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Original BA Aug'10, redo of left side 3 weeks later due to seroma & included drain. The left breast is smaller and aches, I know I have CC. After months of promises of a redo, PS states "no solution" saying it will get worse. Now I'm left searching for a specialist in revisions. My question is, am I a lost cause or is there hope? What new treatment options are available for CC and where can I find a trustworthy PS who wont lead me on only to let me down?! I'm ready to give up padded bras forever
Can I Beat CC with Newer Treatment Options?
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Newer Treatment Options for Recurrent Scarring around Breast Implants
Truly sorry for what you are going through. The problem with enthusiastic "Newer Treatment Options" is that for the most part they are only hype and will let you down. I believe patient should NOT be patronized and sold a bill of goods the way they often are at the cosmetics counter where dreams are sold but never delivered. Instead, you should be educayted by your surgeon as to the process, to the available options and be told the likelihood of success BEFORE embarking on one of them.
Increasingly, it appears that scarring around implants (Capsular Contracture) is caused by microscopic bacterial colonization creating a BIOFILM on the surface of the implant. The biofilm behaves in different ways and sttimulates different reactions in different people but it is nearly impossible to eradicate without removal of the implant and all traces of the process. As a result, trials of
- external ultrasound to heat the scar - failed
- attempting to squeeze the breast until the implant literally breaks through (sometimes getting stuck in the hole with a dumbell deformity), the Closed Capsulotomy - is painful, may burst an older implant and frequently is associated with recurrence of a tighter scarring
- Use of Anti-Asthmas drugs (Accolate) to soften the scar are based on a few 10 year old non-scientific studies which were not reproduced by other surgeons. Since there have been deaths associated with Accolate use and this use is not FDA approved, surgeons may be reluctant to try it these days.
- use of Papaverine / Vit. E to soften the scar is not helpful in all cases but does not carry major risks.
Hope this helps.
Peter A Aldea, MD
Non-surgical treatment of capsular contracture only works early
Non-surgical treatment of capsular contracture only works early on in the process. Accolate will halt and sometimes reverse the process. However, it rarely works effectively this late after surgery. This type of capsular contracture will likely require removal of the breast capsule (capsulectomy). Placement of Alloderm may help it from recurring again.
Solution for capsular contracture after breast augmentation surgery
Hi, I'm sorry you are going through this. Unfortunately, CC is a complication associated with implants placed above the muscle. The risk is much lower under the muscle, but can still occur. The best thing to do is to remove the implant and the capsule. Since you had a drain in the past, I would make sure there is no infection present before considering placement of new implant. If original implant was under the muscle (and there is no infection), then you would have to wait a few months for tissues to heal. If original implant was over the muscle (and there is no signs of infection), then placement of new implant would go under the muscle. Same would be done for the right side to achieve symmetry. So in essence a virginal pocket must be present to achieve success. I hope this helps you. Best wishes, Dr. H
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Newest treatment for capsular contracture after breast augmentation
Capsular contracture can in some cases respond to oral medication such as Singular or Accolate. These are designed to inhibit smooth muscle contraction and are otherwise used for treating asthma. Surgical release also works well but here is alway a chance for recurrence. Biologic membranes such as Strattice or Veritas can be surgically placed around the implant and this seems to inhibit capsular contraction very well.
Find a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon who has a lot of experience with revision surgery to help you make a good choice. Be sure you can see a lot of pictures of similar procedures performed by the surgeon.
Strattice or Alloderm for capsular contracture
Acellular dermal matrix materials such as Strattice or Alloderm have been very effective in my experience in preventing recurrence of capsular contracture. The usual approach is to remove the scar capsule (capsulectomy) and replace the implant. Because the capsulectomy may leave the tissue thin, the Strattice also serves to replace the tissue and add support to the pocket.
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Treatment of unilateral capsular contracture
The presence of capsular contracture in the one breast that required revision shortly after your original procedure suggests that the process is most likely related to your original surger(ies). There are several good treatment options available, depending upon a more detailed history and physical exam. With proper care you should have a good chance for success following a revision, and nothing you have stated suggests that you are a "lost cause". I would recommend consulting a board-certified plastic surgeon who is experienced and has been successful in treating capsular contractures.
Good luck.
My response to your question/post does not represent formal medical advice or constitute a doctor patient relationship. You need to consult with (i.e. personally see) a board-certified plastic surgeon in order to receive a formal evaluation and develop a doctor patient relationship.
CC in breast
More details and of course an exam would be essential to outline a plan. But having a CC means that you may be at risk to develop it again. If it is the first time for a patient,. I usually consider an implant exchange and removal of the capsule( as best as possible), and sometimes a pocket change. Other options include also using Strattice, but that can be rather expensive and I would consider that in a repeat event.
Fat grafting may be an option
Without all the details about your procedure; sub glandular or sub muscular, the thickness of your tissues, the degree of capsular contracture etc., it's not possible to make definitive recommendations. You may be a candidate for a straightforward capsulectomy and implant exchange. Though there is a higher risk of recurrence, it's usually worth keeping it simple initially in my opinion. Alloderm etc add significant expense to these procedures.
If you have mild capsular contracture, simple fat injection (removed with liposuction) can be considered, to correct the volume issue, and soften the capsular contracture.
Finally, particularly if the capsular contracture recurs, fat grafting for complete breast augmentation can be considered. Unfortunately the only way that the risk of capsular contracture can be eliminated, is if there are no implants.
Learn more: http://www.breastaugmentationchoices.com/composite-breast-augmentation.html
Treatment Of Capsular Contracture
Capsular contracture does have a high recurrence rate. Since your contracture is unilateral, it may be related to the seroma. You didn't mention the location of your original of your original implant placement, but they should be moved under the muscle if initially placed above it. I agree with Dr. Beraka that AlloDerm would be beneficial as well.
Alloderm can help prevent capsular contracture.
I recommend finding a plastic surgeon who uses Alloderm tissue matrix in revision breast augmentation. It is quite effective.
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


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ADVENTURE QUEST by Rich Lovejoy
A nostalgic treat / glimpse into the yawning void; a classic tale of a hero attempting to rescue a mayor's daughter from an evil wizard - told in the style of an old school computer adventure game!
DEATH AT FILM FORUM by Eric Bland
Aspiring filmmaker/auteurs compete a la "Project Runway" in this very funny mixed media satirical drama.
JEANNINE'S ABORTION: A PLAY IN ONE TRIMESTER by Eric Bland
Jeannine and several of her peers, over three months in New York City, exist with one another and Jeannine has an abortion.
NIHILS: THE NEGATION OF EVERYTHING by Trav S.D.
A nonlinear autobiography about a cat who can't make the scene.
RAISING CANE: A FAMILY PORTRAIT by Stephen Cedars
A dark fight comedy about a family of in-breeds with a tradition of fight-to-the-death tournaments, and the overseer who is inspired by love to tear it all apart.
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England should complete a series whitewash today, but only after coming through an epic contest yesterday as Rahul Dravid produced a stunning display.
The home side need another seven wickets in 98 overs to underline their domination over India, and that task is much more straightforward now they no longer have to worry about Dravid.
He is the only batsman in the Indian line-up who can not only hold his head up high, but walk with a bit of a strut after completing his third century of the series in the first innings and his 34th overall in Test cricket.
Except it is not in his nature to be anything other than reserved, undemonstrative and utterly professional in his manner as he racks up run after run.
This time it was 146 not out as he became only the third Indian batsman of all time to carry his bat for an entire innings.
However, when Andrew Strauss enforced the followon with India still 291 runs behind, Dravid could not manage it a second time, feathering an inside edge from Graeme Swann on to his pads and into short leg's hands.
The decision had to be reviewed by England, and despite what appeared to be inconclusive evidence, it was overturned to get rid of the only man who has genuinely stood up to be counted when his team needed it most. At the close India were 129-3, still 162 runs adrift of making any England players bat again in this series, leaving them three sessions in which to save the game.
While those around him floundered, Dravid has taken the fight to stronger opposition and again landed a few blows on the nose of the Goliaths of world cricket.
But unlike the bible story there was to be no knock-out slingshot from the 38-yearold master batsman, instead the only thing of biblical proportions is likely to be the margin of defeat when it arrives.
If only the rest of the India side had shown the guts Dravid has, then it just might have been a classic contest between two of the world's best sides. Instead, the sight of Dravid taking the lead in every respect has only served to highlight how poor his team-mates have been.
And it is why anyone turning up to the Kia Oval today for what should be a sell-out crowd are only expecting one result.
