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BimmerWorld Amazing VIR Story! - Warning SPOILERS
** Caution - This story contains race SPOILERS **
BimmerWorld Makes an Amazing March to Take 2nd and 6th at VIR
If BimmerWorld's maiden season in the GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge was the subject of a reality show, viewers of the series would agree that each episode keeps getting better and better.
For starters, the opening episode at Round 1, held at Daytona International Speedway, produced an amazing finish of second-place for the #81 BimmerWorld/GearWrench BMW E90 driven by Seth Thomas and Bill Heumann.
Episode Two, at the Miami-Homestead circuit, brought the BimmerWorld/GearWrench team slightly down to Earth, as the #81 took fourth and the #80 BMW E90 of James Clay and David White finished in seventh-place.
Episode Three at Barber Motorsports Park held early promise when David White earned his first career series pole position, but with the track configuration playing right into the hands of their rivals, the team was forced to settle with a fifth and sixth-place finish with their two-car assault.
Episode Four, held last weekend at Virginia International Raceway -- the home track for Dublin, Va.-based BimmerWorld -- had a season's worth of drama and excitement packed into a single event.
Records will show that the #81 of Thomas and Heumann earned another podium with a second-place finish, and that Clay and White's #80 landed in sixth-place, but how the two cars arrived at their respective finishing positions hardly went according to the script.
We'll begin with the #80, which started out on Thursday as BimmerWorld's usual #80 BMW E90, but come Saturday, Clay and White were still racing the #80, but not the #80 owned by BimmerWorld. Huh? What?
"We nearly destroyed the #80 car on the Thursday test day when an inexperienced driver took me out, and I ended up backing our car into the wall at over 100mph," said Clay. "It was extremely disappointing to me to come into the race I was most looking forward to this season and have something this silly and pointless happen, and as much as I hate to make a mistake, I think it is even worse to know I was a passenger with no control or fault for the whole chain of events."
A deal was quickly made with the RRT Racing team to rent their BMW E90. With the usual camaraderie and spirit within the GRAND-AM paddock, RRT aided BimmerWorld's immediate needs and with the 'surrogate' E90 in hand, BimmerWorld's peerless team of technicians began the foreboding task of 'BimmerWorld-izing' the RRT E90 to their specification.
"We got the RRT car at 4 AM Friday morning, went over it and then teched it as the #80," Clay continued. "RRT handed us a solid car, but every team has their own way of doing things, so Jason Marks and the rest of our crew went to work on it making it like the BimmerWorld car we are more familiar with. It's hard to start a race weekend off with an all-nighter, but that's what was required and everybody dug in."
With the replacement #80 ready to go, David White says getting used to a 'new' car took some time prior to the race, but with the team's guidance, it was business as usual when it came time to buckle in and start the race.
"Adapting to any new car can be challenging, but the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge cars are relatively simple race cars which makes the process easier. Beyond the basic controls that every car has, there are only a handful of important switches, like the radio push-to-talk button and pit speed limiter for example, that you need to be very familiar with. Before the race, James, myself, and our crew practiced several driver changes to ensure that we wouldn't miss a beat during the pit stop in the race. We started the race as prepared as usual and it showed in our sixth-place finish."
Achieving a sixth-place finish isn't normally something Clay's team would be satisfied with, but after the harrowing events leading up to the race, they'll make an exception.
"With so much work before we took the Green Flag, our result was a testament to everyone involved in getting us back on track. During the race, our crew pulled off some amazing pit stops, our strategist made a brave call on fuel strategy that paid off for both cars, and we even had some help from CMA Racing that allowed us to pit both of our cars at the same time. We earned this one the hard way and while I drove a hard race that I am proud of, my work and the result was only possible with the work of all the others involved with us this weekend. The beginning was rough, but the ending was fantastic and showcases the teamwork needed to be successful in endurance racing."
As if the #80's storyline wasn't exciting enough, the #81 came home in second-place gasping for fuel and sputtering across the finish line, thanks to a masterful plan hatched by BimmerWorld's race engineer and strategist, Wayne Yawn. Not to mention the masterful and fuel-miserly drives by Seth Thomas and Bill Heumann.
"Wow that one was close!" said Thomas. "James Clay put the plan together with the CMA Racing team in the short time between Barber and VIR so both teams could pit 2 cars at the same time if needed. This plan worked out flawlessly. Bill passed a ton of guys during his opening stint, brought the car in the pits in the top-10, and I left the pits in the top-10 to continue the job he'd started. Wayne told me leaving the pits that we should have enough fuel for the rest of the race as long as we really conserved fuel during the caution period. I did my best to do that and luckily I conserved just enough."
Thomas says he drove with faith that they had enough fuel to make it to the finish line...but he still couldn't believe he had to stretch a tank of fuel as far as he was being asked to.
"The last lap was the only lap I doubted Wayne! I was starving for fuel coming out of Turn 1 so I knew we were going to be cutting it close. I knew if I made it to the turn called 'Rollercoaster' I could coast to the finish. The car made it there and then some...I ran out of fuel just past the checkered flag. If Wayne says we could make it then I know we can. I definitely know he had it worked out down to the last lap, if not the last few inches on the track!"
With two podium finishes from four races, Thomas and Heumann continue to forge an amazingly strong and productive partnership behind the wheel of their BimmerWorld/GearWrench BMW. Heumann says that with similar goals and personalities, their partnership is equally as strong on and off the track.
