of the short distance from the mounting area on the handle bars of the read out apparatus to the front wheel. Hence, there are cable length savings by not having the sensor on the rear wheel. These very popular read-outs are not possible when the rear wheel trainers are used. If a front and rear roller trainer is used, then distance can be accurately tracked. Most people who train usually ride "X" number of miles. This is a disadvantage for rear wheel trainers.
The prior art on roller trainers simulate road travel, but the average person cannot easily ride the prior art devices without lengthy practice because of lack of up-right support. See for example U.S. Pat. No. 3,871,648 to Maurer, III. While some roller trainers show some form of support, for example U.S. Pat. No. 4,415,152 to Smith and U.S. Pat. No. 4,580,983 to Cassoni et al., none have been widely accepted in the industry because of their cumbersome nature.
.U.S. Pat. No. 481,751 to Engler shows a trainer wherein the rear wheel is supported and rotatable on two small rollers and the front of the bicycle is supported by two uprights attachable to the front fork. The intent of this invention is for cleaning and displaying purposes. There is no means for tensioning the rollers. It appears to attach to the painted surface of the front fork, which is not desirable. This invention has no means to just support the rear wheel.
U.S. Pat. No. 591,969 to Hiekisch discloses a bicycle stand which is adapted to support the rear wheel of a bicycle. The apparatus does not appear to be adapted for training purposes. The intent of this patent is to provide a display stand for a bicycle. There is no means provided for tensioning of the wheel to simulate road travel; hence it is not meant for training purposes. Tools are required to adjust and tighten the nuts for axle width adjustments. The device of Hiekisch is not securable and lockable.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,805,860 to Littig discloses a bicycle roller trainer. The rear wheel of the bicycle is supported between two rollers. The bicycle is connected to the trainer by a clamp situated at a mid portion of the bicycle. It is not quick release and discloses no means for tensioning the rollers.
U.S. Pat. No. 2,972,478 to Raines discloses a rear wheel trainer. The rear wheel of a bicycle is supported by a stand having a roller located thereon. The device of Raines has a tensionable roller that adjusts to the wheel. The axle supports are not quick release and the tension is applied to the wheel of the bicycle and not the roller itself. If a child's bicycle were put on the stand, the rear wheel would be lifted far off the ground in an unnatural riding position. It is more desirable to lower the wheel to the roller. No means to lock the bike to the stand is disclosed in Raines.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,368,809 to Duane discloses a bicycle stand. The rear wheel of the bicycle is situated upon a roller.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,526,042 to Nelson discloses a motorcycle training apparatus. Both wheels of a motorcycle are supported by rollers. The front and rear support structure is connected with and endless chain.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,572,758 to Lee discloses a bicycle trainer. The rear wheel of a bicycle is supported between two rollers.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,589,717 to Alexander discloses a bicycle training apparatus wherein the rear wheel is supported by a roller.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,686,776 to Dahl discloses a motorcycle riding simulator. The front and rear tires are supported by rollers which are connected by an endless chain.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,724,844 to Olmstead et al. discloses a bicycle training device for the rear wheel of a bicycle. The tension is applied to the tire and not the roller. It has no quick release means and has fastening means attached to painted surfaces of the bicycle. These are all undesirable characteristics. Also, a childs bicycle tire would not reach the roller.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,866,908 to Hangler discloses a bicycle conversion stand. The tri-pod like trainer for the rear wheel of the bicycle is situated upon a roller. Tension is applied by tightening the roller to the bicycle tire. This does not allow smooth rotation of the rear wheel. There is no quick release means. Also, a childs bicycle could not be used on this trainer, hence, all wheels cannot be accommodated.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,021,034 to Olesen discloses a stand for converting a conventional bicycle for indoor exercising. The stand includes a roller supporting the rear wheel.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,026,546 to Omori discloses a bicycle pedal stand. The rear wheel of the bicycle is supported by rollers.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,082,265 to Berkes discloses a bicycle supportive system. The front and rear wheel of a bicycle are supported by rollers. There is structure attached to the bicycle seat support for securing the bicycle on the system. This invention suffers from lack of quick release means and lack of means to tension the rollers. There is also lack of adjustment for children size wheel bases.