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The sixteenth century was a period of transition for the nascent Mughal Empire. The reign of the second Emperor Humayun (1508-1556) witnessed the upheavals that accompanied the transition of the new polity from a war-band to a full-fledged bureaucratic state at the end of the century. In spite of their far superior military power (including numerous firearms and canons), the armies of Humayun suffered a number of humiliating defeats at the hand of the Afghan lords of north India, and the beaten Emperor had to take refuge in Persia before returning to South Asia and reclaiming his domains. This paper will argue that these failures were closely related to the inability of Humayun's court to engage in meaningful political "propaganda" that could appeal to a broad range of subjects in their domain—a failure that stands in sharp contrast to the successful information-campaigns of Humayun's father (Babur) and son (Akbar).
To argue this point, two texts dating from the later sixteenth century will be analyzed. One entitled Vaqi'at-i Mushtaqi will be treated as the reflection of the world-views of an important subsection of Mughal society—that of Sufis or mystics. For such men the primary locus of authority lay in individuals who could act as a "medium" for people by channeling divine power. Humayun appears to have been especially successful in appealing to this group. A second text however, the Tabaqat-i Akbari written by a soldier who belonged to the core Central Asian migrants to India, indirectly condemns the Emperor by depicting his failure to live up to the military ideals expected of him by his generals. In a society characterized by Marshall Hodgson as the "military patronage system" the inability of the king to appeal to his army and act as the chief general would prove disastrous.
Ali Anooshahr teaches World History as well as comparative pre-modern Islamic history at the University of California, Davis. He received his B.A. in Humanities from the University of Texas at Austin (1994), and received his MA and PhD in Islamic History from the University of California, Los Angeles (2005). He has taught at the University of California, Los Angeles, Santa Monica College, California State University Los Angeles, California State University San Marcos, and Saint Xavier University, Chicago.
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In the forthcoming Dana Press book, The Temperamental Thread: How Genes, Culture, and Luck Make us Who We Are, Dr. Jerome Kagan gives an expansive overview for non-scientists from the field he pioneered to explain the nature of temperament, the in-born traits that underlie our responses to the outside world.
In The Temperamental Thread, Dr. Kagan draws on examples from his research, including his seminal study of more than 450 children followed from infancy to adulthood, and the research of others to show that each person is born with a temperamental bias, one that—along with experience, genes, culture, ethnicity, and gender—helps shape personality.
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Our Colombian business, Bavaria, is working with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Bogotá Water Company to protect the basin that provides water to Bogotá. The basin is being seriously deforested, particularly by cattle breeders wanting to create grazing land to produce milk. Deforestation affects the local ecosystems and, while it doesn't reduce the capacity of the basin to produce water, it means that more sediment is washed into the supply. This in turn means higher costs for the water company and ultimately its customers.
Bavaria has invested US$145,000 in the project. This money will be used to develop partnerships with the cattle breeders to improve their production methods and reduce sedimentation in the river.
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'Super Returnables' campaign
During 2008 our Colombian business, Bavaria, launched its 'Super Returnables' campaign with the tag line "The power to defend your pocket, increase sales and protect the planet".
In replacing its returnable bottles, Bavaria has invested US$145 million to implement the most modern technology. First trialled in the relaunch of the Club Colombia brand in November 2006, super-returnables are lighter than the original returnable bottles. They are more robust: a new shape with flat panels reduces wear in transportation and they have a film to protect the surface of the glass. This means the bottles can be used twice as often – around 40 cycles instead of 20 – which reduces energy consumption.
Super-returnables were introduced alongside new plastic crates that are made out of 73% recycled material. The crates have enabled distributors, shopkeepers and sellers to introduce a new bottle deposit scheme.
Our priorities: Packaging
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Plastics recycling programme
Since 2003 our Salvadorian business, Industrias La Constancia (ILC), has been part of the National Recovery and Recycling of Plastics Programme. Working with the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources and the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance, the aim of the programme is to retrieve and recycle post-consumer plastic packaging waste.
In 2008, ILC provided 45% of the total amount of material recycled in the initiative, which collectively retrieved a total of 2,178.30 tonnes of post-consumer plastics over the year. This amount has prevented the emission of 1,485 tonnes of CO2, saved 10,890 barrels of oil and prevented 990 tonnes of landfill waste.
To further reduce the impact of its packaging waste, La Constancia has implemented a post-industrial recycling programme, initially implemented at the brewery. The success of the programme has led to its introduction in the soft drinks plant.
Our priorities: Packaging
Award-winning environmental management
The Central American Environment and Development Committee (CCAD) has awarded our Salvadoran company, Industrias La Constancia, the Regional Cleaner Production Award. The business also received an honourable mention in the water category. The CCAD commended the company for its 67% increase in the recycling of post-production factory materials in the last year, its 58% reduction in the amount of solid waste sent to landfill and its 62% cut in water use in the last eight years.
The award recognises the company's efforts to keep improving its production processes to protect the environment. It highlights its achievements in creating waste reduction and recycling programmes and installing a recycling centre in the brewing plant.
Our priorities: Waste
'Improving Together' supplier programme
'Mejorando Juntos' ('Improving Together') is a programme to foster and develop micro and small businesses supplying our Panamanian business, Cerveceria Nacional (CN). As well as helping suppliers to become more competitive, it also contributes to the development and sustainability of the community.
The first step is an awareness-raising session based on our Responsible Sourcing Principles. Subsequent training covers topics such as quality and environmental management, looking at improvement opportunities in each case and any support the company may need.
Once the training is complete, companies become accredited CN suppliers and continue to receive help as necessary. The programme has so far involved 35 of CN's small and medium-sized suppliers and is designed to be replicated in other locations in the future.
CN's main partner in the project, The National Centre for Competitiveness, was recently invited by the United Nations Global Compact Network to join a nationwide project to use the company's model as a best practice example of business-supplier relationships.
