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So many sales pitches are boring. But you can bring your selling to life by painting pictures in words to excite your prospective customer.
"Our widgit has 'x' whatsits". "We provide a complete solution to ...". "Our software has 'umpteen bells and whistles' which do...".
Oh dear! I can hear your prospect shouting "Yes, but what will it do for me?" Are you really selling to folks what they really want to buy? Are you giving them their hopes, reassuring them, overcoming their fears, realising their dreams? That's what they really want to hear. And it doesn't matter whether they are the Chief Buyer of Megalith Co plc (or Inc!) or a one-person band just down the road from you.
Sell them their dreams! How? Here's how... paint them a "word picture" of their dreams coming true.
First, you have to find out what they really want - not what you want to sell them. What are the real benefits to them - as a person, not a representative of a corporation. If they are in a big company, will buying from you enhance their reputation? Make them more secure? If they own their own business, will your product/service help them towards their personal goals? Paint a word picture to demonstrate this to them. Here's a retail sales example...
Man walks into your gift store, aiming to buy a present for his wife. He sees a beautiful vase. You say "That is a beautiful gift. I can see the look on your wife's face as she unwraps it and says 'Darling, that's lovely. It will be just right on the mantleshelf over there'. You see the smile on her face, and you feel really pleased that you bought it. It gave her so much pleasure"
OK, that's maybe a bit over the top, but can you see how bringing an image into concrete terms - into the listener's terms - can give the 'dream' concrete substance. You can sell a hammer in the same way:
"When you pick up this hammer and heft it, you can feel its weight. As it hits the nail, you can feel it driving the nail into the clean, hard wood. It feels just right in your hands"
Again, maybe a little over the top? But I once gained a major consultancy contract using this method. My prospect wanted dearly to extend his chemical factory (as I found out though asking questions and listening). I painted the word picture: "I can see you standing here 12 months from now as the foundations are going down for the new extension. You're thinking 'At last I will have the capacity to meet this increase in orders resulting from our new marketing initiative. That feels really good!'"
Over the top? Maybe. But this was in hard-headed Yorkshire in England. And I used those words to a 'self-made' man. I can't claim that the 'word picture' alone made the sale
But I'm sure that it helped. Try it for yourself. But practice it first. And make sure that you've asked all the right questions, so that you know what really switches your prospect on.


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Hunter Hayes, Lady Antebellum Win at 2012 Teen Choice Awards
Hunter Hayes and Lady Antebellum both snagged a sweet surfboard award at last night's (June 22) 2012 Teen Choice Awards. Hayes was honored as the year's Choice Male Country Artist and Lady Antebellum took the award for Choice Country Group.
Taylor Swift Wins Five Teen Choice Awards, Including Choice Female Artist
Taylor Swift has yet another award to display in her trophy room. Last night (July 22) at the 2012 Teen Choice Awards, country music's sweetheart beat out Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez, Katy Perry and Adele when she was given a Teen Choice Awards' surfboard for Choice Female Artist.
Justin Bieber Goes Country With 'Boyfriend' Remix
Before you get too excited–or annoyed, depending on how you feel about The Biebs–about the above headline, you should know that Justin Bieber isn't going to be the next pop sensation to cross over to country music. The teen sensation posted this short video of his country version of 'Boyfriend' on Twitter earlier today, gaining a lot of laughs from dozens of his 25 million followers.
2012 Canadian Country Music Association Awards Nominees Announced
Country music doesn't only live within the United States. The official countdown for the Canadian Country Music Association Awards is on,with the Canadian Country Music Association announcing the nominees this week. The awards show will take place at the Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon on Sept. 9 at 8PM ET.
Shania Twain Makes Cameo in New Caesars Palace Commercial
On Dec. 1, country music legend Shania Twain will kick off a two-year residency at the Colosseum in the famed Caesars Palace hotel in Las Vegas. As if seeing the 'Still the One' hitmaker in person isn't exciting enough, Caesar's Palace has started teasing us with promotions for the concert run in their latest commercials. In a recent ad for the affiliated Nobu Hotel, the gorgeous country songstress is front and center with her posse.
Taylor Swift Shoots Funny New Promo for 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show'
Taylor Swift might have a shelf full of trophies and platinum records, but she's not too high on the hog to poke a little fun at herself every now and then. Known for being a pretty funny gal in addition to a country music hitmaker, Swift's latest laugh is a hilarious promo video for the 10th season of 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show.'
Brad Paisley Promises 'No Pesticides' Unedited Sound on Next Album
For months now, Brad Paisley has been hard at work on his new album, the follow-up to 2011′s 'This Is Country Music.' After plenty of hours logged in the studio, the award-winning country star already has seven songs confirmed for the album — but this one will be different. Paisley is adamant that this record will hit the shelves with an organic, edit-free sound.
Disney Star Demi Lovato Covers Lady Antebellum's 'American Honey'
Pop singer Demi Lovato has come a long way since her early days acting on the Disney channel, and before that, 'Barney and Friends.' Now, the bombshell brunette is rising through pop charts as a teen music sensation, but Lovato isn't going to be pigeonholed into one type of music. On Tuesday (July 17) at her show in San Jose, the 19-year-old singer tried her hand at a little country twang, breaking out a gorgeous version of Lady Antebellum's 'American Honey.'
Taylor Swift Admits to Being a Rebel 'In Some Ways'
Taylor Swift is one of CoverGirl's most popular spokeswomen, and the makeup company's latest tagline fits in perfectly with Swift's style. 'See yourself, be yourself' just happens to be the country music star's specialty. Although we know her as a sweet-as-pie role model for young girls and adults alike, Swift said in an interview behind-the-scenes of a new CoverGirl commercial that she likes to think of herself as a rebel, at least "in some ways."
Keith Urban Takes the Cover of GQ Australia
Keith Urban may call the States home now, but the Australian native hasn't forgotten his roots. As proof, the award-winning country star has spent quite a bit of time in the Land Down Under, playing a part on Australia's version of 'The Voice' and bringing country to his overseas fans. Most recently, Urban is thrilling his followers by gracing the cover of GQ Australia, looking especially dapper in a tailored gray suit.