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,082,308 to Hug discloses a bicycle type of training apparatus. The rear wheel of the bicycle is supported between two rollers. The bicycle is secured to the apparatus by means of support rods attaching to the bicycle frame.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,262,899 to Alvarez discloses a rear wheel trainer where the tension is applied by sliding the roller closer and tighter to the tire of a bicycle. This is accomplished by kicking the slider and is not an acceptable means of accurate tensioning.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,423,863 to Figueroa discloses an exercising device. A dual drive bicycle is mounted on an exercising device where untensionable rollers are applied to top portions of front and rear tires.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,565,365 to Barkhurst discloses an exercise device. A stand for a bicycle supports the rear wheel of the bicycle between two rollers. Upright support members attach to the bicycle seat support frame member.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,593,898 to McLerran et al. discloses a bicycle exercising means and method. A rear wheel of a bicycle is supported by a stand. A flywheel is applied to a side of the rear tire to provide drag. The flywheel is slidably adjustable to provide more or less centrifugal force to tension the wheel; while innovative, the device of McLerran et al. is cumbersome. Also, different fittings are necessary to accommodate different hubs. The invention suffers from lack of quick release means and lack of means to tension the rollers. There is also lack of adjustment for children size wheel bases.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,595,194 to Previtali discloses a bag portable bicycle training apparatus. A foldable bicycle trainer has structure to support a rear wheel of a bicycle wherein the bicycle tire rests upon a roller. Previtali falls to provide a true quick release means. His type of axle attachment is not convenient nor quick to install or release. This type of attachment, during use, further tightens itself onto the axle and is then impossible to detach without the use of a tool. There is no means to attach the very popular wind load simulator fan for a means of tensioning.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,596,386 to Sackl discloses an exercise device. A rear wheel of a bicycle is supported between two rollers.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,648,597 to Adler discloses a bicycle support device. What appears to be a jack stand is connected to the bicycle frame near the pedal crank. The stand has a roller in frictional engagement with a side of a tire.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,674,742 to Baatz discloses a windload simulator for a bicycle. A stand is provided for supporting the rear wheel of a bicycle off the ground. A windload simulator has a roller in frictional engagement with the top portion of a tire. Baatz fails to provide a quick release means. This means of tension on the wheel simulates wind load, but it fails to simulate a steep hill climb.
In conclusion, it becomes fairly obvious from studying the market and the prior art that the bicycle riding public would like to have several important features. The most important feature being a quick and painless release means. The prior art tries to accomplish this in various ways that is thus far unacceptable in the marketplace. Another important feature that is sought is a means of accommodating any size wheel and wheel base. Yet another feature that is attempted in the prior art is a means of tensioning the wheel to simulate road travel.
The aforementioned prior art suffers from complexity or cumbersome mounting methods or lack of portability. There is a long felt but unsolved need in the prior art for a bicycle trainer wherein any bicycle may be easily mounted and various terrain simulated.
The beauty of some inventions is in their simplicity. Simplicity allows for ease of manufacture and pleasing aesthetics. The present invention has a substantially horizontal frame which telescopes at a couple of points to provide a support for various lengths of bicycles. There is a pair of pivotal upright supports between which a rear bicycle wheel is situated. A bicycle wheel is placed between the upright supports and the bicycle hub is captured by certain structure located on the upper most ends of the uprights. Once captured and secure, the rear bicycle wheel is then allowed to move forwardly while the uprights pivot about the frame forwardly to bring the tire to rest on a roller. The pivotal uprights allow for various bicycle wheel diameters.
The structure used to capture the hub comprises a quick release, spring loaded, cam actuated socket opposed by a screw socket. The quick release is situated on one upright and the screw release is situated on the other upright. It should be noted that two opposed quick release apparatus may be used but in practice, it has been discovered that, in fact, only one quick release structure is needed. Once the initial fitting for the screw release has been set, only the quick release structure is manipulated, unless, of course, a different sized bicycle is used. In operation, the hub of the bicycle is held between the capturing structure and the screw socket is extended to fit about the hub nut. The opposed quick release structure is put into place and the bicycle wheel is then captured.