Our priorities: Enterprise development
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Smallholder development
In Peru we are encouraging smallholder development by moving part of our hard yellow maize procurement from imports to local crops grown by smallholder farmers. Our Peruvian business, Backus, has partnered with CEDEPAS (The Ecumenical Centre of Promotion and Social Action) in the project and during the last year it has worked with 96 farmers providing technical assistance. We purchased 1,583 tonnes of maize between December 2008 and March 2009 from 80 of these farmers who met our brewing standards. The smallholders increased their productivity from an average of 7.5 tonnes per hectare to 8.7 tonnes per hectare as part of the project.
CEDEPAS also assists the farmers to set up cooperative associations to improve their buying and selling power. Two associations are now running and selling directly to Backus.
This initiative is part of the 'Progresando Juntos' programme that aims to improve conditions and create opportunities for micro and small enterprises. The goal for the next year is to increase our purchase of maize to around 6,000 tonnes and to provide assistance to approximately 130 smallholders.
Our priorities: Enterprise development
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Nurturing small distribution businesses
Our Salvadoran business, La Constancia, is improving its distribution and supporting local communities and businesses through its 'minibodagas' and owner-driver schemes.
Minibodagas are manual distributors delivering La Constancia's products in high-density areas where truck delivery is difficult. Each has a 'territory' of about one square kilometre with around 35 customers. The country has 24 minibodagas in total, each hiring an average of four people. La Constancia provides finance and logistics to help set up the minibodagas and each must formally employ all its workers.
In addition, La Constancia's owner-driver scheme helps some of the company's drivers to become entrepreneurs in their own right. Owner-drivers receive assistance from the brewery to set up their business and purchase a truck.This belongs to the company for the first two years after which there is a transition of ownership transferred to the driver. Drivers employ their own crew – normally two or three people per truck – to help with distribution.
Our priorities: Enterprise development
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Opportunities for smallholder farmers
Since 2007, Cerveceria Nacional (CN) in Ecuador has been running a programme that seeks to support small and medium-sized producers of rice while standardising the price and improving the quality and availability of supply. The results have been positive with production and quality increasing, creating jobs and impoving the incomes of the farmers involved.
The scheme has now been expanded to include sorghum and barley. The sorghum project, still at pilot stage and involving pioneering research, is looking at the best way to grow the crop in Ecuador while bringing maximum benefit to the local community. CN is also establishing a pilot scheme to identify which regions and altitudes are best suited to producing brewery barley. As well as providing raw material for the brewing process, the project will support small-scale farmers and help alleviate poverty.
Our priorities: Enterprise development
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Nurturing small bakery businesses
The neighbouring communities of our Salvadorian business, Industrias La Constancia (ILC), are disadvantaged with over 40% of the inhabitants living in 'champas' (houses made of plastic, boxes and tin). Over 25% of local people are unemployed and education levels are low. In response ILC has developed an entrepreneurship programme and has installed a baking centre for people living near its brewery.
The aim of the centre is to help participants to increase their income by starting their own small bakery businesses. The scheme offers six weeks of training on business-related topics, run by the NGO FUNDES, which has entrepreneurship expertise. During the training, participants learn about cost control, budgets, marketing, market research and other topics that will help them make their small business more successful. FUNDES uses an innovative training approach that helps participants to overcome their fear of failure owing to lack of education.
Training craftsmen entrepreneurs
'Progresando Juntos' is a development programme aimed at small and medium-sized businesses in the areas of Peru in which Backus, our Peruvian business, operates.
Within the scheme, the 'Huaca de la Luna' project seeks specifically to encourage tourism and economic activity in the northern part of the country. Named after archaeological monuments in northern Peru, it helps local craftsmen to become more productive, looking at quality of service in the craft trade and the organisation of micro-scale, craft-related businesses.
During the 2009 financial year, more than 100 craftsmen took part in workshops emphasising the importance of quality for both the products and services they provide, as well as providing them with tools to best manage their business. With 110 hours of lectures and 60 hours of individual technical assistance, the workshops offered training in entrepreneurial management, costs, marketing and business plans.
Strategic corporate social investment
'DestapaRSE' is Cerveceria Nacional's corporate social investment (CSI) umbrella programme. It covers five areas – CSI projects, enterprise development, small CSI initiatives and philanthropic activities, community projects and emergencies and disaster relief. Its creation was the result of a cultural shift away from philanthropy towards strategic CSI.
Aligned with the sustainable development priorities of the SABMiller group, the new programme includes a CSI committee comprising a member from each department and two external members to ensure that projects are selected and funds allocated in a fully transparent way. As part of its more strategic approach, the company now collects stakeholder responses and takes the lead in the conception and implementation of new projects.
Apart from selecting projects to be implemented, Cerveceria Nacional's main CSI contribution is to build local capabilities in the implementation, management and promotion of sustainable social investment projects.
Raising awareness of HIV/Aids
'Makanudo' is a wellness programme for all employees in Honduras. Recent activities have included an awareness-raising campaign highlighting the causes and prevention of HIV/Aids.
The programme has included regular employee workshops with educational materials provided to attendees. NGOs such as Hogar Renacer, a local charity which works with people at risk from HIV/Aids, and other associations working and caring for people affected by HIV/Aids, have participated in these workshops. The Honduran Ministry of Health is also a key partner in the awareness-raising campaign, providing guidance and assistance for the workshops.
We provide and promote voluntary testing for all employees and, if results return positive, those concerned receive assistance and confidential treatment. This includes counselling, treatment with IHSS, the Honduran social security institution, and options for economic assistance.
Our priorities: HIV/Aids
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Working in partnership to remove underage labour
In El Salvador, and other parts of Latin America, there is a tradition of youths working alongside their families in the sugar cane harvest. The ILO has stated that sugar cane harvesting is hazardous and is not suitable for people under 18 years old. Typically many of the underage cane cutters are boys aged 14 to 17 years old. Our Salvadorian operation, Industrias La Constancia (ILC), whose business includes soft drinks, has been working in partnership with The Coca-Cola Company to remove underage labour in the supply chain.
This multi-stakeholder effort includes our supply chain partner, the sugar mills foundation FUNDAZUCAR. The cane growers and sugar mills have agreed procedures to remove underage labour from their activities. The strategy also incorporated the education of all participants in the industry, especially sugar cane growers and rural families, together with the provision of schooling and recreational opportunities in the rural communities.