Taylor Swift Being Honored by Kennedy Family for Her Efforts in Social Change
Taylor Swift has taken a shine to the powerful Kennedy family in recent months — and they've taken big notice of her, too. The American family is honoring the young songstress for her kind-hearted ways and philanthropic efforts with the Ripple of Hope Award from the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, which will be handed to her at a dinner event in December.
Ashton Kutcher Attends Kenny Chesney Show, Splashes Water on Paparazzi
Over the weekend, Ashton Kutcher donned a cowboy hat and a plaid shirt — again — to catch Kenny Chesney's show in Anaheim, Calif. The self-professed country music fan was having a good time until paparazzi from X17 started snapping photos of him. Whether he was irritated or feeling playful, we're not sure, but Kutcher chased away the cameras by splashing a bottle of water on them.

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Long Island
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Total land area: 214 acres. 1.75 miles long.
Long Island is the largest and longest Boston Harbor Island. The Long Island Bridge connects Long to Moon Island; a two-lane causeway connects Moon Island to Squantum, City of Quincy.
Prehistoric habitation sites may exist on Long Island, according to archaeologists. In 1634, tenant farming on Long Island began with 40 families. Long Island Light was built in 1819. In 1863, Fort Wightman, later renamed Fort Strong, was built, near which are buried the remains of 79 Civil War soldiers. During World War I, 500 soldiers were stationed at Fort Strong. The Fort, long abandoned, stands in disrepair. In the 1950s, a Nike missile base was established. After the missiles were removed, the base stored books from the Boston Public Library.
For much of the 19th century, Long Island was a resort. By 1882, the City of Boston acquired the largest hotel and in 1891 converted it into a poor house for 650 people. In 1921, the City converted the almshouse into a home and hospital for unwed mothers; in 1928, it built an addition to house homeless men; and in 1941, it enlarged this facility to provide treatment for alcoholics. The 60-acre Long Island Chronic Care Hospital later closed.
Today, on this campus, the City of Boston Public Health Commission houses the Long Island Shelter and a number of human-service agencies helping an average daily population of 1000. The Shelter operates a garden. The Friends of Boston Harbor Islands operates an island re-vegetation garden.
The first lighthouse on Long Island was constructed around 1794 on Long Island Head. The second lighthouse, built as a replacement in 1819, still stands today, although it has been moved twice to make room for military structures.
Moon Island
(closed to the public)
Total land area: 44 acres.
Moon Head (100-foot-high drumlin)
Known as "Manning's Moone" during colonial times, the grass-covered Moon Island was used for grazing and farming. Massive granite settling tanks and tunnels built in the 1880s when Moon Island became the world's most modern sewage facility cover more than half of Moon Island. In 1959, on the island's northern end, the Boston Fire Department built a training facility that recreated rooftops. In 1960, on Moon's southern end, the Boston Police Department set up a firing range.
Rainsford Island
Total land area: 11 acres
Rainsford Island is a 50-foot drumlin, natural coves facing south and southwest, separated by rock outcropping Pebbles and rock beach, shell deposits. In about 1636, Edward Rainsford was granted the island for farm use. In 1737, a quarantine hospital was moved to Rainsford Island from Spectacle Island and operated there until 1852. During this time, Rainsford Island was a popular summer resort.
In 1832 a small-pox hospital was built (a stone Greek-temple design), and many victims of infectious diseases were buried on the island in. In about 1852, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts took possession of the island and established an almshouse. The state abandoned the site in about 1866, and the City converted the island into a poorhouse. Civil War Veterans lived there until 1882, when they were transferred to a Soldiers Home on the mainland. Beginning in 1882, female paupers were sent to Rainsford. Later it was a facility for boys: the Suffolk School for Boys. In 1920, the school was closed. Now only foundation holes remain visible.
Spectacle Island
Total land area: 85 acres
Jointly owned by the City of Boston and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' Department of Environmental Management. Spectacle occupies a commanding position on the main shipping channel of the Boston Harbor. It is located west of Long Island and southeast of Castle Island. Its original shape, two drumlins joined by a narrow sidebar, resembled a pair of spectacles and gave the island its name. Native American tribes used the island to fish, harvest clams, and gather other food. After 1660, colonists used the island for pastureland and timber. Between 1717 and 1737, the island housed a quarantine hospital for patients with infectious diseases. In 1847, two resort hotels with casinos were built. In 1857, after a brothel was discovered, police closed the hotels. Later uses included horse rendering and reclaiming grease from garbage. The City dumped garbage on the island until 1959. Leaching trash from the landfill contributed to harbor pollution.
In 1978, DEM acquired a privately owned portion of Spectacle. Throughout the 1980s, extensive planning and permitting resulted in an agreement to deposit 3.6 million cubic yards of filling and excavated materials from the Central Artery/Tunnel project.
Today, Spectacle Island serves as both the water-transportation hub and information orientation center for the Boston Harbor Island National Park Area. Spectacle Island Park includes a visitor's center, two sandy beaches, a marina, and spectacular 360-degree views of Boston Harbor. It is managed by a partnership including the City, DEM, New England Aquarium, Modern Continental, and the University of Massachusetts Urban Harbors Institute.


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Got crabgrass big time in Allen, Texas
I applied the pre emergent and I am told due to the cold weather in our area that it did not do its job so I look others have a yard full of crab grass. I have not been able to get any good input by googling on the web regarding which would be the best chemicals to use for this weed. It seems like the traditional Ortho and others are so watered down that repeat treatments are the order of the day. Does anybody have any success stories in this area. Thanks
crabgrass big time in Allen, Texas
Hey, rommel. Ken here with The Home Depot in the Chicago area.
Crabgrass is a problem all over the country. The chemicals being
watered down isnt the problem. Its the cold weather. The fluids in
the plant arent moving very fast. When its cold and you spray, the
chemical takes a long time to be translocated to the roots. Sometimes
it doesnt get there. Once it gets warmer and the fluids are moving faster
you will get better control. Spray again when its warm.
Good luck and take care.
If you already have crabgrass a pre-emergent will have no effect whatsoever. You need a post-emergent herbicide now. Many of the best for crabgrass require an applicator license, permits and so forth so you may find it cheaper than wasting money on consumer products to call a turfgrass or lawn maintenance company with them to help you out.