The quick release comprises a piston axially slidable in a housing. The housing and the axis of the piston are perpendicular to the pivotal upright supports. The piston is slidable both towards and away from the opposed screw socket. On the surface of the piston facing the opposed screw socket is a socket for capturing the bicycle wheel hub. The surface of the piston facing away from the opposed screw socket is acted upon by a cam. Attached to the cam is a lever for manually actuating the cam. As the lever is raised or lowered, the cam urges the piston forward or a spring bias attached to the cam pulls the piston rearward. The cam is lockable so that a bicycle wheel may be secured from theft when locked on the invention.
Once the bicycle wheel has been secured and the uprights pivoted forward to bring the bicycle tire into a resting place on the roller, training may take place. A bicyclist may mount the bicycle and pedal away. The roller is tensionable so that varying degrees of torque are necessary to pedal the bicycle. Tension is provided by a brake with pad which is rotated on a portion of the roller axle towards or away from the roller. The more pressure the brake pad exerts on the roller the more force is necessary to make the pedals of the bicycle rotate. The manipulation of the roller brake is by a push-pull cable accessible while the rider is on the bike.
The invention contemplates adapting to a double drive bicycle currently disclosed in commonly owned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 031,745, filed March 30, 1987. (incorporated herein by reference). Thus, if one were to desire to train with a dual drive bicycle, the invention provides support structure for the front wheel which is substantially the same as the structure for supporting the rear wheel. The horizontal frame portion is telescoped to the appropriate length of the bicycle. Both the front and the rear wheels are secured. Both the front and rear tires are resting on rollers. Preferably, the front roller is not provided with a brake. Rather, the rear roller is connected to the front roller by an endless belt. Thus, rotation of the foot pedals of the bicycle rotates the rear wheel, whereupon the tire rotates the rear roller. Rotation of the rear roller rotates the front roller along with the front tire and wheel. Tension that is applied to the rear roller is transmitted to the front roller by the endless belt. Because the bicycles may vary in length, the endless belt is spring biased to provide resistant play at an anchoring point.
The invention can be adapted as a bicycle carrier mounted on a car. The invention may be placed upon the roof of a car and straps may be used to secure the frame to the roof gutters or side windows. A bicycle may be placed in the trainer and the bicycle and trainer may be driven away, neat and secure.
The invention may be adapted for a group exercise situation. A plurality of trainers may be connected in adjacent fashion where there is sharing of common frame members. Groups of enthusiasts may train together. Such a plural training apparatus may be set up at playgrounds. Of course, materials should be used to construct the plural arrangement such that compatibility with the outside elements is provided.
It is an object of this invention to provide a support stand for a bicycle that is inexpensive to manufacture, lightweight and portable and has many applications.
It is a further object of this invention to provide a quick release mechanism that literally takes just seconds for set up and take down without attaching anything permanently to the bicycle.
It is a further object of this invention to provide a stand with a tensionable roller to be used as a stationary trainer for a front or rear wheel or a bicycle.
It is a further object of this invention to provide a locking means to a quick-release stand for a bicycle so as to be able to secure the bicycle to a permanent stand.
It is a further object of this invention to provide a bicycle stand that has pivotal legs which first engage the axle of a bicycle and then pivot and lower the weight of the bicycle to the roller. The weight of the bike and rider is on the roller and the axle. This is an advantage in that it exactly simulates what happens on the road. Pressure on the tires is exactly simulated, therefore road friction is the same.
It is a further object of this invention to provide a tensioning means to the roller, (not the tire) from zero tension to enough to stop the rider, therefore simulating any terrain.
It is a further object of this invention to provide a supportive stand or stands that are similar in nature that when they are attached by means of two bars and a pulley, combine to form a supportive, tensionable, road travel roller simulator that accommodates any size wheel base (childrens as well as adult bikes) and accurately, by the use of a computer, tracks distance, time, heart rate, calories burned, and any other computer tracking known to bike trainers.
It is a further object to provide a quick release, lockable roof rack for a car by means of straps and gutter clips.
It is a further object to provide a dual drive "stationary bicycle", (front and rear drive), that closely simulates road travel and that has tensionable rollers connected by a belt, so that if the rear drive or the front drive is under power both wheels spin.
.It is a further object of this invention to provide a quick release supportive stand for the front wheel of a bicycle, or the rear wheel of a bicycle that is securable and lockable.