At least the tourists managed to make it to 300 for the first time in the series but having got there, Tim Bresnan promptly called a halt to it with the final wickets of RP Singh and Sree Sreesanth.
Ms Dhoni and Amit Mishra had both helped Dravid get to his landmark ton - equalling his hero Sunil Gavaskar's number of centuries - but it was only a matter of time before England's bowlers finished off the job with plenty of time spare to try and do it again.
Despite being the team's official No.3, Dravid did not even have to take off his pads as Gautam Gambhir again refused to open.
Presumably the vicecaptain was still suffering from a bang on his head trying to take a catch on Friday.
Yet he did actually bat yesterday in the first innings at No.9, so if he was able to bat then, he should have fronted up in the second innings too.
It is hard to imagine Alastair Cook failing to open up for England if they were trying to save a game, but it is in keeping with the way the Indian openers have approached this contest.
Virender Sehwag may be one of the other two men to have carried their b at for India, Gavaskar is the other, but his performances in his two matches on this tour have been embarrassing.
Sometimes his gung-ho approach is just the wrong way to go and this was one of them as Graeme Swann kept tempting him into the drive until he sneaked one between bat and pad to bowl him.
With four men round the bat at times, Swann was having a field day. He got rid of Dravid. Jimmy Anderson produced a beauty to see off VVS Laxman.
Sachin Tendulkar was given a life when replays suggested he was stumped by Matt Prior but no one appealed.
So Tendulkar survives and will have a chance to make that elusive hundredth international hundred later today.


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Jeep Wrangler Named 'Hottest 4x4 SUV' of 2012 SEMA Show, Mopar and Jeep Brand Create Jeep Performance Parts
LAS VEGAS--Oct. 30, 2012:
- Jeep® Wrangler recognized as 'Hottest 4x4 SUV' at SEMA
- More than 300 Mopar performance parts and accessories available for Jeep® Wrangler
- Mopar and the Jeep brand work together to create Jeep Performance Parts, even more parts to increase off-road performance
- Mopar's off-road division announces new Mopar 6.4-liter HEMI V-8 and 5.7-liter HEMI engine conversion kits for 2007 through 2011 model-year Jeep Wranglers
For the third consecutive year, the Jeep Wrangler was recognized as the 'Hottest 4x4 SUV' at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) trade show today in Las Vegas.
SEMA president and CEO Chris Kersting presented the award to Pietro Gorlier, President and CEO of Mopar, Chrysler Group LLC's service, parts and customer-care brand, and Mark Allen, Head of Jeep® Design, in the Grand Lobby of the Las Vegas Convention Center.
"The SEMA Award helps guide consumers toward the hottest-trending and most accessory friendly vehicles on the market," said Kersting. "Our SEMA show exhibitors are industry visionaries who determine the winners of the SEMA Award based on the vehicles they showcase in their booths. Each booth vehicle represents a 'vote' and the most prominent models in each category are the winners."
"Jeep Wrangler is an icon and one of our most customized vehicles," Gorlier said. "We offer more than 300 performance parts and accessories for the vehicle and we'll offer even more with the creation of our Mopar off-road division that will create new Jeep Performance Parts."
Jeep Performance Parts is a new portfolio of high-end, hard-core Jeep parts including axles, lift kits, bumpers, winches, skid plates and suspension components. These parts will offer factory-engineered solutions to increase off-road performance.
Today, Mopar's new off-road division announced a Mopar 6.4-liter HEMI V-8 engine conversion kit and a new 5.7-liter HEMI conversion kit, which cover 2007 through 2011 model-year Jeep Wranglers.
Jeep Wrangler
Jeep Wrangler -- the most capable production off-road vehicle in the world -- gets even better due to continued refinement without sacrificing any off-road prowess. Jeep continues to refine the successful Wrangler formula by combining legendary, benchmark capability with an interior that delivers rich styling, occupant comfort and versatility, and a premium appearance courtesy of items such as body-color hard tops for the popular Sahara and Rubicon models.
Features such as new seats, interior LED lighting, dual windshield washer nozzles and Alpine audio upgrade are new for 2013. A new premium Sunrider soft top features a richer appearance and three layers for reduced noise, and all soft tops on Unlimited models have been redesigned for easier operation.
The new 2013 Jeep Wrangler Moab special edition pays homage to the popular enthusiast off-roading venue and boasts winch-ready steel bumpers, rear limited-slip differential and available rear locker. Wrangler Moab is available with a black or body-color hardtop, and has dedicated off-road features like new Goodyear Silent Armor off-road tires with Kevlar reinforcement and rock rails. The award-winning 3.6-liter V-6 engine delivers 285 horsepower and 260 lb.-ft. of torque, and is available with a six-speed manual or five-speed automatic transmission.
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Built on more than 70 years of legendary heritage, Jeep is the authentic SUV brand with class-leading capability, craftsmanship and versatility for people who seek extraordinary journeys. The Jeep brand delivers an open invitation to live life to the fullest by offering a full line of vehicles that continue to provide owners with a sense of security to handle any journey with confidence.
The Jeep vehicle lineup includes Compass, Grand Cherokee, Patriot, Wrangler and Wrangler Unlimited. To meet consumer demand around the world, all Jeep models are sold outside North America -- and all are available in right-hand drive versions and with gasoline and diesel powertrain options. Chrysler Group LLC sells and services vehicles in approximately 120 countries around the world.
Mopar-First Features
Mopar has introduced numerous industry-first features, including:
- Vehicle-information apps: first to introduce smartphone vehicle-information applications, a new channel of communication with consumers
- Electronic owner manuals: first to introduce traditional owner manuals in a DVD and brief user-guide format
- Wi-Fi: first to offer customers the ability to make their vehicle a wireless hot spot
- Wireless charging: first to introduce in-vehicle wireless charging for portable devices
- Electronic Vehicle Tracking System (EVTS): first to market with a new interactive vehicle tracking device that sends owner a text when vehicle is driven too fast or too far based on pre-set parameters
- 2011 Mopar Challenger Drag Pak: first to introduce a 500-plus cubic-inch V-10 drag-race package car
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• Master of Science in Civil Engineering
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The specialty areas of study in Civil Engineering include:
• structural engineering and structural materials
• environmental engineering
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The specialty areas of study in Architectural Engineering include:
• integrated building systems
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In all fields of specialization, up to one-half of the required course work for the selected degree may be taken outside of the Department.
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A. International students should consult the section on admissions.
B. Students who hold a bachelor's degree in a field other than their proposed major may be admitted to the graduate program and to candidacy upon completion of appropriate undergraduate deficiency courses, in addition to the regular requirements for the graduate degree.
A. Requirements for the M.S. degree are listed in this Bulletin under Engineering and under Master's Degree General.
B. A total of 6 credits of transfer and/or exchange coursework not counted towards the student's bachelor's degree may be taken at another institution and used to satisfy requirements for the M.S. degree.
C. Both a thesis option and a non-thesis option are available.
D. There is also a 5-year B.S./M.S. option available for qualified undergraduate students enrolled within the Department.
E. Of 30 required credits, up to 6 may be thesis research. At least 12 credits must be at the 600 level, of which up to 6 credits can be thesis research, independent study, or, for 5-year BS-MS candidates, Capstone Design.
F. The student and an advisory committee plan the students overall program.
1. The advisory committee consists of a minimum of 3 members.
2. The chair of the committee shall be a full-time faculty member from the CAE Department, one member must be from outside the Department and hold a Ph.D., and one member other than the chair must be either a full-time or part-time member of the Department.
3. One of the committee members must be a member of the Graduate Faculty.
A. Regulations concerning admission, course requirements, residence requirements, qualifying and final examinations, and dissertation are listed in this Bulletin under Engineering and Doctor of Philosophy.
B. A total of 6 credits of transfer and/or exchange coursework beyond those counted towards the student's bachelor's and master's degrees may be taken at another institution and used to satisfy requirements for the Ph.D. degree. Students entering without a previous master's degree may use a total of 12 such credits to satisfy requirements for the Ph.D.
C. For students with a previous master's degree, 18 credits of coursework are required, six of which must be at the 600 level in courses other than independent study. For students entering without a previous master's degree, 42 credits of coursework are required, 12 of which must be at the 600 level in courses other than independent study.
D. The student and a supervisory committee plan the students overall program.
E. A separate dissertation committee may be formed to oversee the progress of the dissertation but, in most instances, the student's supervisory committee also serves as the dissertation committee.