This partnership has successfully reduced underage labour by around 70% since 2004. However, despite good progress from all parties working hard to address this issue, the challenge remains as it is culturally embedded in the supply chain.
Our priorities: Human rights
NGO-enterprise project fair
Facilitated by our Panamanian business, Cerveceria Nacional (CN), the first NGO-enterprise project fair, 'Destapa tu Responsabilidad', took place in October 2008. The event brought together NGOs and the private sector to generate support for the development of social investment projects. More than 40 NGOs took advantage of the opportunity to promote their projects to leading businesses in Panama.
As a result, some proposals that had previously been presented to CN but had not qualified for support were able to find backers. The event also promoted engagement with government and international agencies, furthering CN's vision of being a leader in sustainable development in Panama and emphasising its shift from philanthropy to strategic social investment.
Our priorities: Transparency & ethics
Pro-bono legal assistance for employees
In November 2008, our Peruvian business, Backus, began a project to provide free legal advice to employees and those supplying services to Backus or one of the group's companies. Under the scheme, which is aimed at the less well-off, a Backus lawyer is available for verbal consultation for four hours every 15 days.
The programme advances Backus' vision of being the most admired company for its management model and ensures access to justice and legal advice for all group members, providing assistance mainly to employees who particularly need the service. It covers topics such as family rights, contracts, succession, taxation, banking debts and indemnification from accidents, though it stops short of providing formal legal representation.
40 employees used the service in 2009. Offered as an additional non-cash employee benefit, the initiative is promoted through the internal electronic communications bulletin and directly to co-workers.


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On March 19, 2003, Kirk Bauer, Executive Director of Disabled Sports USA, sat watching his television as President George W. Bush declared war on Iraq. In a defining moment, he knew he would pool all resources necessary to help wounded soldiers recover from war-time injuries related to this war. The next second, he was miles into the past, lying in the Vietnamese dirt with severe injuries, wondering if he would live to see his family again, believing his death imminent.
Thirty-nine years earlier, Kirk, a non commissioned officer with the Ninth Combat Infantry Division, conducted a surprise ambush in the brush of Vietnam and discovered their weakened troop of 52 was no match for the nearly 400 North Vietnamese Army soldiers who greeted them unexpectedly in the night. No reports prepared them for a gathering of this size. In an instant, the ambushers became the ambushees.
A hand grenade went off near him, taking one leg with it. By some miracle, he survived and was carried to safety. For his service in Vietnam, Kirk was twice awarded the Bronze Star for heroism; the Army Commendation Medal with Valor Device; and the Purple Heart for injuries sustained in combat.
Arriving back in the U.S., Kirk found a mentor in Jim Winthers, who taught him to ski and to experience life fully again. Little did he know how technology would change drastically and allow soldiers to recover much faster with lighter weight equipment and improved therapy techniques. Looking back, he would use his experience to improve the services available to others.
Jim Winthers, a WW II veteran of the Army's Famous 10th Mountain Ski Division, was one of the founder's of what is now Disabled Sports USA. (Senator Bob Dole is a famous soldier who served in the 10th Mountain Division during WW II). Jim Winthers understood the therapeutic value of using sports to build confidence and fitness and a sense of accomplishment for those who become disabled; enabling them to rebuild their lives through sports.
From 1970 on, Kirk was hooked on sports and became involved with Disabled Sports USA as an instructor, Chapter President, and national Vice President. Finally, in 1982, after 12 years as a volunteer, Kirk became Executive Director of DS/USA. Over those years, technological advances would allow him, in his role with disabled sportsmen and veterans, to take that therapy to whole new levels, but not before he learned and achieved those goals himself.
Through his fervor for life and medal-winning passion for skiing, Kirk was selected to the U.S. Disabled Ski Team in 1979. In the same year he moved to The US Congress to work as a legislative aid. There, he learned about an obscure program in the Department of Education that would allow him to write a grant for funding innovative adaptive recreational programs. His legislator allowed him to work on the funding for the next year and a half. He continued to ski and volunteer with the team as an outlet for the usual stress of work and politics.
In 1982, the first innovative recreational program was funded and Kirk was on his way as the newly appointed Executive Director of Disabled Sport USA. The research and commitment necessary to complete the first grant paved the way for twenty-six plus years of funding for new and unique ways to help disabled Americans adapt successfully to the world around them, competing in sports and feeling the joy of victory and success.
"Kirk Bauer took a small, all volunteer organization and made it into the nation's largest sports and recreation organization for physically disabled individuals; with more than 100 chapters operating in 38 states nationwide."
Around the same time, Kirk also became aware of the poor shape of the prosthetics program of the Veterans Affairs and realized the necessity to revive the aging program. In the 50's, the VA was a leader in prosthetic supplies and services. By the 80's, the program had disintegrated into shambles. Through his work in the Congress, Kirk persuaded Congress to hold hearings on the VA Prosthetics programs and testified himself on the poor state of prosthetics for disabled veterans. As a result of these hearings, the program was reorganized, and more benefits, like the provision of adaptive sports equipment and advanced prosthetics for disabled veterans, were implemented; the program is now providing state of the art products for disabled veterans.
With new funding available, Kirk took time to think through his own recovery: what worked, what didn't, and how technology could change the lives of wounded soldiers and Americans in general. Several factors were key to success of using sports to achieve rehabilitation. Early introduction of sports after a person becomes disabled helped to build confidence and motivate the patient to rehabilitate quickly. Standardized teaching techniques and advance adaptive equipment, helped speed the time necessary to teach sport, thus providing a quick and easy success. Often basic sports skills can now be taught in a sport in less than one day! Safety was never far behind, making sure that all the activities gave the person a sense of stability, success and pride all rolled into one healing experience. In addition, the strong but lightweight carbon fiber, titanium and other materials from the space program would allow disabled individuals to ski, sail, cycle, kayak and water ski. The monoski would take individuals unable to walk down a slope again.