These and other further objects and features of the invention are apparent in the foregoing and ongoing specification claims and drawings.
While the specification concludes with claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming the subject matter that is regarded as forming the present invention, it is believed that the invention will be better understood from the following description accompanied by the following drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is an elevated perspective of a single bicycle wheel trainer;
FIG. 2 is an elevated perspective showing a bicycle mounted on the apparatus of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the apparatus of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a side plan view in partial cutaway of the quick release means;
FIG. 5 is another front plan view the apparatus of FIG. 4 showing the quick release means in a fully extended position;
FIG. 6 is a front plan view of a tensionable roller partial cutaway;
FIG. 7 is a front plan view of a non-tensionable roller in partial cutaway;
FIG. 8 is a top plan view of a dual drive bicycle trainer;
FIG. 9 is an elevated perspective of the apparatus of FIG. 8;
FIG. 10 is an elevated perspective of the apparatus of FIG. 9 showing a dual drive bicycle mounted thereon;
FIG. 11 is a top plan view of a series of trainers as shown in FIG. 3;
FIG. 12 is an elevated perspective showing a trainer such as shown in FIG. 3 with only a front wheel drive of a bicycle mounted thereon; and
FIG. 13 is an elevated perspective of another embodiment of the invention.
The best mode for practicing the invention is disclosed in FIGS. 1-13. The invention is a device for mounting a bicycle which enables a bicyclist to ride the bicycle in place. Structure and function is supplied for varying drive load of the bicyclist, whereby a variable terrain is simulated.
Referring to FIG. 1, there is shown a frame consisting of a base portion, comprising two mutually spaced front and rear substantially horizontal frame members 141 and 142. Two parallel spacing bars 148 and 150 connect said front and rear base members. Connecting frame members 141 and 142 are substantially horizontal frame members 148 and 150. The connecting of the frame members is performed by any suitable method well known to those ordinarily skilled in the art. Cushion members 162, 164, 166 and 168 are provided to protect the ends of frame members 141 and 142 to protect a flat surface having the frame structure resting thereon.
Coaxial sleeve 140 is mounted on the rear base member frame member 141 and is rotatable thereabout. Elements 178 and 179 are bolts to tighten sleeve 140 to frame member 141. Upright frame extensions 36 and 37 (hereafter known as legs) are fixedly and perpendicularly attached to coaxial member 140. Legs 36 and 37 support a bicycle wheel axle. Once leg position for particular bicycle is found, then 178 and 179 are tightened and this position is maintained for convenience. If various size bicycles are in constant use, then 178 and 179 are not used. It should be noted that there are various ways to attach the base portion of the frame and still maintain the advantageous pivotability that allows the accommodation of all wheel sizes in the bicycle industry. FIGS. 8 and 13 provide examples of such embodiments.
Quick release means are provided at the terminal end of leg 36. The quick release means are more fully described in FIG. 4. Handle 18 is attached to cam 20. Cam 20 rotates through slot 38 to urge piston 26 having socket 30 located at the end towards the opposed upright leg 37.
Towards the terminal end of leg 37 is a threaded release means 48, 50. Threaded member 50 is rotated to urge the end of the threaded member bearing a socket 48 towards the opposed upright leg 36. It should be noted that socket 48 is threaded to a distance that works in cooperation with the throw of ca 20. Once this distance is determined for a particular bicycle, the quick release mechanism is the only thing necessary to operate to engage or disengage the bicycle.
Threaded socket member 48 and cam actuated socket member 30 are adapted to capture and hold securely the hub of a bicycle wheel. Lever 18 is attached in a fixed manner to cam 20. To release a bicycle from the stand, the lever 18 is moved in a position as in FIG. 4.
Rod 15 is attached to leg 37. At the end of rod 15 there is mounted a tension lever 14. Lever 14 pushes or pulls push-pull cable 12 which is attached to tensionable roller 2. Tensionable roller 2 is better shown in FIG. 6.
Referring to FIG. 2, a bicycle is shown mounted on the apparatus of FIG. 1. The rod 15 is shown in close proximity to the seat of the bicycle; this is for easy access by a rider to adjust tension on the roller. As the pedals 192 are rotated by a bicyclist situated on the bicycle of FIG. 2, the rear wheel of the bicycle rotates tensionable roller 2.
