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Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich missed out on a cheque for $77.5 million (£50.4 million) as the Russian steel company in which he is the biggest shareholder scrapped its final dividend.
London-listed Evraz, where Abramovich, pictured, has a 31% stake, today said it would not pay a final dividend for 2012 after it slid into higher-than-expected losses.
The previous year it paid a final dividend of 17 cents a share, which for Abramovich's 465 million shares amounted to $77.5 million.
Today the chairman, Alexander Abramov, said: "The board, having reviewed the results in respect of the financial year and after taking into account the substantial deterioration in the respective prices of steel and steel raw materials towards the year-end, has decided to forgo the recommendation of a final dividend in respect of 2012 in order to preserve the financial standing of the company and provide greater flexibility to manage the current market environment."
Evraz shares fell 26.9p, or 13%, to 181.7p, putting its position in the FTSE 100 under threat. The shares have fallen 30% since the start of the year and are down 43% on their November 2011 flotation price of 320p.
Russia's biggest steelmaker lost $335 million last year against a profit of $453 million in 2011 as demand weakened. It said that it saw no immediate signs of a pick up in demand in 2013.
Chief executive Alexander Frolov said: "Prospects remain fragile, with strong downside risks and volatility likely to persist throughout the year."
He added that the company would consider whether or not it pays an interim dividend for the current year once it had more idea where the market was going. He also said it would rein in capital spending by some 10% as it winds up some of its recent investment projects.
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Are UFOs Inter-Dimensional or Time Travelers? Nope!
Michio Kaku, in his book, Parallel Worlds [Doubleday, NY, 2005, Page 20] writes that civilizations trillions [sic] of years ahead of us could possibly find ways to leave their dying universe, via worm holes or black holes – time warps, and travel to other younger or warmer universes.
(Kaku's context is our dying Universe, which is a bit in the future: trillions upon trillions of years from now.)
If civilizations require many trillions of years to develop the methods that allow the kind of travel Kaku postulates, the UFOs seen by humankind for thousands of years don't fit an evolutionary time-line that trillions of years represents.
That is, UFOs observed and photographed (real UFOs, and there are some) do not portray advanced designs, as we've noted elsewhere here.
Interstellar cultures or civilizations from other universes that have evolved – and Darwin's theory applies, as he noted himself – to the point where they can maneuver between universes or galactic distances consisting of incalculable light-years would certainly have vehicles much more refined than what UFO observers have witnessed: chariots of fire, cigar-shaped craft, dirigible-like airships, crude flying saucers, delta-wings, et cetera.
So one can rule out the Kaku beings as the progenitors or occupants of UFOs.
But what about time-travelers, from our not-too-distant future or antedeluvial past?
The designs sported by the elusive UFOs do not provide evidence or encouragement that they come from Earth's future.
They (the designs) are too prosaic and time-oriented to Earth's historical time-lines, meaning that UFOs are steeped in aerodynamics that mimic pretty much what the aerodynamics of the time when they've appeared; that is, UFOs looked like balloon ships during a time when airships were under design or prominent by standards of the day, or UFOs looked like rocketships and circular craft when both were being considered by aircraft designers extant.
Even if Vimanas (from the Hindu books of faith) were real, they didn't present a vision from Earth's far future, but what if they indicated something from Earth's pre-geologic past?
That's a possibility; a remote one, but a possibility nonetheless.
However, the occupants of those aircrafts from an original creation on this Earth, which somehow disappeared, don't fit the evolutionary patterns or fossil records that exist.
UFOs from the past would have had to be designed by peoples who had reason to seek out time-travel, because the Earth was about to regenerate or they had a curiosity that belies the evolutionary time period that would allow such advanced thinking.
(Evolution from the Earth's creation to life forming doesn't allow a previous advanced civilization to arise before it would have been destroyed by a cataclysmic event that began the evolution we're part of.)
For some reason or another, UFOs from other universes or parallel worlds (dimensions) doesn't work, if Michio Kaku's estimations are correct.
UFOs from intergalactic worlds is also problematic, but workable as an hypothesis if black holes or worm holes are considered. But the advanced design conundrum remains.
UFOs from time – future or past – also do not resonate for the reasons cited.
So what are we left with? The continuing mystery of the phenomenon, which isn't being seriously addressed by anyone in the so-called UFO community, despite protestations to the contrary.


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Here are the rules (Hint: Copy and paste the rules so you don't have to type them again):
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BERLIN (Reuters) - A blindingly white room filled with a single wave of sound contrasts with a dark room that is pierced by a cone of light in the first German solo exhibition of Japanese artist Ryoji Ikeda.
Ikeda, known for his electronic sound compositions and audiovisual installations, created the works specifically for the two vast symmetrical upper halls of Berlin's contemporary art museum, the Hamburger Bahnhof.
The exhibition's title "db" (decibel abbreviated) refers to this symmetry and to the polar opposites such as bright and dark, full and empty, that fascinate him and run throughout his artwork.
"You can't see music or touch the light, but it fills the whole space," he told Reuters in an interview. "I made the space extreme, to open you up."
Ikeda, 45, frequently explores how to sculpt space with sound and light in his work and talks of his "architectural" projects. In Paris and Barcelona, for example, he has projected clusters of light beams into the sky, like skyscrapers of luminosity.
Ikeda's installations appear minimalist, with the objects --a loudspeaker and a searchlight-- taking up only a fraction of the vast space. Each hall comprises 700 square meters.
Yet the artist calls them "maximalist" as the intense shows of light and sound fill and transform the entire space, blending out all else and engulfing the spectator.
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The ISO test scene in full and at ISO 100
As this 100% crop shows ISO 100 is clean, sharp and free of noise with plenty of shadow detail.
ISO 200 shows no discernible difference from ISO 100.
