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Just Me and DadPosted by Allysa D. | Posted on October 29, 2011
The past few weeks have been an absolute blur. There was Fall Weekend, Family Weekend, and of course, midterms. While many kids went home to spend time with their families over the fall break or had the whole family crash the campus for Family Weekend, I went home to be with my dad. Just me and Dad.
Sometimes it feels lonely that it's just us. My brother's down in Georgia finishing up his last year in school. My mom's not here anymore. It feels like my family shrunk by a thousand times with the loss of mom. But regardless, my dad and I have grown so much closer together out of this time. It's wonderful being home with him, being surrounded by all the memories of mom. It's bittersweet, but I love being home. And most of all, I love being with dad.
A couple of weeks ago, I was having a really hard time. But Hopkins helped me get through it. With the permission of the Dean, I was able to go home for a week as well as a couple of long weekends. All of my professors were so helpful. Some sent me their lecture notes, some gave me extensions (thanks!), and some even just let me off the hook for assignments (more thanks!). It was unbelievable. It means so much to receive help because dealing a loss so immense like this, it's really emotionally draining. I find myself tired a lot more often. I find that it's difficult to concentrate on things. And whenever I find something that reminds me of mom, it throws me off for the rest of the day or even for the week. So, in the past weeks, I've probably been home more often than at Hopkins. When I first went home in October, as soon as I saw Dad on the platform, we both started crying. It was then when I realized we had such a bond because we both went through the tragedy of that night together and have pulled each other up on the way. While things like that have sometimes been heartbreaking and immensely sad, there have been really good times too.
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My friends and I have also gone to D.C. which has also been great (again, it's just 7 dollars to take the MARC train from Penn Station to Union Station in D.C.!). My friends and I went back to the same place that I visited over the summer – Georgetown. A couple of my friends have siblings at Georgetown and through them, we've met really awesome people. As a matter of fact, we're all here in D.C. right now this weekend to celebrate Halloween (a snowy Halloween, that is)! My dad's birthday (happy sixty something, dad!) is also this weekend and he's here with my aunt. It's really nice having him down here – just me and dad.


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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- It's not quite Broadway. Nevertheless, the second-ranked University of Tennessee women's track & field team will be performing on a grand stage in New York City on Friday and Saturday, as the Lady Vols take part in the New Balance Collegiate Invitational at upper Manhattan's 168th Street Armory.
With the Armory's newly-refurbished New Balance Track & Field Center serving as the venue, UT will try to add more NCAA Championship qualifiers to go along with distance ace Sarah Bowman. The senior from Warrenton, Va., has very impressively punched her ticket to the March 13-14 national meet in College Station, Texas, in the 800m, mile and 3000m and leads the NCAA in the shorter two events and is sixth in the longer one with marks of 2:04.58, 4:35.35 and 9:11.31, respectively.
Bowman, who has earned Southeastern Conference Female Runner of the Week accolades the past three weeks, is undefeated this season individually in three events and in the 4x800m and distance medley relays. The six-time All-American and eight-time SEC champion will most likely anchor UT's DMR at 6:45 p.m. on Friday night and will run Saturday either in the championship 5000m at 10:07 a.m. or in the college 4x400m relay at 12:25 p.m.
"We just want to keep her going and have her run a relay," UT Head Coach J.J. Clark said of Bowman. "We'll see if she can help our team put another mark together that will get us to the NCAA meet. That's my goal for her. After the DMR on Friday, we'll see how she's feeling for other events -- maybe run an 800 or a leg on the 4x4."
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"This meet fits our schedule, and it's a meet where good times usually are produced," Clark said. "We came up here my first year at Tennessee, and it was a good meet. This year, it fit our rotation again, and we also have a lot of youngsters from the area (N.Y., N.J., Pa.) whose parents and family will get an opportunity to see them compete. More importantly, this meet helps get us ready for later in the season when we compete at the SEC and NCAA Championships."
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In addition to Bowman, Tennessee's top performers thus far have been junior Phoebe Wright (Signal Mountain, Tenn.) in the 800m (2:05.71 provisional), sophomore Annie Alexander (Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago) in the shot put (54-7 1/4), senior Celriece Law (Denver, Colo.) in the 60m hurdles (8.30), junior Lynne Layne (New Rochelle, N.Y.) in the 60m (7.41), senior Alicia Essex (Purcellville, Va.) in the pole vault (13-0 3/4) and junior Jackie Areson (Delray Beach, Fla.) in the mile (4:47.90). All are provisionally qualified and looking for improvement.
Rating the highest nationally among that group is Wright, the 2008 NCAA Outdoor sixth-place 800m finisher who stands third indoors this season. Alexander, is fourth in the shot, while Law is ninth in the hurdles. Essex and Layne rank 16th in the vault and 60m, respectively, while Areson is 26th in the country in the mile.
Individuals looking for breakthrough qualifying efforts this weekend are Layne in the 200m, sophomore Brittany Jones (Pompano Beach, Fla.) in the 400m, current SEC Freshman of the Week and 2008 Gatorade Female Prep Athlete of the Year Chanelle Price (Easton, Pa.) in the 800m and senior Katie Van Horn (Glendora, N.J.) in the 3000m or 5000m. Tennessee also is seeking to get qualifying marks on the board for its 4x400m and distance medley units, the latter of which won the NCAA title in 2008 with all underclass runners. Last weekend, the Lady Vols posted one of the best 4x800m relay times in women's track & field history, breaking school, meet and facility records at the Penn State National Invitational with an 8:34.32 showing.
"I would like to see more automatics and better provisional marks from our group," Clark said. "In every area, we can put some better marks up, from a provisional and automatic standpoint. This is a big meet with a lot of quality in every event, and we are just looking forward to going up there and competing."