"You never know how these things will play out when you embark on a new adventure, but as we learned right off the bat, Seth and I make a great team. First, it is important to mention that Seth is a true professional and is very easy to get along with. We are great friends away from the track but at the track we work incredibly hard. I think one of the main reasons our personalities mesh well is because we have quite a few similar life experiences. We both need to balance the demands of our families and business obligations with those of professional racing, which is no easy task. We both understand the importance of good communication and I think that's a big part of why Seth and I have been so fortunate this season."
With the 2010 season almost at the halfway point, Thomas and Heumann sit second in the drivers' standings, the BimmerWorld/GearWrench team holds second in the teams' championship, just six points behind the 2009 ST-class winners, and Clay and White have also marched up the driver's points after being taken out at Round 1, and are now tied for 11th, all in the team's first year in the series.
Who knows what Episode Five will have in store for the team in five week's time at Lime Rock Park, but after the dramas this past weekend, James Clay says he wouldn't mind it if the plot was a tad bit boring going forward.
"It will take a while for things to slow down, that's for sure. We have a lot of work to do to repair our own #80 now. The car is headed to Steve Bassen at Bassen Autobody right away. He spent the VIR race weekend looking over the crashed car and has everything in place to make it perfect again. After last weekend, we don't need any more cliffhangers or suspense. As for the next race at Lime Rock, I think a normal, boring event where everything goes according to plan would be nice!"
Tune into SPEED on May 1st at 1 pm E.T. to watch BimmerWorld's amazing performance at the Bosch Engineering 200 from Virginia International Raceway, and follow the team's progress at www.BimmerWorldRacing.com.
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I didn't go down to the race, just got the newsletter and wanted to share. When is the LR race, maybe I'll try to make it down.
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There was a bunch of tore up equipment there at VIR. Amazingly, I had no body damage whatsoever. On the other hand, we broke 31,000 miles on the car. One driver (Ray Mason) actually drove this particular car back in 2001 at Daytona in a Grand-Am Cup race. We were team senior citizen over the weekend. One driver and my fueler can collect social security.
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|Way to Go
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|Kenneth Fink
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|May 18, 2006
|Previous Episode: Bang-Bang
|Next Episode: Built To Kill, Part 1
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- Gary Dourdan as Warrick Brown
- George Eads as Nick Stokes
- Jorja Fox as Sara Sidle
- Eric Szmanda as Greg Sanders
- Robert David Hall as Dr. Al Robbins
- Paul Guilfoyle as Jim Brass
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- Vincent Duvall as Lt. Jack Parker
- Currie Graham as William Cutler
- Joseph Patrick Kelly as Officer Metcalf
- Wallace Langham as David Hodges
- Louise Lombard as Detective Sofia Curtis
- Gerald McCullouch as Bobby Dawson
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- Patrick Breen as Mr. Phillipe
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HTC One wins award for best new mobile handset, device or tablet at MWC 2013
The award was determined by a panel comprised of industry professionals, members of the media and analyst communities. The new device has a lot going for it, and a lot riding on it as well. HTC has endured a fall from grace over the past couple years. The company needs a hero to save the day. The HTC One may be that device.
As we reported to you in our hands-on from HTC One announcement, this device is easy on the eyes. The build quality is superb and is probably the best build device turned out by this manufacturer. To back up the build quality, HTC also introduced its overhauled UI, Sense 5. HTC Sense has always been pretty snazzy and the personalization enabled by Sense is very useful. Sense 5 brings with it a new component, HTC BlinkFeed, an all-in-one aggregation which can replace the traditional Sense home screen.
Throw in a super-high-resolution display, Beats Audio, and a new take on camera technology which may prove to be a contender, and it is sure to make an impression. So, congratulations to HTC for the award, and keep checking in with us at PhoneArena.com for our review of the new HTC One.
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1. Whateverman posted on 02 Mar 2013, 14:47 34 7
Its well deserved. Hopefully not too early to say, "Welcome back HTC!"
12. tusshharish posted on 02 Mar 2013, 15:44 1 20
i got many thumbs down but one won because nokia didn't introdure their flagship phone.......
27. Whateverman posted on 02 Mar 2013, 17:12 7 2
Woulda, coulda, shoulda... I can't imagin any company putting out anything that could have competed with the One.
29. SleepingOz posted on 02 Mar 2013, 17:26 16 0
Oh nokia fanboys these days. Smh..
47. amiroo posted on 02 Mar 2013, 23:12 0 0
what do you now about one my friend??
nokia didnt intodure??
u must guess if nokia introure the next lumia with only better camera could change it??(maybe with 190 gr)!!!
but why canon didn`t won it with best camera if nokia think all thing is only camera cus nokia=camera??
sure in other spc one overshade on next lumia..
one has unique features of future..dont forget it.
51. zuckerboy posted on 03 Mar 2013, 10:06 0 1
if they were , it would be awarded best brick of 2013 :D
19. maccess posted on 02 Mar 2013, 16:08 2 0
did the xperia z is one of the contender?? if yes then congrats to htc..
26. shadez10 posted on 02 Mar 2013, 17:10 4 7
i prefer the xperia Z than the HTC one...
kudos to HTC though...
39. DerryAhmad posted on 02 Mar 2013, 18:44 3 0
It's not. The Xperia Z was introduced at CES 2013 ealier this year. The Tablet Xperia Z was introduced in MWC 2013 though.
