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Safety Restore TRUSTED BUSINESS | Ripoff Report Verified™ …businesses you can trust. Safety Restore the world's leader in post-accident restorations specializing in seat belt repairs and airbag modules. Safety Restore has the largest supply of OEM parts coming directly from the manufacturer. Safety Restore will restore the safety in your vehicle and saving you money.45 meadow st westfield, Massachusetts USA
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safety restore Artem Martynyuk Liars and thiefts. They don't want to return my seatbelt. westfield Massachusetts
This company is full of liars and thiefts. I send my seatbelt to them on march 26 and on april 6 I started calling them to find out when I will receive my seat belt back. First time I spoke with Clark who assured me that everything is ok and they will ship my seat belt next day. BIG LIE!!!!Starting april 7 I start calling them everyday, they will not aswer the phone or block my number or saying that will be shipped next day. After I escaled the case on the Ebay, I received my money back because I was protected my Ebay but no seatbelt. I called them again but now they saying that are on renovation. I made a complain on IC3 site involving the FBI too. I hope something will resolve. DO NOT TRUST THIS COMPANY. THE ARE LIARS AND THIEFTS.
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The complaint that I wrote is my first complain
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, May 22, 2013POSTED: Wednesday, May 22, 2013
The complaint that I wrote was my first complain. Check the complain and the facts before you say something like that. Agree that your company is a company full of liars. If you pretend that you are not that send me in my complain to ebay a solution to get my seatbelt back. Its already more than 2 months and you don't answer the phone or the emails. If you are clean with nothing to hide replay back and check all the information on Ebay.
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SUBMITTED: Tuesday, May 21, 2013POSTED: Tuesday, May 21, 2013
You are posting complaints from behalf of other names pretending you are someone else, over and over again.
Please stop.
I would like to apologize on behalf of our company for your unpleasant experience. Please understand that our building was undergoing renovation, and in that time you have placed your order... right before all listings were removed so no customers had to experience a delay (that is why you received a message that the listing was taken down) Unfortunately you have already shipped the items to us, and we did not want to disappoint you. While our building was undergoing renovations, we could not accommodate any orders due to safety reasons. We were restocking on parts, and on top of it all - all of our networks were down. This meant that our online servers disabled our website, and telephone lines.
We understand your frustration, and wish this has not happened. We take full responsibility on this event.
To say that we are a "a fraudulent agency that will steal your money and your parts." is not right. We serve 100's of customers on a daily basis who are very satisfied, and value our services as much as we value their business.
Readers, please understand that we provide our services nationwide where over 300 million people reside. We serve hundreds of thousands customers annually, whose satisfaction is our priority. Our current satisfaction rate is at 98.7% and we are striving to improve.
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Open contest 2012: Make a Change (in the life of Roma)
RomaReact.org is looking for the agents of change in Roma communities. Mainly young people who come from Roma communities and also become successful in the non-Roma world either through education or business enterpreneurship.
We are an interactive website building a global online community seeking social change and justice. You are warmly welcome to join the RomaReact Family and take part in our first exciting contest. We are extremely proud to have received the donation from Neelie Kroes herself, the Vice President of the European Union in charge of the Digital Agenda of European Union.
Help us make the change with RomaReact! Share your views, opinions, initiatives on the RomaReact platform!
For the first time RomaReact.org is hosting an Open 'CONTEST 2012: Make a Change (in the life of Roma)'. The contest is open for all of you who want to share Roma realities and to challenge stereotypes and prejudices that Roma face today. We also want to support you in your effort leading to a change of lives of individuals, groups or all community.
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what a day
Yesterday was a long day and I have been so tired today, but trying to stay up until 9 so I will sleep all night without getting up to early in the morning.
The boys laughed when we got home from getting something for dinner because we went after the stuff for tacos, changed to pizza and came home with chicken.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who's change her mind on dinner while in the store : )
Yesterday was like that for me. I planned on grilled chicken salad, was still running errands at 6 pm, so I decided to pick up Hot dogs and buns and make chili dogs ( I hadn't grilled and cooled the chicken, yet)....and my fabulous husband called me while I was at the market and offered to pick up pizza. I was thrilled!


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Hi everyone I just wanted to let every one know that we are having a family reunion at Marquette Park near Grafton Illinois, this is great because that is where our family settled when they left Ohio,William Frances Tucker owned the property, when he died they donated the property to the state for the park.
Hope to see everyone there, it is at the pavilion by the river.
Oh I forgot to tell you all when it is, It is September 17th


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I wasn't seeing the images on the Hearthstone tooltips (checked in Chrome and IE) until I logged in to comment and then they suddenly appeared.
Really blizz? You just had to do the CRZ at a place that wasnt really empty (at least where Im at).Like someone already mention. I had some moron trying to block me and others at the gun booth (but they fail to know I can move my camera.
I agree with Raine if CRZ is so important to Bliz that we all feel that we aren't alone out there then maybe we should be allowed the option. It's become almost impossible to get any rares anywhere now that we are all in a CRZ zone & now that DMF is CRZ that just makes it less fun & really slows down the computer with everything going on.
Hearthstone image tooltips now show up when not logged-in, thanks for bringing it to our attention :)


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Warmer winter on its way for China + drought
Trip Start Jan 30, 2007
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But the forecast is patchy, with predictions that in the middle of China - the middle reaches of the Yangtze - they could have extreme falls in temperatures - a little like this year when there were snowstorms.
Xiong Wei, an expert on the correlation between climate change and agriculture with the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, told China Daily Tuesday that prolonged periods of warm weather and drought are clear signs of climate change, and will have a huge impact on the country's agricultural output.
"Warm winters create an environment in which plant diseases and pests thrive, and these pose a serious threat to crops," he said.
Some areas of the country, including the Northeast, the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, and south of the Yangtze could experience droughts throughout the whole of the winter and into next spring, the report said.
Droughts in the south will have a huge impact on the nation's agricultural output, Xiong said.
"I am very concerned the dry weather will seriously affect grain yields," he said.


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The vintage-car market is smoldering. Cars thought to be junkyard dogs 50 years ago are going for bank at auction. But not just any cars—the right cars. To find out which of today's autos will be the hot vintage movers in their categories 50 years from now, we turned to McKeel Hagerty , who runs Hagerty, the world's largest insurer of vintage autos. Jump in as he tells us which rides to drive and which to put in storage.
2015 FERRARI LAFERRARI "Ferrari has held bragging rights for the greatest supercar in various eras," says Hagerty. "This is the pinnacle of the Ferrari in the hypercar era." Base price for this 963-horsepower hybrid: $1.4 million.
2014 BUGATTI VEYRON "It's a technological tour de force, with over 1,000 horsepower," says Hagerty of this 253 mph French machine. "And the production run is incredibly low." Pictured: the Veyron GS Vitesse, about $2.5 million
2015 MCLAREN P1 "McLaren owns the emotional high ground in the supercar world," says Hagerty. "There's just something about this brand that people love." Base for this wildly cool British hybrid rocket: $1.15 million.
2015 PORSCHE 918 SPYDER "To have the first-ever sub-seven-minute verified lap time at the Nürburgring puts this right up there as the greatest performer right now," says Hagerty. Base for this hybrid Porsche: just under $900,000.
2012 LEXUS LFA "A gorgeous car, and the only Japanese car on this list," says Hagerty. Only 500 were built, and it's no longer in production. "It's an outlier, and it belongs in the club." Base in 2012: $375,000.
2015 CORVETTE Z06 "I don't know anyone who has driven it yet," says Hagerty of the Z06, which was recently unveiled in Detroit. "But this is Corvette's first legitimate move into the supercar realm." Base price: TBD.
2010 TESLA ROADSTER In the future, people will look to this era for the first great alternative-energy cars, says Hagerty. "I'm 100 percent convinced we'll be buying Tesla Roadsters at auction." Base in 2010: $109,000.
2014 FORD MUSTANG COBRA JET "In 50 years," says Hagerty, "the Mustang will turn 100. People will look back and ask, 'What are the great moments?'" They'll mention this 525-horsepower "off-the-shelf" drag racer. Price: $98,000.