Typically, the hub of the bicycle is captured by the sockets 30 and 48, whereupon the legs 37 and 36 are pivoted forward to bring the tire in a resting position upon the roller 2. This method of engaging the axle of a bicycle then pivoting forward and lowering the bicycle to the roller accomplishes two things: one, it is the means of accommodating all wheel sizes; and two, it saves the step of adjusting the roller to the wheel.
Referring to FIG. 3, there is shown the apparatus of FIG. 1 from an elevated plan perspective. The frame comprises rear member 141 connected to front member 142 by connecting and spacing rods 148 and 150. Coaxial with rear frame 141 and rotatable thereabout is coaxial sleeve 140. Set screws 178 and 179 allow for fixing of the position of coaxial sleeve 140 about rear frame member 141.
It is preferred that the screw socket member 50, 48 be adjusted to capture one side of a bicycle hub, whereupon the quick release member having socket 30 may be quickly moved to capture the other side of the bicycle hub.
Referring to FIGS. 4 and 5, the quick release means is fully shown. Lever or handle 18 is attached in fixed manner to cam wheel 20. As the cam wheel 20 is rotated in counter clockwise manner through groove 38, the camming surface abuts piston end 24 to urge piston 26 through upright bicycle axle support 36. A channel defined by walls 42 and 44 in the housing 16 is adapted to slidably receive the piston 26. It is preferred that a spring bias 28 be connected to quick release housing 16 and piston 26 to resist the urging of the piston through channel 42, 44 towards a bicycle hub.
On the end of piston 26 is located socket 30. Socket 30 is provided with a slot 34 which longitudinally extends partially through the slot socket. Slot 34 is to adapt to a quick release lever which may be present on a bicycle hub. The end of the socket 32 is concave to receive a nut or other hub attaching structure. The housing of the quick release means 16 is shown extending through the upright 36 with the opening around the socket 46 slightly larger then the diameter of the piston 26.
In FIG. 5, the piston 26 is shown being fully extended towards a hub. The spring 28 is shown in compressed mode. Thus, the spring bias 28 urges the piston back towards the position of FIG. 4. Pin 40 attaches lever 18 to cam 20. Hole 41 on the cam wheel 20, when in the position of FIG. 5, may be aligned with a hole in housing 16 wherein a latchbolt detent may be used to hold the configuration of FIG. 5 in place.
FIG. 6 fully discloses the tensionable roller. The roller drum 2 is adapted to have a bicycle tire rest thereon and rotate therewith. Frame upright 100 and 102 are axle supports. Axle supports 100 and 102 support axle 88. The axle supports 100 and 102 are attached to the front frame 142 in much the same manner that hub supports 37 and 36 are attached to rear frame member 141. Axle 88 has threaded ends 96 and 82 which are received in axle supports 102 and 100. The ends of the axle 88 are secured with fastening elements 72 and 98. The connecting of the axle supports is performed by any suitable method well known to those skilled in the art.
Roller drum 2 is journaled onto axle 88 by way of bearings 92 and 86. Preferably, bearings 92 and 86 are fixably mounted in the ends of roller drum 2. Bushing 90, being coaxial to axle 88 acts as a spacer between bearings 86 and 92. Bushing 94 acts as a spacer between bearing 92 and axle support 102.
Tensioning member 67 is preferably a thick disk threadably mounted on exteriorly threaded sleeve 78. Sleeve 78 is fixably mounted on axle 88. There is an indentation in sleeve 78 at point 80 to indicate that sleeve 78 is fitted to a portion of the arc of the circumference of axle support 100. Point 94 of sleeve 78 shows the arcuate fit. The arcuate fit prevents movement of sleeve 78.
Situated between tensioning member 67 and roller drum 2 is friction pad 60. Friction pad 60 may be fixedly attached to either the roller drum 2 or the tensionable member 67.
In operation, push-pull cable 12 is connected to tensioning member 67 by way of threaded fastener 68 and 69. The push-pull cable 12 rotates tensioning member 67 on threaded sleeve 78 either towards roller drum 2 or away from roller drum 2. Groove 64 defined by walls 66 and 68 on tensioning member 67 defines the area confining push-pull cable 12. When tensioning member 67 is urged towards roller drum 2, braking occurs. Thus, hilly terrain is simulated.