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|Coll. 3000m Fin. (Auto: 9:15.00; Prov: 9:34.00)b 11:45 a.m.
|Katie Van Horn
|Jackie Areson
|Coll. Long Jump (Auto: 6.35, Prov: 6.10) 11:45 a.m.
|Celriece Law
|Jená Murphy
|Ch. 400m Pre. (Auto: 52.40, Prov: 54.40)b 1:55 p.m.
|Phoebe Wright
|Brittany Jones
|Amanda Alexander
|Charity Honeycutt
|Ch. 60mH Pre. (Auto: 8.14; Prov: 8.43) 3:35 p.m.
|Celriece Law
|Ellen Wortham
|Jená Murphy
|Ch. 60m Pre. (Auto: 7.26; Prov: 7.44) 4:25 p.m.
|Lynne Layne
|Ch. Pole Vault (Auto: 4.20, Prov: 3.95) 4:35 p.m.
|Alicia Essex
|Ch. Long Jump (Auto: 6.35, Prov: 6.10) 4:40 p.m.
|Lynne Layne
|60mH Fin. (Auto: 8.14; Prov: 8.43) 6:14 or 6:35 p.m.
|Ch. DMR Fin. (Auto: 11:09.00, Prov: 11:30.00)b 6:45 p.m.
|Lineup TBA
|60m Fin. (Auto: 7.26; Prov: 7.44) 7:00 or 7:08 p.m.
|Coll. Mile Fin. (Auto: 4:38.00; Prov: 4:48.00)b 9:00 a.m.
|Ally Colvin
|Elizabeth Altizer
|Ch. Wt. Throw (Auto: 21.00, Prov: 18.75) 9:05 a.m.
|Annie Alexander
|Laquoya Kelly
|Conso. High Jump (Auto: 1.85, Prov: 1.78) 9:15 a.m.
|Jená Murphy
|Coll. 800m Fin. (Auto: 2:05.40, Prov: 2:09.40)b 9:45 a.m.
|Chanelle Price
|Ramzee Fondren
|Kimarra McDonald
|Ch. 5000m Fin. (Auto: 16:08.00, Prov: 16:45.00)b 10:07 a.m.
|Katie Van Horn
|Sarah Bowman
|Michele Levy
|Ch. 200m Pre. (Auto: 23.20, Prov: 23.90)b 11:12 a.m.
|Lynne Layne
|Celriece Law
|Ellen Wortham
|Coll. 4x400mR Fin. (Auto: 3:33.00, Prov: 3:40.00)b 12:25 p.m.
|Lineup TBA
|Ch. 200m Fin. (Auto: 23.20, Prov: 23.90)b 1:25 p.m.
|Ch. 400m Fin. (Auto: 52.40, Prov: 54.40)b 2:35 p.m.
|Ch. Mile Final (Auto: 4:38.00; Prov: 4:48.00)b 3:08 p.m.
|Jackie Areson
|Rolanda Bell
b - Banked Track Qualifying Standard, dnf - Did Not Finish, dnr - Did Not Run, f - Facility Record, fts - Flat Track Qualifying Standard, m - Meters, mr - meet Record, nm - No Mark Recorded, p - Prelims, s - School Record (Indoors), u - Undersized Track Qualifying Standard, * - NCAA Automatic Qualifier, + - NCAA Provisional Qualifier, ! - Personal Record (Indoors), ^ - Oversized Track Qualifying Standard


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I'm sure if you do the same research on other cars you will find the same types of issues. ... All car MFGing will have issues, no way around it ... Pick the car you like, buy from a dealership you like and trust and above all ENJOY the car!.
Good advice. In 1986 my sister bought a new, first year of a new generation, Toyota Celica GT and loved it. After much shopping and a test drive in hers I decided to buy one like it, but *I*, having been burned by "early production issues" several times already, was smart enough to wait out the first model year. Over the years I had alternated between buying low-mileage used cars and new cars (many tradeoffs). To decide which to do this time I made two lists of the cars I had owned, new and used, and the problems I had experienced with each. No help -- they had ALL had problems. (Not one has been a Ford.) Truth: Cars have problems.
I looked at a few used '87s and decided it was time for a new one, negotiated a good price (3 dealers, "lets you and him fight") and went to pick it up when they called me. Wow -- I got the first new '88 that dealer had received. Even better. Wrote the check, drove it home, loved the most solid feeling car I had ever owned.
What's this? The transmission often shifts like a truck, synchros not keeping up. But my sister's had felt sooo good when I drove
. Turns out Toyota had changed the design of the manual transmission mid-generation to improve reliabiltiy, and *I* had not test driven one with the new trans, not even mine when it came off the truck. (Dummy!) More reliable is great, but terrible feeling shifts was not. Best deal I had ever negotiated on the most disappointing new car I had ever bought. Several new lessons learned. (Know what you are buying -- manufactures change things. Pay attention to the car, not just the deal.
test drive before paying, even if you watched them drive it right off the truck and the odometer shows almost zero miles.)
The dealer (Penske Toyota in Milpitas) bent over BACKWARDS to make it right, but it was a design issue, not a defect, so they were unable to. There were several annoyances in the way they dealt with me while working on the problem but they made an honest effort. I sold the car after two years, the shortest time I had ever kept a new car (usually 5 to 10 years). My sister kept hers much longer. The low-mileage 1-owner 1990 (first year of a new generation) Acura Integra GS hatch I replaced it with is still in my garage. Yes, it has had its own problems, some I still have to deal with to sell it to make room for a new Focus.
Maybe. Now I discover that the SE Sport package I had decided on while SO patiently waiting out the first year is not available for 2013. (Oh, Ford, why do you have to make it SO difficult? I have been wanting to buy a Ford for 50 years and you always kill the deal somehow.)
I am especially grateful to all of the 2012 Focus owners who have done so much to help Ford get the problems fixed,
the Focus Fanatics who have shared their experiences here. Been there, done that, hope I learned my lesson.
Ya' know, that new 2013 Escape looks kinda'
. I wonder if I can be patient for the 2014's to get here ...
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Teaching Comprehension Strategies
Reading comprehension lesson plans can help students develop the right strategies.