2014 PORSCHE 911 CARRERA "I think this all-new Carrera is the ultimate 911," says Hagerty. "While it's fun to think about the faster versions, this car is so good, it will be collectible for a long time." Base: $84,300.
2013 MINI JOHN COOPER WORKS GP "There has always been a place for smaller cars with smaller engines that give you a great experience," says Hagerty. This ride is Mini's most exclusive high-performance offering. Base: $40,000.
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Wright ExpressPO Box 639 Portland, Maine USA
Wright Express WexBank Deceptive, appallingly poor customer service, non-responsive Portland Maine
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Since we no longer use our Wex Fleet Gas cards, we called to cancel the account. Because the person who originally set this up is no longer with the company, the person we spoke with in customer service said they were unable to assist us. We asked if there was information we could verify so we could prove we were authorized to close the account. The customer service person said no, there was no information we could verify that he could not speak with us, and could only speak with the person listed on the account. (Of course, we could have just lied and said we were her, but how ridiculous is that???)
Next, we wrote a letter on company letterhead signed by the president of our company asking that the account be terminated. We received a bill for $47.00 ($8.00 for their monthly fee and $39.00 for the late charge.) We received no response to the request to terminate the account.
We wrote a second letter, referencing the first, again stating that we wished to close our account. Again, no response.
We plan to try to call them again today to see if we can get any assistance from someone there, but we're not holding our breath until that happens!!!
Our advice to you if you are considering WEX Bank Fleet Cards for your company. JUST DON'T!!!!
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Like a Dream
Trip Start Aug 28, 2008
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So from the moment that we left the house, the trip has been quite serendipitous.
We arrived in Chicago 8 minutes early with the wind of the windy welcoming us in and took a cab with the nicest driver in the world to our glorious Sheraton Towers that we bid for on price line. WOOO HOOO.
Upon arrival we were put on the 17th floor and found that the comforter on the bed was dirty....gross--in a hotel you can't imagine my thoughts as to what was making it feel so gross. So as per the norm, I sweetly requested a change of comforter....I cant say I was too happy as the hotel informed us that we also were going to be forced to pay for internet and $12/day to use the gym (isn't it bad enough to have to go to the gym?!?!!?)
Despite the groans with the hotel, Greg and I hit the town and went to the top of the Hancock Tower where we ordered two of the most exquisite drinks on the menu and adored the view from the 91 floors above the city
After that, we hopped in a cab to return to our gross comforter which had not been changed. We pushed the hotel to come change it and as we get into bed we smell this horrid stench...almost like Borat had just worked out with 12 Europeans who have never shaved their pubic hair and then frolicked in our sheets...yes, you guessed it: B.O. ---if you know me well, you will know that body odor is my biggest peeve. Too tired to wait for the hotel to fix this issue we braved it.
Next morning, feeling less than refreshed to say the least, i got up at the usual early morning crack of dawn and went for a walk...this is when the fun began
Happy with my purchases and that i had become a Dominik's Club member before being an American (and was honest to the clerk about it), headed back to the Sheraton where i met with the manager of guest services. Well....in all of 10 min I had us moved to the penthouse suite, with free gym, breakfast, internet and free bottles of water! I woke up Greg and told him that room 1719 was movin' up-let's go to 3141, our new home. It was just like getting a raise :)
Upon arrival of lives of the rich and famous at the hotel, we took our showers and left the house to none other than the theater...I heard that there were rush seats for Jersey Boys and if you lined up and were the 10th person you could get tickets...well guess what? Greg and I were couple number 10 and by 10 am we scored $25 seats to Jersey Boys and had both had our Starbucks-things were looking up. While in line for these rush tickets, we met the nicest 60 year old couple Barb and Mike from Michigan, our new friends.
After that we shopped and found some amazing clothing, hit the Jazz festival, went for lunch of Thai chicken and cucumber salad and walked the city
Finally we returned home, got ready to roll for the evening and went to a restaurant for dinner: Petterino's. Now we know that the American serving is surely more than the Canadian as we both feel like skinny/small people compared to the average American build, but since we were just famished from the biking we were thrilled to be in America where a normal portion of meat is 8 oz! Salmon, broccoli, Steak Diane!!! Mmmm mmmm. Deliciousioso. The waiter had also asked me if i liked South African wine, where i replied that i like all south African things....Im not sure if im imagining things, but I think that Greg blushed. :) After an amazing dinner we went to see Jersey Boys and sang along to 'My Boyfriend's Back' and so on (i really did sing along)...of course not only did we sing, but we conveniently moved our seats to where we felt more comfortable and had an orchestra view for our measly 25 bucks! LOL!!!!
So the night didnt end there as we caught our second wind after the show and we hit Howl At the Moon which is a famous dueling piano bar
We finally walked back to our penthouse suite and hit the hay. CHICAGO IS AMAZING!


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Bastion Hotel Utrecht
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About the hotel
Property Location
With a stay at Bastion Hotel Utrecht in Hoograven, you'll be convenient to Holland Casino Utrecht and Golfclub Amelisweerd. This eco-friendly hotel is within close proximity of Central Museum and Dick Bruna House.
Make yourself at home in one of the 146 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and LCD televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have showers and complimentary toiletries. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
Enjoy recreation amenities such as a fitness center or take in the view from a terrace. This hotel also features complimentary wireless Internet access and a fireplace in the lobby.
Enjoy a satisfying meal at a restaurant serving guests of Bastion Hotel Utrecht. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge. Breakfast is available for a fee.
Business, Other Amenities
Featured amenities include a computer station, express check-in, and express check-out. Event facilities at this hotel consist of conference space and meeting rooms. Free self parking is available onsite.
Hotel Facilities
- Computer station
- Elevator/lift
- Free WiFi
- Total number of rooms - 146
- Bar/lounge
- Express check-out
- Billiards or pool table
- Express check-in
- Fireplace in lobby
- Fitness facilities
- 24-hour front desk
- Number of floors - 6
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free self parking
- Multilingual staff
- Terrace
- Restaurant
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Conference space
- Meeting rooms 19
- Designated smoking areas
Room Facilities
- Private bathroom
- Phone
- Free toiletries
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- In-room safe
- Air conditioning
- Satellite TV service
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free WiFi
- Refrigerator
- Daily housekeeping
- Desk
- Free bottled water
- Shower only
Hotel Policy
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Breakfast fee: EUR 14.00 per person (approximately)
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
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You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property:
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If you go
What: Rocky Mountain Dance annual recital
When: 6:30 p.m. today and Saturday
Where: Steamboat Springs High School auditorium
Cost: Tickets sold at the door are $12 for adults and $5 for children
Steamboat Springs Some of the youngest performers in this weekend's Rocky Mountain Dance recital weren't shy about discussing their talent Wednesday afternoon.
"We're all fabulous dancers," 4-year-old Annabelle Stone said.
The annual recital, which has taken place since Karin Comeau opened Rocky Mountain Dance in 1977, starts at 6:30 p.m. today and Saturday in the Steamboat Springs High School auditorium.
The title of this year's Rocky Mountain Dance recital reflects Comeau's view on dance. It's called "La Vita è Una Danza," which means "life is a dance" in Italian.
"That's kind of what we're about," she said. "We dance through life."
The recital will feature performances from 175 students ranging in age from 3 years old to high schoolers. With help from four assistants — all former students of Comeau's — the dancers will perform 28 ballet, jazz, hip hop and lyrical numbers during the two-hour show.
Comeau, who started teaching dance in Fort Collins when she was 16, said the performance would include "one fun number after another," entertaining everyone who attends.
The recital is the culmination of nine months of preparation, Comeau said. She said the girls — there are no boys in this year's show — were taught technique in the fall, working toward the dances they'll perform tonight and Saturday.
She said they're also taught stage directions, how to take care of their costumes and appropriate stage behavior.
Annabelle and the other "Magic Tutus," a group composed of 10 girls ages 4 and 5, were having their picture taken Wednesday. The girls beamed while discussing the recital.
Hamptyn Meadows, 5, was especially excited to show off the group's "pretty" costumes — purple leotards and purple tutus.
Five-year-old Caroline Landers was looking forward to the spotlight of performing.
"We get to be on stage," she said, adding "we get flowers at the end."