ISO 400 there's the merest hint of softening in shadows, but nothing to really worry about.
By ISO 800 this softening in shadow areas continues, but again it's not really doing the image any harm.
At ISO 1600 noise has become visible, although it's only really noticeable at 100% and above.
ISO 3200 is the tipping point - where image noise and the softening effects of noise reduction begin to become noticeable. Overall quality at smaller image sizes is still very good though.
Image noise has become much more prominent at ISO 6400, although images remain usable at smaller sizes.
Moving towards the top of the sensitivity range, ISO 12,800 shows a marked decline in quality.
The top setting of ISO 25,600 is really only for use in emergencies.
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The last camera I purchased based on a TR artticle was the Panasonic FZ28 and I was pleased with it's results.
I am tempted to purchase NEX-7...are you planning to do a review on that any time soon?
I brought a NEX-5N a few months ago in the twin lens kit. Despite having the initial click on video recording (really ruines the video sound) which is a well known fault, Sony fixed it for me within 3 days and since then its been great.
Picture quality is awesome, especially in low light and with the 16mm lens on we take the camera everywhere as its small enough to fit in your pocket. Its such a good camera that I have since sold my A200 DSLR and lens and just use the 5N now. Love it!
Nice review - just a shame that it took you 6 months since launch to do it.
If this was reviewed last year, it would should have been camera of the year and not the Lumix G3. I bought the Lumix G3 but didn't like it and changed it for the Sony NEX 5n. The NEX 5n walks all over it in the image quality and dynamic range with the large sensor.
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Resources of CG that changed the Art? Or not?
I began a post, but I think didn't ask the right question and I decided to create other with that question.
I wanted to discuss to changes in the art caused by " means " of the graphic computation.
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BAZAN - Yea, order from other sources. If you're intending on returning the lease, you can return any quality tire as long as it is RFT and it meets minimum wear threshold. You could also try buying second hand on sites such as kijiji etc
At 40,000kms I'm surprised it wore out this quickly. Are your tires underinflated or do you do a lot of dry turns? My dad has 35000 kms on his and its practically new.
just normal driving... according to the rep at BMW ... it is about right.... I called around several shops in GTA and try to get the
apparently everywhere is sold out . I am not sure if it is discontinued or what.
Anyone have any idea where I can get them? I did look at tirerack but not sure if there will be duty... in regardless I dont think they have stock either.
Seems like really tough to find a replacement at a reasonable price
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I have been leasing now for the past 13 years from BMW. When RFTs became the standard I simply started changing them out to non-run flats about 9 months into the lease (approximately 10k miles) and store them. When I have to return the car I put them back on. Just be careful how you store them and the tires are just fine. For me its the best of both worlds. I don't have to buy expensive RFT set, the non-RFTs are better ridding, cheaper and in many case handle better. Yes you do increase your risk of being stranded with a flat but that's why I have AAA. in the 8 or so years I have been doing this, and with 3 flat tires I never got stranded. When the overall condition of your tire is good and you get a nail in it you can pump it up and then go slow to the nearest shop and they will fix it for you for 40 dollars (unless its badly damage if you hit something big, but in that case the RFT will not be any good either).
With the pressure warning system and some common sense (I check tire pressure once a month on my cars) you should not have any issues.
And let me go one step beyond this. BMW has, in the name of a few pounds weight saving and fuel cost savings has done a disservice to their customers IMO for my F30 Sportline. Here is a 3 series with serious performance and the stock tire is a pathetic RFT 225/45 all around summer high performance tire. When I put the Contis 245/40s all around the car truly transformed for a good handling sport sedan to a great handling sport sedan with better ride to boot. The steering feel (a major complain for a lot of current F30 and F32 owners) also improved noticeably.
So thank Mr. Roberts for telling us not to do what every new BMW owner should be doing. The bottom line is RFTs are a solution "fits all". Its a convenient way to say you don't need a spare and you, Mr BMW owner don't need to be stranded when you have a flat. Just drive to the nearest BMW dealer and since you think you can afford a 40K to 100K car you should have no issue dropping 400 dollars for another "convenient" tire (that is if your other 3 RFTs are fairly new. If not give us 1600 and thank us for the great service).
But please Mr. Roberts don't insult our intelligence by commenting on RFTs unless you man up and say what they truly are. A convenient compromise that has gotten better but no where near to the real thing.
2015 335i Sportline | Driver assist| HK | NAV | Premium | Heated Front seats |8-Speed Auto.
2014 X3 35i Dynamic Handling Package| Cold Weather Package | NAV | Premium hi-fi system | Driver Assistance Package.
2013 335i Sportline | M-adaptive | HK | NAV | PDC | Heated Front seats |6-speed MT. GONE Great car, zero issues
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Does one need AAA if they are already under warranty with BMW? Isn't it the same as BMW assist? Am I missing something here? Or do u get it more for certain discounts with AAA? Thanks for the replies!
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To answer your question you can use either. I feel AAA is a good deal for the membership I pay a year so that is why I have it.
2015 335i Sportline | Driver assist| HK | NAV | Premium | Heated Front seats |8-Speed Auto.
2014 X3 35i Dynamic Handling Package| Cold Weather Package | NAV | Premium hi-fi system | Driver Assistance Package.
2013 335i Sportline | M-adaptive | HK | NAV | PDC | Heated Front seats |6-speed MT. GONE Great car, zero issues
2011 X5 35d Great SUV gone
So it is a lie when BMW engineers tell you the suspensions are calibrated for RFT's and that just replacing them with non RFT's is no big deal? No wonder a lot of folks who do this talk about improved ride!
I have found tires to be one of the most misunderstood items on automobiles. I often enjoy reading the personal stories on Tire Rack! (for laughs).
People buy and Lease BMW's because they buy into the "ultimate driving machine" thing yet are quick to "know better" than the folks who build their beloved "driving machines."