Congrats to HTC! HTC ONE is definitely HTC's best phone to date.
Pretty excited about Nokia 720 too. The most exciting well-packed mid-range smartphone being introduced at MWC 2013.
2. BillyG posted on 02 Mar 2013, 14:48 16 8
HTC FTW!!, if only its a nexus device, it will be the perfect smartphone in 2013.
3. smallworld posted on 02 Mar 2013, 14:52 6 20
This smartphone will fail because of stupid marketing by HTC.
32. smallworld posted on 02 Mar 2013, 17:44 2 8
Well the first HTC One video looks very very cheap... in comparison to the Xperia Z... The horses at the end of the Z's video were probably more expensive than all of the videos they made for the One. Peter Chou said himself that they failed on the marketing front. Stupidity.
42. Taters posted on 02 Mar 2013, 20:07 0 0
I actually do not think that video was very cheap. Looks like the same people who did the Lumia 920 one and all those Hollister or Guess teeny bopper models probably cost more than the horses.
43. smallworld posted on 02 Mar 2013, 20:50 0 0
I still say serious lack of budget.
44. Taters posted on 02 Mar 2013, 20:51 0 1
Besides, it isn't Sony's fault that HTC spent all of their marketing budget on a show that no one except the really geeky websites attended. Silly HTC, they are not big enough for their own show yet, not even Sony is. HTC should have just used MWC like Sony used CES and just put that money into either making the handset better, more market research, R&D;, or commercials like Sony.
HTC has been listening to their phonearena fans too much and need someone experienced enough in marketing to tell them that they are nowhere near close enough to have their own HTC unpacked event yet. Unfortunately, they went through with it though.
38. Taters posted on 02 Mar 2013, 18:38 1 7
It will fail again because of copying the z10 and Xperia P. Plus sense 5 blink feed crap is going to suck. Plus the poor button placement. Plus being the same size as a 5 inch screen phone when the phone has a 4.7 inch screen. Plus the usual assortment of HTC manufacturing defects and software issues.
It has nothing to do with marketing. I can't believe people can't see that. If the GS1 and GS2 can survive on word of mouth than HTC phones would too if they were really that good. They are not, so please stop this Samsung wins because of marketing crap. The GS3 was the only handset they had where they marketed it more than the others.
I agree that the Xperia Z promo video was awesome though. Sony makes the best videoes.
49. CanYouSeeTheLight posted on 03 Mar 2013, 07:39 0 2
What are you talking about compared to a Galaxy S3 it is only a little bit taller but it is also a lot less wider, and that is a compromise i'm willing to have to have DECENT SPEAKERS which is something OTHER MANUFACTURERS DON'T CARE ABOUT. For you manufacturers have to do always the same stuff? All phones must look a like because if someone sacrifices form factor because of specs the phone will "fail". Grow up whinny baby.
54. Taters posted on 03 Mar 2013, 11:46 1 1
Um, it shouldn't be taller than the GS3 at all considering the GS3 has a bigger screen. The GS3 is thinner and lighter as well which makes this an even bigger fail on HTC's part.
57. CanYouSeeTheLight posted on 03 Mar 2013, 12:02 0 1
Right because an aluminium smartphone should be compared to a cheap plastic phone in terms of weight, right? The One does tapper to around 4mm so thinness is not a problem because it has an ergonomic shape.
59. Taters posted on 03 Mar 2013, 14:29 0 0
Of course it should. What do you suggest? A brick category? Then it would be down to the Lumia 920 and the HTC One for that award.
The GS3 curves at some measurements too, but unlike HTC, they do not need to declare it to avoid being too big for the screen size.
62. Taters posted on 03 Mar 2013, 14:53 1 0
Weight is decided by um... weight. You don't separate the weight comparisons just because one company chooses to use different materials. That is the companies choice and one of the consequences of using aluminum is a heavier phone, not to mention poor signal, no wireless charging, usually no NFC but I am aware the HTC One has it, greater heat sink etc. You don't just give it a pass on weight because it uses aluminum. Of course you compare them to all phones, including plastic ones.
4. som posted on 02 Mar 2013, 14:54 4 0
HTC ONE won the Award but a few sales and little profit now only $150 with 2 years contract.
5. lubba posted on 02 Mar 2013, 15:07 4 30
It won because it looks like a blatant copy of the iPhone, just like every other Korean, Chinese, OEM.
8. androiddownsouth posted on 02 Mar 2013, 15:20 17 1
Please explain how this phone is a blatant copy of the iPhone???? This I gotta hear.
11. thachlel posted on 02 Mar 2013, 15:40 14 1
To many stupid fuking kids nowadays! Eat more n read more b4 saying n insulting
15. Jonathan41 posted on 02 Mar 2013, 15:54 5 0
Explain your opinion. Because frankly, I makes no damn since to me.
9. lyndon420 posted on 02 Mar 2013, 15:27 15 2
They forgot to mention the stereo speakers with their own built-in amplifiers.
10. mooreokteacher posted on 02 Mar 2013, 15:33 3 3
This is well deserved. I have heard many complaints about the placement of the speakers and wasted space. That is my favorite part. I am tired of having to cup my hand if I am showing a video. Pure genius. Plus, I hate hearing about the camera. It is a smartphone camera. If you want professional quality get a professional camera. This phone has power and design. Yes sir we have a winner.
13. scsa852k posted on 02 Mar 2013, 15:45 1 1
It's well deserved but the competition wasn't that stiff at MWC.
