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Schumacher Racing Products (or just Schumacher) is a British manufacturer of radio-controlled cars and accessories with a primary focus on high-end racing products.

The founder, Cecil Schumacher, was a Cosworth transmission engineer who was recruited from Borg Warner to lead the design team to adapt the Hobbs transmission (which he had worked on) to handle the Cosworth DFV"s power. Cecil spotted his workmates driving radio-controlled cars on the company"s helipad and decided it needed a ball differential after noticing the cars skittered. He soon started noticing large areas that these early primitive cars could be improved. Having noticed high tyre wear he introduced the ball differential to radio-controlled cars.

These ball differentials were used by his son Robin then his friends then local model shop requested to stock it and soon international orders followed. It came to the point that Cecil Schumacher was making more money from this side business than through his employer. So in 1981 Schumacher Racing Products was formed in Northampton, England.

The first car to be produced by Schumacher was the XL Lexan chassis pan car in 1981 which had intentionally highly flexible chassis suitable for indoor racing. This was followed in 1983 by the "C" car which was made out of fibreglass reinforced epoxy resin sheet and designed specifically for racing on carpet. It included many features that are still around on every modern 1/12-scale car; race wins include the euros in 1985 and 1988.

In the latter half of the 1980s, off-road RC cars increased in popularity. In 1986 the first 4WD 1/10-scale off-road buggy was launched, called the SWB CAT. This launched the CAT (Competition All Terrain) brand for Schumacher. This first variant SWB (Standard Wheel Base) 4WD car was an instant success with serious RC fans with its popularity cemented into history when Masami Hirosaka won the 1987 IFMAR off-road RC World Championships

Following the success of the first generation of off-road CATs, Schumacher continued to produce many successful off and on-road electric cars. The popularity of the touring car class seriously affected the off-road world during the 1990s. Schumacher stepped down the development of this class through the 1990s. Schumacher was then starting to dominate a niche in the "fun" car sector, with high-power/speed nitro-powered models capable of real speeds in excess of 80 mph.

Over the turn of this century the Schumacher product line-up became quite familiar with the "fun" cars with increasing number of nitro products; however it remained in the 1/10 competition touring cars market.

The flood of cheap high-volume low-margin ready to run cars produced in Asia meant the company no longer produce a nitro car or fun car. Schumacher now concentrate on the high level 1/10-scale electrical competitive market. Alongside their Mi touring car range the company re-entered the off-road scene with the CAT SX (4WD) and Cougar SV (2WD). Vintage racing of older designed cars became popular with Schumacher re-releasing the CAT XLS in 2017 and then the Top Cat. In the mid 2010s a move was made to help the sport grow with the introduction of a number of lower priced competition cars. The Mi1 touring car was introduced alongside the ever evolving top spec version. And then a move was made to re-establish 1/12th electric carpet racing with the launch of the Supastock and Eclipse range. It also increased its distrution business of other none competing RC products.

SUZUKA, Japan (Reuters) - Michael Schumacher achieved more than any other driver in Formula One but the winner of a record seven world championships and 91 grands prix could not beat time however hard he raced.Mercedes Formula One driver Michael Schumacher of Germany stands in his garage at the Suzuka circuit October 4, 2012, ahead of Sunday"s Japanese F1 Grand Prix. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

The Schumacher Mark II, now 43 years old and driving a suitably silver Mercedes, has become a scuffed shadow of the shiny Mark I model who dominated racetracks around the world in the colours of Benetton and Ferrari.

His truly remarkable career will stand as a drama in two parts, with a three-year intermission, that some will see as an entirely fitting outcome for a driver who also divided the sport like few others.

Back in 2006, when Schumacher informed the world that he would be retiring as a Ferrari driver at a Monza news conference after the Italian Grand Prix, it seemed like the end of an era.

The Formula One world has moved on and younger talents, such as Red Bull’s double world champion Sebastian Vettel and Schumacher’s replacement Lewis Hamilton, now command the attention.

Schumacher still holds many of the records but Vettel is now the youngest ever double champion, after winning his first at the age of 23. Last year the young German also chalked up a record 15 poles.

There has been a question mark over Schumacher’s future all season and he said on Thursday, after replacing it with a full stop, that he felt released from his own doubts.