By Lesley Roberts
As students read, they should use strategies to break down the text into manageable, understandable chunks. They should be completing tasks before, during, and after reading. This process allows students to build their understanding, and knowledge. Before students begin reading a text, they should take time to preview it. They should skim the words, and check their understanding before moving on. Skimming the text involves reading the first two sentences at the beginning, middle, and end of each paragraph on each page of text. This strategy can also be modified to the beginning, and ending sentences of each page if the passage is short. They should jot down their predictions of the story plot, as well. Students can also clarify their purpose for reading. This simple strategy consists of students asking themselves why the author wrote the story: to entertain them as a reader, to inform them of something, or to persuade the reader to do something.
While students are reading, they should be constantly checking their understanding of the passage. This will involve asking themselves questions, such as "who?" and "did what?" These two questions will lead students to build an understanding of the main characters (who) and the important action (did what) of the story. Students should also jot down this information, in order to review their understanding of the story when they are done. While reading, students should also monitor their reading fluency. They should be reading with enough speed, but should still be able to focus on the plot of the passage.
After they read a text, students should review it for unfamiliar words, and include them in any notes they may have made while reading. Helping students to master these strategies will give them control over what they read, as well as encourage them to process other content in the same manner.
Reading Comprehension Lesson Plans:
Questioning Through Literacy: This lesson plan was written to demonstrate the use of questioing strategies to build understanding of story elements and vocabulary. Written for use with first, third and fourth grade students.
Pre-reading Worksheet: This lesson plan incorporates the use of a worksheet in building reading comprehension through making predictions, setting purposes for reading, and identifying information that is already known about a topic. Written for use with first through third grade students.
So What's Your Purpose?: This lesson teaches students how to identify the purposes for reading, and how to gather information. Targets students in fourth through fifth grades.
Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Pre- and Post-Reading Activity: This lesson use pre and post reading activities to assist in building comprehension with higher level texts. For use with third through eighth grade.


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Notes: To brew the coffee, put 3 tablespoons finely ground coffee beans in a paper-lined coffee filter set over a pitcher. Pour 1 1/3 cups hot (about 190°) water through ground coffee. Measure; if necessary, add water to make 1 cup.
- 1 loaf (1 lb.) French bread
- 1/2 cup (1/4 lb.) butter or margarine, cut into chunks
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 2 cups whipping cream
- 1 cup cold Kona or regular coffee (see notes)
- 2 tablespoons dried instant espresso coffee
- Crème anglaise
- 1 ounce semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
Nutrition Information
- calories 507
- caloriesfromfat 55 %
- protein 3 g
- fat 31 g
- satfat 18 g
- carbohydrate 48 g
- fiber 1.4 g
- sodium 0.0 mg
- cholesterol 232 mg
How to Make It
Cut bread crosswise into 3/4-inch slices. Overlap slices in a single layer in a shallow 3-quart casserole (about 9 by 13 in.).
In a large bowl with a mixer on high speed, beat butter and sugar until well blended. Add eggs and beat until blended. Add whipping cream, coffee, and instant espresso; stir until mixed. Pour egg mixture over bread. Let stand at least 15 minutes or cover and chill up to 1 day.
Bake, covered, in a 350° oven until filling no longer jiggles when casserole is gently shaken, about 30 minutes (about 45 minutes if chilled). Pour crème anglaise over pudding and sprinkle with chocolate.
Serve warm. Spoon portions, including sauce, into bowls.
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The song was written by Gary Burr and released in 1994. It became her first single from her album When Fallen Angels Fly.
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Primate Labs has run its Geekbench processor/memory benchmarks on some of the new Macs (below) and posted the results on its blog. The results are not particularly exciting, and AppleInsider's headline summed them up: Benchmarks of 2009 iMacs, Mac minis show negligible speed-ups
Where the clock speeds are the same, the results are pretty much the same, which is what you'd expect. A new iMac that has increased the clock speed by 4.64% from 2.8GHz to 2.93GHz iMac similarly offers roughly a 5% improvement. However, the new 3.06GHz iMac was not tested.
The Mac Mini shows the biggest increase but "still only gains about 7% despite leaping two generations ahead in processor technology at 2GHz," says AppleInsider. But again, the new 2.26GHz version was not tested: it should be 13% faster, though that's still not much to write home about.
Some test results will be added later.
Primate Labs concludes:
Processor performance hasn't increased substantially in the latest hardware; the performance increase seems to scale with processor speed. This isn't surprising, since neither the iMac nor the Mac mini moved to a new processor architecture.
You might want to keep this in mind if you're looking for a new Mac; you might be better off getting a discontinued (or refurbished) previous-generation Mac rather than one of the new Mac models.
That might be worth considering in the UK, given that the new models have increased in price. However, it completely overlooks the benefits of the improved nVidia graphics, which were especially needed on the old Mac Mini.


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According to Bayer Leverkusen defender Assimiou Toure, he and his teammates were only saved because the gunmen initially attacked the bus carrying the team's luggage and equipment and when they fired on the team bus they attacked the front.
"It was horrible. I was scared to death," Toure, who was in the back of the bus, told German newspaper Bild am Sonntag. "The driver and two others on the bus were hit in their lower body and others got bullets in their calf."
The Togolese were the only team not travel by airplane into Angola -- the African soccer confederation says Togo was the only team not to attend the pre-tournament logistics meeting -- but their convoy did have a military escort, which may have saved them, when they arrived in Angola from the coastal city of Pointe-Noire, where they had been training for the tournament.
"We were coming from the Congo and were only about 10 minutes away from the Angolan border with our two buses," he said. "In the middle of the forest, we were suddenly ambushed and shot at. We were fortunate - they absolutely peppered the first bus with bullets, probably thinking that we were all sitting in there, but that was only our luggage. The whole thing lasted about half an hour. We had an escort and they shot back and kept the attackers in check and called for assistance. If the army had not been there, then none of us would be alive now. All I could do was jump under my seat and pray."
A faction of the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda claimed responsibility for the attach and vowed to continue its separatist fight in oil-rich Cabinda, an enclave separated from the rest of Angola.
A guerrilla war has been waged for the last 30 years in the former Portuguese colony.
The Sparrow Hawks returned to Lome, the Togolese capital, late Sunday.
"We have ordered a three-day mourning," said Togo sports minister Christophe Tchao of Sunday's decision. "The players are leaving with the bodies of their fallen brothers and we have asked the Confederation of African Football to find an arrangement so we can catch up with the competition later."