21. androiddownsouth posted on 02 Mar 2013, 16:16 4 1
I have to strongly disagree there, as most will I am sure. There is no confusing the two devices if you can see at all. I could distinguish between the two if I was blind and just held them in my hands.
17. Jonathan41 posted on 02 Mar 2013, 15:58 5 2
Good job HTC the One is a great phone. Hopefully, people will realize it (with the help of your new marketing director) and go out an by it. I know I will.
22. Slammer posted on 02 Mar 2013, 16:41 2 0
I always realized HTC as a premium product and always got ridiculed for it. Always asked why HTC? Why not go with something cool?
Cool isn't always productive nor does it necessarily have consumers in mind. Cool is directed towards a novelty lifespan. Make the money on hype. This is more often than none; short lived.
What ever pact HTC has made with Apple, has somewhat diluted its vision. A vision I feel will bite them in the ass.
I cannot stress this enough:
HTC itself had confirmed to me that issues I was concerned about in their direction, were echoed by many others yet, they ignored us by seeking an Apple feel. Yet, in conferencing Samsung, their recognition of customer's wish lists, no doubt has made Samsung an easier sell.
I don't like to carry on with this subject, but removable batteries are a large interest of mine and others that have experienced issues. In visiting my local store, my friend(a sales rep), also confirmed that two days ago, he almost sold two LG optimus phones. Yet, because it had no removeable battery, They opted for the GalaxyS3 even though the specs where better on the LG.
Let's hope Samsung continues this trend. At 150-200 dollars for insurance deductables, who wants to spend that money when only two to three months within contract upgrade are near?
John B.
46. Jonathan41 posted on 02 Mar 2013, 23:12 0 2
You kind of went on your own thing there. The whole removable battery thing has never been that big of a deal to me.
I don't think that the HTC One is just some "Cool" gimmick. What make you feel that it is?
The Nexus 4 dosen't have a removable battery ether and I would call that phone a gimmick. I understand that removable batteries are a big deal to a lot of people but, after looking at iPhone and Nexus 4 sales it would be hard to argue that it's one of the most important things to the majority of costumers.
48. Slammer posted on 03 Mar 2013, 07:30 0 0
While I did post a statement of my opinion, it was not as my own. If you read other posts of mine and posts from other tech sites from many different people, this is potentially a huge deal.
I have owned HTC phones for 8 straight years with the Evo being my last device. As with the Evo, the USB charging port has suffered a premature fail on
4 of the six HTC's I've owned. Having a removable battery has allowed me and my wife (who has a Samsung) to nurse our phones until the contract is up. Paying top dollar for insurance deductable vs saving that money and nursing the phone for two more months until contract ends is a no brainer. Many of my friends and colleagues feel the same.
Like any normal wireless consumer, we don't generally have the money just to pay these claims or upgrade phones before contracts expire.
Also, I never called HTC out by name as a cool gimmick. I merely state that HTC and Apple few months back, have joined in on some pact together and suspiciously, we end up with HTC ignoring many concerns voiced by their long time supporters as myself. While removable batteries may not be a concerning factor to you, a high end handset shouldnt become a brick two to three months before contract ends.
Nexus4 sales haven't been exhuberant and Iphones are a socially different league over HTC. Wouldn't you agree? People overlook shortcomings when lusting for a product.
Should manufacturers be grooming us for what they feel our needs are or should we be grooming the manufacturer? I've been around the wireless business for 27 years. I welcome new technology and designs. But until the MicroUSB ports and batteries becomes more fail
safe, these handsets need to retain some consumer control for easy access. None of this 200 dollar crap just because the battery died early.
John B.
25. pyradark posted on 02 Mar 2013, 16:55 4 0
Xperia Z won at CES too, plus sales of this phone is doing very good!! Lets wait if htc can do that
20. Slammer posted on 02 Mar 2013, 16:09 2 0
And yet, I can't seem to be overly excited. I supported HTC for 8 Years. I loved their devices. But, they eliminated crucial elements that I require. It was a great run. Maybe I'll return when they re-implement what I desire out of a "Mobile" device. Because in reality, HTC always made a great product.
John B.
23. lubba posted on 02 Mar 2013, 16:46 1 5
Its bares iPhone resemblance. What can't you folks see!!!? I'm not downing this devices. I'm into blatant copies.
33. KFear posted on 02 Mar 2013, 17:54 2 1
We just want you to tell HOW to resembles the IPhone. I also agree that it doesn't resemble the iphone at all. Maybe the top and bottom of the face, but a lot of phones look like that. You can't comment and not explain yourself.
24. sithvenger (banned) posted on 02 Mar 2013, 16:50 0 2
It'll probably win phone of the year. Sweet device.
28. clark posted on 02 Mar 2013, 17:14 4 4
HTC fanboys don't be so proud of that achievement, just wait for Ga laxy S4 and that HTC One will lose its popularity so fast haha sorry HTC fanboys
34. androiddownsouth posted on 02 Mar 2013, 18:01 0 2
Maybe, maybe not. Only time will tell. You may indeed be right, but you might be wrong as well.
35. tha.fox posted on 02 Mar 2013, 18:07 0 4
I dont care if the majority of people think the s4 is better I will never go back to a AMOLED screen because the color is to off and Nature UI its hidious especially after having the DNA. All your statement shows is that most people are uneducated on all the phones to know the htc One is going to be better than the s4. Anyone who looks at a galaxy phone and looks at the HTC One or DNA and says galaxy looks better has to be stupid
36. Slammer posted on 02 Mar 2013, 18:29 1 0
I will give you some education on HTC phones.