F. The supervisory/dissertation committee shall be composed of a minimum of 4 members.
1. Three members, including the chair, shall be members of the Graduate Faculty, and one member shall be from outside the Department and hold a Ph.D.
2. A minimum of two members, including the chair of the committee, must be full-time members from the CAE Department.
• Current research activities in the Department include properties of concrete materials, such as cellular concrete, composite structural systems, fiber-reinforced concrete, modeling and simulation of engineering materials, multi-scale modeling of materials, fracture mechanics, structural steel behavior, structural health monitoring, structural repair and rehabilitation, energy, indoor air quality, heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC), building material emissions and sorption, air cleaning using photocatalytic or other oxidizing technologies, environmentally compatible construction materials and systems, life-cycle building systems integration, and sustainable affordable housing.
• Current research activities in the Department include development of new physicochemical water and wastewater treatment processes, potable wastewater reuse, solid and hazardous waste management, health and environmental risk analysis, environmental/economic planning for sustainable development, hazardous waste remediation, environmental health studies, water quality studies, ground-water, surface-water, and contaminant-transport processes, hydrologic processes, water resources planning and management, and water policy.


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Ole Miss vs. Georgia: We Finally Know Bulldogs Can Compete with AlabamaNovember 3, 2012
Through its first eight matchups, Georgia struggled putting together a complete football game.
Against Tennessee, the defense failed to show up. Against South Carolina, the passing game and running game took a break. Against Kentucky, the defense arrived late and the running game never got going. Against Florida, quarterback Aaron Murray looked like he'd rather be surfing along the First Coast rather than playing football.
Between the hedges on Saturday afternoon against the Ole Miss Rebels, it all came together.
For the first time all season the Georgia Bulldogs looked like a legitimate Top 10 team, topping Ole Miss, 37-10, at Sanford Stadium.
The Bulldogs held the potent Rebel offense to 234 total yards, forcing three turnovers. Todd Gurley rushed for 117 yards and Aaron Murray threw for 384 yards.
That's what you call "balance."
It was a game that screamed "trap" for the Bulldogs, after their win over Florida last weekend. It also was the last major hurdle between the Bulldogs and the SEC East title. If the Bulldogs beat Auburn next weekend, they'll face off against Alabama in the SEC Championship Game.
If they play like they did against the Rebels, not only can they hang with the Crimson Tide, they could beat them.
Yes, Ole Miss moved the football early on Georgia's defense. But not enough to pose a serious threat after defensive coordinator Todd Grantham successfully adjusted to the problems Rebel running back Jeff Scott presented off the edge. That's what good teams do.
With all of the talent on the roster, this is what Georgia should do to inferior competition—even an Ole Miss team that has been a pleasant surprise this season.
Yes, it may be asking too much to ask Georgia, a team that's been wildly inconsistent all season—even in wins—to put together a complete game against teams like Alabama when a championship is on the line. But this was a must-win situation for the Bulldogs coming off of a big win the week before, and they put together their first complete game all season.
It was better late than never for the Bulldogs, and it is a relief for Dawg Nation—which was desperately waiting for this team to live up to its potential. That potential will likely lead them to Atlanta and the SEC Championship Game, and if they play like they did on Saturday, don't discount the possibility of a Bulldog upset.


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Cameron Mackintosh Still Hoping for Neil Patrick Harris to Play BARNUM!
In a profile for The Boston Globe, mega-producer, theater-owner and all-around theatre impresario Cameron Mackintosh revealed he thinks Neil Patrick Harris would be "perfect" to star in his reworked version of BARNUM, which is set to launch a UK tour this September (starring Brian Conley). That is, if Harris's "schedule ever opens up".
Harris just won a Tony Award for his portrayal of HEDWIG on Broadway and will be leaving the run on August 17, with Andrew Rannells ready for the hot seat on August 20. Commenting on his upcoming departure from the musical, Harris said "I'm ready for a little bit of downtime." But hopefully not too much downtime!
Previous actors mentioned for the revival, which opened at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 2013 starring Christopher Fitzgerald, included Douglas Hodge, John Barrowman and Michael Ball.
The national tour of the Chichester Festival Theatre production of the musical, also starring Linzi Hateley as 'Chairy', will open at Leicester's Curve Theatre on Friday 5 September 2014.
BARNUM has music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Michael Stewart and a book by Mark Bramble in a revised version by Cameron Mackintosh and Mark Bramble.
BARNUM follows the irrepressible imagination and dreams of Phineas T Barnum, America's Greatest Showman. The story of his life and his marriage to Chairy reveals a couple who looked at the world from opposite sides of the spectrum, and also reveals that she was the practical one who made Barnum's dreams come true. The production follows the legendary showman's life as he lit up the world with the colour, warmth and excitement of his imagination and finally teamed up with J A Bailey to create Barnum and Bailey's Circus - the Greatest Show on Earth. Cy Coleman's score includes the hits Come Follow The Band, The Colours Of My Life and There Is A Sucker Born Ev'ry Minute.
BARNUM was a smash-hit when it opened on Broadway in 1980, starring Glenn Close and Jim Dale. It won three Tony Awards and a Drama Desk Award. When Barnum opened at the London Palladium in 1981, Michael Crawford took the lead, winning an Olivier Award for his performance. Scroll down for a look at him in action!
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Australia could be part of an international deployment sent to eastern Ukraine, with foreign minister Julie Bishop heading to the war-torn nation with her Dutch counterpart to discuss how best to secure the MH17 crash site.
Speaking to reporters after a moving ceremony to mark the return of the first bodies from the downed Malaysian airlines flight, Ms Bishop said "there is still more work to do" and that she would travel to the Ukraine with Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans on Thursday.
The two foreign ministers - whose countries account for the majority of the 298 victims - will hold talks with the Ukrainian leadership in the capital, Kiev.
Mr Bishop will also meet with retired Air Chief Marshall Angus Houston, who is Australia's special envoy in the Ukraine helping efforts to recover, identify and repatriate the 36 Australians citizens and residents killed when MH17 was allegedly brought down by a missile fired by Russian-backed separatists.
"We must secure the site of the crash," Ms Bishop said. "We must ensure that the investigators and those that have the gruesome task of identifying body remains are able to do that in safety, unfettered without any tampering from anyone."
Mr Houston has reportedly told Prime Minister Tony Abbott that an international investigation of the full crash site covering as much as 50 square kilometres was needed to ensure all human remains were recovered.
There has been speculation Mr Abbott is considering a range of options including sending members of the Australian Federal Police or armed forces to help secure the site, possibly as part of a multinational force. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is believed to have raised the option of a peacekeeping force with Mr Abbott.
Asked to confirm if sending peacekeepers was an option, Ms Bishop would only say "we are looking at the most effective way of securing that site".
"I will be travelling to the Ukraine to meet with the Ukrainian leadership to build on the discussions Prime Minister Abbott has had overnight including with the Ukranians, Dutch and others," she said.
"And those details will be worked [out] with tomorrow with the Ukrainians but also with Prime Minister Abbott continuing the discussions he has had with the other leaders."
The chaos of the crash site near the Russian border was the source of great frustration and anger for grieving families of the victims and world leaders. There is mounting evidence the separatists that controlled the site tampered with wreckage, moved bodies and were involved in looting.
Mr Abbott accused the separatists - who have been fighting Ukrainian forces for four months - of destroying evidence on an "industrial scale".
The US, Ukraine and other countries believe the Malaysia Airlines aircraft was mistakenly shot down by separatists using a missile supplied by Russia.
While some sense of order has been restored at the crash site - which is subject to a cease-fire agreement - fighting continues to rage in other parts of eastern Ukraine.
Rebels shot down two Ukrainian fighter jets on Wednesday, about 25 kilometres from the crash site, according to the Ukrainian military.
"I will meet with the Ukrainian leadership and discuss how we can logistically plan the securing of the site and the work that must be undertaken - painstaking long difficult work," Ms Bishop said. "But we will not rest until we have counted for every body, every Australian aboard that flight."
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Liam Harvey was told he was being spared a jail term because he had stayed out of trouble for a year and now had a stable job and accommodation.
Claire Marlow, prosecuting, told Swindon Crown Court police raided his home on May 8 last year and found two wraps of heroin, one of cocaine and three mobile phones, one of which contained messages relating to the trade in drugs.
Harvey, 23, of Wilcot Avenue, Penhill, pleaded guilty to possessing heroin and cocaine with intent to supply.
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Benjamin Cone, Jr. of Greensboro, North Carolina has always managed his timberland to the benefit of wildlife, but he was almost forced to clear cut his forest to prevent the spread of the endangered Red Cockaded Woodpecker.
