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The photo is digitally optimized by myself, after my feelings.
This photo is made in Romania in 2018.
Equipment I used: Nikon D5200 + Nikon 18-55mm.
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The dimensions of the artwork are: 45 cm x 30 cm.
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Photograph by Andrei Balau
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we are having an argument: who, according to the prophecy, brought balance to the force? thanks
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I moved this to one of the areas it's more appropriate in... In this case, the E3 area, but it coulda gone to the classic trilogy too. Either way I'm leaving it here for anyone to participate if they want. I'm also going to edit the title so it just makes more sense to those browsing this area and they stop in if they want to.
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I kinda think that the Jedi knew of the prophecy of finding the one who would "Bring Balance to the Force," but I don't think they knew exactly what it meant. In fact, I think Yoda said something to the effect of "misread the prophecy may have been." The Jedi thought that Anakin would make everything right. However...
I kinda think of it literally as a "balance" scale. What did we wind up with when all was said and done? 2 force users left on each side: Anakin and Palps on the dark side, and Obi Wan and Yoda on the light side. Balanced, 2 and 2. Balance was brought to the force all right. Before the balance, it was about 300 on the light side, vs. 2 on the dark side.
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I have never felt that the prophecy of bringing balance to the force literally meant an equal number of Sith and Jedi. Granted, Yoda and Mace Windu weren't sure what it meant either. Mace touches on it in the ROTS novelization when he talks about (I am paraphrasing here) the fact that for more than a millennium there have been hundreds of thousands of Jedi feeding the light with their deeds of justice, peace and love, whereas at the same time there has always only been 2 Sith. Jedi create light, but the Sith don't create darkness. They merely use the darkness that is natural to us all and feed off of that. The disproportion isn't in the number of Jedi and Sith, it is in the fact that greed, jealousy, aggression, lust and fear are all natural and quicker for sentinent beings.
More directly: Anakin fulfilled his destiny, bringing balance to the Force, when he killed Palpatine. Yet the Jedi still remained by way of Luke. At the time Jedi: 1 Sith: 0
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That's what I don't like about the prophecy either- in the end the jedi have all the power-there is NO balance. However if you look at it..the dark side did grow stronger with the addition of vader/annakin. If you look at the "balance term" in terms of power not numbers then I believe annakin's addition to the dark side balanced the force in good,evil. Prior to this things appeared lopsided for good.
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thanks alot for the input. We had about a 2 hour discussion that nearly mirrors the replies here.
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I think on Disc 2 of the ROTS DVD there is a featurette called "The Chosen One"
Lucas spells out the prophecy and the fact that Anakin is indeed the Bringer of Balance and The Chosen One
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Vader destroys both the Jedi and the Sith, bringing the force back into balance. You could argue it was out of balance because the Jedi became too set in their ways and position of power (to the point they failed to recognize the dark side lurking right under their nose...) and you could argue that the dark side had completely overwhelmed the light side, regardless of the numbers. Palpy obviously had the ability to not only take down the most powerful force users (Yoda, Mace) he was also able to cloud their perception of the force, and disguise his identity, for decades.
That's my take, but I also think Lucas' concept of the prophecy is muddled, so it's up for grabs.
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Two definitions of balance I think bring an interesting insight into what it means to bring balance to the force:
1. The power or means to decide
2. Something that is left over; a remainder
At the time of the destruction of the Jedi, I do not think that most Jedi had the power or means to decide how they acted with the force. The Jedi code vastly influenced the Jedi, and if you went with the code vs going with the force, you got labeled. We see this with Qui Gon.
Second, Anakin as the Chosen One, is allowed the power or means to decide which side, Sith or Jedi, ultimately wins.
Finally, in the end, it is the Jedi that are leftover and thus "balance" according to the definition is achieved. Anyway, just a few late night thougths that are not probably worth much.
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I think you're onto something Blackdog. I was initially thinking the force being balanced just wasn't jedi, but good and evil, regardless of status with the force. Then I was thinking, Anakin destoyed both the Jedi and the Sith (save Luke.) So perhaps that's what is meant, regardless of good and evil status. When there was too much good, the Jedi, he destroyed that and then eventually destoyed the excess balance of evil, the Sith.