Self-doubt was never a big part of the old Michael Schumacher’s make-up. The freedom he enjoyed then was of the town of Maranello as Ferrari’s undisputed number one.

Schumacher may be the greatest, although the number who would dispute that has grown after three unimpressive years, but he will never rank as the most popular.

At the start, after an uneventful formation lap, Alonso pulled clear with Fisichella following him away from the grid. Raikkonen, as expected, retained fourth place ahead of the two Hondas and then Schumacher in sixth.

After three laps he was 5.3 seconds ahead of Fisichella and 11.5 ahead of Schumacher and by end of the 10th, of the 56 scheduled, he was 11.5 ahead of his teammate and held an advantage of 22.3 on his championship rival, who had climbed to fifth.

Schumacher passed Barrichello on lap nine, shortly after his Ferrari teammate Brazilian Felipe Massa had taken an unscheduled exit off the circuit and across some grass before rejoining the fray in his efforts to move up the field from 20th.

Alonso reeled off five fastest laps in the opening 14, during which there was a flurry of activity behind him on lap 13 when Schumacher, having passed Barrichello, found his way past Briton Jenson Button in the other Honda to take fourth place.

Raikkonen"s race ended, however, just three laps later when he retired with a mechanical problem at turn nine. Two laps later, at the end of lap 21, Schumacher came in and refuelled but did not change tyres and a lap later he was followed in to the pits by Alonso, who did.

A dry line was by now appearing on parts of the track as Fisichella led for a lap and then pitted to be followed by Robert Kubica who had risen to fifth and clocked a fastest lap on lap 23.

Once all the leaders had stopped once, Alonso had an advantage at the front of 9.8 seconds on Fisichella who was in turn only 1.2 seconds ahead of Schumacher. The Ferrari man was clearly gaining ground.

By lap 28, Fisichella had closed the gap at the front to 0.4 seconds and Schumacher was on his tail - the chase for a decisive blow in the championship was truly on.

At one point on lap 29, Fisichella attempted to pass a clearly ailing Alonso. who held him off and the two Renaults were not to change places until lap 30 when almost immediately, on lap 31, Schumacher passed Alonso on the inside to take second.

Schumacher and Ferrari were clearly revelling in the half-dry conditions and the seven-time champion was in his element, his courage and skill beyond all doubt.

The dry line grew, as did Fisichella"s lead to 2.6 seconds, but Alonso was unable to cope and dropped 7.7 seconds behind Schumacher in third place. The German knew this was enough to put him level on points with two races to go.

In the changing and unpredictable conditions, Schumacher clocked a fastest lap when he became the first man under 1:41 after 35 laps and then Alonso pitted again, apparently for dry tyres.

This cost him places and time. He fell to sixth and was 53.7 seconds off the leader, Fisichella, while Schumacher sat one second behind him in second running on his original set of tyres.

Schumacher finally made his second pitstop and first for new tyres, when he switched to a dry set, after 40 laps. One lap later, Fisichella did the same, but it was costly and as he exited the pitlane, struggling for control, Schumacher swept past him on the inside to take the lead on lap 42.

Alonso gave chase with the fastest lap, but Schumacher led Fisichella by 7.6 seconds and Alonso by 23 as they began lap 43. Alonso lapped fast and closed the gap, passed Fisichella eventually and then ran second in vain pursuit to the finish as rain began to fall again.

Both drivers Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg are optimistic, Rosberg commented about the Shanghai circuit, “The track is quite different to the first two, as it demands more from the front tyres than the rears -- in other words, what is termed a front-limited circuit. We know that we have a quick car, but we are looking to improve our long run pace in China and to have a better race performance.”

Schumacher is also confident Mercedes has worked hard on the race-pace, “ I"ve never had much luck in Shanghai, apart from my win in 2006; however that could change this year. In the first two races of 2012, we didn"t manage to maintain our qualifying pace in race conditions. We"ve been working intensively on this, so that we can offer our fans a strong performance in China.”

Horner explained, “Before we pursue constructing parts and expense to it, for us it"s quite important to know that, yes, it"s going to be permissible for the rest of the year. And quite often we see technical clarifications come out that deem things to be not in compliance with the regulations.”

Article 3.15 of the FIA Technical Regulations states: “With the exception of the parts necessary for the adjustment described in Article 3.18 (which describes the DRS wing flap), any car system, device or procedure which uses driver movement as a means of altering the aerodynamic characteristics of the car is prohibited.”