I have exclusively owned HTC phones for 8 straight years. 4 out of 6 handsets suffered premature USB charging port failures outside the warranty period. Not the fault of HTC yet a fault that removable batteries have saved me from having to pay top dollar on insurance claims. I have been able to nurse the phone until the contract is up. It has allowed me to save that money and purchase another HTC product. One handset suffered total fail. Luckily, having a removable sd card, let me switch my important info to my back up phone with ease.
As of last week, I have decided to end my relationship with HTC and move to another brand that supports these options.
It is amazing how people come out of the woodworks to pump up HTC now as I leave due to the newly acquired arrogance of HTC. Many same concerns were brought to HTC's attention and yet they ignored them. No dought why their first one series failed.
Have you ever been caught on the road while on business trips only to have your phone become a brick due to dead, burned out battery? Thanks to Samsung, I have the peace of mind knowing I have control in the situation.
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40. Taters posted on 02 Mar 2013, 18:44 1 1
Please. The Galaxy S series have always been the superior handsets and I don't see that changing from what I have seen from sense 5 and the HTC One. HTC keeps making the same mistakes with change for the sake of change rather than trying to you know, actually improve the product and performance.
37. Taters posted on 02 Mar 2013, 18:32 1 4
The gsmarena preview says that the screen isn't that bright and the viewing angles aren't perfect. It looks like Sony isn't the only one that hasn't perfected the 1080p screen yet. It looks like it's up to Samsung or LG, again....
50. CanYouSeeTheLight posted on 03 Mar 2013, 07:47 0 1
Wow, your ignorance doesn't fail to amaze me. "The viewing angles are great, there's no shift in colors and only a slight contrast shift at extreme angles." Do you know what is a slight contrast shift? Also Samsung's screen at an angle if the background is white it turns to blue, how is that better than slight contrast shift? Don't even talk about LG they never had the better screens. Remember last year? When everyone praised the One X screen and many said it was the best screen on a mobile phone till date? And no the S3 failed to impress me because of the crosshatch.
55. Taters posted on 03 Mar 2013, 11:49 0 1
The Optimus G had the best screen by far for a handset in 2012. Also the Nexus 10 is far and away the best Samsung screen, so yeah, don't call other people ignorant when you are very guilty of it.
I was just repeating what gsmarena said, they said its not very bright and loses contrast when tilted. Go read it yourself. Don't shoot the messenger Mr HTC lover. Haha
56. CanYouSeeTheLight posted on 03 Mar 2013, 12:00 0 0
Oh, im ignorant? So why did GSMArena say this.
"The viewing angles are good thanks to the IPS+ tech, but not without some color shift and contrast loss"
"Sadly, the LG Optimus G screen is pretty reflective, which leads to a rather mediocre performance in strong sunlight."
So is that what you call the best screen in 2012? LMAO.
Some info that backs up my claims because unlike you i don't talk out of my a**.
"As you can see in the table below, the screen is pretty bright as well and its viewing angles are splendid - the icons look almost as if they are painted on the screen."
"Overall, the One X screen has no major weaknesses to speak of."
This is regarding the One X screen, a phone that came out half year before your beloved Optimus G.
Also why did you go and talk about a tablet when we were obviously talking about phones?
58. CanYouSeeTheLight posted on 03 Mar 2013, 12:07 0 0
Also a sentence from Engadget's Optimus G review regarding the "best screen by far for a handset in 2012": "It's definitely a top-notch display -- bright and crisp, with deep blacks and rich colors. Still, it falls short of HTC's gorgeous Super LCD 2 panel on the One X, which offers better viewing angles and remains the best screen on any phone we've ever used."
61. Taters posted on 03 Mar 2013, 14:47 0 1
haha I can see that the HTC fans are getting pretty butthurt. There there, it's okay. Once the HTC One fails again they might make some leeway with the HTC Two.
Don't worry though, Engadget will give it a great review. Everyone else might not though.
60. Taters posted on 03 Mar 2013, 14:44 0 1
You are ignorant aren't you? First, good viewing angles is not the greatest compliment. In this day and age, viewing angles should be great. You just have to look at those pictures posted side by side with the GS3 to see that the viewing angles on the HTC One are quite poor for 2013.
Secondly. I can find plenty of people who say the iphone 5, Optimus G, or whatever has the best screen but I don't need someone else to tell me what my eyes say. If you want though, I can dig up 3 or 4 articles including a scientific display mate article that says that the iphone 5 has the best screen. Guess who is that made by. That's right?! LG. Sorry HTC fan!
Third, Engadget consists of the most moronic HTC fan editors I have ever seen, I wouldn't take anything they say as evidence of anything. You would do well to follow my lead on that one.
If you would learn how to read. I said it looks like LG or Samsung will have to teach Sony and HTC how a 1080p screen is done. noticed I didn't say phone or mobile screen and even if I did say mobile, tablets screens would still apply. If you followed context properly like any with a brain, then you would realize that I am talking about the ability to make an amazing screen which doesn't exclude tablets. The technology is similar.
haha Treating Engadget like gospel, you are more pathetic than I thought.