The reason? The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service required him to set aside 60 acres of habitat for every colony of active woodpeckers on his property. With 29 woodpeckers living in 12 active colonies, Cone was supposed to preserve 1,121 acres of his land at a personal cost of $1,425,000 (based on the value of the timber that he would no longer be able to "selectively" harvest).
According to the current ESA law, cutting down one of the trees or killing a bird is a felony conviction that could result in heavy fines and jail time. In order to prevent the woodpeckers from spreading to the rest of his land, thereby devaluing his remaining property, this nature lover considered the environmentally unconscionable - a "clear cut" of his remaining timber. It was only after he threatened to clear-cut the land that the government offered to negotiate a settlement.
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Carlos Hathcock
[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Carlos Norman Hathcock, II, was born in Geyer Springs, Arkansas on May 20, 1942. He grew up in rural Arkansas, living with his grandmother after his parents separated. He took to shooting and hunting at a young age, partly out of necessity to help feed his poor family. He would go into the woods with his dog and pretend to be an Army Ranger and hunt fake Nazis in his own little Germany. He would "hunt" at the young age with a rifle that his father had brought back from Europe during World War II. Hathcock dreamed of being a Marine throughout his childhood,[2] and so on May 20, 1959, at the age of 17, he enlisted in the Marine Corps.
Hathcock married Jo Winstead on November 20, 1962. Jo gave birth to a son, Carlos Norman Hathcock, III. Carlos Hathcock III would later enlist in the Marines;[3] he retired from the Marine Corps as a Gunnery Sergeant after following in his father's footsteps as a shooter, and is currently a member of the Board of Governors of the Marine Corps Distinguished Shooters Association[4].
[edit] Marine Corps career
Before deploying to Vietnam, Hathcock had won many shooting championships.[5] In 1966 Hathcock started his deployment in Vietnam as an MP and later became a sniper after Captain Edward J. Land Jr. pushed the Marines into raising snipers in every platoon. Land later recruited Marines who had set their own records in sharpshooting; he quickly found Hathcock, who had won the Wimbledon Cup, the most prestigious prize for long-range shooting, at Camp Perry in 1965.[5]
During the Vietnam War Hathcock was confirmed for killing 93 North Vietnamese Army and Viet-Cong personnel.[6][5](during the Vietnam War, kills had to be confirmed by an acting third party; this was feasible on a battlefield, but snipers usually worked in pairs (shooter and spotter) and often did not have an acting third party present, which made confirmation difficult). He is ranked fourth, behind U.S. Marine Corps snipers Eric R. England and Chuck Mawhinney and United States Army sniper Adelbert Waldron on the list of most confirmed kills for an American sniper.
The North Vietnamese Army even put a bounty of $30,000 on his life for killing so many of their men. Rewards put on U.S. snipers by the N.V.A. typically amounted to only $8.[7][5] The Viet Cong and N.V.A. called Hathcock Lông Trắng, translated as "White Feather," because of the white feather he kept in a band on his bush hat.[8] After a platoon of trained Vietnamese snipers were sent to hunt down "White Feather," many Marines in the same area donned white feathers to deceive the enemy. These Marines were aware of the impact Hathcock's death would have, and took it upon themselves to make themselves targets in order to preserve the life of the true "White Feather."
One of Hathcock's most famous accomplishments was shooting an enemy sniper through his scope, hitting him in the eye and killing him.[2] Hathcock and John Burke, his spotter, were stalking the enemy sniper in the jungle near Hill 55, the firebase Hathcock was operating from. The sniper had already killed several Marines, and was believed to have been sent specifically to kill Hathcock. When Hathcock saw a flash of light (light reflecting off the enemy sniper's scope) in the bushes,[2] he fired at it, shooting through the scope and killing the sniper.[5] Surveying the situation, Hathcock concluded that the only feasible way he could have put the bullet straight down the enemy's scope and through his eye would have been if both snipers were zeroing in on each other at the same time, and Hathcock fired first, which gave him only a few seconds to act. Given the flight time of rounds at long ranges, both snipers could easily have killed one another. The enemy rifle was recovered and the incident is documented by a photograph.
Hathcock only once removed the white feather from his bush hat while deployed in Vietnam. During a volunteer mission on his first deployment, he crawled over a thousand meters of field to shoot a commanding NVA general. He wasn't informed of the details of the mission until he was en route to his insertion point aboard a helicopter. This effort took four days and three nights, without sleep, of constant inch-by-inch crawling. In Carlos's words, one enemy soldier (or "hamburger" as Carlos called them), "shortly after sunset", almost stepped on him as he lay camouflaged with grass and vegetation in a meadow.[2] At one point he was nearly bitten by a bamboo viper but had the presence of mind to not move and give up his position.[9] As the general was stretching in the morning, Carlos fired a single shot which struck him in the chest and killed him. He had to crawl back instead of run when soldiers started searching.[2]
After the arduous mission of killing the general, Hathcock returned to the United States in 1967. However, he missed the Marine Corps and returned to Vietnam in 1969, where he took command of a platoon of snipers.
Hathcock generally used the standard sniper rifle: The Winchester Model 70 .30-06 caliber rifle with the standard Unertl scope. On some occasions, however, he used a different weapon: the .50-caliber M2 Browning Machine Gun, on which he mounted the Unertl scope, using a bracket of his own design. This weapon was accurate to 2500 yards when fired one round at a time. At one point, he took careful aim at a courier carrying a load of assault rifles and ammunition on a bicycle. He had second thoughts when he saw a 12-year-old boy in his sights, but after considering the intended use of those weapons, he decided to disable the bicycle, hitting the bike frame. The boy tumbled over the handlebars, grabbed a gun, and immediately began firing back, so Hathcock returned fire, killing him. (Source Marine Sniper, Chapter 1.)
Hathcock's career as a sniper came to a sudden end outside Khe Sanh in 1969, when an amphibious amtrack he was riding on struck an anti-tank mine.[5] Hathcock pulled seven Marines off the flame-engulfed vehicle before jumping to safety. He was told he would be recommended for the Silver Star, but he stated that he had only done what anyone there would have if they were awake, so he rejected any commendation for his bravery. Nearly 30 years later, he was awarded the Silver Star, the third most prestigious award in U.S. military.
Hathcock said in a book written about his career as a sniper: "I like shooting, and I love hunting. But I never did enjoy killing anybody. It's my job. If I don't get those bastards, then they're gonna kill a lot of these kids we got dressed up like Marines. That's just the way I see it."[10]
[edit] After the Vietnam War
After returning to active duty, Hathcock helped establish a scout and sniper school at the Marine base in Quantico, Virginia. Due to his extreme injuries suffered in Vietnam, he was in nearly constant pain, but he continued to dedicate himself to teaching snipers. In 1975, Hathcock's health began to deteriorate and he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis — an incurable, degenerative nerve disorder. He stayed in the Corps but his health continued to decline and was forced to retire just 55 days short of the 20 years that would have made him eligible for full retirement pay. Being medically retired, he received 100% disability. He fell into a state of depression when he was forced out of the Marines because he felt as if the service kicked him out. During this depression his wife Jo almost left him, but she finally decided to stay. Hathcock eventually picked up the hobby of shark fishing with the locals, which helped him overcome his depression.[11] Hathcock often paid visits to the sniper training facility at Quantico, where he was welcomed by students and instructors alike as being "bigger than life" due to his status in shooting circles.
Hathcock once said that he survived in his work because of an ability to "get in the bubble," to put himself into a state of "utter, complete, absolute concentration," first with his equipment, then his environment, in which every breeze and every leaf meant something, and finally on his quarry.[12]
After the war, a friend showed Hathcock a passage written by Ernest Hemingway: "Certainly there is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and like it, never really care for anything else thereafter." He copied Hemingway's words on a piece of paper. "He got that right," Hathcock said. "It was the hunt, not the killing."
After retirement, Hathcock began training Law Enforcement almost exclusively. Hathcock instructed the Virginia Beach Police Department's SWAT snipers from 1984 until he passed away in February 1999. This training was done on a weekly basis at no charge to the city. Hathcock was the chief instructor of the Virginia Beach Police Department Annual Law Enforcement Sniper School, which was established in 1987 and continues to train SWAT officers from all over the country.