Comeau said each of the girls' fathers present them with flowers at the end of the performance. She called the Rocky Mountain Dance recital a "magical thing."
"I always grew up with an annual show as a child," Comeau said. "Those are great memories. I hope it's the same for these kids. It's a very special night."
Tickets are $12 for adults and $5 for students. Proceeds will pay for expenses to produce the recital.


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This is such an awesome site! I couldn't wait to share it with you!
Letters of Note brings you letters in their original form and a transcript of what was written from people from all walks of life. You'll find letters from famous people here, as well as exceptionally witty or interesting correspondence from regular people and even children.
Navigation is easy! The site is setup blog style so all you have to do is scroll down and then click older or newer posts to navigate back and forth through the entries.
Just in the first two pages of this blog style offering there were letters from Einstein, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Madonna, and Kurt Vonnegut, but even though there are celebrity letters I was enchanted and amused by the letters from non-celebs. My favorite is a response by a little girl to an article in The Economist so far. But there is a great series of letters between a patient and a customer service representative about the dressing gowns at the doctor's office/hospital.
I'll be back to visit this site often to check out these fascinating letters of note! I hope you will too!
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SMGII Troubleshooting guide
So far I have helped many people fix their SMG's through troubleshooting via PM's and locally through test driving and reading codes. This guide is for people that do not have access to the dealer software. I highly recommend that you get your codes read by someone with the appropriate software regardless of what this thread identifies as the issue. I make no guarantees that this thread will be correct 100% of the time, as with any troubleshooting, this offers a "best guess"
Go out to your car after it's cooled down.
Stand next to it.
Hit the unlock button.
Do you hear the SMG pump priming?
No - Best guess is the Salmon Relay (~$10)
Yes -
How long does the pump run before it shuts off?
More than 10 seconds - Points to a low battery or bad accumulator (Battery ~$120) (Accumulator ~$Life savings)
Less than 10 seconds - Good news. The really expensive stuff seems to be ok.
Get in your car and put it in "N" with your foot on the brakes, start your car.
Car does not shift to "N" - Most likely the actuator, but could also be the brake pedal sensor.
Car shifts to "N" and starts.
Shift to "1" or "R"
"N" Flashes or car selects "2" instead of "1"- Bad Gear Position Sensor (~$300)
"1" or "R" Flashes - Hood or door sensor is most likely (DIY resistor fix ~$15) or Compression Spring (~$20)
The car shifts into the selected gear. Go for a drive.
Car shudders when taking off - perform SMG soft reset get above 40 MPH, shift to "N", pull back both paddles for about 10 seconds, shift back into gear. (~$0)
Continue driving.
Car is not shifting to 1st at stops - Gear Position Sensor
Only usable gears are R,2,5 and 6 - Gear Position Sensor (~$300)
Car will sometimes miss shifts randomly for the same gears - Broken Compression Spring (~$20)
Car drives fine, but then after a while the gearbox light comes on and it shifts to "N" - Hydraulic fluid temperature sensor issue search forums for the resistor fix. (~$30)
When hitting shifter paddle, nothing happens but car shifts fine using stick - Bad Paddle Switch Recommend replacing both
Go home and relax, if none of this happened, you're probably going to be okay.
A few tips-
1. Always make sure you have a fully charged battery.
2. Buy Salmon relays in pairs (sometimes you get a bad one and a spare is better than waiting for shipping).
3. Invest in a code scanner, even a simple cheap one can be helpful.
4. Make friends with someone that has better code scanning equipment like DIS/SSS/PROGMAN ect.
Open to suggestions for improving this thread. Will continue to edit this post as required.
- Added prices for most common fixes, DIY of course. The SMG is fairly inexpensive to own, especially considering the added clutch life from flawless shifting.
I'm not an M3 owner but many thanks for posting this. I love when fanatics contribute for the greater good. :thumbsup:
You should see the pages of notes and troubleshooting that were gone through to come up with that.
Much appreciated. The soft reset seems to have fixed my shutting at start. What exactly does this do in the computer?
What about when you shift into 1 or R and it flashes while making a "thunk" type sound like it's trying to engage? The after about a minute it throws a light and the code shows "Gear not selectable".
Just an update. I had the compression spring purchased already and decided to just go ahead and tackle it because it would need to be fixed regardless of the not going into gear issue.
Well, I checked all of the springs while I was in there. The one under the bolt was good (as was the steel ball). The one under the plate on the other side towards the top (actually 3 springs in there) were all good.
The one under the steel plug... Well, I'll just post a picture.
That little spring not only affects high speed shifting, but when it loses all pressure, it won't even allow it to go into gear. The pieces were actually coiled into itself so it effectively made the spring shorter, losing all pressure.
Smooth as silk now and it only cost me $20 for everything (shipping too).
Glad to hear it! Very valuable information and thanks for posting the picture.
but car still drops me into Neutral - Why do ppl do that mod? And how much is the hydro temp sensor anyways? Maybe I should just buy that piece? If it is attached to the SMG pump then my pump is new and I dont see how it would already be failing... PLEASE HELP!
To answer the question though, people do the mod because the temp sensor is prone to failing, so why replace a failure prone part with another failure prone part? The resistor mod is less expensive and more relieble.
Awesome post for SMG owners! Thanks!
thanks dude.....great summary to shed some light on painless troubleshooting!
I've read your previous posts. Your feedback is greatly appreciated.
The extent of what occurs when this spring goes out can vary from not being able to select gears when driving to what I've mentioned above, in regards to failing full adaptation. That's usually the point where everyone starts scratching their heads and some may go to lands end throwing every part at the trans trying to narrow down the fix.
Moral of the post: Replace the $5.00 spring and $17.00 locking pin first. If you're doing this on the car I suggest also picking up a blind plug as well so you'll have no apprehension about destroying the old one when removing it. Makes life easier!!
first of all:
My m3 will jitter or buckle when I take off from driveways, stop lights or change lanes in traffic. Feels like i am riding a bull. I have to drive super soft and slow to prevent it from doing this problem.
2nd. When I am shifting from 4th to 5th and to 6th it gets stuck and I loose power and the gas pedal wont respond. I am driving on the freeway and I start to slow down traffic pretty embaragssing.
3rd the damn transmission light comes on on the far right and I cannot shift past 2nd gear and so I have to pull over and turn the car off.
ANy help would help thanks.
Another suggestion if anyone is having a problem with their smg is reset the adaptations for it via BMW tools. Usually when I have problems I can reset it and it will go away especially for the "bull riding" issue stated above. I notice this driving in the city from all the bumps that the car will start hopping like someone who doesn't know how to drive a manual.
Other solutions for the bucking issue -
- Do the soft reset (the 40 MPH, N, Pull in both paddles trick)
- Drive in S3 until the car is warmed up
- Make sure Sport is off
- This can also occur when any range of sensors are not putting out the right signals, namely the MAF sensor.
The problem with mine is the gear change is pretty slow and when I change from 3rd to 4th above 3500rpm it won't go into 4th it just keeps flashing and I have to come off the gas and then it will select 4th.
Any ideas??
That sounds like the compression springs to me. Good news is that it's inexpensive to fix. Bad news is that it's a PITA to get to. If that doesn't fix it, you'll probably be looking at a gear position sensor before long.
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The travel gadget
Travellers who plan to take their iPod to the beach this summer should look out for the new oPod, a protective case which is drop-proof, sand-proof and waterproof. Plug in a pair of H20 waterproof headphones and you can even listen to your favourite tunes while swimming. Prices from £39.99 for the oPod and headphones (ruggedpeak.com).
The late deal
Combine Spanish lessons with gentle walking in the Pyrenees on a seven-night holiday with Pyrenean Experience (0121 711 3428; pyreneanexperience.com). Spanish teachers will accompany morning walks through the Baztan valley with lessons in the afternoon. Groups of up to eight will stay in a traditional Pyrenean mountain farmhouse and will sample Basque food and culture on visits to local villages. The cost is £625 including accommodation (no single supplement), all walks, teaching, unlimited food and wine and pick-up from Biarritz airport. Flights (not included) from Stansted to Biarritz with Ryanair. Departures are available for different levels of ability from 26 August-24 September.