64. CanYouSeeTheLight posted on 04 Mar 2013, 16:08 0 0
Not even worth to argue with you, if you did read my comment it was GSMARENA and ENGADGET not ENGADGET ONLY, do you delete the parts that don't matter to you? Also Apple's displays are not only made by LG, and they aren't calibrated by LG either and as a recent study showed Apple and HTC are the ones that calibrate better their screens, but i guess for you only your favorite brands are the ones that have good screens.


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By Patty Kruszewski, Citizen Managing Editor 07/15/11
Whatever else might be said about Union Major Gen. Benjamin F. Butler – once described as "militarily inept but politically well-connected" – he can hardly be accused of slacking in his preparations for the 1864 conflict that we know as the Battle of New Market Heights.
In the weeks leading up to the battle, Butler put together some 16 pages of instructions outlining his proposal to attack Confederate forces on the outskirts of Richmond.
Having observed Union failures in July and August to penetrate the defenses on the Confederate left, he devised a two-pronged surprise attack on the right and center, utilizing a new pontoon bridge that would supplement the bridge already in existence at Deep Bottom.
Butler also planned to enlarge the military role of the Army of the James' regiments of U.S. Colored Troops (USCT) during the assault.
For most of the war, black soldiers had been relegated to laborers who cooked and dug trenches. If they saw action, they were led by white officers, and were not permitted to gain commissions.
Butler, however, long an advocate of arming the black troops, had succeeded in his efforts in 1862 while supervising the occupation of New Orleans. And throughout the past winter, he had sent out scouting parties to recruit blacks who would bolster the ranks of the USCT.
Aware that black troops had fared badly in the recent Battle of the Crater, he attributed the disaster to bungled leadership and insisted that the blacks needed only a decent opportunity "to show their valor or staying power in action."
Meanwhile, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant was growing frustrated with efforts to punch through the Richmond defenses under the command of Gen. Robert E. Lee. So on Sept. 20, he sat down with Butler to hear his plan, and agreed that it might force Lee to redeploy troops north of the James, leaving vulnerable the supply lines to Petersburg – and perhaps even lead to the capture of Richmond.
On Sept. 28, Butler briefed his commanders with details of the plan, which included building a new pontoon bridge just hours before the attack. Two divisions would cross that bridge – which would be covered in manure to deaden the sound of troop movements – capture the Confederate Fort Harrison, destroy bridges, and head up Osborne Turnpike to Richmond. Meanwhile, USCT regiments under Brig. Gen. Charles Paine would be among the troops marching from Deep Bottom to storm New Market Heights and continue to Richmond on New Market Road.
Paine's black soldiers would lead the attack on New Market Heights because, in Butler's words, "I wanted to convince myself whether the negro troops will fight, and whether I can take with the negroes' a stronghold that had denied previous Union attack."
The events that followed, resulting in the award of 14 Medals of Honor to soldiers from the USCT, earn the Battle of New Market Heights the designation of No. 12 on the Citizen's list of the most significant events in Henrico history.
'A deadly hailstorm of bullets'
The USCT regiments and accompanying units were supposed to arrive at Bermuda Hundred a day before the attack to rest. But due to miscommunication, they did not begin arriving at the rendezvous point until 2 a.m. Sept. 29. Within a few hours, they would go into battle with no hot food and little or no rest.
The next day, USCT Sgt. Major Christian Fleetwood, a free black from Baltimore, wrote in his journal that he got his "first night's sleep since the 27th."
What's more, despite all the precautions, Union troop movements were hardly a secret any more. By 4 a.m., the Confederate defenders of New Market Heights were enjoying a hot breakfast and awaiting their attackers, securely ensconced behind multilayered breastworks reinforced with a double line of abatis, or piled-up sharpened logs.
As the USCT shouldered their weapons and prepared to march out from Deep Bottom, Butler rode through the ranks, urging the men to charge with the words 'Remember Fort Pillow' (the April battle in which surrendered black troops had been massacred by Confederate soldiers) in mind.
Butler ordered the first wave of attackers to advance without percussion caps on the locks of their rifles, believing that would prevent the inexperienced soldiers from pausing to fire and reload, and allow them to hear the officers issuing orders.
At about 5:30 a.m. the first musket fire was heard, as black troops drove back the advance pickets posted north of Kingsland Road.
From behind the earthworks, the Confederate defenders peered into the foggy, dimly-lit dawn, getting a bead on their targets but holding fire as a small brigade of the 4th and 6th USCT stumbled and splashed across the fields, ravines and marshy swamp surrounding Four Mile Creek. Word spread rapidly through the Confederate ranks that black troops were attacking, and pickets shouted, "N--gers, boys, n--gers" as those soldiers who did not get tangled in the abatis managed to scale the earthworks.
Within 40 minutes, almost before the sun was up, the first assault was over and the USCT brigade destroyed. As Fleetwood later wrote in his diary, "Charged with the 6th at daylight and got used up. Saved colors. . . When the charge was started, our Color guard was full; two sergeants and ten corporals. Only one of the 12 came off that field on his own feet. . . It was a deadly hailstorm of bullets sweeping men down as hail-stones sweep the leaves from trees. . . We struggled through two lines of abatis, a few getting through the palisades, but it was sheer madness. . .'
'They have fought most heroically'
Despite heavy casualties and the loss of most of their officers, black soldiers took up the colors and rallied the others to press forward in a second assault. Richmond native Sgt. Powhatan Beaty took command of his company after all the officers had been disabled. Corporal Miles James lost the use of his left arm (later amputated) but urged his troops on and continued loading and firing at the enemy with his right.