Hathcock died on February 23, 1999, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, after a long struggle with multiple sclerosis.[5]
[edit] Decorations
- Silver Star
Hathcock was awarded a Silver Star in 1969, ironically not for his sniping, but for saving the lives of seven fellow Marines after the amphibious tractor (amtrac) on which they were riding struck a mine. Hathcock was knocked unconscious, but awoke in time to race back through the flames to reach his comrades.[10]
- Purple Heart
[edit] Legacy
Hathcock remains a legend in the U.S. Marine Corps. The Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock Award is presented annually to the Marine who does the most to promote marksmanship training.[13] A sniper range is also named for Hathcock at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.
In 1967 Hathcock set the record for the 20th century's longest combat kill with a Browning M2 .50 BMG machine gun mounting a telescopic sight. The distance was 2,286 meters or 1.42 miles. Hathcock was one of several individuals to utilize the Browning M2 machine gun in the sniping role. This success led to the adoption of the .50 BMG cartridge as a viable anti-personnel and anti-equipment sniper round. Sniper rifles have since been designed around, and chambered in this caliber.
The record was broken 35 years later, in 2002, during Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan by a Canadian three-man sniper team led by Master Corporal Graham Ragsdale from the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI). The record itself was set by Corporal Rob Furlong with a shot of 2,430 meters from a McMillan TAC-50 Long-Range Sniper Weapon on a Taliban fighter.
On March 9, 2007 the rifle and pistol complex at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar was officially renamed the Carlos Hathcock Range Complex.[14]
Hathcock was the subject of four books:
- One Shot, One Kill by Charles W. Sasser and Craig Roberts tells the stories of several snipers, including Hathcock.
- White Feather: Carlos Hathcock, USMC Scout Sniper--an Authorized Biographical Memoir by Roy F. and Norman A. Chandler.
- Silent Warrior by Charles W. Henderson.
- Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills by Charles W. Henderson
[edit] MythBusters reenactment
In an episode of the fourth season of the television show MythBusters (29 November 2006, Episode 67), hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman attempted to test the feasibility of shooting through the scope of another rifle, citing the confirmed Hathcock incident of shooting a North Vietnamese sniper through the sniper's scope. They were unable to replicate the results in the story using the modern equipment they had on hand, so they declared the myth "busted." However, they did not replicate the exact conditions of Hathcock's combat incident. The MythBusters did not take into consideration powder loads, bullet weight, muzzle velocity, angle, or variations in air pressure and density. On the show, they conceded that they were not shooting at the same scope that Hathcock shot at and stated that under the exactly ideal conditions and with extreme luck, the shot may have been possible. In the episode aired on March 21, 2007, the MythBusters revisited this myth and confirmed that it was possible; however, they had to use armor-piercing rounds to fully penetrate the scope. They used a vintage scope this time, which was smaller than modern scopes, and Hyneman successfully fired a bullet through the scope. The bullet penetrated the ballistic gel dummy's face to a depth of two inches, which would be lethal to a human. However, it should be noted that on the March 21, 2007 episode, Hyneman used an M1 Garand chambered in .30-06 Springfield, whereas Hathcock used a Winchester Model 70 chambered in .30-06 Springfield. Additionally, Hyneman was only able to complete the shot successfully when he fired an armor-piercing round, while Hathcock stated in interviews that he would normally use only standard military ball ammunition. Because of these caveats and the lack of solid evidence on this specific incident, the hosts of the television show declared that the retest showed the myth to only be "plausible" rather than "confirmed".
[edit] Interview
A three-part interview with Carlos Hathcock by Maj. John Plaster. In the first part of the interview, Hathcock recounts the events of the famous "through-the-scope" shot. The full segment runs about 30 minutes.
In the second segment, Hathcock discusses the "Apache Woman," a female Vietnamese sniper who had been in the habit of torturing and mutilating prisoners.
In the third segment, Hathcock talks about his modifications to the M2 machine gun and his record-setting shot.
[edit] In fictional works
- There is a nod to Hathcock in the Steven Spielberg film, Saving Private Ryan. Steven Spielberg stated, "the idea of a sniper putting a bullet through another sniper's scope came from the true story of Carlos Hathcock, who killed a Vietcong sniper who was stalking him by putting a bullet through the sniper's scope". Similarly, Pvt. Jackson (Barry Pepper) shot a German sniper in the eye through the German's scope.
- James S. Thayer, a popular action/adventure novelist, wrote a novel titled White Star, about an Former Marine sniper named Owen Gray, nicknamed White Star by the Vietnamese, whose exploits closely match those of Hathcock. His nemesis in the book is a fictional son of the equivalent of Vasily Zaytsev.
- There is a reference to Hathcock in the television show NCIS during the episode "One Shot One Kill", when a small white feather is found at the crime scenes of a sniper's victims.
- The protagonist of Stephen Hunter's Bob Lee Swagger Trilogy (consisting of the novels Point of Impact, Black Light, and Time to Hunt) is loosely based on Carlos Hathcock. The film Shooter (2007) is based on Stephen Hunter's work.
- The movie Sniper (1993) features actor Tom Berenger shooting the enemy sniper through his own scope. This is probably based on Hathcock's story as well (Berenger's character was loosely based on Hathcock).
- The character of Vassili Zaitsev in the 2001 movie Enemy at the Gates comes across a dead sniper that has been shot in the head through the scope.
- In the episode 14 of the anime Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG, Section 9 member Saito is shot through the scope of his Seburo SR50 bolt-action sniper rifle during his freelancer days in the Central/South American campaign, a tactic by Motoko Kusanagi similar to that used by Hathcock.
- The movie RoboCop 2 contains a segment where the camera is from the point of view of the sniper scope. The sniper is looking at RoboCop, who turns around and shoots the enemy, the bullet going through the sniper scope.
- In Frank Miller's graphic novel, Sin City, episode "To Hell and Back", protagonist Wallace shoots a sniper in the head, the bullet entering through the sniper's rifle scope.
- In John Ringo's book, Unto the Breach (of the Paladin of Shadows series), it is stated about the sniper Lasko "He was going to beat Hathcock's record, probably within the next fifteen minutes. And that was the killer app in the sniper world."
[edit] See also
- Jack Coughlin, a retired Marine sniper with over 60 confirmed kills whose service includes Iraq and Somalia
- Simo Häyhä, a Finnish World War II sniper holds the world record of 505 confirmed kills
- M40 sniper rifle, the Marine Corps sniper rifle used by Hathcock
- Chuck Mawhinney holds the highest number of confirmed kills (103) for any USMC sniper in history
- Billy Sing, an Australian World War I sniper who had an unconfirmed 201 kills
- Adelbert Waldron, who holds the record for the most confirmed kills in U.S. military history, with 109 kills in Vietnam
[edit] References
- ↑ Springfield M25 308 Tactical, White Feather Edition
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Charles Henderson. Marine Sniper, New York: Berkley Books, 1986. p.29. (ISBN 0-425-18165-0)
- ↑ Still Asset Details for DMSD9802324 Office of the Secretary of Defense 1996 "Standing next to Gunnery Sgt. Hathcock is his son, Staff Sgt. Carlos Hathcock, Jr."
- ↑ Marine Corps Distinguished Shooters Association Board of Governors Marine Corps Distinguished Shooters Association 2008
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Marine Corps Sniper Carlos N. Hathcock II Sgt. Grit 2006
- ↑ Marine Corps Sets Sights On More Precise Shooting National Defense Magazine March 2003"Founded in 1977, the school's first staff NCOIC was the famed sniper, Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Hathcock II, who was credited with 93 confirmed kills in Vietnam."
- ↑ Sniper Rifles GlobalSecurity "During the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Army placed bounties from $8 to $2,000 on the heads of Marine snipers. Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Hathcock, with 93 confirmed kills, actually held the record bounty of $30,000 and killed every Vietnamese marksman who sought it."
- ↑ Charles Henderson, Marine Sniper
- ↑ ^ Sasser, Charles and Craig Roberts (1990). One Shot, One Kill. New York: Pocket Books. pp. 208. ISBN 0-671-68219-9.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Washington Post Obituary February 27, 1999, quoted in SniperCentral
- ↑ Charles Henderson. Marine Sniper, New York: Berkley Books, 1986. p.306. (ISBN 0-425-18165-0)
- ↑ Lantz, Gary "[White Feather http://www.nrapublications.org/first%20freedom/Whitefeather.asp]" America's 1st Freedom National Rifle Association 2007-04-17
- ↑ MARADMIN 148/06 - 2006 CAPITAL MARINE USMC AND USN ENLISTED AWARDS, United States Marine Corps, 3/28/2006.