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Oh much better pics here than my phone...lol!!!
I like it...I'd even say dirtier. My suit is pretty dirty.
Looks good.. yay!!!!
I don't know about the coolest person out there. But thank you, I'll take the dear friend though. =)
Awesome work man. Truly awesome.
Fantastic job
Nice work Nathan...
I'd agree a little dirtier?
Everyone says to make it dirtier, so...
here ya go.
Much better Nathan... ya dirty boy!
YESSSS!!! That looks great! You know me....
Thank you
Just don't forget it Saturday and I have the games to bring too, see I almost forgot about those.
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Militant group surrenders in Jawzjan
Militant group surrenders in Jawzjan
SHIBERGHAN (PAN): A 12-member militant group has joined the peace process in the northern province of Jawzjan, officials said on Thursday.
Led by Mohammad Azim, the group members turned in their 12 weapons after joining the reconciliation programme in Qush Tepa district, the provincial high peace council chief, Maulvi Abdul Hai Hayat, told Pajhwok Afghan News.
The group leader said he cooperated with the Taliban over the past three years.
After being encouraged by tribal elders, he joined the peace parleys after continuously seeing his former comrades victimising ordinary people and carrying out disruptive activities.
The surrendering men had vowed to help improve security in the district, the Qush Tepa district chief, Aminullah, said. He said the ex-fighters would be recruited into police and a post for them established in Taraghli village.
Since its inception, the high peace council in Jawzjan had been able to convince more than 350 militants into joining the peace process.
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Greece may clinch bond swap deal by next week: source
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece could reach a bond swap deal with private creditors to reduce its debt load by the end of next week, with a formal offer possible by early February, a finance ministry source said on Thursday.
"We are completely on track, exploiting the momentum. By the end of next week we could have the final outline for a deal with the private sector," said a finance ministry official who did not want to be named.
"We may have the formal public offer by the beginning of February," the official added.
Time is running short to reach a deal on a voluntary debt exchange, the Institute of International Finance (IIF) warned earlier on Thursday after crunch talks with Greece's prime minister.
Negotiations between Athens and its creditors, spearheaded by the IIF, have entered the final stretch ahead of a major bond redemption in March. The IIF said key areas remained unresolved.
(Reporting by Dina Kyriakidou)
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Siar, C. H. and Toh, C. G. and Ali, T. B. T. and Seiz, D. and Ong, S. T. (2012) Dimensional profile of oral mucosa around combined tooth-implant-supported bridgework in macaque mandible. Clinical Oral Implants Research, 23 (4). pp. 438-446. ISSN 0905-7161
Siar, C. H. and Toh, C. G. and Romanos, G. and Ng, K. H. (2011) Subcutaneous reactions and degradation characteristics of collagenous and noncollagenous membranes in a macaque model. Clinical Oral Implants Research, 22 (1). pp. 113-120. ISSN 0905-7161
Taiyeb-Ali, T. B. and Toh, C. G. and Siar, C. H. and Seiz, D. and Ong, S. T. (2009) Influence of Abutment Design on Clinical Status of Peri-Implant Tissues. Implant Dentistry, 18 (5). pp. 438-446. ISSN 1056-6163
Romanos, G. E. and Toh, C. G. and Siar, C. H. and Wicht, H. and Yacoob, H. and Nentwig, G. H. (2003) Bone-implant interface around titanium implants under different loading conditions: A histomorphometrical analysis in the Macaca fascicularis monkey. Journal of Periodontology, 74 (10). pp. 1483-1490. ISSN 0022-3492
Siar, C. H. and Toh, C. G. and Romanos, G. and Swaminathan, D. and Ong, A. H. and Yaacob, H. and Nentwig, G. H. (2003) Peri-implant soft tissue integration of immediately loaded implants in posterior macaque mandible: A histomorphometric study. Journal of Periodontology, 74 (5). pp. 571-578. ISSN 0022-3492
Romanos, G. E. and Toh, C. G. and Siar, C. H. and Swaminathan, D. and Ong, A. H. (2002) Histologic and histomorphometric evaluation of peri-implant bone subjected to immediate loading: An experimental study with Macaca fascicularis. International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Implants, 17 (1). pp. 44-51. ISSN 0882-2786
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NEW YORK — ESPN's decision to shut down its 3-D channel by the end of the year is the latest sign the format won't revolutionize entertainment as the industry once hoped.
Troubling signs for 3-D have been on the horizon for the last year or so. ESPN 3D's audience ratings were below The Nielsen Co.'s measurable threshold, and in March, the Motion Picture Association said box office revenue for 3-D showings in the U.S. and Canada held steady at $1.8 billion in 2012. The number of 3-D films released in the period dropped by 20 percent.
"The ESPN decision is a sign that the 3-D ecosystem is not healthy," said Laura Martin, an analyst with investment banking firm Needham & Co. "It must be there's not enough demand for 3-D TV."
The sports network said there weren't enough viewers to make 3-D broadcasts worth it. It didn't say exactly how many viewers it had, but the number was "extremely limited and not growing," the network said.
Last year, an estimated 6 percent of TVs in the U.S. were able to show 3-D programming, according to the most recent data from research firm IHS Screen Digest. Even homes that have 3-D TVs don't appear to be using them very much, said IHS analyst Sweta Dash.
The lack of programming and the discomfort of having to wear special glasses could be contributing to the problem, she said.
"It's not convenient for people to watch for hours and hours with glasses," Dash said. "They get tired."
ESPN 3D launched in 2010 as one of nine 3-D channels that followed the release of James Cameron's blockbuster film "Avatar." TV makers rushed to introduce 3-D sets as well. ESPN said at the time that it expected a "3-D tsunami" in the industry.
3net, a 24-hour-a-day 3-D channel that launched in February 2011 under the ownership of Sony Corp., Discovery Communications Inc. and Imax Corp., appeared to be unfazed by ESPN's announcement.
"Although we don't comment on the activities of other companies, their decision has no impact on our business," the venture said in a statement.