Other soldiers suffered multiple wounds but refused to leave the field.
When one color bearer went down, Sgt. Alfred Hilton, who was already carrying a flag, seized the second flag and continued forward.
He was soon wounded, but before either of the flags he was carrying could touch the ground, Fleetwood and another soldier ran forward to catch them. After 80 minutes of combat the USCT mounted the earthworks – by now abandoned by the Rebels except for a small rear guard. More than 800 black soldiers had been killed or wounded in the fight.
Although Confederate newspapers downplayed the Union victory – the Richmond Examiner scoffing, "The country will be surprised that so much noise had been made and so little damage done" – accounts of USCT heroism abounded in the Northern press.
Thomas Morris Chester, a black reporter for the Philadelphia Press, filed a report from Richmond later that week stating that Paine's division "had covered itself with glory, and wiped out effectively the imputation against the fighting qualities of colored troops."
And J.D. Pickens of the Texas Brigade later wrote, "I want to say in this connection that, in my opinion, no troops up to that time had fought us with move bravery than did those Negroes."
Four days after the battle, Butler reported to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, "My colored troops under General Paine. . . carried intrenchments at the point of a bayonet. . . It was most gallantly done, with most severe loss. Their praises are in the mouth of every officer in this army. Treated fairly and disciplined, they have fought most heroically."
Medals of Honor awarded
But Butler wanted more than mere acknowledgment of the sacrifices of the black soldiers. He had two choices: promotion in rank, or a medal that had been authorized by Congress in 1862 for bravery on the battlefield.
Although able to promote the USCT privates to sergeant, he was unable to offer promotions to the 10 men who were already sergeants. Surviving white officers of the 4th USCT petitioned the War Department to authorize lieutenant's bars for Fleetwood, but their request was denied.
That left the Medal of Honor, which required gathering recommendations from surviving regimental officers and forwarding a list to General Grant and, ultimately, the War Department. On April 6, 1865, the War Department finally came through, bestowing the Medal of Honor on 14 black veterans of New Market Heights.
All the recipients except Hilton, who died not long after the battle, continued to serve with their regiments until the war ended. In spite of losing his arm, Sgt. James asked to remain on active duty and was allowed to serve with the regimental provost guard. He went on to march with his company into Richmond on April 3, 1865 -- the only Medal of Honor recipient to reach the objective for which so many had sacrificed.
Fleetwood later helped to organize the Colored High School Cadet Corps in Washington, D.C., which established a high standard of military service for African American soldiers. In 1898, he offered his services to raise and equip a volunteer company of black soldiers and officers to fight in Cuba, but never heard back from the government. Fleetwood died in 1914, almost 50 years to the day after he won his Medal of Honor; his daughter later presented his medal to the Smithsonian Institution.
Just as Grant had anticipated, the fighting around New Market Heights (also known as Chaffin's Farm) helped the Union army south of Petersburg by forcing Lee to shift his resources further north. Between the two armies, however, the battle had cost nearly 5,000 casualties.
As for Butler, whose leadership at New Market Heights was termed by one historian as his "best performance of the war," all doubts had been put to rest.
"The capacity of the Negro race for soldiers," he later wrote regarding the Battle of New Market Heights, "had then and there been fully settled forever."
Mother, son work to raise funds for Make-A-Wish
By Kyla Coleman, Special to the Citizen 07/23/2017 FeaturesGeneral News
A mother and son duo raising money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Betsy Owen, Goochland County native, and her five year old son Israel have been making a difference in the Henrico community for two years. Owen works at Maggiano's Little Italy in Short Pump. Betsy and her fellow co-workers have split into teams to raise a total of $15,000 for Make-A-Wish. > Read more.
Eyes in the sky
By Patty Kruszewski, Citizen Managing Editor 07/21/2017 General NewsGovernment
Members of the Henrico Citizens Police Academy Alumni (pictured) got a rare peek at the "high" side of law enforcement recently, with a trip to the Metro Aviation Hangar adjacent to Richmond International Airport.
About 25 academy alumni gathered at the hangar July 11 to hear Officer Shaun McCarthy describe a typical day aloft - and some not so typical – in a Cessna owned by the Metro Aviation Unit. > Read more.
Rock on!
By Patty Kruszewski, Citizen Managing Editor 07/21/2017 FeaturesGeneral News
The painted rocks craze is thriving in Henrico, as a walk around the grounds of local libraries and parks will demonstrate. This rock was spotted near Libbie Mill Library, and there's a slideshow of many more uniquely-painted stones on the RVA Rocks Facebook page (https://facebook.com/groups/RVARocks/).
Painting and hiding rocks is a family activity appropriate for all ages, and parents especially like the way it fosters creativity and gets kids outdoors. > Read more.
Goochland man arrested at RIC with gun
Citizen Staff Reports 07/20/2017 General NewsPublic Safety
A Goochland County man was arrested at Richmond International Airport July 19 after Transportation Security Administration officers found a loaded semi-automatic handgun in the traveler's carry-on bag.
A TSA officer detected the 9 mm caliber handgun inside the man's carry-on bag as it entered the security checkpoint X-ray machine. The handgun was loaded with 12 bullets. > Read more.