FIG. 7 discloses a roller drum 8 which is not tensionable. Roller 8 acts as a momentum weight when the bicycle is not under power. The roller of FIG. 7 may be used for a road travel simulator as in FIG. 8 on the forward section of the trainer.
The rollers of FIGS. 6 and 7 may be connected by way of an endless belt such as a V-belt positioned in groove 52 of FIG. 6 and groove 128 of FIG. 7. Connecting features 104, 106, 136 and 138 of the axle supports of FIGS. 6 and 7 is an indication of affixed attachment means.
FIG. 8 shows a dual supportive bicycle trainer adapted for two wheel drive simulation to closely simulate actual riding conditions whether on a single rear drive bicycle or on a dual drive bike. Rollers 2 and 8 are connected by endless belt 10 so that when either wheel is under power both wheels will spin. The rear wheel trainer is attached to the front wheel trainer by way of extension connecting members 152 and 154. Connecting members 152 and 154 are shown broken to indicate there may be considerable more extension then shown in FIG. 8.
Roller 8 is the structure disclosed in FIG. 7. The V-belt 10 is situated in a pulley 200 which is attached to a bracket 198 having spring connecting hole 196 located thereon. Spring 11 maintains tension on belt 10 when connected to frame member 160 by way of fastening element 161. The front wheel drive portion of the trainer of FIG. 8 is much the same as the rear wheel trainer section disclosed in FIG. 3. An expandable rubber band could be used to connect said rollers and said rubber band could be expandable enough to accommodate most wheel bases.
The front section has a quick release means 30 and a screw release means 49. It should be stated that it is conceivable that the opposed axle hub capturing apparatus disclosed in this invention may include two opposed quick release means.
The bicycle axle hub supports 36 and 37 on the rear part of the trainer and the bicycle axle hub supports 70 and 71 on the front part of the trainer of FIG. 8 are shown to be connected to frame supports 140 and 146 in a slightly different manner than what is disclosed in FIG. 3. In FIG. 8, axle supports 36 and 37 are shown to be pivotal around frame number 140 in such a manner that frame member 140 extends through and between the bicycle hub supports 37 and 36.
FIG. 9 shows the apparatus of FIG. 8 from a perspective point of view.
FIG. 10 shows a bicycle having a front wheel drive mounted on the apparatus of FIG. 9. This "Dual Drive Stationary Bicycle Trainer" enables the rider to work all muscle groups in an aerobic manner. Being that tensionable roller 2 is connected to roller 8 by means of a belt 10, someone could conceivably just work the upper body while on this trainer and do so under varied selected tensions. One could also do the same for the legs or one could work both upper and lower body.
FIG. 11 shows how a series of apparatuses shown in FIG. 3 may be set up. It is conceivable that the apparatus in FIG. 11 can accommodate a large number of bicycles and would be well suited for a fitness center or even a playground. The rollers would be optional for the playground mode if a plural bike stand is desired.
FIG. 12 shows how the bicycle trainer can be adapted for only a front wheel drive system and also illustrates how the apparatus can be used as a quick release supportive stand that is lockable.
Referring now to FIG. 13, there is shown another preferred embodiment illustrating another way to pivot legs forward and another area to attach the roller and tensioning means. This embodiment differs from that of FIG. 1, because spacing bars 148 and 150 now attach to legs 37 and 38, and forward and backward pivot motion occurs at the attachment juncture 196 and 197. The attachment juncture 196 and 197 is pivotal or rotatable and secures spacing bars 148 and 150 to legs 37 and 38. Axle 190 acts as axle for momentum weight 202 and wind load simulator fan 194. Axle 190 also acts as a rotatable roller to be engaged by a bicycle tire. Threads 194 on axle roller 190 threadably engage and disengage wind load simulator 192 to offer the option of having wind tension. Bolts 198 and 200 attach roller axle to spacing bars 148 and 150. Roller axle 190 consists of a hollow bar journaled onto an internal axle by means of rotational bearings. Element 173 are securing holes and bolts that secure frame to the floor surface. Element 39 is latchbolt detante that cooperates with hole 41 of FIG. 4 to lock quick release in place. Element 64 is the same tensioning device of FIG. 6 and works in the same manner to tension momentum weight. Momentum weight 202 is used to simulate actual road conditions, e.g., when pedaling a bicycle down a street and one suddenly stops pedaling, momentum keeps the wheels moving. This weight 202 accomplishes somewhat the same affect when on a trainer; it keeps the wheel from coming to an abrupt stop when pedaling is stopped. In FIG. 1, roller 2 acts as momentum weight.