Despite the unexpected victory in Malaysia, Ferrari is still adamant they have a lot of work to do on their 2012 car, and star driver Fernando Alonso believes ‘nothing has changed’ and he therefore expects a very difficult Chinese Grand Prix. “I"m not expecting any surprises in this race, compared to what we saw in Australia and Malaysia,” the Spaniard said. And he added, “We will have a few small updates, but nothing particularly significant and on top of that, we can expect that the other teams will also bring some new parts.”

Technical Director Pat Fry is even more pessimistic and stated Ferrari is still some 0.8 seconds slower than their rivals and still has a lot of problems to solve. “We are constantly working on improving the issues we have. New parts are coming through and we are trying to get them to the race track as quickly as possible -- We will have five updates for China, some are quite visible others less so,” said Fry. And he admitted, “The car is quite difficult to drive and Fernando [Alonso] has managed to get the most out of it, while with Felipe [Massa], we have struggled to find the right balance to keep him happy.”

And what about the Shanghai circuit, will it suit the Lotus? “It’s quite similar to Albert Park and Sepang in what it requires from the car so that should be good for us. We have some new parts for the E20 so that should also be good,” Raikkonen said. And he added, “It’s a proper race track and there are good opportunities for overtaking. Our car looks good so let’s see what happens when we get out on track.”

Schumacher and Rosberg are still waiting for their first podium place for Mercedes, if they can solve the problems with the tyres they certainly will end up on the podium this season, the Mercedes is fast during qualifying where it can take full advantage of the DRS operated F-Duct.

Scag Power Equipment is one of the last commercial power-equipment companies that actually manufactures their own components. Other mower “manufacturers” are simply assemblers, bolting together parts that other companies have made for them. In fact, every “Scag Gold” component on our mowers is manufactured from scratch by Scag (except for the wheels and ROPS). Sheet metal and tube steel comes in one end of the factory and the world’s best commercial lawn mowers go out the other end. Manufacturing our own component parts allows us greater flexibility in design and more control over the quality of the parts we use in our mowers. Ultimately, we control our own destiny and are able to react quickly with new designs and product enhancements.

Scag Power Equipment is one of the last commercial power-equipment companies that actually manufactures their own components. Other mower “manufacturers” are simply assemblers, bolting together parts that other companies have made for them. In fact, every “Scag Gold” component on our mowers is manufactured from scratch by Scag (except for the wheels and ROPS). Sheet metal and tube steel comes in one end of the factory and the world’s best commercial lawn mowers go out the other end. Manufacturing our own component parts allows us greater flexibility in design and more control over the quality of the parts we use in our mowers. Ultimately, we control our own destiny and are able to react quickly with new designs and product enhancements.

We understand the importance of “no downtime” and what it means to your business. Because of this, we sell our products through a worldwide distributor and dealer network. Every distributor of Scag equipment has their own parts department, technical service department and sales department to better serve the Scag dealer and ultimately you, the Scag customer. Using distribution ensures local parts availability and it gives the Scag dealer a local source for technical service, parts and sales support.

We understand the importance of “no downtime” and what it means to your business. Because of this, we sell our products through a worldwide distributor and dealer network. Every distributor of Scag equipment has their own parts department, technical service department and sales department to better serve the Scag dealer and ultimately you, the Scag customer. Using distribution ensures local parts availability and it gives the Scag dealer a local source for technical service, parts and sales support.

In all, there are 11 variations of the new MoonSwatch – effectively, 11 colorways – that each correspond to a specific planetary object. Each version is called a "Mission," so there"s Mission to Mercury, Mission to the Moon, Mission to Mars, and so on. Theres"s even one called, um, Mission to Uranus.

Each combination is unique to the heavenly body it represents. Mission to Neptune features a full blue aesthetic (like the planet) with a contrasting blue dial, and a very blue case. Mission to Earth uses the green of its continents to inform a green case, coupled with a blue dial and brown hands. Some (like Mercury) are more conservative in design, while others (like Mars) use spacecraft-like objects for hands, or (like Saturn) integrate images of planets into the subdials.