The luxury farm stay
There was a time when the words luxury and farm stays didn't really go together. Not any more. A growing number of Cumbrian farms are joining Luxury in a Farm (0845 450 1199; luxuryinafarm.co.uk), a collection of upmarket catered and self-catered accommodation. New to the initiative is 18th-century cottage Anns Hill in Bridekirk where you can quaff complimentary champagne from your roll-top bath while watching the plasma-screen TV. The one-bedroom self-catered cottage, which sleeps two, also has broadband, a DVD player and a king-sized bed. From £131 for one night, including breakfast.
The hotel
Watch the stilt fishermen catch lobster and tuna at low tide when you stay at this chic new hotel on the south coast of Sri Lanka. Opening in September, The Fortress, just east of Galle, is modelled on a Dutch fort. Step inside and you'll find funky beachfront bedrooms with sleek modern bathrooms and state-of-the-art touch screen technology. Boutique Sri Lanka (0870 833 3838; boutiquesrilanka.com) has 10 nights half-board from £593 per person, based on two sharing a double room and travel before 19 December.


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It happens everyday. Employees are let go for poor performance or lack of work. After the decision to terminate has been made, employers must consider whether to offer the employee additional pay or benefits in exchange for a release by the employee of all claims he or she may have against the employer.
A separation and release agreement is simply the contract used to document the understandings reached by the parties. In addition to the severance payment and release, the employer might agree to provide a neutral reference or outplacement services for the employee. The agreement might also contain an agreement by the employee avoid working for a competitor for a period of time.
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|91 m²
|Ligging vakantiehuis
|Minimum verblijf
|2 nachten
Dit is een duplex-eenheid met 2 bedden, 2 badkamers, een garage voor 2 auto en RV parkeren. Het is gelegen in een goede omgeving van Bullhead City, dicht bij de rivier. U vindt er een wasmachine en droger, en basis-kabel, airconditioning en een volledige keuken. Dit huis is pas geschilderd met nieuwe vloerbedekking en nieuwe armaturen. Uitzicht op de bergen vanuit uw woonkamer en keuken. Dit huis is perfect voor diegenen die reizen met speelgoed of een camper, op zoek naar een thuisbasis terwijl ze verkennen de AZ woestijn. Dit huis beschikt niet over een zwembad of een mooie tuin.
Geen huisdieren aub.
This property was just as advertised. The neighborhood was quiet and easy to find. The location was convenient with easy access to all services. We were in town for the Laughlin Motorcycle Rally so the RV parking and garage were perfect for our motorcycles, truck and trailer. The townhome was clean, adequately supplied with needed items and the comforts of home. Even though it's a townhome (adjoining wall), it seemed very private. We stayed 2 nights and never heard or saw the adjacent neighbor(s). The property owner is friendly, prompt, easy to contact and work with. I would highly recommend this property if you are staying in Bullhead City, AZ.
Great experience, new to house renting. We are boaters so it was much better then staying in costly hotels (prices have gone crazy) and dealing with the parking and elevators. Still close to hotels to meet up with friends. Will definitely do it again for next season.
House was clean and had everything we needed. We really enjoyed our stay there!
I resided in property 3881148 this past weekend, August 9-August 12. Upon returned home, I was informed by the landlord that I would not be receiving any of my security deposit back. He listed multiple contract infractions that we did not commit.
He stated that we had more than four occupants spending the night and, therefore, violated the contract. However, I explained to him my 2 cousins live in Laughlin and visited us throughout the weekend before returning home late at night. The contract I signed does not state a fee or curfew for guests. I offered to pay the $10 fee per night to placate the landlord but he refused. He stated his manager invaded the property as we slept and has pictures of 12+ pairs of shoes in the garage. I informed him that we we each own more than one pair of shoes and have the freedom to bring them on the trip.
He stated that we kept the manager up till 3AM, but not once did we ever receive a complaint from this manager or anyone else in the neighborhood. I did apologize if we disturbed the manager, but how could we be aware if there was no one to inform us.
He stated that there was smells of vomit and beer in the house. I can attest to the fact that no one in the house was inebriated enough to vomit. We did drink beer in the house, but the price of air freshener should not forfeit my entire
There are no physical damages to the house that warrant the loss of my deposit. And there was also no breach of contract on my part. Because of this, I expected my full security deposit back.Upon my rebuttal of his claims he sent me to contact HomeAway. HomeAway advised me to contact him again to give me my security deposit back but he refused. HomeAway told me to contact my bank to have them chargeback the amount. I am now in talks with my bank for them to initiate the chargeback.
Despite no physical issues with the house the landlord still insists on keeping my security deposit which just proves him to be EXTREMELY GREEDY BEWARE!
We stayed here during the month of March. The weather was wonderful, warm and breezy. We enjoyed our morning walks thru the neighborhood. The sunsets were awesome. We visited some of the tourist spots but mainly were riding our motorcycle. They are some great roads for riding in the mountains. We especially enjoyed the ride from Oatman to Kingman---beautiful scenery. Laughlin is just across the river so we went there to try our luck--but we were not lucky at all! The shopping isn't that great. Kohls and Ross for less is about it for department stores. We accidentally locked ourselves out and Jamie had someone there in less than an hour to get us back in. Her response to any issues were immediately resolved. Our only suggestion for enhancing the stay would be to have a real sofa instead of futon in living room. We would return again.
Stayed here while visiting the Laughlin/Bullhead City area. Actually less expensive than hotels in Laughlin! Also, full kitchen, washer, dryer, etc. Not on the river, but boat and beach access is available at the city/county run park not too far away. plenty of space in side yard for RV, boat, etc. The garage was another feature not found at many of the hotels in the area. Would stay here again.
Bullhead City ligt dicht bij de I 40 om te ontdekken wat westerse AZ en Zuidelijk NV te bieden hebben.
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July 4th
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2 nacht minimum verblijf
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|Opmerkingen: Tarieven zijn gebaseerd op 4 gasten; voeg €25 per extra gast per nacht
|€91,79 + belasting
Arizona requires we collect a %10.7 occupancy tax for reservations shorter than 30 days.
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Well, it looks like it is about to get interesting. HTC is officially joining the Windows Phone 8 arena with its newly-announced 8X handset, where it will surely face some tough competition in the face of the Samsung ATIV S and the Nokia Lumia 920...
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Over lunch in Kensington, I'm interviewing Nick Grimshaw... Correction: I was interviewing Nick Grimshaw. Ten minutes into our conversation, he has dashed outside to do an impromptu live phone interview. Such is life in Grimmy's world. In the past few months he has hosted BBC Radio 1 live from Glastonbury, after nipping over to Paris for an hour to attend the Louis Vuitton men's show; presented the Big Weekend festival in Glasgow where Coldplay and One Direction headlined; put together a new album of his regular radio slot The Nixtape; started planning the fourth series of his BBC Three panel show Sweat the Small Stuff; and organised his 30th birthday party. He has pulled all of this off while rising at 5.30am every weekday to present the BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show, ad-libbing for three hours of youth-centric banter, and simultaneously being BFF to half of celebrity London, including Kate Moss, Alexa Chung, Pixie Geldof and Harry Styles. It's all a tightly scheduled balancing act in which he only has to turn up and be... Grimmy.
Today, he is fresh off the plane from 'Beefa', as he calls it, where the Radio 1 team has been based for a week to cover the San Antonio club scene at its hedonistic zenith. It's not surprising that when he returns to the table he looks rather frazzled. His trademark Beavis and Butt-head quiff has collapsed like a novice-made soufflé, his skinny jeans have been traded for a more cocooning loose fit, and his usual wonky grin is less forthcoming. But his almighty gob is still functioning. When I apologise for the in-depth questioning after such a heavy week, he replies, 'Oh no! I'm self-obsessed, my favourite thing is talking about myself.' He says he couldn't sleep last night: 'I was so paranoid that my alarm wouldn't go off this morning and it would be so classic that on the day after Ibiza, my bosses would think, "Oh, he's still there, still out clubbing." Last year we went out and we pulled an all-nighter. So this year I was conscious we couldn't do it again. It's only funny once.' Surprise number one: Grimmy is a bit of a worrier.