While he appreciated the annual sports events of the VA and other programs for the disabled, Kirk's vision provided rehabilitative therapy through sports year round. Over the years, the programs would grow across America, incorporating over 20 different winter and summer sports. Through dedication to training and careful planning, Kirk took a small, all volunteer organization and made it into the nation's largest sports and recreation organization for physically disabled individuals; with more than 100 chapters operating in 38 states nationwide, serving 60,000 people annually.
Recent wars would send Kirk soldiers with increasing multiple amputations, resulting from the way the explosives detonated. As a result, he would continue to work on improving sports instructor and therapist training so all new trainees could become versed in adaptive technology as a part of their standard training.
Despite many advances in therapeutic aids and facilities, Kirk would constantly be on the lookout for ways to improve the world around him. For example, though facilities may now be more accessible, modifications to equipment are often overlooked that prevent disabled sportsmen from using numerous pieces of gym equipment.
"When I travel, I will often go in a hotel gym that has at least one stationery bike. Without a toe strap for me to push and pull the foot pedal, I can't make the bike pedals turn and therefore, can't get the exercise I was hoping for. Often, a simple addition, like a toe strap, would make the bike available to anyone but people don't realize it," relates Bauer, once again extending his own experience to the population he serves, always eyeing ways to improve systems as a whole.
Because of Kirk's intense dedication and ongoing vision, disabled sportsmen across America have been inspired to achieve, to succeed and to never let go of the passion for life. Through his own tragic circumstance, he learned to stand up for the people he believed in and pull them up beside him, always giving back, forever improving on what was given to him.
Kirk Bauer was recently recognized for his lifelong work by receiving a Presidential Appointment to serve as Vice Chairman of The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and was named by President Bush to the first Presidential Delegation ever assembled to represent the USA at foreign Paralympic Games, when he attended the Winter Paralympic Games in Torino, Italy and the Summer Paralympic Games in Beijing, China. More information on Disabled Sports USA can be found at www.dsusa.org
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Kirk, you are the stuff that inspiration is made of!!!! go Kirk!~!!!
Thank you, sir, for serving. And thank you for giving hope to many others.With regards,Archibald Sharron
My dear man, you are a wonderful soul and thank you so much for not wallowing in pity but going out there and inspiring so many others! Blessings upon you my dear.....
It would be great to hear your stories about working with this group and such. I hope you will share- you've got some fans already.
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Sizzle and Sparkle Bracelet
Material List
- RSVP Chain – Pearl
- RSVP Chain – Gold-tone Heart
- RSVP Spacer – Gold-tone 5-Prong
- Bead Gallery® Vintage Sliders – Black/Gold-tone
- Bead Landing™ Clasp – Gold-tone
- Bead Landing™ Jump Rings – Gold-tone
- E-6000® Glue
- Round Nose Pliers
- Chain Nose Pliers
Project Instructions
Step 1 Gather the Bead Gallery® black/gold-tone vintage sliders and the RSVP pearl chain. You will need to make the following lengths: four - 1-pearl links and four - 2-pearl links.
Step 2 Open the loops in the four 1-pearl links from Step 1 and attach two pearls side by side to a vintage slider. Gather the RSVP gold-tone 5-prong spacer and attach these two pearls to the second and fourth loop in the spacer (skip loop #3). Repeat on another vintage slider and using the second gold-tone 5-prong spacer. These two vintage sliders will be the two outside sliders in the bracelet.
Step 3 Now take the vintage slider with two pearls on one side from Step 2 above, and attach two 2-pearl links, side by side on the opposite side of the two individual pearls. Reference photo.
Step 4 Repeat Step 3 using the second vintage slider from Step 2.
Step 5 Now gather the third and last vintage slider and the first and second vintage slider from Steps 3 and 4 above. This third vintage slider will be the connecter between the first and second and will secure the bracelet. Attach the open end of the four 2-pearl links to this middle vintage slider.
Step 6 Gather the RSVP gold heart chain and the Bead Landing™ gold-tone jump rings. Measure the gold-tone heart chain to be the same length as the bracelet is now with the sliders and pearl strands. Cut with wire cutters and measure a second strand.
Step 7 Attach a gold-tone jump ring to each end of the gold-tone heart chain and attach one strand to the first loop in the gold-tone 5-prong spacer. Repeat for the other spacer so the chain is lying in a straight line against the vintage sliders.
Step 8 Repeat Step 7 using the second strand of gold-tone heart chain on the last loop of the gold-tone 5-prong spacer.


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UEFA Champions League
February 21, 2006
- FTFT1Bayern
- FTFT2Benfica
- FTFT4Real Madrid
FULL-TIME: A bad night for Liverpool; Benfica were poor all evening, but snatched a late goal that will mean a very interesting second leg in Anfield.
A loose pass from Nelson hands Liverpool a throw, but it is deep in their own half; they look unlikely to get back in to this match now.
Liverpool win a late corner, but Garcia and Gerrard conspire to mess it up as they try to take it short.
Gerrard is desperately trying to find an equaliser, but Benfica have got everyone back as they try to cling on to an unlikely lead.
Karagounis really gave the home side a lift when he came on; he has put himself about and driven Benfica forward.
Benitez looks furious on the touchline; he has seen his side dominate the possession, and then go behind to a sucker goal. Not a good night for Liverpool.
Liverpool are pushing men forward to try and find this equaliser, but Benfica have defended well all evening.
Benfica are playing with much more confidence now; Simao attempts to loft a chip over Reina from the edge of the box, but the goalkeeper is positioned well to save.
That is a goal Benfica don't deserve. Luisao out-muscled Hyypia as they challenged for the ball, and it was a good finish, giving Reina no chance at all.
GOAL! Petit shapes to shoot, but instead lofts a great cross in to the area. Luisao loses his marker and plants a header inside the far post from eight yards out.
Hamann brings down Karagounis, 30 yards out. Alonso is fortunate not to be booked for blasting the ball at the Greek as he lay on the ground.
Garcia intercepts a pass in midfield and attempts a lofted ball over the top for Cisse to run on to, but Luisao spots the danger and heads clear. Good defending from the big Brazilian.