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Oil Advances After Biggest Decline in Two Years; Down 12 Percent This Week
Oil climbed from the lowest in almost two months in New York, trimming the biggest weekly decline in a year, on speculation a drop below $100 a barrel was exaggerated.
Futures increased as much as 1.2 percent after sliding 8.6 percent yesterday following worse-than-expected U.S. economic data. Oil broke through the lower Bollinger Band, a technical signal which typically indicates prices are poised to rise. A Labor Department report today may show the U.S. generated fewer jobs in April than in March.
"It could be a relief rally after an aggressive sell-off yesterday," said Serene Lim, a commodity strategist at Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. in Singapore, who predicted oil will average $111 this year. "Traders will be very cautious at this time because tonight's payroll data will be something to watch out for."
Crude for June delivery gained as much as $1.15 to $100.95 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract was at $100.29 at 1:45 p.m. Singapore time. Yesterday, it fell $9.44 to $99.80, the lowest since March 16 and the biggest percentage drop since April 20, 2009.
Oil last closed below the bottom Bollinger band on Jan. 25. Prices rose 7 percent over the next five days. Crude's relative strength index, a measure of how rapidly prices are rising or falling, slipped to 32 yesterday, the lowest since Aug. 24. A reading of 30 typically indicates the commodity is set to climb.
Jobless Benefits
Prices are down 12 percent this week, the most since the week ended May 7, 2010, and are 31 percent higher the past year. Oil plunged yesterday after a surprise increase in U.S. jobless claims and a gain in the dollar.
Applications for jobless benefits in the U.S. jumped by 43,000 to 474,000 in the week ended April 30, Labor Department figures showed. Economists in a Bloomberg News survey estimated they would fall to 410,000. A report today may show employers in the world's largest economy hired 185,000 additional workers in April, compared with 216,000 in March.
The Labor Department report today is "the most important data we've had all week," said Jonathan Barratt, managing director of Commodity Broking Services Pty in Sydney, who predicted oil will average $100 this year. "The market has started to realign itself with proper fundamentals."
Commodity Plunge
The Dollar Index, a measure of the greenback against six major currencies, surged 1.5 percent yesterday to 74.12 in the biggest one-day gain since October. It was at 74.10 today. A stronger dollar reduces the attractiveness to investors of commodities, which dropped the most since 2009.
Brent crude for June settlement added as much as $1.85, or 1.7 percent, to $112.65 a barrel, on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange. Yesterday, it plunged $10.39, or 8.6 percent, to $110.80, the lowest since March 16.
The European benchmark traded at a premium of $11.66 a barrel to U.S. futures today. The difference between front-month contracts in London and New York surged to a record $19.54 on Feb. 21. The spread averaged 76 cents last year.
Oil in New York may find support around the $99 to $96 level as it's near the 50 percent Fibonacci retracement level, said Stephen Schork, president of The Schork Group Inc. a Villanova, Pennsylvania-based consultant. That level is now at $97.44 a barrel based on Bloomberg data over a six-month period.
Fibonacci analysis is based on the theory that securities tend to rise or fall by specific percentages after reaching new highs or lows.
Oil Options
The price of the most actively traded oil options, June $100 puts, rose 1,305 percent. The contract, which gives the holder the right to sell crude for June delivery at $100 a barrel, climbed to $2.95 yesterday from 21 cents on May 4, with 14,904 traded. It was at $2.73 today.
Oil has gained 10 percent in New York this year as unrest in the Middle East and North Africa toppled leaders in Tunisia and Egypt and spread to Libya, Algeria, Bahrain, Iran, Oman, Syria and Yemen. The Obama administration said it will permit Libyan rebels to draw on the $33 billion in Libyan assets frozen by U.S., as allied nations opposing Muammar Qaddafi looked for further measures to force him from power.
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THE Queen was today celebrating her 77th birthday with a quiet day at Windsor Castle.
A Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said she would be spending the day privately with the Duke of Edinburgh and other family and friends.
A number of 21-gun salutes were being fired at noon to mark the occasion.
The King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, were sounding a salute in London's Hyde Park, while gunners from 105 Regiment Royal Artillery (Volunteers) were doing the same from Edinburgh and Stirling Castles.
Yesterday the Queen braved a chilly morning to attend Easter Sunday service at St George's Chapel, Windsor.
She was accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh and other members of the Royal Family, including the Princess Royal, the Duke of York and the Earl and Countess of Wessex.
After the service she accepted a bunch of yellow tulips from Amie Scott, aged six, from St Austell, Cornwall, who stepped forward from about 100 people watching to present her with the flowers.


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A Spoonful of Whiskey
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Well, I - oh, fine. Maybe you're no hogsfool, but I reckon we both come out better if you can help me cook up some tonic."— Marguerite
A Spoonful of Whiskey is a Fallout 3 quest that is added to the game with the Point Lookout add-on.
Quick walkthroughEdit
|Side Quest: A Spoonful of Whiskey
|Locate Marguerite's shack and speak to Marguerite.
|Diagnose Marguerite's illness (Medicine), and convince her she's not sick (Speech).
|Commiserate with her about orange fever.
|Reward: 20 XP
|Accept her bottle of moonshine, and get the list of ingredients she needs.
|Search for 10 refined punga fruit, 3 bags of yeast and 6 fission batteries.
|Ask about the still in her shack.
|Agree to fix it.
|Agree to fix it for 100 caps.
|Agree to fix it for 200 caps (Speech).
|Ignore the still
|Fix the still (Repair).
|Reward: 100 or 200 caps.
|Return to Marguerite with the items.
|Reward: 50 XP, 300 caps and 6 moonshine.
|Wait 3 days.
Detailed walkthroughEdit
Marguerite will try and convince you that she is sick with "Orange Fever", and she needs these items to get better. If you pass a Medicine check pointing out that Orange Fever does not exist, you will then have to pass a Speech check. After this, she will admit that she makes moonshine and will ask you to gather these items for caps as well as a share of the moonshine.
You need
- 3 yeasts.
- 6 fission batteries.
- Either 10 refined punga fruit or 20 wild punga fruit.