The embodiment of FIG. 13 takes advantage of the popular wind load simulator, yet gives the option of using quieter tensioning device 67. Pivot action of upright legs 37 and 38 actually moves rear base support 141 forward or backward while the front base support remains stationary.
As this invention may be embodied in several forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof, the present embodiment is therefore illustrative and not restrictive, and since the scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims, all changes that fall within the metes and bounds of the claims or that form their functional as well as their conjointly cooperative equivalents are therefore intended to be embraced by those claims.
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|Fairy Tale Police Department
|Created by
|Ron Isaak
Leora Kamenetzky
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|David Evans
Karl Zwicky
|Voices of
|Sarah Aubrey
Maggie Dence
Drew Forsythe
Nick Jasprizza
Rachel King
Keith Scott
|Theme music composer
|Clive Harrison
|Opening theme
|"Fairy Tale Police Department"
|Ending theme
|"Fairy Tale Police Department" (Instrumental)
|Clive Harrison
|Country of origin
|Original language(s)
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|Executive producer(s)
|Ron Isaak
Thorsten Wegener (for Victory)
Cathrin Diez and Andre Kussmaul (co-executive producers)
|Rodney Whitham
Christian Heuermann (for Victory)
Leora Kamenetzky, Liran Talit, and Yehuda Talit (for Talit)
|Roger Grant
Strutts Psyridis
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Victory Media Group
EM.TV & Merchandising AG
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Fairy Tale Police Department is an Australian animated series, produced by the company Yoram Gross-EM.TV in co-production with EM.TV & Merchandising AG, Victory Media Group, and Talit Communications. It aired on Seven Network at various times.
The series takes place in Fairy Tale Land, when a fairy tale messed up, the cops Johnny Legend Fantasy and Christine Anderson come to fix it.
- Christine Anderson - A smart, hard-working and patient lady cop and one of two main characters of the show. Christine is the most level-headed and intelligent of the two and takes her job seriously as a cop. She always wants to get the job done right and hates it when an interference or distraction occurs (mostly caused by Johnny's clumsiness and awkwardness). She is partners with Johnny, although she dislikes his behaviour she does see him as good cop and friend. She often wears and dark blue jacket with purple pants and has dark orange hair. Her name was slightly similar to Hans Christian Andersen, a Danish author who wrote fairy tales.
- Johnny Legend Fantasy - Christine's childish, cowardly and clumsy partner who is easily distracted from work; he prefers to style his hair with a comb that he always carries around in his pocket than solve a crime. Johnny's clumsiness and inability to focus properly mostly gets the pair in trouble which is something that he is not often aware of. Although he acts cowardly, he can be serious at times but only in the most extreme of circumstances (or if he wants to).
- Wanda - A clumsy fairy who struggles with magic, which can be troublesome at times. Wanda is also somewhat careless and distracted like Johnny and takes a while to get her spells right. Wanda's magic words are usually "Wanda Winkle" and was one of the good fairy godmothers from the Sleeping Beauty story. Wanda is friends with Cinderella's fairy godmother, Agatha and is enemies with Nancy the bad fairy also from Sleeping Beauty.
- Chief Horace White - The grumpy, overbearing and no-nonsense chief of F.T.P.D Station. He is easily annoyed and Johnny's childish awkwardness and carelessness often puts him on the edge of the chief's temper.
- Claude - A scientist frog who says he's really a prince, is intelligent enough, but his ideas and inventions are sometimes useless and ridiculous.
- Pinocchio - A fairy tale character who works at F.T.P.D. Like the original Pinocchio, his nose grows longer if he tells a lie.