I happen to really like the Mission to the Moon model because it is almost a 1:1 copy of the real thing. There"s something intellectually exciting about wearing a Speedy Pro made by Swatch. Instagram is already aflame with commentary from enthusiasts who are frantic to get their hands on one. And there are still two days to go before this lands in select Swatch stores around the world.

Judging by the excitement online surrounding this release, I can very well see a great many collectors going on their own missions to track down these watches. Even if you"re able to secure all 11 models, that"s still more than $3,000 savings over a single Moonwatch – not bad.

I, for one, don"t love all of the models enough to go on a "gotta catch em" all" Pokemon-style hunt. Standouts are surely the Mission to Mars with its deep red case, and spacecraft-shaped hands. The Mission to the Sun is equally loud and impressive with its yellow case and sunray (I see what they did there) dial.

Then there"s the model some of you are destined to call the Tiffany MoonSwatch for its specific powder-blue coloration. This is the one called Mission to Uranus, and yes, I still laugh like a 10-year-old every time I say that.

The Mission on Earth model feels a bit off to me. Something about the mixture of green, blue and brown – while on the nose – just doesn"t produce a particularly pleasing design. I"m also not the target audience for the Mission to Venus watch – and not because it"s pink. I think we have pretty well established here on HODINKEE that watches should be (and in many ways are!) moving to a genderless future. So it"s a drag that both Omega and Swatch saw the need to accessorize the pink variation with what they call "a touch of feminine elegance," via subsidiary dials accentuated with diamond-like details. But I digress. Even if you don"t like Earth and Venus any more than I do, you still have nine others to choose from. That"s nine more than anybody ever expected.

Japan will send a mission to China to carry out inspections before it lifts the ban, which was imposed late January after an outbreak of bird flu was confirmed in Beijing.

The influence of peers is strengthened during adolescence (Plaisier and Konijn, 2013; Rudolph et al., 2014). Many negative aspects of the peer context might become even more negative during adolescence (Lopez and Dubois, 2005). Exposure to peer victimization is a salient stressor that affects numerous aspects of their growing up (Hanish and Guerra, 2002; Card and Hodges, 2008). Peer victimization refers to the suffering of repeated bullying behavior such as physical, verbal, or relational aggression or threats of aggression (Olweus, 1996). Frequently victimized youth may lose their social standing and be marked as outcasts (Bukowski and Sippola, 2001). Numerous studies have demonstrated that adolescents who were more often victimized were also more likely to indulge in online games (Zhou et al., 2014; Kim et al., 2015). The satisfaction theory of Internet addiction indicates that when the victimized individuals cannot get enough peer support in real life, they will play Internet games to try to meet psychological needs, thus causing excessive dependence on Internet games and even more difficulties with self-control themselves (Swickert et al., 2002; Young-Jones et al., 2014). Online gaming, and role playing games in particular, may compensate for the negative effects of peer victimization by helping the adolescent build new relationships and regain confidence (Morahan-Martin and Schumacher, 2003). It is reasonable to assume that peer victimization can increase the risk of IGA.

We assessed peer victimization at T1 with nine questions adapted from the bullying/victim questionnaire (Olweus, 1996; Zhou et al., 2014). The measure has three parts, namely physical aggression, relational aggression, and verbal aggression. The subjects were asked to report the frequency of violations committed by their peers in the past 6 months, including “Have you been beaten, kicked, pushed, or bumped by your peer?” “Have you ever been abused by your peer?” and “Have you been blackmailed, threatened, or intimidated by your peer?” All items are rated on a 5-point scale (from 1 = never to 5 = four times or more). We calculated the mean of all items, with higher scores reflecting a greater level of peer victimization. In the current study the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of this questionnaire was 0.93.

Ko, C. H., Yen, J. Y., Yen, C. F., Lin, H. C., and Yang, M. J. (2007). Factors predictive for incidence and remission of internet addiction in young adolescents: a prospective study. Cyberpsychol. Behav. 10, 545–551. doi: 10.1089/cpb.2007.9992

Morahan-Martin, J., and Schumacher, P. (2003). Loneliness and social uses of the internet. Comput. Hum. Behav. 19, 659–671. doi: 10.1016/S0747-5632(03)00040-2

Hein Schumacher will receive annual fixed pay of €1.85m, be eligible to receive annual bonus and Performance Share Plan awards, and relocation support, all in line with Unilever’s existing remuneration policy. His salary puts him at the median of our benchmark companies.