The required items will total a massive 82 pounds, or 92 pounds if you're carrying wild punga fruit.
Since carrying all of the items at once may prove troublesome, you can drop the items in her kitchen as you collect them and retrieve them later once you have them all. The yeast, batteries and fruit can be given to Marguerite separately if enough of each ingredient is gathered to fulfill the recipe's requirement.
The best place to find the required amount of both yeast and fission batteries is the panic room under Calvert Mansion, though it is only accessible if you've completed the Thought Control quest. If you haven't, then head over to Blackhall Manor, which holds plenty of yeast, and reportedly 6 fission batteries, though some scrupulous scavenging is required to find all 6. Yeast and batteries can also be found in the trapper's shack, and exactly 6 batteries and 3 yeasts are located at Turtledove Detention Camp.
As for the punga fruit, a ridiculous amount of refined punga fruit can be found at the Ark & Dove cathedral, though you must complete the Walking with Spirits quest in order to access the church. If you haven't completed the quest, then plenty of wild punga fruits can be found at Grower's shack. Of course, wild punga can be found all around the island, so it won't take you long to collect the required amount.
- If you want to do the quest fast you can buy 20 wild punga fruit from Tobar at the Point Lookout Pier.
- Haley usually stocks multiple fission batteries.
After you return to Marguerite you will need to turn in each ingredient separately (by group, not one by one). Once you have given her all of the needed supplies you must wait a day for completion of the moonshine.
- Marguerite's bed is close by and isn't owned so you are able to sleep in it to wait the day; or you can just simply use the wait command.
You can repeat this quest infinitely for more experience and moonshine.
You will receive 300 caps and six moonshine. You can also repair her still for good Karma (10) or an additional 100 caps (200 with a speech check).
Quest stagesEdit
- If you do this quest after Thought Control you will have access to Desmond's Panic Room in Calvert Mansion which is a very good place to pick up the quest items quickly. On the shelves in the very back, there are 6 fission batteries and 3 bags of yeast. Just grab some refined punga fruit from the Ark & Dove cathedral and you're all set.
- You can do this over and over, getting more moonshine and caps; with a Barter skill of 100, this means a maximum of 300 caps worth of moonshine each time.
- If you truly value the effects moonshine gives you when consumed, or if you're in it for the +50 XP gained for each batch of moonshine collected, then repeat this task as often as you like. But if you're just trying to turn a profit, do not repeat this task if you have a barter higher than 63. The collective sale value of the ingredients may be greater than the sum of the 300 cap reward and sale value of the resulting moonshine.
- Total reward (not counting the one-time repair job) is 600 caps [300 straight + 300 worth of moonshine].
- Cost in raw materials is 713 caps using wild punga fruit, or 813 caps using refined punga fruit!
- 450 [6 fission batteries x 75] + 63 [3 yeast x 21] + 200 [20 wild punga fruit x 10] = 713.
- 450 [6 fission batteries x 75] + 63 [3 yeast x 21] + 300 [10 refined punga fruit x 30] = 813.
- At 59% price (30 barter, without perks or merchant-specific discounts), completing the quest using refined punga fruit becomes unprofitable. Completing the quest using wild punga becomes unprofitable at 73% price (63 barter, without perks or merchant-specific discounts).
- If you happen to have both 20 wild punga fruit and 10 refined punga fruit in your inventory, you are allowed to choose which ones you turn in through the dialogue.
Behind the scenesEdit
- The practice of adding battery acid to moonshine is intended to make it taste more alcoholic than it actually is. It does not actually improve the finished product, and can, in fact, make it dangerous to consume.
- The original draft of this quest had the player bringing in an additional 24 bottles of purified water to help brew the moonshine. This can be seen on the GECK's list of quest entries.
- The title of this quest is an allusion to the song from the movie Mary Poppins, titled "A Spoonful of Sugar". Marguerite pretends to be ill and originally says the ingredients will be used to concoct medicine. In the Mary Poppins song, "a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down".


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Adina Bar Shalom: Courageous Haredi Leader
Adina Bar Shalom is often introduced as a rabbi's daughter or a rabbi's wife, but it's really her own mind that makes her so extraordinary. A pioneering leader within Israel's tight-knit Haredi community, the 66-year-old Bar Shalom has been making headlines by espousing courageous views about religion and state in Israel. She is emerging as a woman to be reckoned with, one who is not afraid to speak her mind and who promotes a powerful vision with a determined will in the face of some difficult realities in Israel.
Bar Shalom's most recent news story involves the growing gender segregation in Israel's public spaces. At an economic conference this week, titled "Women Talking Women," she criticized the gender segregation of buses as an attempt to "exclude women from the public domain," and said that it "violates Torah." Bar Shalom, who is the eldest daughter of Ovadia Yosef, former Sephardic chief rabbi, said that she understand Halacha as a system that "treats women with the utmost respect."
Significantly, Bar Shalom, who founded the Jerusalem Haredi College, the first college for ultra-Orthodox women and later men, also made some very pro-feminist statements, arguing that although Haredi women tend to be "afraid of feminism," she thinks that Halacha actually favors gender equity.
Two weeks ago, Israeli President Shimon Peres acknowledged Bar Shalom's vision when he visited her college. He lavished praise on her efforts to enable Haredi women to work in the mainstream work force. According to a report in the Yeshiva World News, Peres added that Israeli businesses should accommodate the Haredi lifestyle in order to permit them to enter the nation's work force, including adjusting "modesty standards" to enable Haredi women to work without "compromise."
Meanwhile, earlier this year, Bar Shalom made headlines in a different realm when she was part of a delegation of Israelis meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the West Bank headquarters of the P.A., in Ramallah. The purpose of the delegation was to advance the peace process by launching an organization called Yisrael Yozemet (Israel Initiates), which calls on Israel to conduct negotiations based on the 2002 Arab League peace proposal. The proposal offered the possibility of full diplomatic ties in exchange for Israel's withdrawal to the pre-1967 border.
"I'm coming to listen," Bar Shalom told JTA at the time, which obnoxiously headlined the story about "Ovadia Yosef's Leftist Daughter."
"One can always have second thoughts," Bar Shalom said. "We figured it was best to go and listen than to give up."