2015 335i Sportline | Driver assist| HK | NAV | Premium | Heated Front seats |8-Speed Auto.
2014 X3 35i Dynamic Handling Package| Cold Weather Package | NAV | Premium hi-fi system | Driver Assistance Package.
2013 335i Sportline | M-adaptive | HK | NAV | PDC | Heated Front seats |6-speed MT. GONE Great car, zero issues
2011 X5 35d Great SUV gone
I haven't really heard any compelling support for the complaints about RFT's.
It is hard to see how so many simply dismiss out of hand a well thought out direction by a company known for
its use of innovation and technology--the reason these folks buy the cars in the first place.
BMW has made a pretty strong commitment to RFT's.
My reason for replacing my RFTs with go-flat, conventional tires is our frequent vacation trips in very isolated areas in Utah and Wyoming. I'm also buying a full size spare and am willing to sacrifice nearly all of my F30 trunk space. These long, vacation-type road trips, by my wife & I, have been 4000-5000+ miles, at least twice a year, since we retired. We make advance reservations and even purchase non-refundable tickets for various activities along the way. We will put our luggage on the back seat.
We are not willing to risk ruining our vacations, being stranded, while searching for RFTs. There are areas in UT and WY that are so isolated that a damaged RFT would virtually strand us on another planet.
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2015 335i Sportline | Driver assist| HK | NAV | Premium | Heated Front seats |8-Speed Auto.
2014 X3 35i Dynamic Handling Package| Cold Weather Package | NAV | Premium hi-fi system | Driver Assistance Package.
2013 335i Sportline | M-adaptive | HK | NAV | PDC | Heated Front seats |6-speed MT. GONE Great car, zero issues
2011 X5 35d Great SUV gone
The stiffer sidewalls with RFT's protect that tire and more importantly the rim than do conventional tires.
I worked with Volvo for years and ended up purchasing more tires and rims
In fact there was a class action suit against Volvo when they went to low profile tires on many of their vehicles. The typical Volvo owner was not used to the need to be extra careful.
Alloy rims also can not be fixed (like the older steel rims which could be hammered back into shape) they need to be replaced and they cost big bucks!
Conventional tires were more prone to sidewall damage--bubbles etc.
There are trade offs between Conventional tires and RFT's.
Again there's this from BMW:
run flat tires by their design do have stiffer sidewalls than conventional tires, however, all current BMW models that use run flat tires have suspensions that were significantly developed for use with this technology. He added These suspensions have been developed and tuned for the best possible ride comfort. The safety benefits of run flat tires are so significant as to outweigh any possible trade-offs.
When asked if owners could or should swap out their run flats either when a replacement tire is needed or because theyre looking for added performance, Roberts was unequivocal. We do not recommend replacing run flat tires with conventional tires, he said, that deviates away from the original design, safety and suspension calibration technology that the run flats were originally designed for.
I wonder how many folks swapping out RFT's for conventional tires are having their suspensions recalibrated?
For the folks who travel around Utah and Wyoming--there are numerous BMW dealers as well as tire shops that carry RFT's. Tire Rack would probably overnight Also--if you are so paranoid why not carry a spare RFT in the trunk? I would rather have the ability to go at least fifty miles than have to change a tire in the wilderness/rain/snow/110 degree heat for a donut!
I just checked one of the big German X3 forums. I don't see this discussed over there at all, instead we hear from the ADAC, the big German automobile club that RFT's are the single biggest revolution in the history of car tires - that's coming out of a country where people are actually driving the car.
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Replaced my first RFT this week after only owning my X3 for a month. Apparently been driving with a nail in the tire for two weeks. I just thought the tire pressure warning light was coming on due to the drastic change in temperature that we have had here recently. But mine was the real deal. Never at any time did I modify my highway or side road driving habits. Dealer was shocked to learn that I only had about 20 lbs of pressure left in the tire, but it held up. The $460 paid for the tire through the dealership hit a nerve in my wallet, but I definitely needed the tire and the vehicle was already up on the rack for the state inspection. I would say that the RFT paid off and possibly even prevented further damage. I have no problem with them, but the price tag can make one cringe.
I chuckle at the run-flat apologists who who trot out the ridiculous "BMW says they are perfect, /end thread" argument. The claim that they improve dynamics by removing the weight of the spare neglects the fact that they are much heavier than conventional tires and added unsprung weight does far more to ruin dynamics than a 25 lb space saver spare in the trunk. As for the suspension calibration, trust me, it's calibrated much better with the RFT off.
Run-flats still suck, just not as much as they originally did. They are nothing more than a lame marketing ploy aimed at neurotic hausfraus, in an attempt to garner a few on the fence sales from Audi and MB.
The idea that a non RFT will leave you stranded is very off base because you have the pressure sensors and they come on with the tire still having at least 25 lbs or air pressure. All you need to have is a portable air compressor, fill the tire with air and go to the nearest garage. Unless you hit something and tear the tire apart, but then again you think the RFT can be driven when that happens?
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Yes probably irresponsible but as they say, hindsight is 20/20. I had already done the tire pressure check a few weeks earlier when some other cold weather struck and set off the alerts on both of our x3's. I just thought it was the same thing going on.
Do the RFTs offer a false sense of protection? That's a good point. It's very well that they possibly do. Irregardless of the outcome, they did offer safe travels for the past two weeks without any issues.
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Guess what--neither are conventional tires. There are always trade offs.
I was skeptical leasing my first BMW but after 40K plus miles (still plenty of tread as well as no complaints re: handling or ride (I also had one tire inexpensively repaired--another myth down the drain), I have no complaints!
I do have plenty of horror stories re: conventional tires.
1--damaged tire sidewalls--bubbles
2--damaged rims due to potholes.
