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Distributor

This problem can be fixed by removing the distributor's cap and drying the cap, cam, rotor and the contacts by wiping with tissue paper or a clean rag, by blowing hot air on them, or using a moisture displacement spray e.g. WD-40 or similar.

The distributor also houses the centrifugal advance unit: a set of hinged weights attached to the distributor shaft, that cause the breaker points mounting plate to slightly rotate and advance the spark timing with higher engine rpm.


¡Que viva México!

Through Sinclair, the Mexican Film Trust attempted to arouse interest from a major American motion picture concern to finish the film, but after months of failure to find among them anyone interested in the property, finally contracted with independent producer-distributor Sol Lesser to produce two short features and a short subject culled from the footage, Thunder Over Mexico, Eisenstein in Mexico, and Death Day all released in 1934.

1,5-Pentanediol

A toy called Bindeez (Aqua Dots in North America) was recalled by the distributor in November 2007 because of the unauthorized substitution of 1,5-pentanediol with 1,4-butanediol.

ACP Rail International

In 2000, the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC), which brings together all of Britain's national rail train companies, appointed ACP Rail to be the official distributor for BritRail and ACP Rail continues to do so.

AGL Resources

Atlanta Gas Light, is the largest natural gas distributor in the Southeast, and is the AGL in AGL Resources.

Alfredo Razon Gonzalez

He is married to Regina Anne Marie Arcenas-Gonzalez, Managing Director of Terry S.A., Inc. (Official distributor of Havaianas, David & Goliath, Pininho, and Dupe in the Philippines).

Artificial eye

Artificial Eye, DVD distributor in the USA and UK, specialising in foreign-language films

Bergsala

Bergsala AB, from Kungsbacka, Sweden, has operated as the Nordic and Baltic agent and distributor of Nintendo products since 1981.

Cimetière parisien de Bagneux

Claude Berri (1934-2009), French actor, writer, producer, director and distributor

CinéGroupe

In 2002, the company united with Star Records to create a home video distributor called CinéGroupe/Star.

Commodore 16

Aurrerá supermarkets distributed them with Grupo Sigma S.A., a local distributor of Commodore USA.

Demirören Group

Its properties include Milangaz (a liquefied petroleum gas distributor with 15% of the Turkish market), the Demirören İstiklal shopping mall in Beyoğlu, and the Milliyet and Vatan newspapers.

Dendy

Dendy Films, an arthouse film distributor absorbed into the Australian branch of Icon Productions.

Diamante Music Group

Diamante Music Group was a Newport Beach, California based independent record label distributor active from 1993 through 2004.

Electrohome

From 1984 to 1999, Electrohome branded TVs were produced under license by Mitsubishi Electric, and from 1999 to the present by Jutan (distributed by Canadian distributor Citizen Electronics).

Escort Way

Escort Way is a New South Wales state arterial road running from the western end of the Northern Distributor Road in Orange to Eugowra, where it becomes Eugowra-Forbes Road.

F650

F650 Pickups, a aftermarket automotive manufacture and distributor

Focus Features

Focus Features (formerly USA Films, Universal Focus, Good Machine, Gramercy Pictures and October Films) is the art house films division of NBCUniversal, and acts as both a producer and distributor for its own films and a distributor for foreign films.

Gener

AES Gener, a producer and distributor of electricity in Chile

Gibraltar Hardware

It was part of the company Kaman, which is also a manufacturer of aircraft structures and components and a distributor of parts and equipment to the North American industry.

Gnome Monosoupape

This arrangement eliminated the need for points, distributor, high-voltage wiring and capacitors found in conventional mechanically timed ignition systems.

Graphsim Entertainment

Today, Graphsim is primarily a distributor, with their notable products being X-Plane, Falcon 4.0: Allied Force and the latest version of the F/A-18 franchise, F/A-18 Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Heilind Electronics

The company further expanded internationally in 2012, first purchasing distributor Kotek Eletro Eletronica Ltda, based in São Paulo City, São Paulo, Brazil, and then later that same year opening offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Suzhou and Dongguan, China.

Henry Noyes

Henry Halsey Noyes, American writer, publisher, teacher, and distributor of Chinese books and magazines.

HP SureSupply

The users of HP Printers equipped with SureSupply can buy the Ink cartridge-toner online, through their preferred distributor or the HP Store.

Imagineering

Imagineering Australia, a microcomputer software and hardware distributor founded by Australian businessman Jodee Rich.

Jeff Robbin

The three chose Casady & Greene as distributor, whom Robbin had previously worked with to distribute Conflict Catcher.