Actually, she apparently does not consult her father about her politics or public pronouncements. And even when he disagrees with her — after all, he has said publicly that he hopes Abbas and "all those evils will be gone from this world" — she says he gives her his blessing.
The JTA story also reported that Bar Shalom was always worldly, and it said that she "read everything: "Jane Eyre," "Gone With the Wind" and the works of Ayn Rand, but was forbidden from learning formal academic studies and instead studied sewing and got married at 18. She wanted to study psychology, but her husband forbade it. Her father, however, convinced him to let her study fashion at the Shenkar College of Engineering and Design. Bar Shalom eventually decided to create "a way for Haredi women to integrate into the workplace without compromising on their lifestyle," she said. In 2001 she opened her own college, with 23 female students. Today it offers programs in economics, social work, political science and psychology.
The college now has more than 1,000 students, for both men and women, who study in separate classes. Last year it awarded academic degrees to 56 women. According to The Jerusalem Post, the average female student will have two babies during her four years of study. There are nurseries alongside the classrooms, for students' babies.
In recognition of her efforts, Bar Shalom was recently awarded the Ashoka Fellowship for social innovation.
Clearly the college has been transformative not only for the students, but also for Bar Shalom herself.
Her increasing willingness to express nonconforming opinions on issues relating to gender, religion and politics makes her a striking role model for Haredi women and for the rest of us, as well. She is intelligent, incisive, insightful, independent-minded and unpredictable.
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I guess I will continue my rant that many programmers do not understand hardware. I stress that they should. Dear programmers, before you feel offended, please read my previous posts bashing hardware guys for not learning software:-)
I have made my list of top ten items every programmer should know. I do not explain the concepts but provide keywords you can google or find in your favorite book. I will write tutorials here in the future if you guys want.
Update 6/19/2011: I have written a computer science self-assessment for developers to test their knowledge about computer science.
Update 5/31/2011: In response to a couple of comments on this post, I have written a more detailed motivation for this article. It tries to answer why programmers today have a higher motivation to understand hardware.
1. Data types
This is a general concept but its essential to understand the different data types. 2′s complement, unsigned vs. signed numbers, floating point.
2. Boolean algebra and converting numbers from decimal to hex/binary and back.
Keywords: binary, decimal, hexadecimal
3. Caches: You cannot write good efficient code unless you understand caches. You must understand:
What do caches do?
How are caches organized? (Hint: lookup tag store, data store, cache block, index, set, valid bit, dirty bit, associativity, and replacement policy).
Why do they work? (spatial and temporal locality, REUSE — I emphasized it because very few people really get it)
Understand multi-level cache hierarchies (lookup L1 cache, L2 cache, etc)
4. Cache coherence (especially if you are in parallel programming).
Keywords: MSI, MESI, false sharing
5. Virtual memory: You do not need to understand it down cold to write good code but its always a plus.
Keywords: Pages, frames, demand paging, page walk, page fault, TLB, permissions
Less important keywords: page table, valid bit, dirty bit, reference bit,
6. Pipelining, especially in context of branch prediction penalty:
You can read up my article on branch prediction for some basic information.
Keywords: gshare, 2-bit counter, 2-level predictor
7. Memory layout of data structures like arrays, linked lists, trees, and hash tables.
8. Some assembly programming. This will help you understand why some code is better than the other.
9. Basic compiler optimizations
Keywords: pointer aliasing, dead-code elimination, register allocation, SSA,
10. Memory bandwidth constraints:
Keywords: memory bus, memory banks, page mode
While there is an infinite amount you can learn, this is my top ten list. I don't think any of these concepts takes more than few hours to learn but it can significantly improve your understanding of your code's performance and help you clear job interviews. Anyone else has a different list?
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I'm not sure about the experiences of the readers here but i could never understand why my professors didn't teach the basics of parallel programming when i was in uni – a shame, really.
Instead of (or in addition to) writing an article on hardware issues software developers should know about, could you, perhaps, create or update (as required), and link to appropriate Wikipedia articles?
That way the information would be more widely available.
Of course, Wikipedia tends more towards "what" as opposed to "why", so an article that covered the "why" would be most useful.
Could you write a post on the memory layout of data structures? Any pointers to it would really be helpful.
Just to reinforce your point about cache … I had a compute-bound problem that I was solving using the Stata statistics program running on an Intel Netburst Pentium-4 CPU with a single core, hyperthreading and 1 MB of L2 cache (on-die). Testing my program on a small sample of my data, I estimated that the program would require 48 hours to complete the entire data set. It occurred to me that it might run faster if the data fit into the cache, so I tested a variety of "chunk" sizes to see if it affected the speed. The optimum "chunk" size turned out to be about 800 KB, which fit in the cache with room for OS and program code. The optimum-sized-chunk version ran 26 times faster than my original version. This was the difference between the data ALWAYS being in the cache and the data NEVER being in the cache (due to the way the code was organized). I am now convinced that cache tuning can pay off better than almost any other optimization that you might consider short of algorithm replacement.
So yes, knowing a little bit about hardware can make a big difference to a programmer.
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She uses everything from sketching to doing live performance, putting them in an uncomfortable place in public, Judy explains. She made them pull a single bed through LoDo, with one student dressed in a pharmacy jacket that had wings attached that were made out of journal writings torn up into feathers. The whole process was supposed to be like flying, or figuring out whats preventing you from flying or feeling like you have power.
Over a period of about six weeks, Theresa pushed the kids to journal, sketch, paint, install and perform beyond their usual boundaries. Its been great these kids have grown so much, Judy notes. Its a testament to Theresa that these students have stuck it out. Shes had a few hard knocks in life herself, so shes coming from the same place as the kids.
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Little League World Series: How good is this?
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"The only reason why I'll probably end up shedding a tear is that this is the last time I'm going to coach you guys. But I'm going to bring back with me, the coaching staff is going to bring back, you guys are going to bring back that no one other team can provide – that's pride. Pride.
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Will there be enough is the question
by Patti Hurtgen, Hoard's Dairyman Online Media Manager
I recently read a report on "The Enough Movement" and thought I would share its findings. It addresses world hunger and looks at not only food quantity, but quality.