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Yeah, it isn't about numbers of users on each side. I like to consider the "there are only two" thing to mean that there are only to sith lords. That allows for much dark jedi types in the timeline. Being an entire galaxy, it just never made sense that only two could hide out in it. Sorry for shifting the topic somewhat. heh
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My thoughts on this, is that Anakin did bring balance, but not in the expected way. If you think about it, the jedi held power for 10,000 years after the great jedi vs sith war. Now take that into account and the fact that it takes longer to create than destroy and also the fact that jedi gain power slower but once they reach their absolute full potential, they are more powerful than the sith will ever be (NJO's Jacen Solo is an example).
So the jedi have been in charge for eons, and the sith are in hiding to gain power through deception and murder. Not much balance there at all. Now in comes the chosen one, expected to destroy the sith. What if the prophecy ment for him to destroy the jedi to balance the equation in terms of what is achieved in the galaxy and how the lives in it are affected.
For instance, 10,000 years of creation by the jedi, destroyed by 30-40 years of sith rule, and it is still challanged after Luke sets up the academy. My idea is that the balance is not really between the orders (Jedi/Sith) but of the lives affected by who's the strongest. The cycle of life and death, despair and hope.
Follow me on this one, Jedi/Sith war, then Republic/Jedi Rule, Empire/Sith Rule, New Republic/Jedi, Emperor Reborn, New Republic again-peace with Imperial Remant, Yuuzan Vong invasion, Galactic Alliance, DarK Nest trilogy, Whatever happens In the new Legacy series.
See the pattern?. The continuing cycle of life and death. One can argue that Anakin fullfilled his destiny of bringing balance to the force by having Luke and Leia with Padme. Which in turns leads to the continuance of the Skywalker line and they are the ones that fight off the reccurance of the darkside (evil) in all of these events.
This is my idea of the prophecy LMK what you guys think.
Palpatine:Lord Vader
Vader:Master, my suit chafes
Palps:Do you use Darkside
Vader:Yes master
Palps:In time you will learn the true power of the darkside
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Only three men have ever won double VCs, and the other two were medical officers: Col A Martin-Leake, who received the decoration in the Boer War and the First World War; and Capt N G Chavasse, who was killed in France in 1917. Chavasse's family was related to Upham's.
For all his remarkable exploits on the battlefield, Upham was a shy and modest man, embarrassed when asked about the actions he had been decorated for. "The military honours bestowed on me," he said, "are the property of the men of my unit."
In a television interview in 1983 he said he would have been happier not to have been awarded a VC at all, as it made people expect too much of him. "I don't want to be treated differently from any other bastard," he insisted.
When King George VI was conferring Upham's second VC he asked Maj-Gen Sir Howard Kippenberger, his commanding officer: "Does he deserve it?"
"In my respectful opinion, Sir," replied Kippenberger, "Upham won this VC several times over."
A great-great nephew of William Hazlitt, and the son of a British lawyer who practised in New Zealand, Charles Hazlitt Upham was born in Christchurch on Sept 21 1908.
Upham was educated at the Waihi Preparatory School, Christ's College and Canterbury Agricultural College, which he represented at rugby and rowing.
He then spent six years as a farm manager, musterer and shepherd, before becoming a government valuer in 1937.
In 1939 he volunteered for the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force as a private in the 20th Battalion and became a sergeant in the first echelon advance party. Commissioned in 1940, he went on to serve in Greece, Crete and the Western Desert.
Upham won his first VC on Crete in May 1941, commanding a platoon in the battle for Maleme airfield. During the course of an advance of 3,000 yards his platoon was held up three times. Carrying a bag of grenades (his favourite weapon), Upham first attacked a German machine-gun nest, killing eight paratroopers, then destroyed another which had been set up in a house. Finally he crawled to within 15 yards of a Bofors anti-aircraft gun before knocking it out.
When the advance had been completed he helped carry a wounded man to safety in full view of the enemy, and then ran half a mile under fire to save a company from being cut off. Two Germans who tried to stop him were killed.
The next day Upham was wounded in the shoulder by a mortar burst and hit in the foot by a bullet. Undeterred, he continued fighting and, with his arm in a sling, hobbled about in the open to draw enemy fire and enable their gun positions to be spotted.
With his unwounded arm he propped his rifle in the fork of a tree and killed two approaching Germans; the second was so close that he fell on the muzzle of Upham's rifle.