- ↑ Range complex named after famous Vietnam sniper Marine Corps News, United States Marine Corps, 2008-03-24
[edit] Sources
- Henderson, Charles W. Marine Sniper, Stein and Day Publishers, 1986. (ISBN 0-425-10355-2)
- Henderson, Charles W. Silent Warrior, Berkley, 2003. (ISBN 0-425-18864-7)
- Chandler, Roy F. Carlos Hathcock "Whitefeather", Iron Brigade Armory Publishing, 1997. (ISBN 1-885633-09-2)
[edit] External links
- Marine Corps Sniper Carlos N. Hathcock, Marine Corps Heroes.
- Carlos Hathcock, Sniper Central.
- Marine Sniper 93 Confirmed Kills
- Photos and specifications for the Carlos Hathcock "White Feather" Rifle


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Unlike China's automotive explosion, industry expansion when it finally came to India was measured but determined; not an onslaught, but a steady stream, challenging the old guard with innovative products at competitive prices.
Today, most of the world's major auto makers build cars in India through joint ventures or wholly owned operations. Those that don't still sell them there, even super-luxury brands such as Lamborghini, Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Aston Martin, Ferrari and Maserati.
Indeed, many analysts say this BRIC nation, whose fellow emerging markets include Brazil, Russia and China, no longer is an emerging market. "India is out there," notes one industry watcher.
Yet, up until 1984, the only 4-wheel passenger vehicles available were luxury cars; manufacturing was licensed; expansion was restricted; custom duties, excise and sales taxes were high; and the market was dominated by less than a handful of local car makers, says Deepak J. Kulkarni, deputy director of the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI).
In 1985, Maruti Udyog Ltd., a joint venture between the Indian government and Japan's Suzuki Motor Corp., entered the scene and became a leader in small cars. In 1995, other global auto makers were allowed in, bringing increased competition, new technology, service networks, financing and environmental concerns.
There now are 64 vehicle manufacturers in India: 13 passenger-car and 12 utility/vehicle makers. Combined, they account for 16% of the 10.3 million-vehicle market, of which 75% is dominated by 2-wheelers.
"Two to three years ago, India was 20th (in world vehicle sales)," says Jay Ganatra, CEO of International Business Consultants. "If it keeps going, it could become one of the top five very, very, soon," he tells attendees at a GlobalAutoIndustry.com conference in September.
Compared with China's 6.5 million, Russia's 3 million and Brazil's nearly 3 million annual vehicles deliveries, India has a long way to go. However, sales don't tell the whole story.
Rather, it's the country's rapid pace of development that offers promise. India's economy grew 9.2% in 2006-2007 and some studies suggest it will grow at least 8.5% this year.
Indeed, there are estimates that by 2010, there will be 40,000 families with an annual income of $250,000, helping the luxury-car segment grow 25% per year.
Between 2015 and 2020, India's gross domestic product is expected to average 5.7%, compared with Brazil's 3.8%, Russia's 3.4% and China's 5.0%, according to a study by Goldman Sachs.
Foreign direct investment in the domestic auto industry reached $441 million within the last year, and vehicle exports over the next three years are projected to soar 300%, according to various reports.
Nor is India expected to be among the casualties of the ongoing global financial crisis, propped up by its vast consumer demand, reports the TheEdgeDaily.com financial-and-investment website in Malaysia.
Yet, with 28 states and six union territories, each with separate tax systems and customs regulations, India's disparate auto market presents special challenges. Despite the wide spectrum of brands available, no auto maker can survive without an offering of entry-level subcompact cars.
The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers says car sales rose 2.8% in September to 108,823 over year-ago's 105,822, despite the country's mild economic downturn that began in July, as auto makers sought newer markets in rural areas.
A SIAM official says in interior regions most vehicles are bought with cash, without any financing, helping offset falling demand in urban areas.
But the rural areas also bring fear and loathing, as witnessed by farmers' violent protests over the state of West Bengal's land grab for the construction of Tata Motors Ltd.'s low-cost Nano car plant, forcing Tata to abandon the RR16.8 billion ($350 million) facility.
Analysts say such clashes are on the increase and could affect India's broader investment climate, deterring foreign investors and hurting economic development. That would be bad news for the auto industry, as India's goal is to become a global center for small-cars exports, led by the $2,500 Nano.
"Unlike China, India is a small-car country and has developed the necessary skills to become a hub for manufacturing small cars for the rest of the world," says a recent report by CSLA Asia-Pacific Markets, a regional provider of brokerage and investment-banking services.
Korea's Hyundai Motor Co. Ltd. already exports 40% of its Indian small-car output, the report says, choosing India over China, where it's being forced to split profits with its Chinese joint-venture partner. Ford Motor Co. reportedly intends to invest $500 million in India to build small cars.
But while India's car exports reportedly have jumped five-fold in the last five years, it still is a small player, shipping 200,000 cars in 2007. That's about to change with the government's new Focus Market Scheme that provides exporters to 83 developing countries a cash incentive of 5%.
The goal is to help Indian auto makers grab a larger chunk of budding markets in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Industry Minister Kamal Nath recently told a SIAM convention that vehicle exports are expected to jump from RR134 billion ($2.8 billion) last year to RR1.2 trillion ($25 billion) by the middle of the next decade.
But before "Brand India" can become a global reality, ARAI's Kulkarni says the industry must upgrade its quality standards, tackle new technology, become cost competitive, develop research-and-development capability and target overseas markets.
Those who know India have no doubt this 5,000-year-old civilization, with its 18 official languages and 1,652 dialects, can meet these tectonic shifts in the global automotive market.
– with Sudhakar Shah in Mumbai and Mack Chrysler


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I just realized, maybe this migraine I've had for 7 years is really just my brain pounding around in my skull trying desperately to escape.
Eventually it will kill me, crawl out of my crushed skull, and feed on the populace. It grows to a mutated, ginormous size, climbs a building, and helicopters attempt to take it out. It will whip the trailing section of my spinal cord like a tail, knocking them into buildings. Others it will devour their human contents then smash them to the ground. As it climbs to the spire of the building, mutating with each feeding, it grows so large it can no longer support its weight. The prehensile tail will struggle to push further, aiming for some unknown place above, and with a terrifying roar it slips, impaling itself atop the skyscraper. Glass and steel strain against its weight. The heat from the afternoon sun causes small rivulets of descending blood to boil, as the dead brain rots and cooks. My memories slide down the glass. Survivors attempting to escape are over run by these gelatinous masses and suffocate staring at small moments from my life.
Those who manage to survive the event have been unfortunately exposed, and now they too are mutating. Their brains are devouring them from the inside and escaping their hosts. Each one is a rage filled monster living only to feed and die and spread it's infection throughout the world. No one is immune. No one is safe.


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They might not look harmful, but farmers have warned walkers to be careful around cows with calves.
Three people in as many months have been killed and many more injured after run-ins with angry cows.
Cows try to protect their calves, and even attack people and dogs that they think might be a threat.
Walkers who do get in trouble with cows should first of all let their dog go, and should carry a walking stick with them at all times.
Farmers also advise being brave and just walking straight through the herd of cows.
It's thought cows see dogs as a threat, because they look a bit like wolves.
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Review by Martin G
"An intentional B-list movie atmosphere that works thanks to the game not taking itself seriously at all"
Let me just explain the concept of BloodRayne to you: a slutty and bouncy-breasted vampire armblade-murders Nazi generals and alien maggots in the Louisiana, Argentina and Germany of the 1940s. Read that a couple of times to take it all in. It has to be one of the best videogame themes ever; it could have been ridiculous, but thankfully BloodRayne doesn't take itself seriously at all and works as a delightful equivalent of a B-list movie.
That's really the game's best attribute: its charm. It takes all of five minutes to realise that the developers never pretended to establish a serious storyline or a believable setting. As usual, a story that knows how ludicrous it is and loves it is much, much more enjoyable than one that tries and fails. Rayne herself is pretty much the image of this statement: (un)dressed with a costume hard to imagine being made in the forties, she takes it upon herself for some reason or other to exterminate the most important generals of the Nazi army, who are in Argentina. Despite this seemingly consequential objective, she is happy to expose her leather-clad vamp attitude taunting and downright making fun of her enemies. During the numerous boss fights of the game, bosses recite the generic drivel all bad guys feel force to recite, while Rayne whips out her wit arsenal with such pearls as I've got my shopping list here, and we're all out of you! or Shush, honey, what are the neighbours going to say? or, in one particular instance, just a single but very expressive and colourful word. With the same self-awareness of the game, Rayne never tries to appear serious or deep, and instead has fun with a whorish attitude.