Damage a rim and most tire shops recommend replacing the tire as well given the likelihood the sidewall is also damaged.
3--I once hit a bad pothole and damaged two rims on same side--tires miraculously held air so I could drive to a repair shop--otherwise I was destined to wait for a flatbed--the donut was of little help! Ended up buying four rims and two new tires from Tire Rack!
4--low profile tires in a market north of the Mason Dixon Line are a gamble. Some roads here induce migraines straining to avoid pot holes and road obstructions! Think tires are a problem? Few mention rims.
5--ever sit on the side of a darkened road in the middle of nowhere waiting for BMW or AAA? In the cold? In the rain? Ever put a donut on in bad weather while semi's whiz by?
6--is your wife, mother, daughter, son, girl friend-- anyone who also drives your Beemer a "Hausfrau?"
Never buy tires from a dealer--unless you find the lowest price and he/she meets or beats it.
Ever wonder how dealers make a living on such low margins? Parts and service!
For added peace of mind! Purchase a repair kit--the Conti Comfortkit (Tire Rack has them for $79). Good for conventional tires as well as RFT's. A hell of a lot lighter and smaller than a damned donut!
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Threaded hose end (more secure than push-on, thumb-lock inflation head)
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Lighted pressure gauge
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While it isn't intended to make tires sound quieter or ride smoother, Continental Tire's ContiComfortKit is capable of comfortably sealing typical tire punctures making it possible for you to complete the drive home, to work, an important appointment or a tire repair facility. The ContiComfortKit carries Germany's TUV approval and is suitable for use with passenger car tires, including run-flat designs, as long as the vehicle's recommended tire pressure does not exceed 43 psi (3.0 bar) and the tire dimension is within the recommended application range. The ContiComfortKit is only available for shipment to USA addresses.
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If your car's suspension is tuned to accommodate RFT's then I just don't get the cavalier attitude about switching out those OEM's for a set of tires that have a different response profile and assuming your suspension will perform identically.
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Todd92 response above is typical.
There is not one case made for switching out RFT's for conventional tires.
The main arguments against RFT's are:
Cost/difficulty in finding tires and repair shops that can fix them
Stiffer ride
The technology has improved to the point that cost/availability and repairability are less and less problematic.
Durability has little to do with RFT's--there are boatloads of complaints about the durability of conventional tires.
Sitffer ride?
This is a head scratcher. If BMW (oh Cadillac uses RFT's on their CTS and ATS vehicles) says they tune their suspensions for RFT's then it is mind boggling that people simply ignore this.
My guess is many of the problems associated with RFT's are really just consumers complaining about the one aspect of cars that..well..gets the most complaints--RFT or conventional tires.
It is really low profile tires on expensive alloy rims that are the cause of so much complaining.
I talked to my mechanic who specializes in exotic cars (and BMW's exotic and non) and he eliminated one myth:
RFT's can't be repaired.
They can.
Yet there are complaints about RFT's involving nails etc in the side wall. MOST ANY TIRE WITH SIDEWALL DAMAGE CAN'T BE FIXED (OR SHOULDN'T BE)--yet the RFT gets the blame! Typical.
Stiffer ride?--most of these complaints are due to low profiles as well as stiffer suspensions. (also stiffer frames). Handling vs ride are a delicate balance with trade offs. Why buy a BMW and then complain about the ride?
Rim protection? Common sense and experience. (yes Todd--I have been driving for over 40 years and worked with a major car company--I know all about avoiding pot holes and how to avoid them).
Even conventional tire makers are looking at technological means of protecting alloy rims with low profile tires. RFT's have stronger/stiffer sidewalls and common sense tells you the rim is better protected.
Why all the fuss?
When manufacturers went from full size wheel/spare tires to the donut guess what? people complained.
When manufacturers went to low profile tires on more expensive (and unrepairable) alloy rims guess what?
people complained!
Go to Tire Rack's site and read the consumer reviews --of any tire RFT or conventional--many are howlers written by people who obviously are blaming tires for every problem under the sun!
Cost--still higher than conventionals but getting better. By the way Todd--your query: who goes to dealers for tires? You didn't read the post in this thread from someone who did (and paid a small fortune) but you also seem to ignore the fact that dealers sell a hell of a lot of tires--someone is purchasing them!
The truth is--RFT's are not much more expensive than top of the line conventionals.
If your wife and daughters would answer the question:
would you
a) prefer to change a tire in the rain in the middle of the night (or wait for roadside assistance in the dark)
b) drive home
By answering yes to the first--then fine. Put conventional tires on your BMW (and buy the requisite donut and spare) and .here's the big and!
compromise handling and ride (I bet you didn't have your suspension tuned for those conventional tires--no wonder you think your getting a better ride!) then
fine by me.
I resisted the new technology too.
I read all the horror stories. (here and elsewhere). Over four years now--I have enough experience with RFT's to know a lot of those stories are misguided.
And speaking of "resistance" consumers are all in a twist over those new fangled "low resistance rolling" tires! Guess what?
Same complaints about milage/wear and ride etc etc etc.
Do you think BMW (and Cadillac) are stupid?
If consumer complaints over tires were significant enough to impact sales they would abandon the new technology?
There are pros and cons to everything. trade offs.
Tires are an easy target.
I would say few drivers understand tires (and suspensions).
RFT's are not perfect.
No tire is.
It is just a lot of what I see out here and there are silly baseless complaints.
Everyone that ditches RFT's and replaces them with regular tires raves about the ride/handling improvement. EVERYONE. How do you explain that? Mass hysteria?
So you buy in to the security blanket marketing. Except RFT's still can and do leave wives and daughters stranded...
10 lbs less per wheel unsprung weight. 10 lbs less rotating mass on the perimeter of the wheel/tire. These are a HUGE deal.
You know nothing about vehicle dynamics and every time you respond with your silly diatribe you prove it.