During the retreat from Crete, Upham succumbed to dysentery and could not eat properly. The effect of this and his wounds made him look like a walking skeleton, his commanding officer noted. Nevertheless he found the strength to climb the side of a 600 ft deep ravine and use a Bren gun on a group of advancing Germans.
At a range of 500 yards he killed 22 out of 50. His subsequent VC citation recorded that he had "performed a series of remarkable exploits, showing outstanding leadership, tactical skill and utter indifference to danger". Even under the hottest fire, Upham never wore a steel helmet, explaining that he could never find one to fit him.
His second VC was earned on July 15 1942, when the New Zealanders were concluding a desperate defence of the Ruweisat ridge in the 1st Battle of Alamein. Upham ran forward through a position swept by machine-gun fire and lobbed grenades into a truck full of German soldiers.
When it became urgently necessary to take information to advance units which had become separated, Upham took a Jeep on which a captured German machine-gun was mounted and drove it through the enemy position.
At one point the vehicle became bogged down in the sand, so Upham coolly ordered some nearby Italian soldiers to push it free. Though they were somewhat surprised to be given an order by one of the enemy, Upham's expression left them in no doubt that he should be obeyed.
By now Upham had been wounded, but not badly enough to prevent him leading an attack on an enemy strong-point, all the occupants of which were then bayoneted. He was shot in the elbow, and his arm was broken. The New Zealanders were surrounded and outnumbered, but Upham carried on directing fire until he was wounded in the legs and could no longer walk.
Taken prisoner, he proved such a difficult customer that in 1944 he was confined in Colditz Castle, where he remained for the rest of the war. His comments on Germans were always sulphurous.
For his actions at Ruweisat he was awarded a Bar to his VC. His citation noted that "his complete indifference to danger and his personal bravery have become a byword in the whole of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force".
After his release from Colditz in 1945 Upham went to England and inquired about the whereabouts of one Mary ("Molly") McTamney, from Dunedin. Told that she was a Red Cross nurse in Germany, he was prepared, for her sake, to return to that detested country. In the event she came to England, where they were married in June 1945.
Back in New Zealand, Upham resisted invitations to take up politics. In appreciation of his heroism the sum of £10,000 was raised to buy him a farm. He appreciated the tribute, but declined the money, which was used to endow the Charles Upham Scholarship Fund to send sons of ex-servicemen to university.
Fiercely determined to avoid all publicity, Upham at first refused to return to Britain for a victory parade in 1946, and only acceded at the request of New Zealand's Prime Minister.
Four years later he resisted even the Prime Minister's persuasion that he should go to Greece to attend the opening of a memorial for the Australians and New Zealanders who had died there – although he eventually went at Kippenberger's request.
In 1946, Upham bought a farm at Rafa Downs, some 100 miles north of Christchurch beneath the Kaikoura Mountains, where he had worked before the war. There he found the anonymity he desired.
In 1962, he was persuaded to denounce the British government's attempt to enter the Common Market: "Britain will gradually be pulled down and down," Upham admonished, "and the whole English way of life will be in danger." He reiterated the point in 1971: "Your politicians have made money their god, but what they are buying is disaster."
He added: "They'll cheat you yet, those Germans."
Upham and his wife had three daughters, including twins.
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Thingiverse is an online community for 3D printers to share ideas and blueprints of various objects people can create at home. It's a neat place to learn more about getting creative with your 3D printer… that is until Thingiverse user HaveBlue declared that he has completed a project that could print a working semi-automatic rifle capable of firing at least 200 rounds without fail.
According to Popular Science, HaveBlue 3D-printed a 0.22 caliber pistol which he adapted from an AR-15 rifle model. The item only cost him $30 worth of ABS plastic to complete. Though the prototype works, HaveBlue states that more modifications are still necessary thanks to existing feed and extraction issues. But the fact that anyone could download the blueprint and attempt to create their own weapon at home makes us more than a little nervous.
"Everything ran just as it should, magazine after magazine," HaveBlue describes in a blog post of his printed rifle. "To be honest, it was acting more reliably than a number of other .22 pistols I've shot."