Kintaro Walks Japan

Unable to find a distributor for the documentary of the trek, MacNiven burned 1,000 DVDs and began hawking copies of the film on the streets of San Francisco and at a restaurant his father owns.

Krzysztof Klicki

He started Kolporter started after the free market transformation in Poland, selling newspapers - in particular Gazeta Wyborcza - which he collected from Warsaw overnight and sold in Kielce the next day (the name Kolporter means "distributor" in Polish).

Marian Records

Formed in 2005, Marian Records' exclusive distributor is RED Distribution (a unit of SONY/ BMG Entertainment).

Martin Starger

Working with Grade, Starger became the president of Associated Film Distribution, the distributor of ITC's films which tied him to the production of films both successful (Autumn Sonata, The Muppet Movie, On Golden Pond, Sophie's Choice) as well as the bombs that destroyed the company (Raise the Titanic!, Saturn 3).

Neil Jenkins

He developed his tackling, passing and running skills, especially under the coaching of Graham Henry, and became an excellent distributor of the ball, notably his excellent flat passes, and also a strong runner.

Nico B.

He is also the founder and owner of the infamous Cultvideotheek in Amsterdam and of Cult Epics, a distributor of cult movies in the genres arthouse, horror and erotica, specialized in the work of Walerian Borowczyk, Tinto Brass, Jean Genet, Fernando Arrabal, Rene Daalder, Abel Ferrara, Radley Metzger, Irving Klaw, and Bettie Page.

Paila marina

In episode 11, "Abiquiu", of the third season of US TV series Breaking Bad, the character Gus Fring, a prominent Chilean methamphetamine distributor in the south of the United States, prepares a Paila Marina for Walter White while explaining the origin of this typical Chilean dish.

Philip Josephs

Josephs also acted as the main distributor of radical and anarchist literature, such as Mother Earth and Freedom, and was in regular contact with anarchist Emma Goldman.

Richard Scheufler

In October 2004, Richard accepted the offer to cooperate with the company MusicData (distributor of the Hughes & Kettner Amplifiers) concerning the presentation of the instruments Quantum, at his solo concerts, workshops and music fairs.

River Without Buoys

Wu Tianming has said that this movie could not be made today—in addition to the increased censorship in China following the Tiananmen incidents of 1989, all of the major films in China go to "two and a half directors." He explains that while his film The King of Masks played for 11 weeks in the United States, the Chinese distributor decided that it would be released for only three days in theatres there.

Robert Wiseman

Born at Strathaven in Lanarkshire, Robert Wiseman sold his farmland to become a designated milk distributor in East Kilbride.

Saavn

Saavn, LLC is a digital distributor of Bollywood and Tamil Cinema music, with rights to over 2 million music tracks.

Salonbiz

SalonBiz is designed by Extended Technologies, a division of Neill Corporation, an independent distributor of Aveda beauty products in the southeastern United States.

Selmer

Conn-Selmer, manufacturer and distributor of musical instruments for concert bands, marching bands and orchestras

Sqwincher

During the Iraq War, Pat Reardon of beverage distributor Hagemeyer North America began a fundraising campaign to buy Quik Stiks to give to soldiers in Iraq where the temperature is frequently hot.

Sudirman

During his tenure as sub-district head, Cokrosunaryo had not accumulated much wealth, and in Cilacap he became a distributor of Singer sewing machines.

The Grand Moments

Les Grands Moments was a parody of the James Bond style of the period, but the film never found a distributor, and Lelouch thought the film was so bad that he attempted to destroy the negatives of the film, so that it would never be shown.

The Man Called Flintstone

However, owing to licensing complications between Warner Bros. (current owners of the Flintstones property) and Sony (current owners of then-Flintstones distributor Columbia Pictures/Screen Gems), only a Canadian release occurred; a United States release was canceled and would not be rescheduled until the rights issue was cleared in August 2008.

THES

Toronto Hydro Electric System, the local distributor of electric power in the City of Toronto

Thomas Welton Stanford

In Australia, he became a distributor for Singer sewing machines and rang up record sales, using innovative sales techniques such as time payment.

Warmoth

Warmoth Guitars, an American manufacturer and distributor of guitar parts

Watsco

He has led Watsco through three decades of significant growth, beginning with the acquisition of several small manufacturing companies, and then charting the new course of HVAC distribution with the $17 million purchase of Gemaire Distributors Inc., a Florida-based Rheem distributor in 1989.

Yari Film Group

YFG's first major financial success as a distributor was with The Illusionist, starring Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti and Jessica Biel, which pulled in roughly $40 million at the U.S box office, gaining the upstart notoriety for successfully launching the film through a platform release rollout.


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