Have to agree with JohnL345 on his write up. It is the change that we all try to resist. RFT is an evolving technology and it will become better and a norm in coming years. I have been on fence about putting conventional but price differences is minimal at this point. Yes, the availability would be problem in remote areas and that concerns me. Hopefully with RFT norms on future rides will make it easier - until then we have to keep the company of 'Good Luck' !
The problem is there are so few arguments against RFT's that make much sense.
Like I noted a while back--Volvo in the eighties went to front wheel drive cars shod with low (er) profile tires and alloy rims. The result? A rash of complaints from long time Volvo enthusiasts used to steel rims (repairable) and big fat high profile rubber tires!
Suddenly, you had to pay more attention to the awful pothole situation many of us have on local roads.
I even question the availability issues often raised.
There are BMW dealers pretty much everywhere these days and most Tire Chain stores--Mavis, Goodyear, etc etc carry or can easily get RFT's.
My local mechanic shop gets them in a day or two. Tire Rack and others on line can get tires shipped really quickly to most anywhere.
Remember you can drive around 150 miles on a RFT (especially with a Conti repair kit).
If you are really worried then buy an extra RFT and keep it in the garage.
The technology is improving. The availability is improving as well and prices appear to be coming down a bit.
The Conti SSR's (all seasons) on my last and current 3 series are great tires. The car I turned in after three years had tires with close to 50K miles on them and still had plenty of tread. They are quiet and comfortable. One was repaired (nail) with no problems.
If RFT's were as large a consumer problem as it sometimes appears on web sites and chat rooms etc then no car company is going to continue using them.
Every new technology is met with resistance--I recall a lot of questions about turbos when they started appearing under hoods! The buff books all griped about turbo lag yadda yadda yadda. Consumers were concerned about extra maintenance ..
Tires are an easy target.
I love the handling complaints--how many drivers are pushing any tires to even close to their limits?
But like in that Nike commercial:
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are uneven floors sometimes okay?
I just moved into a high-rise condo last week. I have hardwood flooring, and underneath is concrete.
The floor has a slope to it near the kitchen area which looks like a 3/8" slope within a 3 foot area. It's really starting to bug me. I can take a small ball and it will roll away from the kitchen. There's also a soft spot in the floor that creaks where the slope starts smoothing out.
I'm curious if this is perfectly acceptable in construction projects like this (no joists underneath that are settling), or is it just plain shoddy flooring work?
If it's the latter, I definitely want to bring it up with the builder, although I assume they will really push back because it would probably require pulling up alot of flooring to fix the unevenness underneath.
Sounds like shoddy work to me. I would bring it up to the builder and see what he has to say. If the slope is that bad it should have been leveled out before installation of finish flooring.
was the flooring recently replaced?
Im not sure what the proper method is for installing hardwood on "gypgrete", which is what I would guess it is...Maybe Floorcraft, RDTile or one of the other flooring guys would know..Ill research and see what I find..."gypcrete" is common in condos and high rises...I know with tile installations they usually do anti-fracture membranes and such...maybe the gypcrete was not properly sealed/prepared before laying the floor... and it has cracked...Maybe it was not leveled well when they poured and floated the material. I dont know but I would think there would be SOME kind of membrane between the subfloor and the wood...:001_unsure:
I just looked around...is the floor glued to the crete? How thick is the hardwood?
Is this a completely new building, originally designed as a high-rise condo building, or is it an older building re-fitted into condos? That makes a huge difference. That slope might be due to some feature of the building for its original use that would have been cost preventative to correct when compared with the benefit.
Also, I asked a fellow resident, and he said he doesn't have a slope problem. So I guess I'm the unlucky one. If this indeed is a result of shoddy workmanship, then I need to form a case with the builder that other experts in the industry view this as a problem, and should be fixed.
Ok...well that seems to be the correct method...and that 5/16th I think is about the proper thickness for hardwood over that type of material...
The problem is most likely that they simply didnt level the material properly...:no:
I would definetly take it up with your builder...If it bothers you now, wait a few years and it will really bug you.
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Is the porter cable combo kid with the compressor and 3 nailer's worth the money? The smallest of the nailer's seems useless from the work i have done professionally i really only need the the larger 2 of the 3.
I need to buy a compressor and the 2 finish nail guns but i basically want to figure out what my best value/logical way of acquiring them would be. The other aspect i just realized is that if i buy the guns and compressor separate i get a hard plastic case for each gun instead of a soft fabric bag to stuff them all into.
The nailers are ok at best. The compressor is one of the noisiest on the planet.
To be honest. If you are planning on using them frequently and want something dependable I would steer clear of the combo kits.
Personally, I like Hitachi and Senco nailers. For compressors, Im really liking my Makita Mac2400. Its really quiet and can run two framers with ease. Jenny, Thomas, Castair, and original Emglos ( not the dewalt counterparts) are great compressors as well.
However, If you are looking for only occasional use I would say go for it I guess. I will say that its a bit better than the bostich combo. My boss owns that and I cant stand it.
I bought the combo kit when they were only offering the 16 and 18 gauge guns with it. I have used it for quite a few home projects and never had any problems. The previous poster is correct, the compressor is very loud. Also, don't know if they still do, my both my guns came in the hard plastic case.
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New York's Stony Brook University has decided to no longer cancel classes for major Christian and Jewish holidays in an effort to ensure that some religions aren't given special treatment and to "afford equal support and equal respect to students and faculty from all faiths."
Jewish students would be impacted on Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur, Passover and Holy Week. Christian students would be impacted on Good Friday. The Christmas holiday is protected under a union contract and occurs when classes are traditionally not in session.
The university had considered allowing faculty to schedule exams on Saturday and Sunday – a time when many students attend worship services. However, that decision was tabled after reaching a compromise with students.