IHS's analyst Dash said there appears to be a bigger appetite for 3-D TVs overseas in markets such as China. IHS estimates that 49.6 million 3-D TVs will be sold globally this year, up from 32.8 million last year.
And home video sales of 3-D Blu-ray discs are still growing. IHS says it expects consumers worldwide to spend $668 million on 3-D Blu-rays this year, up from $416 million last year.
The disc format is "very much still alive and kicking," said IHS analyst Tony Gunnarsson, who added that 3-D Blu-rays account for about 15 percent of all Blu-ray spending in the U.S.
But TV manufacturers have recently switched their focus from 3-D to "ultrahigh definition," a format that increases the pixel count of high-definition TVs by four times.
At the International Consumer Electronics Show in January, companies like Sony, LG Electronics Inc., Sharp Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. all showed off so-called "ultra HD" sets that were meant to be within the price range of middle income early adopters. Sony's 55-inch model sells for $5,000.
One benefit of the ultra HD format is that viewing doesn't require special glasses, and because people can sit closer to the screen without a loss in quality, bigger screens can replicate the immersion of 3-D video.
Ultra HD is also easier to handle on the production end.
Along with higher costs, any viewing on 3-D platforms draw viewers away from the standard broadcast, said Rob Willox, director of large sensor technology for Sony Electronics, in an interview last month about the differences between the two formats.
"There are a lot more costs, and you're not increasing audience share, you're dividing it," he said.
In contrast, ultra HD video is more easily scaled down to regular HD, meaning that high-end cameras can be used for viewers watching on TVs of either standard.
Even as it made plans to close down its 3-D channel, ESPN said it was a leader in 3-D productions, having produced 380 events in 3-D over the last 3 years.
"Nobody knows more about sports in 3-D than ESPN, and we will be ready to provide the service to fans if or when 3-D does take off," it said in a statement. "We continue to experiment with things like ultrahigh definition."


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welcome ktheslasher, how do you upload the files? via ftp to your hosting account? which programm/site gives you the error message? can you please go into detail how and where you upload your theme?
Thanks for replying. I try to upload the one that i bought here in themeforest.net using wordpress. I bought this THEME http://www.kriesi.at/themes/newscast/ I register today and setup everything using godaddy WP. I went to the theme part in WP and just did the usual upload there (w/c is a zip file), however it gave me a message ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO DO THIS ? and there is no YES or NO answer button too. Only PLS TRY AGAIN .
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Hello everybody,
im a newbie here and this is just my 2nd post. Also im a first timer for WP. Ill make this short, i bought a theme here a few minutes ago and try to install it to my WP, now the problem is when i try to upload it it says TRY again (failure). Did i miss something? I still dont have a domain and just bought a theme and will try to better it to my desired site but unfortunately this.
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text: BBC axes Ben Elton comedy The Wright Way - Heading Out and Getting On also chopped Comedies are decomissioned by BBC's new comedy boss Shane Allen Comments Written By Ben Dowell 5:00 PM, 09 July 2013 BBC controller of comedy Shane Allen has cut a swathe through the BBC's roster, announcing that The Wright Way, Heading Out and Getting On will not be returning. Allen said that BBC1 comedy The Wright Way, a return to studio comedy for Blackadder co-writer Ben Elton, was a brave attempt to make an old fashioned comedy but he admitted that it did not connect with audiences and said that Elton was "bruised" by its negative reception. Starring David Haig, the comedy - which was set in the health and safety department at Baselricky Council - slowly shed its audience and was critically mauled. Speaking at a Broadcasting Press Guild lunch today, Allen said that Elton suspected he would be slammed for the comedy, his first BBC1 sitcom since 2005's Blessed, and added that he would be keen to give Elton another opportunity at the BBC. "Ben Elton was really bruised by the reaction and he thought if people weren't connecting with it then he should stop it. It was a good effort at doing something mainstream and it had some brilliant characters." Asked why it failed he said that sometimes a production did not gel in the way the creators wanted. "Sometimes things click and come together," Allen said. "People are scared of that glare because they see what happens with comedies like The Wright way and [ITV's critically panned sitcom] Vicious." "They see that things can get slaughtered quite quickly. Comedy provokes massive reactions. "People feel passionate and that's good, but when people don't like a comedy they are very quick [to react] and I do worry in a world of social media and Twitter people are instantly saying, 14 seconds in, 'this is s**t'. "I think, 'come on, give it an episode at least'. We are living in that snap judgment world. A lot of things are loved retrospectively. Only Fools and Horses took two series before it bedded in." BBC2's Sue Perkins sitcom Heading Out, which was also attacked by critics and finished its run with fewer than 1 million viewers, has also been dropped, Allen confirmed. Allen said that BBC4 comedy Getting On will also not be returning but confirmed that the show's co-creators Vicki Pepperdine and Jo Scanlan will be making another BBC4 series set in the world of dog lovers called Puppy Love, as revealed exclusively earlier today by RadioTimes.com. He said that Miranda Hart's workload means that a fourth series of her hit show co-starring Sarah Hyland and Tom Ellis is "a long way off". The BBC has commissioned a second series of Count Arthur Strong's new comedy even before series one has aired. The show premiered last night with around 1m viewers. "Everybody wants to do late night cool stuff but this is harder to land," said Allen who predicted Count Arthur Strong will "grow like Miranda". Allen, the former Channel 4 comedy chief who joined the BBC six months ago, also said he wanted to see the return of Absolutely Fabulous after last year's Olympics special, which many comedy afficionados said was probably the last. He said that no plans were in place but that "the door will always be open to Jennifer Saunders". Like this? Share it. Facebook Twitter Google Tumblr Pinterest Blogger Reddit VKontakt Print Email


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MOSCOW — In the wake of Russia's falling out with the West over the crisis in Ukraine last year, Moscow's arms export agency, Rosoboronexport, has been targeting new arms export markets as part of a larger Kremlin policy to economically pivot away from the West and toward the East.
Much of this effort is focused on the Middle East, where diplomatic overtures toward traditional US partners like Egypt, old Soviet allies like Syria, and even Iran — with which Russia has had an on-and-off relationship for decades — appear to be partially motivated by arms sales.