To be honest, I started the interview already a little peeved with him. After all, I'm a member of the over-25s so pointedly excluded from the breakfast show when he was hired to replace the then 38-year-old Chris Moyles in September 2012. His mission: to lower the listener age group to 16- to 25-year-olds in an attempt to lure the YouTube generation back to traditional media formats. As an exiled thirty-something, I tend to dismiss anything aiming its arrow at the heart of 'yoof', using a lexicon of hashtags, emoticons, LOLs and general 'sick-ness', as just ENC: Emperor's New Clothes. But after 15 minutes of chitchat, it's impossible not to start liking Grimmy. He's witty, low-key and genuine — not the annoying gag-a-minute Jonathan Ross-style show-off I was expecting. Nor, he insists, is he a habitual partier any more: he has been called the 'youth equivalent of Nicky Haslam' for his alleged omnipresence on the London scene. 'It's just whenever I go out, I always get caught,' he says. 'These days, I get anxious if I have two glasses of wine. I don't want to be known for going out and getting drunk rather than my radio show. I go to bed at 9.30pm on weeknights.'
I point out, rather rudely, that today he has crow's-feet. There's a potential for irony that the demands of a breakfast youth show might cause him to age prematurely. He laughs good-naturedly. 'I went into Kiehl's the other day and the shop assistant said: "You need this." It was called Powerful Wrinkle Reducing Cream. What a bitch!' Sadie Frost's sister Jade gives him acupuncture for wrinkles. I wonder if he's feeling the pressure to stay professionally young. There is, after all, a second layer of irony: he is now, at 30, 'way' too old to listen to his own show. Does he worry that he is next in line for the guillotine? 'No, I don't think so,' he says with the elongated vowels of a Leeds accent. He is, in fact, from Manchester — he doesn't know why he ended up with the Yorkshire inflection. 'I don't think it's about me pretending I'm a teenager, it's more about having a grasp of what's going on in pop culture and not wanging on too much about old songs...' He denies that acts such as Robbie Williams and Kylie have been blacklisted purely because of their age. 'We played Foo Fighters today. And I mean how old is David Guetta? 50?' (He's 46.) Grimmy hung out with Sadie Frost and Fran Cutler in Ibiza. His older friends (they're 49 and 51) give him faith, he says, that 'I'm not going to end up being the oldest person at the party'.
There might be another reason behind his newly emerged 'laughter lines'. With Grimmy at the helm, the BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show dropped one million listeners in three months in 2013. He's been clawing back his audience ever since. In February, he gained 700,000 listeners. In March, he lost 500,000. In August, it was up by 100,000 again. There is big stuff to sweat about. 'I really panicked at first,' he says. 'It was really bad, even though my bosses said, "This is what's meant to happen." ' At first, he got a twitch in his eye due to anxiety. 'I still have nightmares about buttons not working or guests not turning up.'
It's 7am a few days later and, bleary-eyed, I meet Grimmy at Radio 1 for the breakfast show. Today, his quiff has been re-erected to its full height, making his silhouette in dark spray-on jeans and an oversized shirtdress gravity-defyingly top-heavy. He stands at the DJ booth, meandering through a series of 'topics': more 'Beefa' anecdotes — he jokes that 'they've erected a statue of Kate Moss in San Antonio as a warning to clubbers'; his obsession with YouTube sensation Tish; and his upcoming attempt to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for the most number of people twerking. The Nixtape session, a mixture of old and new music for the last hour of the show, starts with The Prodigy's 'Firestarter'. It's all rather full-on for 9am. 'He's always relentlessly chirpy in the mornings,' sighs one of his team.
Grimmy's buoyancy is the key ingredient of both his shows and his amassing of friends-slash-connections. In his life, work and play have merged into one. 'Grimmy never wants the fun to end, he always keeps it rolling over,' says one of his best friends, and co-writer on Sweat the Small Stuff, Aimee Phillips. 'When he did the BBC night-time slot [from 10pm to 12am in 2008], people like Harry Styles would just turn up alone at 11pm at night to do the show. It ended up with everyone saying, "Why haven't you asked me on?" '
One of those people was Kate Moss, who made a rare speaking appearance on the breakfast show last year. 'Kate was the one who came up with the idea for Call or Delete when we were on holiday together,' says Grimmy of the show format in which celebrities are dared to make a prank call or delete a number from their phone. 'Kate came on because she knows that I'm not going to suddenly say, "Tell us what you think about being really thin and a role model." ' Grimmy's 'soft' interviews are great celebrity PR: they make his guests look self-deprecating and likeable. 'We got Naomi Campbell to phone ahead to a club and demand for a manatee to be there on her arrival,' he chuckles. The effect doesn't work on everyone: 'I turned up at Angelina Jolie's hotel suite to do an interview and she looked at me like I'd just come into her house uninvited. She's so cold. I don't like fake nice either. Will Smith is fake nice. I loved Miley Cyrus who just came into the studio and started burping.'
But isn't there a fine line between work and play with his celebrity friends? Has anything accidentally slipped out? 'I don't think so. Well, when I did the Teen Awards last year I hosted it with Rita Ora and she kept farting all day in rehearsals. So I said that the next day on the radio. She was like: "Grimmy, you can't say that in front of six million people!" '
Grimmy has an endless zeal for disposable celebrity minutiae. I wonder if he ever finds it a little vacuous. 'No,' he says. 'I'm still genuinely fascinated with celebrity culture. I have a very short attention span, so I guess that's why I'm good at that stuff.' Does he have an in-depth knowledge of another subject: archaeology? Egyptology? 'Err. No. I'm really boring. I just love Twitter.' But doesn't he feel it's all a little trivial next to the BBC journalists reporting on Iraq and Gaza in the same building? He slightly misses my point. 'I think at Radio 1 we champion new music and I think that's really important.' He pauses. 'Jeremy Paxman hates the show. He's always complaining that he has to listen to it in the lifts.'
He continues: 'I think my dad thought my job was trivial before I was at the BBC. If I interview someone like David Beckham now, he's like "Wow". He likes the fact that it's the BBC. But otherwise, he wouldn't know who Beyoncé was if she came and sat in his living room. He once moved my jacket off the sofa and I said, "Dad, it's Marc Jacobs!" And he said, "Who the bloody 'ell is Mark Jacob and why have you got his jacket?" ' Grimmy is very fond of his dad and mum, he took them to an interview with Lady Gaga once. 'She performed, and when the music stopped and everyone was silent [my dad] said loudly: "Is that a bloke?" '
Born in Moss Side, Manchester, Grimmy grew up in Oldham in a family of chatterboxes: his dad Peter, a marketing executive, his mum Eileen, a former insurance broker, and his older siblings, Andy, now 43 and a band manager, and Jane, a 41-year-old financial director. The baby of the family, Grimmy says he was constantly vying for attention. 'I used to dress up as Tina Turner when I was six. I got less attention when the football was on because everyone in my family is a die-hard Man United fan. I remember one time putting on every single necklace that my mum had, Y-fronts and boots, and dancing in front of the TV.'
His brother Andy was into the Madchester scene and took him to a day rave at the Hacienda when he was six. 'He always says, "If it weren't for me, you'd just be another dickhead. You wouldn't be cool or know what's going on." ' These days his siblings call him MCG — Middle Class Git. He puts on a Manc accent: 'They're like, "We had to go to Abersoch on our holidays, and he went to Portofino!" ' Grimmy was a joker at school: 'I was once thrown out of class for telling a female teacher that she looked like Meatloaf.' Still, he wanted to please his dad, so for a short while he decided to become a dentist: 'Because my dentist had a really nice car.' Grimmy also loved radio and TV: Sara Cox and Chris Evans were his icons. 'I grew up watching The Big Breakfast and TFI Friday. They sounded like they were having genuine fun, going out, and you'd hear the stories from the night before.'