Gerrard sprints on to Cisse's flick down the left flank, but has the ball taken from him in a strong challenge from Nelson.
SHOT! Karagounis runs at the Liverpool defence and fires a shot goalwards; Carragher just manages to get a boot to the ball and deflects it for a corner.
The Liverpool skipper seems to have been asked to play just off Cisse in a position many believe is his best. Can he influence the result here?
LIVERPOOL SUB: Morientes is replaced by Gerrard; the Spaniard has worked hard but had little service. Gerrard should give his team-mates a bit of a lift for the final ten minutes or so.
Garcia does well to beat his man on the right of the midfield, but his attempted through-ball to Cisse is dreadful. Garcia has been woeful this evening; nothing he has tried has come off.
BENFICA SUB: Nelson replaces Robert. The on-loan Portsmouth winger is replaced by a more defensive player in Nelson. Strange change from Koeman, considering they are at home and need a goal.
It looks like Gerrard is being readied on the touchline; Liverpool really didn't want to use him, but they look desperate for an away goal to take back to Anfield.
Alonso does well to win a loose ball in midfield before firing a good pass out to the right for Cisse to chase.
Garcia sends over a long cross from the right, looking for Kewell at the back post, but the Austrian referee rules that Kewell pushed his marker as they jumped. Free-kick.
It's difficult to work out who would be happier with a 0-0 draw, should the scoreline stay this way; Liverpool would have wanted an away goal, but they should be confident of beating Benfica at Anfield.
Cisse does well down the right-hand side, but his cross to the near post is easily claimed by Moretto. Liverpool had only Morientes in the box.
So, just twenty minutes left for one of these teams to break the deadlock; if I'm being honest, neither side deserve a goal - they have both been below average this evening.
Riise again hurls a long, flat throw in to the penalty area, but Anderson flicks clear with his head; he has defended very well this evening.
Leo fails to cut out Kewell's pass out to Cisse, but Liverpool can't capitalise.
Cisse's arrival gives Liverpool something they haven't had all match - out-and-out pace; the midfield will be looking to open up the Benfica defence with passes over the top for the young striker to chase down.
OVER! Riise sends a long throw in to the middle of the Benfica penalty area; Morientes meets it with a firm header, but can only place his effort over the crossbar.
LIVERPOOL SUB: Cisse replaces Fowler; it's been a tough night for the Liverpool legend, who is replaced by the pacy French striker.
Simao is unlucky to get flagged off-side as he tries to get on the end of Karagounis' pass, though Reina dealt well with the threat anyway.
Petit sends the ball in to the middle, but Carragher meets the corner at the near post and sends a thumping header clear.
Benfica win a corner when a long ball towards Gomes is flicked out of play off the head of Carragher.
AUDACIOUS EFFORT! Petit strikes a shot from just inside the Liverpool half, and Reina is forced to paw the ball away from the top corner. Great effort from the Portuguese midfielder.
A free-kick from the Liverpool right is swung in to the penalty area by Finnan, but Anderson meets the ball strongly and heads well clear.
Liverpool are still having much more of the ball than the home side, but to their credit, Benfica have defended very well; they look very solid at the back.
Liverpool are preparing a change of their own; Cisse is stripping off on the touchline.
BENFICA SUB: Beto is replaced by Karagounis; Beto has had a poor game and is hauled off by Koeman. Karagounis is a strong runner and a dangerous player; Liverpool will have to watch out for his late runs.
WIDE! Petit finally steps up to take the shot, but he curls a right-foot effort well wide of Reina's post.
Robert lines up the shot, though Simao is also hovering with intent...
Nuno Gomes earns a free-kick after a driving run at the heart of the defence draws a foul from Carragher. Good shooting opportunity for the home side...
The home fans are still trying to drive their side on, but if anyone is likely to break this deadlock, it would seem to be Liverpool; they look marginally more threatening.
Luis Garcia is found on the left-edge of the area; he cuts inside Alcida, but is tackled by Anderson as he attempted to get his shot away.
Hamann is booked for a challenge on Gomes on the half-way line.
Fernandes has the chance to put Alcides in to a good position down the right, but his pass is too strong and forces the full-back wide.
Fowler has his first shot of the evening, a left-foot shot from 25 yards that was blocked on the edge of the 18-yard box.
The news from the Liverpool camp is that Sissoko has gone off to a local hospital for a check-up on his head injury.
Benfica were poor in the first half, and they haven't really started much better in the second; their passing has been dreadful all evening.
Morientes finds some space down the left; he sends a low cross over, looking for Fowler, but Moretto collects easily.
Benfica win successive corners on their right-hand side; Robert curls them in left-footed, but Liverpool's defending is solid enough.
Benfica have a couple of substitutes warming up on the touchline; they might be readying themselves for an early change to spice up their attack.
SHOT! Kewell's cross is half-cleared to Garcia, but his shot from inside the area is sliced a few yards wide. Decent start from the visitors.
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Benfica kick off the second half. No changes at the break.
HALF-TIME: Neither side have been able to carve out a chance worth the name. Benfica look there for the taking, but Liverpool need to step up in the second half if they are to take a lead back to Anfield.
DISAPPOINTING! Simao takes the shot, but curls it high and wide. Poor effort from the Benfica skipper.
Benfica win a late free-kick, just on the edge of the Liverpool penalty area after Finnan brought down Simao. This is dangerous for Liverpool, with Robert lining up a shot...
WOEFUL! Hamann lays the ball in to the path of Riise, but his shot flies well over the crossbar. Poor effort from the Norwegian, who has had quite a good half, in general.
Liverpool win a free-kick, 40 yards out. Riise stands over the ball, and seems to be lining up a shot...
Liverpool have had the lion's share of the possession, but they haven't been able to create a single shooting chance, from what I can remember.
The half is rather limping to an end; it has been a poor 45 minutes from both sides, really.
Benfica have an all-Brazilian back-four, but Liverpool haven't really been able to test them all that much in the first-half - and when they have, they have proved themselves fairly robust.
Fowler's prodded ball over the top for Morientes is a little too strong and Moretto is able to collect on the edge of his penalty area.