Speaking to reporters in Moscow last week, the head of Rosoboronexport, Anatoly Isaikin, said the agency is negotiating a series of contracts with Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Algeria — noting that the Arab world accounts for 37 percent of Russian arms exports.
However, Isaikin didn't specify the span of time to which he was referring. According to data published by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) earlier this year, from 2010 to 2014 the Middle East and North Africa made up just 10 percent of its exports.
Algeria alone took up 8 percent of Russian exports over that four-year period, while India and China — Russia's two largest military trade partners — were responsible for 39 and 11 percent of Russian deliveries, respectively.
With the US losing footing in the Middle East, and Russia under President Vladimir Putin on a diplomatic and limited military push into the region's complicated affairs, Moscow is attempting to find more arms customers for its defense industry, which has again become a cherished sector of the Russian economy.
"Moscow saw its advantage in the MENA [Middle East North Africa] market early on when the Arab Spring erupted and Rosoboronexport set its sights on Egypt, Bahrain and other MENA countries. So Moscow's foot is already in the door," said Theodore Karasik of geopolitical consultancy Gulf State Analytics.
Take Egypt, for example. After the Arab Spring, US relations with that nation foundered when Abdel Fattah el-Sisi came to power and the Obama administration suspended military aid to the Egyptian government. But Russia swooped in and began courting Egypt.
"Russia was there to support Sisi," said Yury Barmin, a Russian expert on Middle East politics. "This doesn't mean that Moscow saw this coming, but it was ready to fill the void," Barmin said, characterizing this opportunism as a key feature of Russian policy in the region.
One of the sticking points between Washington and Cairo was Sisi's crackdown on opposition movement the Muslim Brotherhood, and in this regard, "Russian arms sales to Egypt are notable for riot control and special operations [equipment]," Karasik said, noting these types or procurements are requirements across the Middle East and North Africa.
"Wherever Russia sees an opportunity to expand its influence it goes there. Arms sales are probably the only tool Moscow has at its disposal to try and win over governments in the Middle East and North Africa," Barmin said.
Russia's interest in courting Egypt extends beyond securing arms sales, however. Egypt also serves as a possible location for a Russian naval base in the Mediterranean, as the Syrian Tartus facility is not the most secure location, despite Russian efforts to support Bashar al-Assad's government.
"Once Moscow and Cairo started getting closer, speculation emerged that Russia may revive its Soviet-era naval complex in Alexandria," Barmin added.
Russia's opportunistic Middle East policy has also been on full display in its approach to Syria and Iran.
Isaikin confirmed last week that arms deliveries to Syria are ongoing, but said he could not specify exactly what is being delivered or how much Russia is charging.
Part of this might stem from the possibility that Damascus isn't paying for its Russian hardware.
"Russia has no other choice but to support the Syrian government militarily, yet it doesn't sell weapons to Damascus simply because the government can't pay for them. So Moscow ends up giving weapons to Assad for free, basically investing in the survival of the regime," Barmin said.
In Iran, Russia has attempted to make an ally out of Tehran by promising to support it politically and sell it long-desired S-300 air defense systems — all in an effort to get its foot in the door of the Iranian arms market, which is expected to boom as international sanctions are lifted.
"Russia wants to be Tehran's major provider of weapons because it wants to be its ally rather than its opponent," Barmin said. "So by engaging in a number of arms deals with Iran, Russia hopes to secure its future position as a partner."
Karasik predicts that Russian efforts throughout the region will pay off, "because of cost and reliability" of Russian military hardware. "In addition, Russian systems are literally on display in Syria, which is functioning as a showcase," he said.
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Scotland boss Craig Levein has warned the Tartan Army he will not bow to fan pressure into changing his tactics.
Levein came under fire from the Scotland faithful during Saturday's goalless draw with supporters calling for the introduction of free-scoring striker Jordan Rhodes during the second half before the Blackburn man was finally brought on ten minutes from time.
Scotland face Macedonia on Tuesday night and Levein has called on the fans to leave the selection decisions up to him.
"I have to use my experience. If every time the fans start to shout for a player and I have to put him on then we would be as well not having a manager and just letting the supporters pick the team," said Levein.
"I made what I considered to be the right changes at the right times although I could have gone a little earlier with the two strikers, but I think the game went reasonably well and I am just disappointed we didn't get the goal."
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Levein defended his decision to start Kenny Miller as a lone attacker ahead of Rhodes feeling the Vancouver Whitecaps striker still has a lot to offer for Scotland.
"Jordan Rhodes is a very good player but he is untried and untested at international level," added Levein
"I thought Kenny Miller played excellently. He worked his socks off for the team and got us up the pitch and he also had a couple of opportunities himself.
"Would I class the two of them as the same player just now? No, I don't think they are but what Jordan can do is have an impact on a game.
"It might be that tomorrow is the game where he will have an impact. I do feel we go from nothing to the extreme where he is the best player that has ever played.
"Jordan is a young lad who is learning his way in the game and I will make my judgments based on what I see in training, who we are playing and all these sort of things."


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BARCELONA, Spain (Reuters) - Coldplay frontman Chris Martin said on Tuesday the band's new album was more "sexy" than the critically acclaimed "X&Y" that was released in 2005.
Joking with the press and appearing more relaxed than during sometimes tense exchanges with journalists in recent days, Martin and his bandmates were in Barcelona to give a free concert ahead of a tour of North America, Japan and Europe.
Martin briefly walked out of a radio interview last week, accusing the host of "twisting" his words.
"I think we are definitely more handsome now than we were three years ago," Martin joked. "I think that's reflected in our music, it's much more sexy."
"Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends" is the eagerly anticipated followup to "X&Y" and stormed to the top of the album charts on Sunday. Its biggest commercial test, in the key U.S. market, comes this week.
"X&Y" sold an estimated 10 million copies worldwide, and if "Viva La Vida" can match that tally Coldplay's record label EMI will breath a huge sigh of relief.
The label, taken into private hands in 2007, lost Paul McCartney and Radiohead in 2007 and could see the Rolling Stones leave in 2008, according to industry experts.