After working for a few promo companies in Manchester, Grimmy moved to London to intern at MTV: 'I thought it was OK to use the phone to call my friends. So they'd ask me to get something and I'd be like, "Oh yes, one minute... So it's me plus two..." My boss said: "I really like having you around, but you don't actually do any work, so I'm going to hire another intern and we'll keep you on as the Bez of the office." '
It was during his time working as an intern in Camden that he met the aspirant fashion designer Henry Holland and new model Agyness Deyn, the first of his celebrity crew. 'We were always at The Hawley Arms,' he says. 'I was friends with Amy Winehouse. I used to see her every day. She used to say, "Oh, my stalker's here." ' He also met Pixie Geldof, now his best friend, there. It was while he was DJing nightly that he was scouted by the BBC and asked to co-present the youth radio show Switch with DJ Annie Mac in 2007. This led to the E4 breakfast show Freshly Squeezed with Alexa Chung, T4, the night-time slot on Radio 1 in 2008, and eventually the coveted Radio 1 breakfast slot in late 2012.
Talk of Amy Winehouse and Pixie Geldof leads naturally on to a darker subject: the recent tragic death of Peaches Geldof. When I bring this up, Grimmy refuses to be quoted. (You learn more about him when he stops talking.) 'He's the most loyal person I know,' says his former T4 colleague Miquita Oliver. 'You can tell him anything, it will never get out.' Surprise number two: Grimmy is discreet.
I chat to Oliver on one of Grimmy's daily personal training sessions. We meet on his home turf in Primrose Hill — he lives in a basement flat, which has become a low-key lounge for the second-generation Primrose Hill set. There is always someone there watching The X Factor or EastEnders (Kate Moss loves both). 'When people meet Grimmy they attach themselves to him for life,' says his trainer McKenzie, while Grimmy engages in squat jumps with Oliver and another friend, Colette. He doesn't like being on his own much.
Being the BFF to a large posse of famous female friends has, however, had a detrimental effect on his love life. He's had few long-term relationships, although he dated Italian fashion stylist Nicco Torelli last year. I'm surprised to hear that he's not even on Grindr. 'Being 30 is like being 90 in the gay world,' he cringes. 'I really hate dates. So I've always taken my dates out with everyone and then I get drunk with my friends, and they'll be like, "Thanks for ignoring me all night." '
He says the Tina Turner act alerted his family to his sexuality pretty early on, so there was no need for an official coming out. 'When I was a teenager, Eminem and David Beckham were the two men that made me think I was gay,' he says. He has a David LaChapelle photo of a naked Eminem today on his wall at home. He also has a framed photo of himself and Jamie Hince taken while on holiday with Moss in Ibiza: 'I think my cleaner thinks he's my boyfriend.'
And so the day rolls on... Next, I end up getting involved with Grimmy's 30th birthday outfit dilemmas: he has hired the roof at Shoreditch House and his friends Florence Welch and Mark Ronson are both playing. At Topman he tries on a turquoise glitter 1970s suit, part-Ziggy Stardust, part-Liberace. Then we stop by Louis Vuitton to borrow an alternative option — one of the perks of his fashion ambassadorship of London Collections: Men. We debrief over a drink at Sketch. The day after his soon-to-be-legendary party, he's off to Ibiza for a chill-out week at Sadie Frost's house. On his return, he begins filming the new series of Sweat the Small Stuff and starts promoting the Teen Awards. He's also writing a sitcom about his dad and has signed up to do an art collaboration for the BBC. He wants to work with his friend Dinos Chapman — the tattoo of a weeping eye on Grimmy's arm next to the word Puppy is the artist's work, a reminder of Grimmy's beloved Jack Russell who died in May.
I wonder what the future holds for a middle-aged Grimshaw: will he be presenting The One Show like Chris Evans? He chuckles. 'I'd like to do a proper chat show like Alan Carr or Graham Norton. Whenever I do an interview I think, "How would Norton do it?" '
We finish our drinks. It's almost Grimmy's bedtime (9.30pm). But there's one last question: does he ever get tired of the sound of his own voice? He cracks up. 'I really do. I'm like, "Shut up!" ' He shoots me a wonky smile. 'It's good to be silent sometimes.'
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Michael E. McHenry
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Editor, Journal of Materials Research
When to call: McHenry's research focuses on developing new magnetic materials, processes and unique designs for power converters and motors. His work looks to substantially reduce the size of industrial grid transformers and converters and motors for electric vehicles and other applications. He works on magnetocaloric cooling and sensing applications of magnetic materials as well. He serves on a NATO panel investigating materials criticality issues.


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Focus Forward Announces Audience Voting, Short Films Now Available For Viewing
GE and CINELAN today announced that viewing and voting for its $200,000 FOCUS FORWARD Filmmaker Competition is open (http://vimeo.com/focusforwardfilms/competition), with 95 semifinalists in the running for Audience Favorite. Five cash prizes, including the Grand Jury Prize of $100,000, will be awarded at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival by a jury that includes Joe Berlinger (Paradise Lost), actress Daryl Hannah (Kill Bill), Barbara Kopple (Harlan County, USA), Sundance Film Festival Senior Programmer Caroline Libresco, José Padilha (Elite Squad), producer Floyd Webb (Daughters of the Dust), and Peter Wintonick (Manufacturing Consent). The finalists for the cash prizes will be announced and featured on the FOCUS FORWARD website on Wednesday, November 28.
Six new FOCUS FORWARD shorts by award-winning directors Alex Gibney (Mea Maxima Culpa), Michael Tucker & Petra Epperlein (Fightville), Steve James (Head Games), Victor Kossakovsky (¡Vivan las Antipodas!) Kief Davidson (Open Heart), and Leslie Iwerks (Citizen Hearst) will world premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) from November 14–25, and will be paired with select features in IDFA's official 2012 lineup. The films will premiere online at www.vimeo.com/focusforwardfilms on Wednesday, November 14, at noon EST. Throughout the festival, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary, 24 FOCUS FORWARD films will screen FREE for the public at a mini cinema on Rembrandtplein from noon to 8pm, every day. On Saturday, November 17, select FOCUS FORWARD films will be screened at the DocLab Live: Short Show, Amsterdam (9pm), preceded by a Guest Meet Guest cocktail reception at Brasserie Schiller from 6 to 7:30pm.
"We are thrilled to welcome FOCUS FORWARD back to the festival on the occasion of our 25th anniversary," said Ally Derks, Director of IDFA. "As we celebrate all aspects of documentary culture over the next eleven days, it only seems natural to integrate a program about innovation that is itself highly innovative and smart about the power of the Internet and creating new funding and distribution models. They are rewriting the rules for high-quality, short-form documentary storytelling, and we are only too happy to highlight their efforts."
FOCUS FORWARD - Short Films, Big Ideas is a series of 30 three-minute nonfiction films, inspired by GE's vision of innovative people being the catalyst for world change. Produced by leading documentary filmmakers, the films explore the incredible human power of ideas and invention and are screening at prestigious film festivals globally, followed by day-and-date distribution online to millions of viewers. FOCUS FORWARD is a supporter of this year's International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam and has brought along award-winning filmmakers to participate in select events and encourage audience voting in the $200,000 FOCUS FORWARD Filmmaker Competition, first announced at the Sundance Film Festival in January. Cash prizes will be awarded to the top five entries in the professionally juried competition, with $100,000 going to the Grand Prize Winner.
Films submitted to the Filmmaker Competition are three-minute end-to-end stories about people or organizations whose innovative efforts in medicine, computer science, robotics, engineering, green energy, or other fields of art and knowledge have had a significant positive impact on humanity. A selection of 95 Semifinalist Competition films are now available online to a global audience through Vimeo. In late November, 20 Finalists will be chosen to sit alongside the first 30 films produced by FOCUS FORWARD filmmakers. FOCUS FORWARD films are distributed across cable and satellite VOD, gaming system networks, Internet Free On Demand services as well as in theaters and on DVD. The Grand Prize and Jury Award winners will be announced at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.
At the special IDFA preview event, representatives for FOCUS FORWARD announced that the latest filmmakers to join the initiative are Brazil's Heloisa Passos (DP, Manda Bala) and the New Zealand duo David White and Paul Weder (I Kill). FOCUS FORWARD has also partnered with the Guangzhou Documentary Film Festival (GZDOC) in China and the Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF), where the next wave of FOCUS FORWARD films will world premiere (Dec. 9-16), to spread global awareness of the initiative as a whole.
"We're looking forward to integrating FOCUS FORWARD into our activities this year," said Jane Williams, director of the Dubai Film Connection and Forum. "Although doc filmmakers throughout the Gulf region are especially savvy with technology, we have much to learn from CINELAN's unique Web platform and distribution strategy. Our efforts to support documentary projects throughout the Middle East can only benefit from this kind of cultural exchange."
