Flexicurity is a European labour market policy adopted in 2007 within the European Employment Strategy. This policy aims at combining the flexibilisation of employment relations with the traditions of the European welfare state. This book provides empirical evidence of increasing labour flexibility accompanied by a decline of social security. ...

A guide to the design & operation of the Flex Ray bus, the protocol for automotive network communications. It covers: the Flex Ray concept & its communication protocol; the Flex Ray physical layer; synchronization & global time; architecture of a node; &, components & development aid tools for hardware & software. ...

Triple bill featuring three films from Mary O' Hara's landmark horse saga. In ' My Friend Flicka' (1943), Roddy Mc Dowall stars as Ken Mc Laughlin, a wayward boy who shows little application in his studies, & whose relationship with his rancher father, Rob (Preston S. Foster), is troubled. To teach Ken responsibility, his father asks him to choose a young horse to train & care for. But his father is doubtful when Ken selects a feisty young filly
- Flicka
- whose mother is notoriously tempestuous. Will Ken's dedication, love & hard work pay off, & produce a fine mare of the skittish young filly? In ' Thunderhead
- Son of Flicka' (1945) the son of a horse rancher (Foster), Ken Mc Laughlin (Mc Dowell) takes it upon himself to train Thunderhead, a white colt with the same rebellious streak that distinguished its mother (Flicka). Thunderhead helps Mc Dowell round up several horses that had been stolen from his father, & also attracts the attention of a racing aficionado (Ralph Sanford). Once fully grown, Thunderhead indicates that he'd be happier running wild, so Mc Dowell tearfully but proudly gives the horse his freedom. Finally, ' Green Grass of Wyoming' (1948) the relationship between humans & animals is paralleled as they struggle to live & find love on a wild ranch in Wyoming. The human story centres around a rancher's niece who falls in love with a neighbouring rancher's son. The equine story follows the romantic exploits of a wild-eyed black mare & a wild white stallion, Thunderhead.


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Bob Hoskins & Frances de la Tour star in this award-winning, six-part, Masterpiece Theatre sitcom set in the early days of the silent film industry. Arnie Cole (Hoskins) & his wife Maud (de la Tour) are an odd couple, having entered into the state of matrimony for purely practical reasons. However, their marriage of convenience gives way to genuine partnership as Maud becomes caught up in Arnie's ambitions to start his own film production company. ...