Most often when we think of not having enough food, we think of the poor and impoverished who are chronically malnourished. These 870 million souls are an unfortunate reality around the globe. But, there is also great concern as the population is expected to hit 9 billion in 2050, that planet earth will not be able to produce enough food to feed the growing population. The middle class, who are able to purchase a wider variety of food, is expected to swell by 3 billion people those with the resources to purchase food. And, it is not about just getting food in their bodies it is about getting the right kind of food in their diets.
The shortfall is expected to come with not having enough resources to grow enough crops or produce enough livestock to feed the growing middle class. But, with appropriate planning now, the goal is to have enough and not use too much of the planet's resources at the same time, suggested The Enough Movement, researched by Elanco.
With a growing middle class, there will be greater demand for animal-sources foods such as meat, milk and eggs. The Food and Agriculture (FAO) organization estimates we will need 60 percent more of these products. And, with a larger middle class, their demand will drive prices higher for these food commodities.
The earth doesn't have unlimited resources, so they must be managed well. On August 20, 2013, we crossed the line where annual resource consumption exceeded the planet's ability to replenish. Currently, it takes 1.5 years to regenerate a year's worth of renewable resources, and that's just not sustainable over time! We need to make more food with less . . . become even more efficient.
To learn more, see the report at www.sensibletable.com.
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Lady Dolphins Approach Playoffs With Confidence
By Elio Velez
The cold brutal winds from the frozen Jamaica Bay and inside Beach Channel High School the warm gym showcases a divisional rivalry. The Lady Dolphins is facing off against the Richmond Hill Lady Lions. With the playoffs fast approaching, the Dolphins have clinched the Queens I-B title and the second place Lions would like to win to give them a chance for a better seed in the Queensboro playoff championships.
The Lady Dolphins get off to a fast start with a swarming defense that leads to a fastbreak. Dolphins center Katreem Palmer quickly grabs the rebound and sends the ball to her teammate, point guard Chaquit Ivory. Ivory has to make a quick decision with a 2 on 1 advantage near the three-point line with teammate Gina Giles trailing on her left. As Ivory is guarded by a Lions' guard, Chaquit quickly gives a glance to Giles and with no hesitation, passes it to Giles to convert the layup and 2 points
Pushing the ball and being aggressive have been one of the most important keys to being a successful team and with a 57-47 win over Richmond Hill, the Dolphins improved to 14-2 on the season. Head Coach Victor Nazario Jr., in his 4th season, remarks that even with the win, the Dolphins played a little sloppy. "In the first half, we had 11 or 12 turnovers and we had to protect the ball. The kids knew that and we made some big shots to keep Richmond Hill off balance." Palmer said, "We fought hard to win and that's what we been doing all year."
The 14-2 record and a divisional championship has been no surprise to Coach Nazario. "It's a nice accomplishment for the kids", Nazario says with a smile. With a team of mostly juniors, the team has played together through a lot of regular season and post-season games in 2001 and 2002. "This team can compete with anyone in the B league", says Nazario. The two losses in the PSAL have come against John Bowne and Bayside. "Even in our losses, we haven't been blown out. We only lost by less than 10 to those teams so we were competitive in all our games."
With a close tight knit group on the court, Nazario looks to his players to provide leadership and direction and Katreem Palmer was one of the players he wanted to count on. The junior center Palmer was made captain of the team before the start of this season after playing her first year as a sophomore. Palmer has not disappointed as she leads the team with 21 points and 16 rebounds a game. "I wanted her to step up more this season and become a leader and she has done it", Nazario says. "She is more verbal, takes charge, and on and off the court, she is a leader."
Point guard Chaquit Ivory is a stable force that Nazario counts on the lead the offense. Nazario admires the floor leadership Ivory provides for the Dolphins; "She has a lot of confidence on the court. Chaquit is also a good shooter and I've been trying to free her up in the gameplan to score more".
Nazario also mentioned that Charlene Greene is one of the examples of a player whose intangibles and hustle sometimes doesn't show up on the stats. "She is one of those players that a team can't really do without. She is a scrappy player who dives after looseballs, does the dirtywork and plays 110%", Nazario says. Giles doesn't mind that she has to get bruised and scraped to help her team win a ballgame. "I want to win and its nothing to me about getting injured".
In the past, non-divisional schools have not committed to playing because of the long travel but good teams such as Bayside and Forest Hills decided to play the Dolphins this year. Nazario knows that games against those opponents are important for the girls "Forest Hills came to Beach Channel at 9-1 at the time and I had heard they were a good team, Nazario remembers. But we did a great job and beat them by 29 points. Some of those teams we might face again in the playoffs so we're really prepared". Nazario also glowingly remarks about how the team on and off the court truly likes one another. "There is no animosity on this team and every player on the bench and the floor root for one another."
With the upcoming playoffs, Nazario will preach the fundamentals and stress the positive gains that the team made this year. "I always tell our ladies, rebounding and defense wins championships. And that is what we have to continue to perform at."


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The unique boat was built by ACI Composites Inc. The boat represented the car company's eastern region's interpretation of this year's theme. The Mini boat was the only vessel on the race course other than the rowing competitors and was used by race officials to monitor competitor safety during the races.
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London was a tale of two cities: one buttoned-up in Savile Row tailoring, the other slouched in sportswear. Work and play? Not really – they weren't even competitors given how diametrically opposed they were. Can you imagine the same man buying Richard James and JW Anderson? But those designers can co-exist on the London Collections: Men schedule, a week that saw our heads snap from midriff-baring, obi-sashed, crimped-fringe boy-toys (JW Anderson) to glowtick-hued latex-laden rave kids (Christopher Shannon), to Scrapheap Challenge cardboard pile-ups (Craig Green).
That line-up doesn't say much about what men will really be wearing come next spring. As magnificent as designer Craig Green's second catwalk show was, with its hallucinatory tie-dyed layers and massive cardboard constructs, it's a statement that's restricted to the catwalk. But those designers are representative of London fashion's greatest asset: ideas. The stuff you saw on the catwalks will be pored over, picked apart and copied by the rest of the industry.