The schedule of FOCUS FORWARD events at IDFA is as follows:
SATURDAY, Nov 17, 2012 | Theater de Engelenbak, NES 71 | 11AM-12:30PM CET
Panel conversation moderated by Ove Risøj Jensen (EDN Denmark). Speakers include documentarian Fredrik Gertten (Big Boys Gone Bananas!*), Marianne Levy-Leblond (ARTE France), Jason Spingarn-Koff (New York Times) and FOCUS FORWARD's Karol Martesko-Fenster.
Guests Meet Guests Cocktail Reception | Brasserie Schiller | 6-7:30PM CET
Badge holders are invited to join us for drinks and hors d'oeuvres. Special guests include Victor Kossakovsky, Leslie Iwerks, Ross Kauffman, Kief Davidson, Phil Cox, Fredrik Gertten, Peter Wintonick, Karol Martesko-Fenster, and others. Hosted by FOCUS FORWARD.
DocLab Live: Short Show | De Brakke Grond, NES 43 | 9PM CET
IDFA DocLab presents an evening showcasing the wide range of formats of short stories being told online, including Victor Kossakovsky's FOCUS FORWARD short, Marjoleine Boonstra's doc app, and a project by digital Production Company Submarine. Hosted by Wholphin's Brent Hoff.
The six FOCUS FORWARD films world premiering at IDFA are:
SPEAKING WITH LIGHT (Dir. Alex Gibney, 2012) – A flat-out gorgeous underwater dive into the world of bioluminescent organisms and Dr. Edith Widder's pioneering work in using these amazing creatures' natural light to illuminate pockets of heavy pollution in the world's water systems.
THE MUSIC MAN (Dir. Steve James, 2012) – Profiles GE Wang, a Chinese-born inventor, entrepreneur, and Stanford University professor whose cutting-edge digital music-making software allows anyone in the world to collaborate on a song or piece of music, regardless of ability, as evidenced by the incredible outpouring of support worldwide for victims of the Japanese tsunami made possible by one of his singing apps.
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The Securities & Exchange Commission and the accounting profession have come to a reasonable compromise over a serious conflict of interest issue involving the sale of consulting services to companies that the Big Five auditn. Those accounting firms that sign on to the agreement are to be congratulated for recognizing the magnitude of the problem and for seeking a solution.
SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt originally proposed banning accountants from selling lucrative information-technology consulting services to their audit clients. Levitt argued that if the accountants were business partners with the companies they audit, it would be extremely difficult to be objective. Under the compromise, the accounting firms will be able to design and sell computer systems, but it will be up to the client audit committee to disclose to shareholders in the company's annual proxy how much it paid to the accountants for the services. The audit committee must also verify whether or not the consulting services have impaired the auditors' independence in any way. Finally, the corporation, and not the auditor, must own the information systems installed.
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Re: gold tier or djinn, without buying tickets?
I got 4 Gold tiers using only the 10 free tickets. I got 1 of those using only 8 and another using only 7. In the week I did it in 7 tickets, I got 2 Rampants and 3 Rages during those bet matches, so its really hard to do it in 7. The last 2 to get Djinn, I played 3TDM with a friend with 5 extra tickets each week just to get Djinn. So yes it is possible, I just didn't want to work as hard so I bought 10 tickets to finish off the 6 gold tiers. Havent used a ticket since though.
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Hi, im asking you if anyone has the gold tier or djinn WITHOUT buying 10 or more tickets? If yes, then can you give some tips how to get points?
I've earned 3 gold with only the 10 free tickets. I'm not that great of a player either, I have about 1,4 kdr and no rampants, so it's definitely possible. The first week I didn't even get bronze. The second I got bronze, the third I got silver, and the next time I tried I got gold. Anyway, here''s what I do:
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Date of Stay: August, 2011
Park is approximately 12 miles from Bisbee AZ. Although park has full hookups and 50 amp, it is a basic park and good for an overnight or a couple of days to visit Bisbee and surrounding attractions. Site gravel and somewhat level though our 38' motorhome did lean to one side a bit. No grassy areas and no picnic table/benches though site was a good size and some distance between permanents on each side of us. Very very quiet and isolated which we liked, though older park. No shops or market nearby so get stocked up before arriving. Closest Safeway about 30 minutes away. Owner is friendly and helped us pick out the site we wanted. He has owned it for 4 years and said he planted many trees but they aren't tall enough yet to provide much shade. Mostly permanents at the time of year we visited: August. Yes we would stay here again. Also we received high recommendations for a little restaurant in Bisbee called Rosa's Little Italy. Great home cooked Italian meals in an extremely ambient setting with wonderful, friendly staff. Loved it and will definitely go again. Warning: meal sizes are enormous. My appetizer was a meal in itself. Really watch your speed limits around Bisbee as local patrols keep a close watch.
Date of Stay: July, 2011
This was our first RV experience and what a great way to start. We loved this park. Gorgeous setting near Oak Creek. Secluded and peaceful yet only minutes to Sedona's many attractions like Tlaquapaque, Oak Creek Brewery etc. Park has lush green grassy areas, majestic towering shade trees and it was beautifully maintained. No pool, but that didn't bother us one bit. Most people swim in the swimming hole at Oak Creek which is just on the other side of the berm. You could hear the creek at night if situated in a creekside site. Wide internal roads. Easy to navigate. Level gravel sites. Big rig friendly. And more important to us - PET FRIENDLY. We paid just over $56 per night with discount. We will definitely return.


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4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, sleeps 9
Casa dei Papaveri has been recently renovated to a high standard. The comfortable accommodation is complemented by vaulted ceilings and typical characteristics of an Italian villa in Abruzzo. Sitting in its own ground behind locked gates, the vast terrace offers a great area for relaxing and admiring the panoramic views. Dine al fresco in the evening lit by the romantic lights of Capestrano or watch the sunrise over the Gran Sasso mountains. Two sets of patio tables and chairs and deckchairs are available for your use as well as a large BBQ. The kitchen/diner is fully equipped with a large cooker, microwave and fridge/freezer. The sitting room has two comfortable large leather sofas together with Sky TV, DVD player, CD player, books and board games. Each of the three double bedrooms has its own bathroom or shower room. One double has a single sofa bed and a twin bedroom leading off suitable for families.
Capestrano is located very conveniently for sightseeing, hiking, mountain bilking, paragliding, diving, canoeing, swimming and pony trekking. There is a public pool with good facilities only 3km away and a riding stables nearby. There is a wolf sanctuary just outside Popoli, promoting Abruzzo's deserved title of the 'greenest region of Europe'.
Piazza del Mercato is within walking distance of the villa and has two grocery stores, butchers, chemist and florist. There are mobile fruit and veg stalls most days and a fish van on Wednesdays. There is a weekly market on a Friday.
The Piazza also has a Gelateria and Bar which serves food and there are several good restaurants only a short drive away. All details of these facilities are listed in the Information Guide at the villa.
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Lovely villa in a stunning location. Homely and comfortable, we have stayed here twice now and love its location. A nice easy drive from Pescara, which is one of the better Italian airports with easy and helpful car rental companies. The House sits on the hill opposite Capestrano which is a lovely village to explore with helpful and friendly locals. A short drive or bike ride to the local outdoor pool with restaurant makes this an ideal spot for relaxation or a base for exploring L'Aquila and Abruzzo region. The local wine and food is excellent and there's enough information on where to go and what to see within the Villa. Maggie the owner is most helpful and has never failed to respond to any of our enquiries in a timely and efficient manner. If there's one thing to note for the potential visitor its that, to get great views like this you have to be up a hill and whilst this is not a problem for the young and fair of heart an elderly person may struggle. We have found it easier to leave the car at the bottom of the hill as the turns and steepness make it an exhilarating hill climb in a hire car! Having said that we are in our fifties and had no problem walking up and down with cases and shopping. The walk into Capestrano is not as challenging for your daily tipple or ice cream. There's a decent supermarket in nearby Bussi or an excellent larger one in Pescara, just next to the airport.