Martin, married to actress Gwyneth Paltrow, said Coldplay had been surprised at how personal some of the new album was.
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The Toast is part of Czech hospitality, and I am not sure my liver can survive more than a few days of this pace. The original Budweiser Beer comes from just up the road and they have this great liquor ....sounds like 'buggeroffkavich' and tastes like 'Christmas in a glass' .. Come over and try it. All along the side of the Lake are little camping areas and windsurfing schools, tiny bars in each one, us hard working supporters just move up and down the Lake as the wind direct and course changes. The beer is cheaper than soft drinks!
The 1st warning signal was scheduled for 11am but the sailors were held on shore. Sam and I paddled our SUPs the length of the course while we waited. Finally they deemed enough wind for a start. The conditions were very light and shifty all day, some rain and mist too with a major wind shift that caught many of the sailors out. !4 got Black Flagged in the second race, a few more in the third.
Evangeline Masters had a couple of average races then a blinder for the third, leading most of the way before being overhauled in a windshift, finishing sixth, her best to date. Harris Bindon was further back than he would have liked in his races, the first two twenty first and twenty second, staying in the top third of the fleet, the third race was a little further back as he got dealt to but the shifty conditions.
O'Shea Butler started well with a thirteenth then a complete disaster for the next two races, two Black Flags. O'Shea is a great sailor and a strong character and while this is a set back to his campaign, there is a long way to go and he will rise to meet the challenge.
After three races the overall places are Taylor Burn 1st, Evangeline Masters 16th, Harris Bindon 21st, O'Shea Butler 53rd.
The fleet of 67 Splashes and 7 Flashes is small compared to previous years but the top third at least are very good sailors, it is a battle out there. Apparently the famous 'Sneek Week' the biggest Dutch youth sailing event was just the week before and many couldn't travel to both. The Organisers are a little disappointed with the numbers but all of us are having the best time so far, it is very social and the sailors are making great friends and mixing well.
More of the same light weather is forecast for tomorrow,, wish us all luck.
Jonathon Masters is taking some great shots I hope to include some of those in the upcoming reports. Go to www.splashworlds.org for results and more stories.
Day 2:
The day that almost was .....
Greetings from a warm and sunny Lake Lipno, windless for most of the day but the Splashes and Flashes were launched about 3.30pm with the hope of a slight but building breeze.
Sam and I got so excited, we rushed next door to hire our Stand Up Paddleboards (SUP's) again and paddled furiously at to the start line in time to see the gun go and all four of our Kiwi team crack off the start line like jackrabbits.
The breeze was very light but still sailable and further furious paddling got us up to the top mark, Evangeline 3rd around, Taylor 4th, O'Shea 6th and Harris 8th.
A couple of Dutch girls and the second placed sailor overall, Max, were also in contention as the fleet closed up around the wing mark and the down wind leg. Taylor had got into second by then and hit the front by a considerable margin on the beat back up to the wing mark. A left shift saw his nemesis, Max...the very same that protested him twice in the previous regatta, hook into a left shift and just pip him around the mark and it was all on for the last down wind. O'Shea moved up into third, Evangeline and Harris were still hanging in the top ten as the breeze started dying away.
One of the Mark boats came speeding up with the 'Abandonment' Flag flying and it was all over for the day......100 meters away from the Gate mark and with 30 minutes of the allotted time limit of the race to go.
We were all left a little disappointed that the race couldn't have been finished earlier at the Wing mark as the race previously had been yesterday, or left to carry on to the Gate mark. All Kiwi sailors in the top ten was a great result, we just have to look to do it all again tomorrow.
The forecast is for much warmer weather and light winds tomorrow, the pressure will be on to get 4 races in to try and get back near to schedule, very hard if there is little wind.
The beach volleyball is proving an energetic distraction and I am sure that Sam is considering SUP paddling as an alternative career.
Did I mention Max's parents in their large hi-tech but 'traditional' sailing boat? They called us over on our paddleboards, poured the wine and beer and we watched the race turn custard-like in the most civilised fashion ....certainly one of the reasons the Splash Class sailing is so enjoyable.
Day 3: Ground Hog Day
For those not familiar with the term it means 'same, same' (Google it and get the movie out....)
I write, glass of wine in hand, at the 'midweek Splash party' at the Hotel Racek (seagull in Czech apparently), Kiwi sailors gone to bed, Dutch still having a great time. At least a happy ending to another day of waiting for wind.
Beach volleyball, SUP riding, playing 'Scum' at cards, talking to extremely pretty Dutch girls was again the order of the day while the temperatures soared to the high 20's. At 4.30pm the Flag was lowered, the siren sounded and the sailors hit the water only to get to the start line and watch the light breeze die away to nothing.
Sam and I, plus a new Dutch chum, grabbed the SUP's and once again paddled furiously for the Start line, only this time we were faster than the sailors. A friendly driftathon took place, plenty of high energy swimming and after a suitable period, the order came to tow everyone in.
Us intrepid paddlers headed for a 5 km paddle around the Island again to justify the great food and wine, beer etc at our hotel for the party.
Two more days to go for the Splash Worlds. Forecast tomorrow is for light winds but more than today and up to 12 knots for Friday. The best we can hope for is 4 races tomorrow and same on Friday if they post an amendment to the Sailing Instructions enabling us to start early. We need two discards to get all our sailors up to where they should be.....it will be a very big ask.
Seriously, we are thinking of you all freezing back in NZ in the grip for the latest polar blast....that sunburn is awful.....
Photos attached are mainly from Jonathon Masters, he is fantastic ..and has the long range lense ...the ones from the SUP are mine.
As always, a huge thank you to all our sponsors, supporters and well wishers
Day 4:
Taylor Burn consolidates lead with win in only race of the day, 26 points clear.
'It's like deja vu all over again' Yogi Berra, famous American baseball player......
The pressure was on today with the need to get as many races as possible to try and make up for the two windless days. The sailors launched at 10am to prepare for an 11.00am start but the light breeze refused to co operate, dying out once more. With temperatures soaring most made the decision to head for the beach and the shady trees.