"As a secular university, as a state-funded university our priority must be to maximize instructional opportunities for our students," said Charles Robbins, vice provost for undergraduate education. "First and foremost, it's important to note that while I respect everyone's concerns, the reality is it's a relatively small number of people who are upset."
Robbins told Fox News the university's decision to stop cancelling classes for Christian and Jewish holidays offers "equal protection under the regulations to everybody and no one is getting quote, unquote, special treatment."
Robbins, who has a background in social justice, said many religions, including the Muslims and Buddhists have never had their holidays officially recognized by the university.
"Now all segments of our population will be equally recognized," he said. "It really is the American fair thing to do."
However, Stonybrook University's 24,100 undergraduate and graduate students are not as religiously diverse as the vice provost said. According to a report in The Jewish Week, 26 percent consider themselves Roman Catholic, 24 percent consider themselves other Christian, eight percent are Muslim, five percent are Jewish, and five percent are Hindu.
Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, told Fox News that the university's board of trustees should conduct an investigation into the matter.
"The goal here is radical secularism being shoved down the throats of the people at Stony Brook," he said.
The university's decision led the school's Jewish, Muslim, Protestant, Catholic and Asian Christian chaplains to write a letter encouraging them to reconsider.
"We're not taking an adversarial position against the university administration," Rabbi Joseph Topek told Fox News. He heads the university's Interfaith Center and wrote the letter with "a heavy heart."
Topek said the new policy "becomes less respectful of religious diversity instead of more respectful."
"Rather than 'respecting all religions equally,' as we were told the new calendar would do, it will surely be perceived as an attack on student and faculty religious identity and observance," the letter read. "We fear that this will be seen as making Stony Brook a less tolerant community that seeks conformity over diversity."
But Robbins disagreed and said the new policy is anything but disrespectful. He said students may still attend and participate in their religious activities. They will also have the ability to make up any class work should they be absent. Faculty members will also be instructed not to assign exams on religious holidays.
"We're giving more students the ability to practice their faith in any way that they see fit," Robbins told Fox News.
Donohue also took issue with the university's contention of religious fairness.
"There are thousands of religions but this country was founded on the Judeo-Christian ethos," he said. "No one should be apologetic about it. It's just a matter of giving due tribute to the heritage and the legacy of western civilization. So that argument doesn't work either."
A number of faculty and students are outraged over the decision.
"You really have to choose between my faith and my school work and I don't want to be put in that position," Aaron Gershoff told CBS News.
Norman Goodman, a professor of sociology, told The Jewish News the policy "stinks."
"It was done without any input except from the administration – and it was done in secret. It does not take into account the variety of needs of faculty and students and it shows no respect for religion."
Robbins said the university is undeterred.
"It's not that we don't recognize holidays," he said. It's that we don't feel that as a secular and a state institution that we are in a position to decide which holidays to cancel classes for."
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Sharks and human serial killers can both be tracked using geographic profiling, according to a new study that applied this investigative technique to the hunting patterns of great white sharks, the world's largest known predatory fish.
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The Devil We Don't Know
Posted on Apr 24, 2012
It may not be the economy, stupid.
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Analysts, commentators and, yes, columnists will fill the days between now and November with sage assessments of the campaigns. Does Obama have the right strategy? Does Mitt Romney have the right message? Which party has the better ground game? Which candidate's loose-remark-of-the-day qualifies as a certified gaffe?
But it might be more pertinent to ask, for example, what the North Korean news agency meant Monday with its threat to reduce parts of Seoul to ash with a military attack "by unprecedented peculiar means and methods of our own style."
North Korea's apocalyptic rhetoric can usually be written off as bluster. But the Stalinist dynasty in charge of the world's most isolated country has an inexperienced young leader whose first attempt to cover himself in glory—testing a provocative new long-range missile—was a humiliating failure. Could Kim Jong Eun actually be thinking the unthinkable?
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As Obama has made clear, our nation's geopolitical strategic focus is shifting from the Atlantic to the Pacific—where American interests run into those of the other emerging global superpower, China. This is why anyone trying to predict the course of the U.S. election campaign ought to pay attention to the scandal and turmoil that have gripped the Chinese government at a delicate moment of transition.
It's a convoluted story involving money, sex, corruption, betrayal and an alleged homicide. The central fact is that one of China's most charismatic and powerful politicians—Bo Xilai, until recently the Communist Party boss in Chongqing, an inland metropolis of nearly 30 million people—has been sacked. His wife is accused of murdering a shadowy British businessman who may have helped the couple transfer untold millions of ill-gotten dollars into illegal offshore accounts.
Why might any of this matter to U.S. voters? Because the scandal exposes the most serious threat to the Chinese government's legitimacy—widespread corruption—just as the hierarchy prepares to name a new president this fall. The collective leadership is acting, basically, like a man caught with his pants down.
As a way of shoring up patriotic support, officials may be tempted to be more aggressive in pushing China's territorial claims in the South China Sea. The United States might feel compelled to push back. Then what?
There are other, more obvious international situations that could have a big impact on the presidential race—beginning, of course, with the war in Afghanistan. Both Obama and Romney lag well behind the public mood, which is for bringing the troops home now. Both may be tempted to catch up.
Meanwhile, there will likely be mounting pressure to do something about the brutal war of repression being waged by Bashar al-Assad in Syria. It is hard to imagine what that "something" might be; an intervention robust enough to make a difference would have more in common with the all-out Iraq invasion than with the more limited Libya campaign. But an atrocity can change attitudes overnight.
There's also the possibility of an Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear facilities. It may not happen—but if it does, there's plenty of political danger here for both campaigns.
And if the Carville dictum turns out to be right? Well, stock markets around the world swooned on Monday—not because of anything U.S. officials said or did but because of events in Europe that made investors nervous. The Dutch government fell, after failing to win approval of new austerity measures, while French President Nicolas Sarkozy finished second in his bid for re-election and faces a runoff.