The whole visual designers, however, took their work very seriously while the rest of the team parodied the stereotypical adventure movie. Enemies look detailed and big even in the lowest graphic settings, each one having dynamic faces that move properly when they talk or scream and individual fingers that also move when they're supposed to; in the highest settings you can almost feel the actual texture of Rayne's costume's fabric. The sceneries, on the other hand, are pretty dull. The first part of the game takes place in a pretty unremarkable town and the last third develops in a good-looking castle, but the great majority of the game is spent in a Nazi fortress that is basically all concrete. It wouldn't be too bad if the level was short, but you spend so much time in it that before long all the corridors will start looking the same and the environments will cease to surprise, or even interest.
That's not something that happens to the gameplay, which manages pretty well to maintain its appeal throughout the whole game. Rayne can fight with her dual armblades or with the guns she picks off dead enemies (they can go from handguns to assault rifles, from rocket launchers to a tank's machine gun). She has a four or five move combo that combines knife-slashing and kicks, but she can perform different and vastly more deadly moves for a short time when she activates her Blood Rage, a berserk kind of state in which she can enter voluntarily after killing enough enemies.
While that's her basic combat arsenal, there are several add-ons that will affect your gameplay very importantly. Rayne has three vision modes, apart from the naked-eye regular one. One is the Aura vision and it allows Rayne to see enemies' health as well as the location of her objective, regardless of how far away it is, while another one allows her to zoom in and out for more precise shooting. The most important one is the vision mode that makes time run in slow-motion. This mode does not make your attacks stronger or give you any other advantage whatsoever, but being able to time and place your blows just where or when you have them to, being able to react and dodge enemy attacks and making accurate long-distance jumps is an immensely valuable ability all the same. There is absolutely no limit on how much you can use this: if you felt like, you could play the whole game in slow-motion. Lastly, Rayne recovers lost health by drinking her victims' blood. This can be done in close quarters by literally mounting the enemy or, if your soon-to-be breakfast is too far away, snatching them with a hook and pulling them closer.
All of the above remains pretty much the same for the whole game, which can and most certainly will end up being repetitive. The game tries to make up for this by introducing new types of enemies every once in a while. The most important advancement in this matter is the one from regular humans to daemites, some sort of disgusting parasites that replace a human's head and spine. Humans will shoot at you, try to surround you or even run away from you entirely, depending on the situation. If you cut a hand off a soldier (severed members are a given in Rayne's work field), he'll run away screaming and eventually collapse from blood loss. Daemites are mindless and jump at you like little kamikaze maggots, but they actually like being hurt and will never give up on chasing you.
I failed to notice any music at all in BloodRayne, but at least the sound effects are well done. Everything sounds when and how it should sound, and there's plenty of dialogue going on not only in cutscenes, but even in the middle of a fight Rayne insulting the soldiers that hit her, them screaming God, get her off me! when she decides to take the health she lost back. Sometimes you also get to overhear conversations between soldiers that haven't been alerted of your presence. The Spanish dubbing is good in an understated kind of way that fits the rest of the game's atmosphere quite well.
In general, BloodRayne's camp feel is ultimately what will make you play it: the light-hearted humour, the liberal use of gore and Rayne's personality all contribute to form an entertaining action game that, albeit repetitive, well worth trying out.
Reviewer's Rating: 3.5 - Good
Originally Posted: 02/14/06
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"Trolley Dances"
When: Tours leave on the half-hour from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. today.
Where: Tours start at Grantville Trolley Station, 4510 Alvarado Canyon Road
Tickets: $15-$30 (includes a day pass for use of the trolley)
Phone: (619) 225-1803
John Diaz, a dancer and choreographer, recounts his "Trolley Dances" experiences in Arts. Today: the audience reaction.
We are so proud to have San Diego Dance Theater's production of "Trolley Dances," our site-specific performance adventure, come to a triumphant close this weekend! It has been an enormously rewarding opportunity to both choreograph and perform in this year's installment. It has also been fabulous to chat with and gain feedback from the many audience members who took the tour this year. "Trolley Dances" requires an open mind and adventurous spirit from our audiences. This isn't a production that allows you to come into a theater and sit in a comfortable seat in the dark for a couple of hours. I have witnessed audience reactions ranging from confusion to intense enthusiasm.
"Trolley Dances" requires quite a lot of prepping for the audience experience, so every year as a dress rehearsal, hundreds of local students are invited to take part in our "Kids on Board" production. San Diego Dance Theater artistic director Jean Isaacs invites students to experience dance and view the show before anyone else. The students also get an in-school workshop before they tour.
This year, for the first time, it rained! When I arrived at my site, I was instantly concerned for my dancers' safety and for the kids' experiences. But once the first show began, it was as though the rain was an additional element of the performance, and I found it beautiful.
And despite this minor upset, here are quotes from some of the youngest riders:
"I like this performance because I like riding the trolley."
"I've seen 'Trolley Dances' since I was 2 and this year was my favorite!"
"I can do that! I can do that, too! That's easy! I want to be in that dance!"
"This is my favorite thing ever."
Loyal "Trolley Dance" fans are also some of most appreciative and vocal supporters. We have many audience members who have been part of the journey since it started 13 years ago and look forward to the event every year. Many go in groups and make it an annual celebration. We look forward every year to our Purple Hat Ladies and the various Girl Scout troops with their snacks and cameras. It's like an annual reunion!
While feedback is wonderful coming from our regulars, I have found that it is the random bystanders who just happen to stumble upon the performance who appreciate it the most. Can you imagine? Going to a grocery store, taking your kids to a museum, taking a walk in a park — and then encountering a burst of beautiful art in the form of an original dance performance? It changes not only the banality of routine — but also the perspective of a person.
Back during a rehearsal in the Grantville Trolley Station, I encountered many folks who came through the stop who shared their appreciation of the experience. My favorite comment was:
"This place is barren. When I saw you doing dance out here today, all of a sudden there was a heartbeat."
I felt so honored that people would take the time out of their daily routine to allow a performance to make an impression on them.
As this is my last installment, I would like to thank my cast for their willingness to participate in my vision and express my gratitude in having the ability to share this work with everyone and for the continuous opportunity to do the work I love so much.
Thank you for taking this journey with me. I hope you enjoy my piece and "Trolley Dances" 2011.Copyright © 2017, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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Tuesday, August 3, 2010
YouSendIt Receives $15M
Campbell-based YouSendIt, which operates an online site for helping users send large files over the Internet, announced this morning that it has raised $15M in a Series D funding round. The round was led by Adams Street Partnres, and also included prior investors Emergence Capital, Sigma Partners, and Alloy Ventures. The funding brings the firm's total funding to somewhere north of $43.7M. The firm said the funding will go towards accelerating growth and increasing market share. Robin Murray, a partner at Adams Street Partners, becomes an observer on YouSendIt's board as part of the funding. More information »


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Fry's, Seagate Team Up For On-site Data Recovery
Seagate will make its Seagate Recovery services available inside 33 of Fry's stores, allowing customers with a failed hard drive of any brand to drop it off with a consultant. Drives will then be shipped off site, recovered, and returned to the store.
Unlike competing data recovery services, the Fry's locales will allow customers a convenient location to drop off their drives and discuss recovery solutions with an on-site technician, according to Seagate. Typically, a drive must be mailed off to a recovery service, after which recovery negotiations and fees are discussed through phone or email.
"Fry's main objective is to offer customers a complete suite of after- sales services and support," said Jeff Staat, director of service operations for Fry's Electronics, in a statement. "Seagate has provided an extremely user-friendly recovery solution that is consistent with Fry's need to provide superior quality services to our customers as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible."
Seagate's standard policy -- "your data back or no recovery fee" -- will be honored, Seagate said. Customers have the option of having the drive returned to the store.
Seagate representatives did not immediately return calls for comment.


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For the past 2 day's, i've been trying to delete my secondary yahoo account from my phone. I have gone into the settings->accounts & sync ->choose my account ->remove....
I continue to get updates and sync with that account. I have also gone into the applicaitons and deleted it from there....still no luck. I continue to get emails from my yahoo acount. This seems to eat up data and with all the spam that happens on these email accounts, i'd rather just go to the site and check it that way.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Are you using the stock app or the 3rd party app? Try removing all accounts and add only the wanted accounts and see if that helps.. Also you should have a option under app to detumain how often the account retrieves emails, this can control date use better.