Kansas man struck, killed while crossing West Broad Street
Citizen Staff Reports 07/20/2017 General NewsPublic Safety
A 54-year-old Kansas man was struck and killed by a car while attempting to cross West Broad Street near Bethlehem Road in the Near West End at about 10:30 p.m., July 19.
Julius A. McBride of Overland Park, Kansas, was struck by a car traveling east on West Broad Street. > Read more.
Julius A. McBride of Overland Park, Kansas, was struck by a car traveling east on West Broad Street. > Read more.
Kansas man struck, killed while crossing West Broad Street
Henrico Police warn citizens to 'Take it, Lock it or Lose it'
Glover to be inducted posthumously into Babe Ruth Hall of Fame
Rolls-Royce supplier lands in Henrico
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(Cleveland) - With the Indians fighting to get into the playoffs, the quest for the post season has generated a lot of interest in the Wahoo Club.
The 51 year old booster organization is seeing a big increase in membership requests, and Wahoo club President Bob Rosen expects that to continue if the Tribe goes deep into the playoffs.
Rosen reports they are even gaining members worldwide. Rosen says there are a lot of west coast residents on their roster, but they also have members in England, Germany, Israel and Canada.
Rosen explains that many are former Clevelanders who want to remain in touch with the team, but you don't have to be an out-of-towner to join the Wahoo Club.
He tells the Newsradio WTAM 1100, the club is for true Indians fans who stick with the team whether they are winning or losing. Rosen says they have numerous trips, events where players meet and greet luncheons, as well as public service projects.
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LOS ANGELES -- Three months after a triumphant rock concert at the Hollywood Bowl that might have been Aerosmith's finest moment in the Boston's band 42-year career, Steven Tyler and Co. were back in the saddle Monday at Staples Center for another sold-out show in the second leg of the Global Warming Tour.
At Staples, Aerosmith continued doing all the great things from the first stop -- lots of energy, a fast-paced set featuring a catalogue of old classics, plus some participation from surprise guests -- in addition to infusing the set with more of the newer, MTV hits like "Jaded" and "Dude Looks Like A Lady."
The band is more popular than ever these days, not just from the long string of radio hits and world tours but of course because Mr. Tyler was an American Idol judge for a season. There was a good crowd mix that included a wide demographic but more women than men -- plus Kiss' Gene Simmons milling about.
The lights went down and the place went crazy. Tyler and his co-star, guitarist Joe Perry, did a little walk this way to the middle of the arena via a ramp stretching from center stage, and there they tore their way through "Toys in the Attic," "Love in an Elevator" and "Jaded."
Tyler is 64 and Perry is 62, yet they're both in great shape, and they were dressed in fancy rock-star garb, as Tyler took the stage in a white, floor-length coat with matching pants, hat and sunglasses, and Perry, wearing a black hat, was adorned in a European-style blazer accented by flowing scarves.
Fellow guitarist Brad Whitford, bassist Tom Hamilton and drummer Joey Kramer were giving it all they had, and well-executed hits kept coming with "Livin' on the Edge," "Last Child" and "Rag Doll."
Then, Johnny Depp strapped on a guitar and joined the proceedings -- just like at the Bowl show -- and Aerosmith soon broke into a rendition of the Beatles' classic "Come Together," and everyone in the crowd was standing and pumping their fists and singing along, as the light show kept flashing along while a video projector rolled live footage on a big screen behind them.
These days, you can check online for the set lists of countdown shows, but Aerosmith mixed it up this time -- "Mama Kin" is usually first but was held unto the end, and there were a few other surprises -- and the pacing was mostly fast and furious, with the obligatory guitar and drum solos not quite as drawn out as last time.
"Walk This Way" was a big favorite with its unforgettable guitar riff and bouncy lyrics. Just copying the words down is fun enough, but when prancing Tyler sings them, it's just a blast:
Seesaw swingin' with the boys in the school and your feet flyin' up in the air/
Singin' "Hey diddle diddle" with your kitty in the middle of the swing like you didn't care/
So I took a big chance at the high school dance with a missy who was ready to play/
Wasn't me she was foolin' 'cause she knew what she was doin' and I knowed love was here to stay when she told me to walk this way
In pop music, some things are meant to be, and "Walk This Way" was a hit single waiting to happen.
Aerosmith took a 10-minute break before returning for an encore, coming forth with "Dream On," as Tyler's grand piano rose from the trap-door surrounding by clouds of billowing white fog. The eternally young singer with jeweled earrings and feathers in his hair hit all the high notes, amazingly, and Perry got so caught up in the moment that he jumped onto the piano and played along without missing a beat.
Then another surprise. Izzy Stradlin from Guns N' Roses joined in on guitar for a rousing version of "Mama Kin" to put an exclamation point on the proceedings.
Cheap Trick opened. The Chicago band has been around nearly as long as Aerosmith -- singer Robin Zander is 59, and goofball guitarist Rick Nielsen is 63 -- but they'll always have an audience playing their classics like "I Want You to Want Me," "Dream Police" and, of course, "Surrender" with its catch line "Mama told me, yes she told me, I'd meet girls you."
On this go, the group played a few more obscure songs than usual, and Aerosmith's Whitford joined in for "Surrender" though no one bothered to mention his name.
The bad part was leaving out "The Flame," Cheap Trick's only No. 1 single. They also didn't play "Don't Be Cruel," their second-biggest hit that reached No. 5, along with "Ain't That a Shame," 'Tonight It's You" and other usual crowd favorites.