It may be that in 2012 it's the eurozone crisis, stupid. And there's nothing Obama or Romney can do about it.
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Neither Romney nor Obama can do anything about it because they are BOTH part of the neo-liberal cabal that has promoted, as ploicy, global despair, war, poverty and the end of democracy as we knew it.
That's right E.R. Both of our political parties are to blame for the very scary place the world is in.
The problem is that people like you think Obama is "not to blame."
Getr a real job, Eugene, if you can't see past your partisan blinders to say something important.
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Both Obama and Romney are abject servants of the US Corporate elite plutocracy. A vote for either is a vote against America.
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Well, the car I wanted to beat so bad as finally happened. This weekend I was in Belair, MD to see my girlfriend on friday night, when I get off the exit and jet on up to the first redlight when I notice a stang is in the far left lane i'm in the far right and a car was in between us. Not getting to chat because of the car in the middle when it turned green I ease out to see if he's going to gun it. Sure enough I hear the whine but I already had him baited as I just waited and sat in boost waiting for him to jump. He jumps as do I and the race is off to a great start however dear god I love 1st, 2nd, and the almight 3rd gear in the EVO. Which each of the first 3 gears that passed I just left him setting still it seemed. And to add a little insult to injury I shut her down way into the triples with a good 3+ cars or more. I start slowing down and get a huge ricer flybye which makes me die laughing. However the guy slows down and starts pacing me again. However I have to back up at the light the mustangs pax was eyeing my car like your dead. This time as he's pacing me he's biting his finger nails looking pretty skeerd. But, i'm no fool and know the stang is a great car up top so I back him down to 25 / 30mph which is great for the EVO in 2nd cause I can use both of my really long gears and just keep the boost right on tap. This time was no different and the guy missed a gear however I was not about to give any mercy and again just layed a massive butt kicking. However this time no ricer flybye, because I was so waiting for it. All I get this time is a stang that rides my bumper and jumps off to the left at the first light. I try to give him a thumbs up but both of them where not looking so oh well. The stang had an exhaust and it sounded great however the EVO has not let me down yet and I simply love this car. I kiss the steering wheel everytime after a great kill
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The 2014 Aussie Millions $25,000 Challenge broke previous records, as there were 65 entries in Day 1 with Fabian Quoss leading the 30 players left at the end of the day.
Ognjen Sekularac led the pack for most of the day, but he lost a couple of big hands in the last hour, while Fabian Quoss staged an impressive comeback. It is only fair to say that he was dealt great hands during Level 8 but he made the most of them, with the biggest pot being won at the expense of Yevgeniy Timonshenko. The two players went all-in and Quoss' Kings won against Yevgeniy's A-K, to propel Fabian to the top.
Igor Kurganov who won the event one year ago was eliminated early and bought in again, only to suffer the same fate. By comparison, Daniel Negreanu had a slightly better day and will return tomorrow with 75k chips, slightly below the average stack. Justin Bonomo, Sorel Mizzi and Ole Schemion are just a few of those poker pros who will be joining him tomorrow when the winner will be decided.
End day 1 of the $25k Aussie Millions event with 75,100 avg is 98k with 33 players left and blinds of 1k-2k tomorrow. Fun day of play!
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) February 2, 2014
Jason Mercier is the best placed Team PokerStars Pro with 127k chips, just 6,000 shy of entering Top 10, but he is quite happy with his performance. Things could have been much worse for him, as he had to rebuy three hours before Day 1 came to an end. There are 36 players left in the race, including reigning World Series of Poker champion Ryan Reiss, who will return tomorrow with a decent stack.
Ran 17k into 127,200 in the last level to end the night. Pretty sweet! Going to 1/2k tomorrow. 460k aud for first place
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Action will resume tomorrow at 2:30 pm local time and these are the ten players who will be bringing the biggest stacks:
Top-10 Chip Count
1) Fabian Quoss – 348,800
2) Ognjen Sekularac – 259,200
3) Martin Jacobson – 193,000
4) David Yan – 181,100
5) Max Altergott – 179,700
6) Dan Shak – 179,600
7) Justin Bonomo – 170,700
8) Tony Bloom – 144,800
9) John Juanda – 138,400
10) Ole Schemion – 133,600
The winner will collect AU$460,000 the biggest proportion of the AU$1.56 million prize pool and only the 8 players who will make the final table will be paid, according to the payout structure below:
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It's been proven that airport security personnel have no humor gene.
This is a discussion on Cocaine Stickers Not For Airports! (Video) within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; This might turn a few heads with security and Customs! http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/...e.stickers.cbc...
This might turn a few heads with security and Customs!
CCW permit holder for Idaho, Utah, Pennsylvania, Maine and New Hampshire. I can carry in your country but not my own.
It's been proven that airport security personnel have no humor gene.
Trust in God and keep your powder dry
"A heavily armed citizenry is not about overthrowing the government; it is about preventing the government from overthrowing liberty. A people stripped of their right of self defense is defenseless against their own government." -source
That was too much
"The Second Amendment: America's Original Homeland Security"
Looks like a way to antagonize security and bring unwanted scrutiny upon yourself. If I were to fly again I would want to get through security with the least hassle possible.
When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk.
"Don't forget, incoming fire has the right of way."
Hóka-héy! Crazy Horse
Maybe get a sticker that says " My other bag is my wife!"
Airport security has no sense of humour,I guess if you wanta be subjected to a full body search delaying your process thru security be my guest.
"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country,"
--Mayor Marion Barry, Washington , DC .
I think they are funny. However, I can imagine in some foreign countries in particular that I've been thru..... it would be more than a cavity search... as they really have no sense of humor, especially "western humor".