Capestrano holiday, spectacular views
Very well-equipped, clean and comfortable house with stunning views on the outskirts of the village of Capestrano in Abruzzo. We stayed at the end of March and had lovely sunny weather - 25 degrees with a slight hillside breeze - for the whole week. As the house is perched on a hillside, the drive up is a little hairy but it is manageable and is quite normal for a house in the Italian countryside. Capestrano is a sleepy village which lies between three of the most spectacular ranges of the Appenines and is within easy reach (40 mins) of the Adriatic coast for a day out. Our kids enjoyed walking up to the village gelataria for ice-cream. The owner was very helpful with any queries and provided a very comprehensive guide to all the features of the house and to the must-see attractions of the local Abruzzo area. The only drawback is that the walks up to the house and to the village are steep so would not be suitable for very elderly or the infirm. We will remember sitting on the terrace listening to the bells, sipping local wine (cheap and delicious) and watching moonrises over the mountains for a very long time. I hope we get back there some day.
Great Abruzzo holiday
Great location, although approaching the house by car is a bit demanding (last 100 m - narrow, steep road among houses and walls with hairpin bends). The house is very big, very well equipped and very clean. Views from the terrace - stunning, all day long. Perfect contact with the owner. The only little nuisance of our stay were little flies causing itchy skin irritations. The surroundings are really beautiful and not crowded by tourists, hiking in Gran Sasso and Maiella was wonderful.Definitely recommended!
Fantastic, Cosy Villa with panoramic view
We had a great week in the fantastic nature of the Abruzzes in one of the sweetest villages-Capestrano. The stone villa has a very good standard with all necessary comfort. It's a very charming, cosy and authentic house. Bathrooms and kitchen as well as all the bedrooms are in very good condition. We especially enjoyed the calmity, the smell of lilac and our chilling cave bedroom. Everybody who is into cosy, rustic houses in italian nature will love the Casa dei Papaveri. It's a great area for hiking and simply for enjoying the nature. A charming place about 10 min from Capestrano is Bussi sul Tirino with delicious pizzas, hearty people and lively green quaint alleys. This region is so chilling - an unexpected holiday highlight.
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If you are looking to escape the stresses of life for a few days then Capestrano in Abruzzo is the ideal getaway offering a taste of the real Italy away from the usual tourist hotspots. Capestrano is a pretty hilltop town overlooking the Tirino valley surrounded by the mountains of the Gran Sasso, ideally situated for exploring the National Parks or the sandy beaches of the Adriatic. Capestrano offers plenty of historic interest in its medieval and renaissance architecture and medieval fortifications can still be seen in the ruins of the old city wall. Piccolomini Castle is the highest point in Capestrano and offers stunning views of the surrounding countryside. There are 21 ski slopes in the area within easy reach. Roccarasso is the largest, host to European competitions, and includes facilities such as an ice rink and health centre. Tourist attractions nearby include Roccacalascio and Castel del Monte where 'The American' was filmed starring George Clooney. Various local festivals throughout summer months such as Chick Pea festival in Navelli and Lentil festival in Santa Stefano. Sulmona hosts a jousting competition in August. Various local markets offer a wide range of fresh fruit and veg, jewellery, shoes and clothing. There really is something in this area for everyone.
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Please note the above prices are for renting the whole house for up to 9 people. Also suitable for a family of up to 4, prices on application from £350 pw.
The property is let on a self catering basis but B&B also available at £30 per person per night.
A deposit of 30 per cent is payable on booking and the balance 6 weeks prior to departure.
A refundable deposit of £200 will be returned subject to the condition of the property at the end of the stay.
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- Hair Dryer
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- Laundry Soap
- Linens Provided
- Living Room
- Local Activities Guide
- Local Maps
- Local Restaurant Guide
- Paper Towels
- Parking
- Parking Off Street
- Parking On Street
- Shampoo
- Sunbed
- Toilet Paper
- Towels Provided
- Tumble Dryer
- Washing Machine
- 4 Ring Stove
- Blender
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- Pantry Items
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- Books
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- Long-term Renters Welcome
- not suitable for elderly or infirm
- wheelchair inaccessible
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- mountain
- rural
- village
- caves
- churches
- festivals
- forests
- library
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- ruins
- water parks
Leisure Activities
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- eco tourism
- horse riding
- outlet shopping
- paddle boating
- photography
- scenic drives
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- sledding
- walking
Local Services & Businesses
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- groceries
- hospital
- massage therapist
- medical services
Sports & Adventure Activities
- cycling
- fishing
- hiking
- ice skating
- mountain biking
- mountain climbing
- mountaineering
- paragliding
- rafting
- diving
- ski lift pass
- ski pass optional
- ski
- swimming
- Bathroom 1 - Toilet, Bath with Shower, Bidet
- Bathroom 2 - Toilet, Shower Enclosure
- Bathroom 3 - Toilet, Shower Enclosure
- All bathrooms have been recently refurbished to a high standard. All towels are provided but please bring your own swimming towels.
- 4 Bedrooms, Sleeps 9
- Bedroom 1 - 1 Large Double Bed
- Bedroom 2 - 1 Large Double Bed, 1 Sofa bed/Futon, single sofa bed
- Bedroom 3 - 2 Single Bed
- Bedroom 4 - 2 Large Double Bed
- Bedroom 1 is on the ground floor and has a study and family bathroom with a bath with a shower attachment, sink, toilet and bidet. Bedroom 2 on the first floor has an en suite shower room with shower cubicle, toilet and sink. It also has a single sofa bed if required Bedroom 4 is a converted cave under the house with its own en suite and front door overlooking the valley. The en suite has a shower cubicle, sink and toilet. All bed linen, duvets and pillows are provided. .
- Balcony
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- Terrace
- Large Cooler
- Garden
- Barbecue
- Ski & Snowboard
- Small Cooler
- Terrace
- 9 garden chairs
- 6 deck chairs
- Self-catering
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- Max. occupancy: 9
- non smoking only
- pets considered
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Music's first couple Beyonce and Jay Z kicked off the 2014 Grammy Awards in style, with a sexy rendition of 'Drunk In Love' that certainly set the mood for the rest of the night. They showed some adorable PDA, and we certainly saw more of Queen Bey than we'd ever seen before — her entire backside was exposed throughout the whole thing, and at one point Jay even squeezed her butt!
The 56th Annual Grammy Awards kicked off with a larger-than-life performance from Beyonce and Jay Z, who performed their sexy love song "Drunk in Love" in front of a ravenous crowd of celebs at L.A.'s Staples Center on Jan. 26.
Grammys Opening Performance — Beyonce & Jay-Z Perform 'Drunk In Love'
The show opened up with Queen Bey sitting solo on a chair, crooning the opening chords of "Drunk in Love" — which was enough to basically render the entire Staples Center comatose. She rocked a short, wet-looking hairdo, a sheer black ensemble, and, well, very little else as she writhed and sang her heart out about her love Jay Z.
Then she got up and started shaking it in the middle of a cloud of special-effect fog, and the crowd went wild — you could pretty much see her entire butt through her sheer bodysuit!
Beyonce sounded flawless, however, and when Jay came out looking super fly in a traditional suit to rap his part of the song and held hands with his wife, the couple made Grammys magic. They even hugged and showed PDA at the end! It was wild. Just ask Taylor Swift, who was doing her famous "awkward dance" throughout the whole performance — the Album of the Year nominated star was clearly as in awe of Queen Bey as we were!
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Providing you quality equipment, at Helinorth our dedication is to offering the very best services commercially available in order to ensure that the job is done right.
Or for more fun take a look at your own backyard in a whole different light, it'll be like seeing it for the very first time.
All Local Services, Done Right
As a locally and operated company we know the region intimately and can satisfy all of your quick transportation or agricultural needs. Weather does affect our services, but our pilots are trained and experienced to handle most of the adverse situations created by our climate with skill and safety. See our
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for details on how Helinorth can help you.
Helinorth has Years of Experience in Flight
Our trained pilots have worked for years in providing helicopter aid and services from farm work to transport. Catering to the large upper North Island region we specialise as a commercial and agricultural support service but our pilots are always happy to accommodate scenic flights of some of the most people landscape in the southern hemisphere.
For All Your Helicopter Services,
Contact Us on 0800 435 684.
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