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Ukraine eyes ceasefire extension after diplomatic push
Ukraine looked primed to extend a shaky truce in the conflict-hit east of the country after frantic talks involving the leaders of Russia, France and Germany as a ceasefire deadline neared.
Ukraine's new President Petro Poroshenko and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin agreed to work on "the adoption of an agreement on a bilateral ceasefire between Ukrainian authorities and separatists" following four-way phone talks with Francois Hollande and Angela Merkel, the French presidency said.
The deadline for the current truce runs out at 1900 GMT on Monday but violence has rumbled on regardless with no end in sight to months of fighting that has claimed some 450 lives.
The Kremlin put a slightly different spin on the discussion, saying only that Putin had "stressed the importance of extending a ceasefire as well as creating a reliable mechanism to control the observance of the truce with an active role of the OSCE."
The statement added that "the leaders spoke out in favour of organising a third round of consultations between representatives of Kiev and southeastern regions" following two inconclusive attempts at dialogue.
The Kremlin said that the foreign ministers from the four countries would hold urgent consultations to work out practicalities, while the French statement said Ukraine and Russia's top diplomats would talk by phone later Monday.
There was no immediate reaction from Kiev or the separatists but Ukraine's national security council has pledged to take a decision on whether to extend the ceasefire before it expires.
A senior rebel official told Russia's Interfax news agency earlier Monday that a fresh round of indirect talks -- involving a Kremlin envoy and former Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma -- could be held Tuesday.
Prior to Monday's teleconference -- the second in two days between the four leaders -- Hollande and Merkel reiterated a warning from the European Union that it could slap more sanctions on Moscow if Putin does not explicitly pressure pro-Kremlin rebels to stop fighting.
- Compromise still distant -
Both Moscow and Europe have been pushing for the ceasefire to be extended, arguing that it is a vital first step towards ending the fighting in Ukraine.
On the ground though, the supposed truce has done little to stem the violence with both sides accusing each other of carrying on firing.
On Monday Russian state TV station Channel One said that its cameraman Anatoly Klyan, 68, died after being shot in the stomach by Ukrainian troops while on an overnight reporting trip with insurgents at a military base near the rebel-controlled city of Donetsk.
Russia's foreign ministry said the death showed that Ukrainian forces "clearly do not want a de-escalation in the armed conflict in the east."
Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces said that attacks by the insurgents over the weekend killed five of its soldiers.
Poroshenko is coming under growing public pressure to launch a full-scale assault, with some 500 people protesting against the ceasefire outside his office on Sunday.
"We have to declare martial law in the east and clean out the region as quickly as possible," Igor, an ex-soldier who has volunteered to fight the insurgents, told AFP.
Poroshenko refuses to meet rebel commanders who have "blood on their hands" and has suggested he may restart large-scale military operations if the rebels refuse to disarm.
Separatist leaders say they will not engage in direct negotiations with Kiev until government forces withdraw from the heavily Russified east.
Over the past few days the rebels have tightened their grip in the region by forcing a string of pro-government military bases around Donetsk to surrender.
- Threat of broader sanctions -
Last week Poroshenko put his name to a historic trade deal with Europe that ruptured Kiev's historic ties with Moscow.
Kiev and its Western allies accuse Russia of both arming and funding the militias in a bid to unsettle the new Ukrainian government as revenge for the February ouster of a pro-Kremlin president who had ditched the very EU agreement Poroshenko signed on Friday.
The EU warned Putin he had until Monday to act to rein in the rebels or risk broader economic sanctions that could cut off whole sectors of the Russian economy from the 28-nation bloc's 500 million consumers.
Wider sanctions could push the Russian economy into recession with the International Monetary Fund already warning of negligible growth.
Russian and EU ministers have tentatively agreed to meet on July 11 to discuss how Moscow's concerns over the EU agreement with Kiev.


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It's a baby girl for "Today" correspondent Jenna Wolfe
TODAY anchor and correspondent Jenna Wolfe and NBC News foreign correspondent Stephanie Gosk welcomed a baby girl, named Harper Estelle Wolfeld Gosk, born August 21 at 7:31 p.m. She weighs seven pounds, 13 ounces.
Jenna announced her pregnancy on-air in March, and called the experience "surreal" in a TODAY.com blog post. Since then, Jenna's been writing all throughout her pregnancy at her TODAY Moms blog, Jenna's (Baby) Food For Thought.
"Stephanie's extremely adventurous, she's been all over the world; you know me, there's not a building I haven't jumped off of," Wolfe said on TODAY in March. "So for us, this is nothing like any of that. This is the adventure of a lifetime."
NBC News contributed to this report.


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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A program in two South Dakota counties to keep juvenile offenders out of detention is poised to expand statewide.
The Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative has trimmed the average number of youths in the Minnehaha County Juvenile Detention Center by more than half since the program began about two years ago. A program in Pennington County has seen similar results.
The state court system has accepted a $100,000 grant from the Annie E. Casey Foundation to fund a statewide program coordinator. State Court Administrator Greg Sattizahn says the agency intends to ask legislators to make the position permanent.
The governor's office says it supports the concept.


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The honest excavation of history can bring sobering discoveries, as the American Government has now found in an examination of Nazi Germany's stolen gold and its redistribution after the war. No nation emerges unscathed from this investigation, including the United States, and many are disgraced. It is saddening but not altogether surprising to learn that morality and justice, especially the international obligation to look after the survivors of the Holocaust, were swiftly sacrificed to expediency when the gold was divvied up after the war. Remedying this failure, as the report rightly notes, is the unfinished business of World War II.
The extraordinary inquiry, which involved the declassification of nearly one million pages of documents, was initiated by President Clinton after Switzerland coldly rebuffed Jews seeking to recover gold and other assets their families had deposited in Swiss banks before the war. Under the determined direction of Stuart Eizenstat, the Under Secretary of Commerce, and William Slany, a State Department historian, it touches on wartime economic collaboration with Germany but deals mainly with the anemic postwar effort to restore gold and other valuables to the nations and peoples from which they had been stolen.
Sweden, Portugal, Spain, Turkey and Argentina will want to take notice. The extent of their economic cooperation with the Nazis has been slowly unfolding in recent years, but Mr. Eizenstat makes clear they profited from their neutrality. Even as the threat of German invasion waned in the last years of the war, Sweden sold Germany iron ore and ball bearings, Portugal provided tungsten for steelmaking, Spain traded goods and raw materials and Turkey shipped chrome. Argentina defied efforts to prevent the transfer of German funds there from Europe.
Switzerland is properly singled out. Though helpful to the Allies as a base for spying, it served as Nazi banker, gold keeper and financial broker. Switzerland provided Germany with arms, ammunition, aluminum and agricultural products.
These countries made only a fitful effort after the war to return the looted gold and other assets they received in payments from Germany during the war. Here America bears considerable responsibility. It led the postwar effort to recover and distribute the gold. Yet only a small portion of the $580 million in gold stolen from conquered governments, worth some $5.6 billion today, was ever recovered. Even less of the millions of dollars in gold and other assets taken from individuals was returned.
Switzerland was aggressively unhelpful, resisting accounting and recovery efforts for years and not honoring agreements to liquidate German assets held in Switzerland. The American report estimates that as much as $400 million in German-looted gold remained in the Swiss National Bank at the end of the war, but no more than $58 million was returned.Continue reading the main story
The task of tracing and apportioning the gold and other assets was daunting, but American officials tolerated intransigence by other nations and accepted pitiful restitution agreements in the name of cold-war solidarity. Eager to obtain access to an Azores air base in the 1950's, Washington let Portugal surrender only about one-tenth of the German gold it held at the end of the war. Spain eventually returned just $114,000 in looted gold from a stockpile of $30 million. Turkey, which held $44 million in Nazi assets and $5 million in looted gold, made no restitution. Only Sweden paid up.
The victims of this dismal record were the survivors of the Holocaust and others left homeless and stateless by the war. Assets that could have been used to help them were never returned to the countries plundered by Germany. Worse still, gold and other valuables found in Germany that had been seized from millions of individuals and households across Europe were knowingly mingled with assets stolen from European governments by the Nazis. As a result, gold that should have gone to help individuals through relief and compensation programs ended up in European and American government vaults, where some remains today.
These matters remained too long obscured from public view, shielded by excessive secrecy and national pride. It is late to redress the wrongs, but every effort should now be made to return gold and other assets to those with a legitimate claim. Switzerland, after long delay, is finally making an effort to trace and return assets deposited before the war. Mr. Eizenstat and Mr. Slany have performed a high public service by digging for the truth.Continue reading the main story