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. --- Will Rogers ---
Chief Justice John Roberts : "I don't see how you can read Heller and not take away from it the notion that the Second Amendment...was extremely important to the framers in their view of what liberty meant."
I think it's funny. Not sure I'd be willing to do it myself (I don't need to spend even more time in security, thank you very much), but I would laugh if someone brought it through.
It's not like airport "security" is really doing that, anyway. It's all security theater anyway, so why not add some comic relief to the drama? :)
I too thought that was funny. I'm not going to test it in an airport. Very creative idea.
I dunno what it really says about me (don't comment!), but I liked the chick sticker the best.
I think they're funny, but I wouldn't test airline security.
NRA Life Member since 2010
Now I think a guy carrying a bag with titey whiteys with skidmarks would get thru security quicker
"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country,"
--Mayor Marion Barry, Washington , DC .
with the way security at airports are now it is no wonder that this is a popular sticker. a bit of the gallows humor. I like it.
"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution, which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents." -1792, James Madison
There are always too many Democratic, Republican and never enough U.S. congressmen.
What is so scary when you go to places like that is you really have no way to protect yourself from someone planting stuff in your bags-- including plants from corrupt Customs officials. A few Aussies have gotten themselves in mega trouble allegedly having been found with stuff stashed in their luggage.


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dual-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 processor was on a new model, we'd have some serious coinage. 1GB of RAM is on board and 16GB of native storage is available. The 32GB capacity microSD slot will add some additional storage. A 13MP camera on back captures video in 1080p and there is a 1.3MP front facing camera for video chat and self portraits (just wanted to shake it up a little). Sony expects a 1700mAh battery to be sufficient although there is LTE connectivity which is something that must be thought about. Android 4.0.4 will be installed out of the box.
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#include <lwres/netdb.h>
struct hostent { char *h_name; /* official name of host */ char **h_aliases; /* alias list */ int h_addrtype; /* host address type */ int h_length; /* length of address */ char **h_addr_list; /* list of addresses from name server */ }; #define h_addr h_addr_list[0] /* address, for backward compatibility */
The members of this structure are:
For backward compatibility with very old software, h_addr is the first address in h_addr_list.
lwres_gethostent(), lwres_sethostent(), lwres_endhostent(), lwres_gethostent_r(), lwres_sethostent_r() and lwres_endhostent_r() provide iteration over the known host entries on systems that provide such functionality through facilities like /etc/hosts or NIS. The lightweight resolver does not currently implement these functions; it only provides them as stub functions that always return failure.
lwres_gethostbyname() and lwres_gethostbyname2() look up the hostname name. lwres_gethostbyname() always looks for an IPv4 address while lwres_gethostbyname2() looks for an address of protocol family af: either PF_INET or PF_INET6 --- IPv4 or IPV6 addresses respectively. Successful calls of the functions return a struct hostentfor the name that was looked up. NULL is returned if the lookups by lwres_gethostbyname() or lwres_gethostbyname2() fail.
Reverse lookups of addresses are performed by lwres_gethostbyaddr(). addr is an address of length len bytes and protocol family type --- PF_INET or PF_INET6. lwres_gethostbyname_r() is a thread-safe function for forward lookups. If an error occurs, an error code is returned in *error. resbuf is a pointer to a struct hostent which is initialised by a successful call to lwres_gethostbyname_r() buf is a buffer of length len bytes which is used to store the h_name, h_aliases, and h_addr_list elements of the struct hostent returned in resbuf. Successful calls to lwres_gethostbyname_r() return resbuf, which is a pointer to the struct hostent it created.
lwres_gethostbyaddr_r() is a thread-safe function that performs a reverse lookup of address addr which is len bytes long and is of protocol family type --- PF_INET or PF_INET6. If an error occurs, the error code is returned in *error. The other function parameters are identical to those in lwres_gethostbyname_r(). resbuf is a pointer to a struct hostent which is initialised by a successful call to lwres_gethostbyaddr_r(). buf is a buffer of length len bytes which is used to store the h_name, h_aliases, and h_addr_list elements of the struct hostent returned in resbuf. Successful calls to lwres_gethostbyaddr_r() return resbuf, which is a pointer to the struct hostent() it created.
The functions lwres_gethostbyname(), lwres_gethostbyname2(), lwres_gethostbyaddr(), and lwres_gethostent() return NULL to indicate an error. In this case the global variable lwres_h_errno will contain one of the following error codes defined in <lwres/netdb.h>:
lwres_hstrerror(3 ) translates these error codes to suitable error messages.
lwres_gethostent() and lwres_gethostent_r() always return NULL.
Successful calls to lwres_gethostbyname_r() and lwres_gethostbyaddr_r() return resbuf, a pointer to the struct hostent that was initialised by these functions. They return NULL if the lookups fail or if buf was too small to hold the list of addresses and names referenced by the h_name, h_aliases, and h_addr_list elements of the struct hostent. If buf was too small, both lwres_gethostbyname_r() and lwres_gethostbyaddr_r() set the global variable errno to ERANGE.
gethostent(3), lwres_getipnode(3), lwres_hstrerror(3 )
lwres_gethostbyname(), lwres_gethostbyname2(), lwres_gethostbyaddr() and lwres_endhostent() are not thread safe; they return pointers to static data and provide error codes through a global variable. Thread-safe versions for name and address lookup are provided by lwres_gethostbyname_r(), and lwres_gethostbyaddr_r() respectively.
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Hey Friends. I am in need of a programmer/coder who can make my PSD design to HTML and WP which looks better for a ThemeForest Template. I may use him later for my next templates too. Im looking for sameone to go as partners, profits shared Thanks!
The best way to find someone is maybe to make first PSD file which will be approved on PSD category and than you will find coder a lot easier, actually they will contact you.
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