Robert bursts past Alonso down the right but is then brought down by Riise, just inside the Liverpool half; the Benfica crowd demand a free-kick, but the referee disagrees.
Nuno Gomes has been completely isolated up front for Benfica; Carragher and Hyypia have contained him easily.
Carragher is forced to head behind another for another corner to the home side; the last few minutes have been a marked improvement for Benfica.
Robert fires the corner in to the middle, but Reina collects on the edge of his six-yard box.
Benfica win a corner as Kewell is forced to head behind a free-kick, whipped in to the far post.
LIVERPOOL SUB: Hamann replaces Sissoko. An enforced early change, but the German brings a lot of experience to the Liverpool midfield.
The home crowd are quite vocal, but their encouragement is doing little to spur on a lacklustre Benfica side.
Hamann is stripping off on the Liverpool bench; it looks as though Sissoko won't be returning. He looked quite shook up after receiving that kick in the head.
Benfica look to be very short on confidence; considering they are at home, they have not really offered much going forward.
Riise fires a free-kick in to the middle; there is a mis-kick from Luisao, but Garcia's shot is blocked on the edge of the area.
Sissoko is taken from the field on a stretcher; he looks to be in some pain.
Beto is booked for a high foot on Sissoko; the Liverpool midfielder stays down to receive some treatment to a head wound.
Fowler finds the ball at his feet on the edge of the area, but Luisao stays tight to the striker and doesn't let him turn. Good defending.
That was the first real moment of danger for either side, and Reina did really well to speed out of his goal and collect as Simao was about to clip the ball over him.
GOOD GOALKEEPING! Robert slides a good ball through for Simao to run on to, but Reina comes out and whips the ball off the feet of the Portuguese skipper.
Alonso curls the set-piece in to the middle, but Nuno Gomes clears on the edge of his six-yard box; good delivery, but Liverpool couldn't capitalise.
Riise gets the chance to hurl a long throw in to the penalty area; Fowler causes a moment of panic as the keeper drops the ball, and Liverpool win a corner.
Carragher and Finnan stay cool as they defend the threat from Robert down the left.
Fowler is being forced to chase a lot of hopeful balls forward at the moment; he has a lot of qualities, but great pace isn't really one of them.
Liverpool enjoy a decent spell of possession, but they can't break the Benfica defence down; the home side are getting plenty of players back, and Liverpool seem a bit narrow going forward at the moment.
Sissoko is lucky to escape a booking after a late, rash challenge on Petit inside the centre-circle.
Still no real shots on goal from both sides; it has been a cagey opening; no-one has been able to assert themselves on the match.
Hyypia finds Kewell with a great ball over the top, but the linesman rules that the Australian winger is off-side; replays show that the official got it wrong.
Petit curls the ball in to the crowded penalty area, but his delivery is poor and the ball drifts harmlessly out of play.
The home side win a free-kick, out on the left, after the referee spots a handball from Sissoko.
...Alonso curls the ball in to the near post, Fowler flicks on, but Luisao manages to clear inside his own six-yard box.
Kewell does well to beat Alcides on the right, but he is brought down just as he is about to swing over a cross; free-kick to Liverpool, in a very dangerous position...
It has been a nice Spring day in Lisbon today, but the temperature has dropped considerably since sun-down; it is quite chilly out there on the pitch at the moment.
Liverpool are playing a lot of high balls forward to their forwards, but the Benfica centre-backs are coping very easily; the Reds need to get the ball down and play.
Beto is a little late in a challenge with Kewell inside the centre-circle; free-kick to Liverpool.
There have been some reports of disquiet in the Benfica camp; it hasn't been a good build-up to this match from the Portuguese side.
It has been something of a scrappy start to the match, with neither side able to string any sort of passing move together. The midfield, in particular, looks to be very keenly contested.
Liverpool will miss the set-piece delivery from Gerrard, as well as his driving runs from the right.
A clear push from Leo on Garcia results in a free-kick for the visitors, a few yards inside the Benfica half. Hyypia trots forward, but Finnan's free-kick is right down the throat of Moretto.
Nuno Gomes does well in midfield to move the ball on to Simao on the right, but Riise does very well as he defends the threat.
Liverpool have not conceded a goal in their last five Champions League matches - a terrific record. They will be delighted to extend that run to six games.
Liverpool win a free-kick when Garcia is pushed out on their right touchline. They decide to play it short as they look to settle themselves in to the match.
Liverpool have gone with quite an attacking 4-4-2 formation, with Garcia and Kewell supporting the two strikers from the wings.
Benfica have made a positive start to the game, winning some good possession down their left-hand side through Robert and Leo.
Not a good start for Liverpool; that tackle from Garcia has really got the crowd against them. It wasn't a nice tackle from the little Spaniard.
Garcia slides in and gets a yellow card within 30 seconds of the start after leaving Leo on the turf with a sliding tackle.
Liverpool kick off to an enormous roar from the crowd.
The players are out on the field, and the Champions League anthem is ringing in their ears. There is a fantastic atmosphere here inside the Estadio da Luz.
Robbie Fowler starts up front with Fernando Morientes, while Luis Garcia is also included with Xabi Alonso in central midfield after recovering from a thigh injury.
Some early team news: Liverpool start without skipper Steven Gerrard, who is carrying a slight knee injury and is named on the bench.
Hi, I'm Alex; I'm your eyes and ears for this Champions League clash between Benfica and Liverpool in Lisbon.


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Dear Annie: I am an elementary school teacher. This year I have two 7-year-old students with major behavior issues. Both of them have threatened to bring a gun to school and shoot me and their classmates. As shocking as it is to hear this from such young children, the response from the people in charge is worse.
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It's not as simple as Mars vs. Venus, but scientists have identified intriguing differences in how men and women think that influence emotions, memory, business success, and even longevity.
In the largest brain imaging study ever conducted to compare male and female brains, Daniel Amen, MD, and other researchers analyzed imaging scans of 26,000 people. They discovered that women showed increased blood flow in 112 of the 128 brain regions they studied, indicating that on average, women's brains are much more active than men's.