Alexander McQueen is an example of where those ideas get you – noticed on a global scale. Sarah Burton's second menswear show in the capital riffed on the McQueen trademarks. Yes, that included tailoring, but she turned her suiting inside-out (a trend for artful deconstruction we've seen across the fashion capitals), sending out silk linings as billowing robes or rendering her suits in intricately woven lace.
So who's next? The money's on JW Anderson, a man with a plan and a staggering work ethic. Days after showing his Versus Resort collection, he sent out a collection of origami-wrapped, baggy-trousered boys that wiped memories of his last show from our minds. His shtick is gender-blending. This season he wanted his men to look like they were wearing column-dresses, and said that menswear is all about necklines (his were halter). It's difficult to imagine any designer in Milan or Paris coming up with that.
Milan's great advantage over London or Paris? Climate. The sun always shines over its spring menswear shows, making it easier to imagine men wearing the clothing on the catwalks. This week, a preponderance of shorts, tropical florals and the dreaded but ubiquitous "Mandal" all looked a bit better basking in the glaring Lombardy sun.
If London is about ideas, Milan is about industry – the whole shebang is geared towards the bottom line. The most interesting designers last week, however, managed to show clothes that trod a tricky line between creativity and commerce. Take Miuccia Prada, who splashed flashy Hawaiian prints that could have been lifted from Duane Hanson's Tourists sculptures across a covetable collection of summer basics. The show generated intellectual discussion, but the clothes themselves generated desire.
Jil Sander's theme was interestingly synched with Miuccia Prada – the former inspired by the "accidental tourist", the latter mid-century tropical travel. But if Prada wanted to evoke menace, a holiday closer to nightmare than dream, Jil Sander was jubilant, re-interpreting the oversized shorts and pinched-in cotton jackets of her first spring menswear outing, swapping their original navy for eye-socking fluorescents and almost neon white.
In Milan, the designers sometimes feel like they're all singing from the same sheet – they'd all got the memo about luxury sportswear this season. By the third day, techy, rip-corded collections had already begun to look old hat. The striking exception was Italo Zucchelli's collection for Calvin Klein, a label so rooted in American sportswear they can claim the territory as their own. This collection was entirely played out in blue – a reinterpretation of the trademark Calvin denim?
You see some extraordinary things during Paris fashion week. You watch a thrash-metal band get hoisted to the rafters by their ankles. You see hyper-realistic dandelion-clocks made, by hand, from minute slivers of feather. You even get hauled 40 minutes out of the city to an aircraft hangar and seated in a piece of contemporary art worth a few million.
What's the point? To show and sell clothes, ostensibly. But really fashion is about the thrill of the new. The clothes in Raf Simons' show in a huge Gagosian Gallery space adjacent to an airstrip even managed to overshadow the Alexander Calder mobiles looming large over the catwalk. Simons' silhouette was short and tight, infantile and a little feminine. It questioned our ideas of menswear, as well as good and bad taste.
If Simons was channelling Nineties rave culture, Rick Owens, who suspended surreal Estonian punk group Winny Puhh over the catwalk, was knee-deep in a mosh pit. But, oddly, the designers proposed strikingly similar looks for men, shorts barely clearing the crotch, shoes pumped-up, high-performance sports sneakers.
Sometimes Paris can get caught up in its haute couture heritage, overworking garments for the sake of showcasing the expertise. Kim Jones' Louis Vuitton collection was refreshing because it wore that luxury lightly. You didn't clock the fact that the LV monogram on the closing tuxedo was created by the rather extraordinary technique of weaving minute strips of mother-of-pearl into silk velvet. You also didn't realise it had a price-tag of roughly 80k, although that's no issue for Vuitton's customers. Valentino's Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli are stabbing after the same market: crocodile flip-flop, perhaps? Or maybe a camouflage coat in bonded leather.
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Sapphira and the Slave Girl (1940)
by Willa Cather
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Sapphira, the wife of a mill owner, has brought to the marriage several slaves. When Sapphira unjustly suspects that her husband may improperly favor Nancy, a young slave girl, she begins a campaign to ruin Nancy. Her efforts include forcing the attentions of her husband's immoral nephew on Nancy, resulting in several instances in which Nancy barely escapes rape. Sapphira's daughter's aid to Nancy brings about an irreparable rift between mother and daughter.
Cather writes clearly and poignantly of the hopeless predicament of slaves, even those whose owners are supposedly kind and generous. Believing herself a righteous and good woman, Sapphira unthinkingly and almost playfully seeks to destroy Nancy's life, such as it is. Her husband is fully aware of what his wife is doing, and believes himself to be a progressive anti-slaver, yet he does nothing to contervene his wife's actions.
This book is one of Cather's lesser known works. I heard about it on LT, and I recommend it.
This was a strange read about a Virginia family - the slave owning wife, her unobjecting husband, the family slaves, and their daughter who has become an abolitionist. I've loved the other Cather's I've read, and this one flew by spending several late nights reading 'just one more chapter'. But there was something that felt a little simplified about the characters and their reactions. I recommend it, but feel like I'd need a second reading to really fully grasp everything that was going on.
Sapphira and the Slave girl was my classic club spin book result. I am currently on something of a Cather kick, this is the second Willa Cather novel I have read this month, and I now have four other Cather novels tbr. Willa Cather is perhaps best known for her novels which portray the Nebraskan frontier life that she knew growing up. However the first eight years of Willa Cather's life were spent in Back Creek Valley, Virginia, and it is to this community that she pays homage in her final novel. Sapphira and the Slave girl, has elements of family autobiography about it – Willa Cather herself making a somewhat surprise appearance in the epilogue of the novel, as a five year old child who witnesses the return of a runaway slave. Willa Cather's maternal grandmother had assisted in the woman's escape, just as Cather's character Rachel Blake does in the novel. The Virginian community that Willa Cather was born into – like that of the community in this novel, was not a traditionally slave owning one. Willa Cather's own family represented both sides of this bitter divide. So on to the novel itself, it is 1856 and Sapphira Colbert is one of the few Virginians who own slaves. She is an ageing woman, disabled by dropsy, her mill owner husband has little to do with the slaves and would much rather free them, but views them as Sapphira's property which she brought with her into their marriage. Sapphira presides over her property absolutely with the help of her maid Till, who has been with Sapphira's family many years. Henry, Sapphira's husband has taken to spending more and more time at the mill, often sleeping there, and young slave Nancy often goes down to the mill to clean up Henry's room. Henry comes to enjoy her gentle, quiet presence, appreciating the wild flowers Nancy places in a jar on his window sill.