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- Pinocchio: Puppet in Peril (Pinocchio)
- The Frog Prince Riddle (The Frog Prince)
- Black Day for Snow White (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)
- No Kiss for Sleeping Beauty (Sleeping Beauty)
- Little Pigs' House of Trouble (The Three Little Pigs)
- The Emperor's New Clues (The Emperor's New Clothes)
- Big Trouble for the Little Tailor (The Brave Little Tailor)
- The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly Duckling (The Ugly Duckling)
- The Beauty & The Beast Bungle (Beauty and the Beast)
- Rumpelstiltskin's Last Straw (Rumpelstiltskin)
- The Glass Slipper Caper (Cinderella)
- The Trials of The Tin Soldier (The Steadfast Tin Soldier)
- Musicians of Bremen Mystery (Town Musicians of Bremen)
- No Pea for A Princess (The Princess and the Pea)
- Who'll Help Hansel & Gretel (Hansel and Gretel)
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice Spells Trouble (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
- The Hair-Raising Rapunzel Case (Rapunzel)
- The Big Beanstalk Break-In (Jack and the Beanstalk)
- The Pied Piper Puzzle (The Pied Piper)
- Trouble Afoot for Puss in Boots (Puss in Boots)
- Aladdin and the Lost Lamp (Aladdin)
- Wrong Way For Little Red Riding Hood (Little Red Riding Hood)
- Ali Baba and The Faulty Thieves (Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves)
- The Curious Kidnapping of Thumbelina (Thumbelina)
- The Fishy Tale of The Little Mermaid (The Little Mermaid)
- A Fairy Tale Ending


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VENICE - Members of the Venice City Council often express frustration about how long it takes to get traffic light requests approved by the state.
They say they wait months and months for a response from the Florida Department of Transportation.
So when the state approved a turn signal on the U.S. 41 Bypass within a few weeks of its request, the Bay Indies Homeowners Association expressed delight and astonishment.
"It's a tremendous accomplishment and it was done remarkably quickly and smoothly," association president Anthony Pinzone said.
Richard Lovelace, the association's second vice president, raised the issue with Pinzone on Feb. 1.
Drivers on the bypass wanting to turn left onto Albee Farm Road, which leads to an entry for Bay Indies, often have to wait through two light cycles before northbound traffic lessens enough for them to get through.
To avoid the hassle, some Bay Indies residents instead cut through a shopping plaza parking lot and use Johnson Lane to get to Albee Farm Road, Lovelace said.
On Feb. 3, Pinzone told the City Council at a Town Hall meeting about Bay Indies' interest in getting a directional signal. Although he is not aware of anyone in the retiree community of 1,309 manufactured homes being in an accident at the intersection, Pinzone said, residents regard turning left there as troublesome and potentially dangerous.
City Council members then told Pinzone about their difficulties in getting a prompt response from the FDOT for their signal requests.
At the urging of council member Jeanette Gates, council member Jim Bennett — the city's representative on the Sarasota-Manatee Metropolitan Planning Organization — has been asking the FDOT for a left turn light onto Indian Avenue at Tamiami Trail. Gates insists it is needed for students to more safely get to Venice High School on Indian Avenue.
The FDOT is still looking into that request.
When he suggested the possible addition of a turn signal on the Bypass, "they (council members) said, 'Good luck,' " Pinzone remembered.
After the Town Hall meeting, Pinzone started making telephone calls to various traffic management officials.
On Feb. 14, he and association secretary Veronica Wasserman wrote Sarasota County Commissioners Charles Hines and Christine Robinson, both of whom are Venice residents, asking for their assistance.
That prompted a flurry of back-and-forth correspondence between Pinzone, the commissioners and county engineer Jim Harriott. And on Feb. 27, Pinzone received a copy of a letter from Harriott to Robinson stating that the FDOT approved installation of the turn signal.
County crews will install the signal as soon as the state provides the equipment, FDOT communications specialist Robin Stublen said.
The light should be operational within a few weeks.
Regarding the city's request for that turn signal at Indian Avenue, "I was told this should be approved at some point," Stublen said. "No estimate as to when this will happen."
"We just need to get it," Gates said. "It seems to me it won't even happen by the end of the school year."
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