The most striking difference between the sexes was that women have a much higher level of activity in the prefrontal cortex, an area that's sometimes called "the brain's CEO" because it governs planning, organization, impulse control, and learning from mistakes.
In the soon-to-be published study, men's brains showed greater activity in regions associated with visual perception, tracking objects through space, and form recognition. However, these gender differences don't mean that one sex has a mental edge over the other—just that their brains are wired differently.
"Even when men and women succeed at the same task, they tend to call on different strengths and areas of the brain to achieve this result," says Dr. Amen, author of Unleash the Power of the Female Brain: Supercharging Yours for Better Health, Energy, Mood, Focus, and Sex (Harmony, 2013).
Here's a closer look at some gender differences Dr. Amen and other researchers have identified—and how we can use them to our advantage.
On average, men's brains are 8 to 10 percent bigger than women's brains. While that may not seem surprising, given that men's bodies tend to be larger overall, even after correcting for body weight, it's been estimated that men have about 4 percent more neurons than women do.
But before men jump on these findings as proof of brain superiority, scientists point out that these size differences aren't distributed uniformly in all brain regions. In a study using MRI scans, Dr. Jill Goldstein at Harvard Medical School found that compared to men, women have larger volume in both the frontal cortex (the inner CEO) and the limbic cortex, involved in emotional responses.
"This may explain why women tend to be less impulsive and more concerned with emotions than men are," says Dr. Amen, who theorizes that a bigger and more active frontal cortex suggests that women are wired for leadership—and may actually be better bosses than men.
Consider the intriguing result of a recent study in which teams of men and women were assigned tasks that involved brainstorming, decision-making, and solving visual puzzles. Teams were given collective IQ scores based on their performance.
Conventional wisdom would infer the team made up of people with the highest individual IQ scores (thus the highest total IQ) should emerge victorious. However, the collective IQ scores were based on how they completed the assigned tasks as a team. And the teams with the highest collective IQs were those with more women, Harvard Business Review reports.
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Dr. Amen's research shows that women have greater activity in the brain's hippocampus. "Guys, if you wonder why your wife or girlfriend never forgets anything, here's your answer: The hippocampus is the part of the brain that helps store memories."
In a 2008 study, Swedish psychologists found significant sex differences in several types of memory, favoring women in all almost all of the areas studied.
Specifically, women excelled at recalling words, pictures, objects, and everyday events. They also outperformed men on such tasks as recalling the location of car keys or remembering faces (particularly those of other women).
However, the psychologists also found that men have the edge in a type of memory called visuospatial processing. For example, the study results suggested that a man would be more likely to remember how to find his way out of the woods.
There's quite a bit of scientific evidence that men have a keener sense of direction than women do, adds Dr. Amen. "Overall, men are better at getting from point A to point B, but are also less likely to realize it if they take the wrong turn. That's why men are famously reluctant to ask for directions: They don't realize they're lost."
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Studies suggest that women have greater self-control and levels of what Dr. Amen terms "appropriate worry." For example, women tend to take better care of their health, visit the doctor more often, and behave less recklessly.
Women also have lower rates of substance abuse, anti-social personality disorder, and ADHD. And they're 14 times less likely to go to jail—and even get fewer traffic tickets than men do.
"These points are actually quite fascinating," says Dr. Amen, "because appropriate worry about negative consequences could be a key factor in why women outlive men. In one large study, researchers found that those with a "don't worry, be happy" attitude—i.e. young men with motorcycles—died earlier from fatal accidents and preventable illness."
However, the dark side of women's higher level of worry is that they are more prone to anxiety disorders and depression, which strikes women at nearly double the rate it does men, according to the Mayo Clinic. At some point in life, about 1 in 5 women develops clinical depression.
One reason why women may be more vulnerable is that men's brains, on average, produce 52 percent more serotonin, according to a recent study by University of Montreal researchers. This feel-good brain chemical has been dubbed "the happy hormone."
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The sockets of the lamps of the golden candlestick of the tabernacle are called bowls (Ex. 25:31, 33, 34; 37:17, 19, 20); the same word so rendered being elsewhere rendered "cup" (Gen. 44:2, 12, 16), and wine "pot" (Jer. 35:5). The reservoir for oil, from which pipes led to each lamp in Zechariah's vision of the candlestick, is called also by this name (Zech. 4:2, 3); so also are the vessels used for libations (Ex. 25:29; 37:16).
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Mercedes, Toro Rosso and Force India all made use of a 'filming day' on Friday as they put the first laps on their 2014 cars.
Mercedes were in action at Silverstone in the still-to-be-launched W05 with Nico Rosberg in the cockpit.
The German covered 40 kilometres during a two-hour session.
Earlier in the day, Force India had been in action at the British track with Nico Hulkenberg driving the VJM07.
Meanwhile, Toro Rosso put in the laps at Misano in Italy where both Jean-Eric Vergne and Daniil Kyvat spent time in the car.
None of the teams released pictures while fans will have to wait until next week's launches to see the STR and the W05, which will only break cover on the first day of testing at Jerez.


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Discussion in 'FINISHED ANYTHING GOES BUILD OFF BIKES' started by gaskill, Dec 6, 2009.
Gaskill's Hop Shop presents: Inline 3 "Dead Little Dove"
awesome.. how much? :mrgreen: :wink:
What he said....That has got to be one of the most sick, insane, coolest bikes I've ever seen! :shock: :!: :!: I love the Steampunk vibe...I WANT IT!!! (I'm sure I don't have the talent to build one...) Stunning!
Hey stretch! I'll go 50/50 with 'ya! :mrgreen:
yeah, you get it half the time, ill get it the other half...joint custody! :lol:
Very cool. You've just gotta post a pic with the tow vehicle though. 8)
Deal! :lol:
so who gets it first? :? heads or tails? :lol:
I dont know where it comes from Adam.........Going through the pictures and seeing the little finishing details that you have done.... looks like you have "time management" under control to finish this ...not sure to call it art cause art to me is something that usually to sit and look at...this art you can get on and go places. Which I think if keep heading down this road your on you will be....your going to make your little home famous.