"The miller, in his bed, heard her come and go. He lay still and prayed earnestly, for his daughter and for Nancy. Not a sparrow falleth to the ground without thy knowledge. He would never again hear that light footstep outside his door. She would go up out of Egypt to a better land. Maybe she would be like the morning star, this child; the last star of night…She was to go out from the dark lethargy of the cared for and irresponsible; to make her own way in this world where nobody is altogether free and the best that can happen to you is to walk your own way and be responsible to God only."
Overhearing a conversation between two of the other women slaves in her household Sapphira begins to have concerns about the relationship between her husband and Nancy, Till's beautiful daughter. Sapphira demonstrates the power she unjustly holds over these people, and Willa Cather brilliantly depicts the awful contradictions of slave owners who actually seem to believe they care for the slaves they own, and have earned their loyalty. Sapphira of course holds sway over these human beings – their fate is completely in her hands, and yet we see Sapphira tolerating the absences and laziness of one slave, and deeply saddened over the death of the elderly Jezebel whose dreadful story of capture from Africa is told in flashback. However there is also a definite feeling of wistful nostalgia in the novel, nostalgia for a time already in the distant past for Cather herself. Cather was certainly against the practice of slavery – already abolished by the time she was born, however I think maybe, that when one has grown up hearing the stories of a time long before that of our own, there is a tendency to see it with a slight rosy glow, and it is this taint of nostalgia that leaves an impression. Sapphira's daughter, Rachel Blake, is a young widow, recently returned to Back Creek from Washington, with her two young daughters, she lives nearby. Rachel and her mother don't really see eye to eye, Rachel has been influenced by her politician husband, and the abolitionist postmistress and a sympathetic preacher she has been befriended by. When Sapphira invites her husband's nephew Martin to stay, a man known for his rakish behaviour, Rachel becomes convinced it is with the deliberate intention of ruining Nancy. It is to Rachel that Nancy runs for help, as she finds it increasingly hard to keep out of Martin Colbert's way. Rachel's decision to help Nancy will set her against her mother, but change Nancy's life forever. I am not going to go on about the fact that there is language used in this novel that we would find deeply offensive and inappropriate now – that surely is a given. The novel is set in the 1850's and was first published in 1940 – but I think Cather's intention is clear enough. She was not writing an angry treatise on slavery – her novel is a retrospective of a society and a time thankfully long over but which concerned the generation of her grandparents, and about which she was brought up hearing stories of. Cather's depiction of the Old South, and the relationship between an old, white woman and her black slaves who are her legal property – is beautifully poignant, the sense of time and place so absolutely spot on, that the Back Creek Valley of Cather's grandparents' day envelops the reader completely. I loved this novel, it may not be perfect – but it was a definite five star read for me, and my Cather kick, continues, threatening to turn into a definite obsession.
Virginia, kurz vor dem Krieg. Im Zentrum stehen Sapphira und ihre Diener. Sapphira hält an den Sitten des Adels fest. Sie lebt mir ihrem Mann und "ihren" Sklaven auf dem Land. Sie herrscht (angeblich mit Güte) im Haus, ist gefürchtet und wird dennoch bewundert. Sapphira ist für das Halten von Sklaven. Im Gegensatz zu ihrer Tochter Rachel.
Die Thema Sklaverei erweist sich als vielschichtig.
Set in 1856, Sapphira and the Slave Girl explores the life of a middle-aged white woman and her relationship with her family and especially her servants. When Nancy, one of the servant disappears, how does her disappearance affect Sapphira and inturn her family members is what the book is all about. Definitely worth a read!
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Sapphira Colbert proceeds to persecute a once happy slave girl, Nancy, when Sapphira suspects her husband admires Nancy.
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Washington, DC…Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero announced today that Thomas Lowry, a long-time Lincoln researcher from Woodbridge, VA, confessed on January 12, 2011, to altering an Abraham Lincoln Presidential pardon that is part of the permanent records of the U.S. National Archives. The pardon was for Patrick Murphy, a Civil War soldier in the Union Army who was court-martialed for desertion.
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Seeings as they don't exist, I'd say ... fairyland?
No no no, you're wrong. since there is a mkVII forum on vortex means that it exists. Now stop give it up, where do I place the order.
Don't know if my math is right seeing the MKIII was already being produced but going by the four years thing 1996.
this entire section is full on people who dont know roman numerals weve got MKII(2) and mkVIII(8) in the mkVII(7) section
maybe a dealership can order you one
lol bro kick it. the mk6 R just showed up and you want the 7?
Roman numerals are really not that difficult
I heard the next gen R will get a HP bump up to 260hp.
Any truth to this? People are throwing around accusations that the new GTI will have 250.
By the time we see the Golf 7 here in the US, Europe will probably already be unveiling their Golf 7 R
I'm guessing a two year or so gap between Europe and US Golf 7 R's. Given if we even were to get the next gen R.
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Not sure if serious.
What this dude means by Golf R MkII is the next Golf "R". As in the MkVII Golf R DUH
I love the serious responses in this thread.
I just heard the next Rs coming with bags and bbs rs's as an option. Where do I sign up??!?!?!
The new "CAR" magazine (UK) had a note about the new MKVII Golf R and RS.
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Politicians from both sides of the aisle took to the Sunday talk shows to debate the fallout from the traffic jams near the George Washington Bridge in September and any role Christie may have played. Documents show Christie's aides appeared to engineer lane closures at the heavily traveled bridge for political retribution.
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus told NBC's Meet the Press Christie could move past the scandal and still win support from primary voters in the 2016 presidential race.
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Christie said he was "embarrassed and humiliated" by the conduct of some of his staff, including top aide Bridget Anne Kelly, whom he fired after learning she gave the go-ahead to close the lanes. Christie said he was "blindsided" by the revelations, which he said he discovered when subpoenaed emails were released last week.
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