Taylor headed out with the Czech Splash Team and the Television crew to re create some of the race course action and as they started filming, the wind came in and the sailors started to gather from the beach volley ball and their card games. Waiting the required hour as per the Sailing Instructions took some patience but a Start was under way by around 4.30pm in 2 -5 knots of breeze that looked like it might build.
The Kiwis all claimed the Start but it was Taylor who Port-tacked the fleet and shot out into the lead, never coming close to losing it even with the dying breeze on the last downwind leg. He was chased hard by Danielle de Jong all race but she didn't manage to make any ground on him.
O'Shea, Evangeline and Harris had great starts and were in the top of the fleet at the Top Mark but lost places on the second beat up as the fleet tried to work the narrow fingers of dying breeze. They finished as a team, 19th, 20th and 26th.
The wind hung in there to give a fair finish and the Race Officer wasn't so lucky with the next attempt to start.
To give the Principal Race Officer credit, he did try and and held his nerve to attempt another Start but it was not to be.
Sailing Instructions have been amended once more, 10.00am Start now and latest warning signal now at 4.00pm instead of 2.00pm, they are really, really keen to get four races in.
The Kiwi's overall all standings after 4 races are Taylor, 1st, Evangeline 16th, Harris 18th and O'Shea 45th. There will be a Discard after race 5 and make some large changes in the Fleet order. All of the sailors that have suffered with inconsistency in the light conditions so far are really looking forward to the 'drop'. The second discard comes in after 10 races, that hope seems to have faded now.
The forecast is much better for tomorrow, we are all looking forward to the predicted breeze of up to 10-12 knots.....
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We are coming to the end of a 3 year lease on a MINI Cooper hatch. Our MINI is an R56. This is nearly the same car as the new ones sold today.
Our previous cars were an 2007 X3 and a 2006 NC Miata. In 2008, we moved from ATL to North Wales, UK and the cars didn't come with us.
For the last 3 years the Cooper has been our DD. Our other car is a small European cargo van. The van has no back seats.
Limited cargo space is a non issue for us. There is enough room with the back seats up for daily use. Groceries and such. For weekend trips away, we manage with the back seats up. For longer trips or airport runs we have to put down one of the seats. Anything really big either goes in the Van or we have it delivered.
After 3 years:
The MINI is a fantastic commuter car. It is fun to drive and great on fuel. Handling is good for FWD. Power in the Cooper is adequate for daily use.
The primary controls are good. They are very BMW like.
The secondary control layout (radio, windows...) is a joke. Terrible. After 3 years, Debbie still doesn't know which knob turns on the radio. I often hit the wrong switch when I want to put down a window or turn on the fog lights. This never happened in our BMWs or the Miata.
Turning circle is surprisingly large for such a small car. Minor issue but I keep noticing that the MINI won't make tight manoeuvres that our larger van will. A non-issue in the US where the roads and parking garages are larger.
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This car is terribly uncomfortable for long trips. After an hour we are both in pain. The problem is the seats and sitting position. There isn't enough support and you are sitting in an uncomfortable position. Clubman and coupe won't be any better as the front of the car is identical.
How bad is it? We rented a Caterham 7 and it was far more comfortable. If I had to choose between a 6 hour ride in a MINI and a 6 hour ride in a Caterham, I'd take the Caterham and a set of earplugs.
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TORONTO, July 21 (Reuters) - Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd said on Tuesday its chairman and one other director had resigned over a disagreement related to corporate governance, as the carrier trimmed its full-year earnings forecast.
Chief Operating Officer Keith Creel said Chairman Gary Colter and Krystyna Hoeg have resigned. He did not offer any detail on the disagreement. In a release, CP Rail said an existing director, Andrew Reardon, had been elected chairman.
"It was purely a matter of board governance," said Reardon on a conference call with analysts and investors. "The issues ... are clearly behind us. There are no further changes contemplated nor expected."
The railway forecast adjusted earnings per share of C$10.00 to C$10.40 for 2015. In January it said it expected adjusted earnings per share to rise more than 25 percent, indicating 2015 earnings of at least $10.63 per share.
Chief Executive Hunter Harrison, credited with dramatically improving the railway's performance since he took over in 2012, was not on the conference call.
Creel said Harrison was taking time off on doctors' orders because he had returned to work too quickly after a medical procedure, which he described as "minor maintenance procedures to his lower extremities." He said Harrison should return soon. Creel is Harrison's designated successor.
Total carloads fell 3 percent in the quarter, as U.S. grain shipments dropped 25 percent and Canadian grain fell 8 percent. The smaller crude-by-rail segment dropped 24 percent. Potash shipments rose 12 percent, and coal edged up 2 percent. Continued...


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The war in Georgia, ironically, is creating a war of words inside Russia as President Dimitry Medvedev is now challenging Prime Minister Putin in making clear to the fighting men of their nation who is in charge. Medvedev made a surprise visit to Vladikavkaz, near the border with South Ossetia in order to give Russian soldiers a pep talk and make his presence known to those on the front lines. "In Tskhinvali, ou didn't think about yourself," he told them, "and in fulfilling your soldierly duty well understood that you were essentially the last hope for defenseless people." He told them their actions in Georgia would "become one of the glorious pages in the history of the armed forces."
There are reports his visit was part of a campaign of damage control to wrest the limelight away from Prime Minister Putin whose face and image have dominated Russian response to the Georgian attack. Prime Minister Putin is not the sort of person who welcomes competition when it is a matter of letting the world know who really is in charge of Russia, and Medvedev may have finally realized there is need on his part to be more publicly present in the lives of the Russian people.
It is interesting to note the change in language used by Medvedev who has been known for his calm and scholarly manner of speaking. Now, he throws around words such as "bastards" and "hooligans" to describe the enemy. He made clear in recent speeches his determination to be the one telling the West they must respect his nation.


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H&R Sport Cup Suspension Kit
anybody have picture with H&R Sport Cup Suspension Kit on 330ci sport. will the kit lower the front and rear the same height?
:search: You'll definitely find pictures of this setup. And FYI no, the front will be lower than the rears, giving you a bit of a raked look. Roughly 1.2" front and 0.75" rear.
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