So much to say The whole bike is great
LOVE THE "EXHAUSTS"PIPES! :mrgreen:
WOW!!! the horn activated by hand brakes?! that's just......... WOW!!!
what a bike! 8)
I'm Speachless...really...
8) I didn't even realize Josephine was pregnant. :wink:
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Awesome! The horn actuators are 2 cool. Did I say Awesome!?
Haha, I like that.
um...wow. don't even know where to start so won't even try...super nice bike.
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Authored by Dr. Richard Weitz.
The case studies in this volume confirm the conclusions of other PNSR analyses that the performance of the U.S. national security apparatus in inconsistent. Although some cases illustrate relatively clear, integrated strategy development, unified policy implementation, and coherent tactical planning, coordination, and execution; others depict flawed, divided, contradictory, and sometimes nonexistent strategy promulgation and enactment. Similarly, the U.S. national security system can provide resources efficiently, but it also can do so inadequately and tardily. Flawed responses recur in issue areas as diverse as biodefense, public diplomacy, and military intervention. They also occur across many presidential administrations, from the onset of the Cold War to the present day. The piecemeal organizational reforms enacted to date have not fostered improved policy outcomes or decisionmaking, while capability building, especially in the civilian national security agencies, remains less than optimal.
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JOHNSTOWN - An accident between a bicyclist and a vehicle on Route 29A on Tuesday claimed the life of local musician and educator Ed Lakata, the victim's brother John Lakata said this morning.
Lakata was riding a bicycle near Skunk Hollow Road at 9:30 a.m. when he was struck by a vehicle. Both were headed north on Route 29A.
Lakata was a performer in the local band Skyler's Dream Team. He also was a tech instructor at the Hamilton-Fulton-Montgomery Board of Cooperative Educational Services.
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Emergency responders work at the scene of a fatal accident on Route 29A in Meco on Tuesday.
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Mobile users to carriers: 'Give me my unlimited data'September 13, 2012: 11:19 AM ET
While Verizon and AT&T have gone with tiered data plans, T Mobile and Sprint are hanging tough with unlimited data for its users. Will the strategy pan out for the holdouts?
By Peter Suciu
FORTUNE -- While number one and two mobile carriers Verizon Wireless and AT&T have adopted tiered plans for wireless data, T-Mobile and Sprint have opted to stick with so-called "all-you-can-eat" options for customers. And unlike older so-called "unlimited" plans, which tended to be anything but truly "unlimited," T-Mobile claims its new plan won't throttle down speeds or place any caps on data usage.
This is just the latest move from the major mobile carriers, with each looking to draw customers with promises of either shared data or unlimited data, not to mention various options for unlimited talk time and texting. But are the carriers actually asking their respective consumers what they want, or does that even matter?
Overall, consumers seem less than enthused when it comes to shared data plans (when several different devices all eat from the same data trough, so to speak). According to a recent Parks and Associates study, 40% of mobile phone users would actually rather switch mobile carriers than use a shared mobile data plan. Some 38% of respondents in the survey suggested that they would voluntarily adopt a shared data plan but not switch providers for it. And just 10% said they'd choose a shared plan if it was the only way of sticking with their current provider.
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By contrast, the Parks Associate study found that some 31% of AT&T (T) subscribers, 30% of Verizon (VZ) users, 35% of T-Mobile subscribers, and 44% of Sprint Nextel (S) customers actually prefer unlimited data plans, even if they cost more.
"This move by T-Mobile to offer an unlimited plan is a good thing for the American mobile market," says Ian Fogg, senior principal analyst and head of the IHS mobile sector at IHS iSuppli. "It is very good for a competitive marketplace."
But it could mean those used to one carrier might have to make the switch to get what they want -- or, rather, what they think they want -- as even the carriers aren't always completely clear on what they are offering. Currently, Sprint, T Mobile, and C Spire all offer unlimited data plans. "T Mobile is jumping into this unlimited space because they are losing business trying to compete against AT&T and Verizon," says telecommunications analyst Jeff Kagan of Jeff Kagan and Associates. "T-Mobile does not have many fast 4G cities, but they are hoping to make progress against Sprint and C Spire."
T-Mobile has promised to offer a 4G unlimited data plan that has no cap and no throttling, unlike its previous plan, which did slow down a user's speed when they reached a certain data use threshold. The new plan, which includes unlimited voice, text, and data, will cost $90 for a single T-Mobile user with a subsidized phone. "It is for the data hungry user, so they can get as much as they want," says Harry Thomas, director of segment marketing at T-Mobile. "Our unlimited nationwide 4G plan is about offering worry free options for consumers."
The fact that AT&T and Verizon have moved away from unlimited plans while T-Mobile is supporting them suggests that carriers are still adapting to a changing market and usage patterns as consumers increasingly adopt smartphones and other portable devices. "The carriers are still learning to price the data," Fogg says. "Everyone is still trying to work out what business model, what structure is the right one, especially as the number of devices that consumers can connect to is expanding. The question is, 'What is the right way to do business?'"
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Those consumers who are grandfathered in to unlimited plans may see service slow down. And those using the old 3G unlimited plans could see slower data speeds when they connect to heavily used mobile towers.
A service slowdown on other carriers could benefit T-Mobile, but the company is looking for additional ways to lure customers. While the nation's fourth-largest national mobile carrier is the only one of the big four not to actually sell Apple's (AAPL) iPhone, it recently launched a campaign calling for iPhone users to bring their device to the carrier. The so-called "Unlocked & Unlimited" campaign would allow those with unlocked iPhone handsets to sign up for a new plan with T Mobile. The key is that the device must be unlocked, and it further suggests that T-Mobile will not be selling the iPhone in the near future. However, it's estimated that there are more than a million iPhones currently running on T-Mobile's network.
"Will T Mobile attract users of other carriers with their unlimited plan? Yes," says Kagan. "Sprint Nextel is doing to the same thing. The marketplace is splitting into two parts. Customers just have to choose the part that fits them best. Do they want the fastest network? AT&T and Verizon. Do they want the unlimited feature? Sprint Nextel, C Spire Wireless and now T-Mobile."


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