Of course, anxiety aside, this is a rather remarkable breakthrough for 3D printing. The ability to create functioning weapons at a lower cost could mean more economical weapon production in the future — it's just a matter of making sure the blueprint do not fall in the wrong hands. Although HaveBlue's design is widely available on Thingiverse (at least for the time being), the site did post a blog back last October asking users whether they feel comfortable having weapon designs available. Indeed, tons of weapons can be 3D-printed other than guns, including claw knuckles, Shurikens, and an anime-style dagger knife. Since HaveBlue's design remains on the site, perhaps Thingiverse has yet to modify the Terms of Service. Pop Sci is reporting that the site has decided to not only discourage weapon design posts but ban them entirely, so we could see the changes take place very soon.
CORRECTIONS: The AR-15 model was not entirely printed with a 3D printer, only a piece of the material was created with plastic (as shown in the second photo). Only the lower receiver was printed by HaveBlue, not the pistol itself. I regret the error of insinuating a fully operational gun could be wholly produced from home. I must note, however, from the words of HaveBlue himself:
"Being able to make a firearm at home is nothing new – in fact, folding a receiver for an AK-47 is a very simple project that requires nothing more than hand tools. The process of 3D printing a receiver is simply using a different type of machine than in the past, nothing more. Just as with a firearm, the responsibility for the machine's usage lies with the operator, not the device itself."
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Schroders weather forecast: mixed outlook for bonds – March 2015
Philippe Lespinard forecasts a mixed outlook for bond markets across the globe.
European bonds – Forecast: Sunshine
The sun is shining on the European bond markets. It is still an environment where economic growth is subdued, inflation is very low - close to zero - and we are still in an environment where fiscal policy has to adapt to the new reality. Lastly, the European Central Bank is launching an asset purchase programme which should provide support for the bond market as it will buy vast amounts of government bonds every month.
US bonds – Forecast: Rain
We are less positive in the US, where economic growth is much stronger. The labour market is tightening visibly with the unemployment rate falling to 6% or even forecast to fall below, and while inflation is subdued the fall in oil price is helping consumers. Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve is looking to normalise interest rates in the spring pushing rates towards the 2% mark.
Emerging markets debt – Forecast: Overcast
Energy-producing countries are being hampered by the fall in energy prices, but others such as India and Indonesia are finding it beneficial. Expect a blend of weather conditions for the rest of the world in 2015.


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Every Friday, I'm going to recap some of the brightest art projects online. The only requirements: they have to be about art, and they have to be online. Some of it's art, some of it's not. This week, we discuss a smartphone gallery, an endless parlour game played out on Tumblr, and a new episode of PBS' Off Book.
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On a stifling hot March evening in Kumasi, Ghana's second largest city, I joined Peace Corps volunteers David Kalpakchian and Hannah Braun and Ghanaian volunteers to hand out and hang up insecticide-treated nets (ITN). We know that insecticide-treated nets are a highly effective way to protect people from malaria infection. Because of this, Ghana is working to achieve "universal" coverage, meaning one ITN is available for every two people. This effort is important to the kayayei and other groups whose socioeconomic and transient status make them much less likely to have access to ITNs.
Malaria does not threaten boys and girls in the United States, but in Ghana and across Africa, the lives of could-be future presidents, scientists and nurses are lost prematurely, and their hope for making an impact on the world is greatly diminished. In Ghana, where malaria is a leading cause of mortality, 1 in 12 children does not reach his fifth birthday. No child should have to fear death from a mosquito bite.
As we slipped down the cramped side streets and alleys of Kumasi, I recalled being sick with fever as a kid in Da Lat in the south-central highlands of Vietnam where my parents were missionaries. I consider myself lucky to have slept under the protection of a bed net and to have had access to medicine when I fell ill with malaria.
We came upon a small one-room home with plastic bags covering windows to prevent mosquitoes from entering. Inside we found 12 kayayei women sharing a hot and crowded space. Kayayei are low-wage workers who carry food, hardware and other items on their heads. These young women left their homes in the north in search of better economic opportunity. But without skills, homes or family in the city, many struggle to survive and resort to sleeping on the street in makeshift structures.
When we finished hanging nets over sleeping spaces, the women laughed, cheered and danced in celebration, grateful for our small gesture and comforted by the cooling breeze that came into their room once they removed the plastic from the windows.
Distributing nets with David and Hannah, who live and work side-by-side with local populations, reminded me that America is a force for good in the world. From the Peace Corps and faith- and community-based groups to the men and women in our military and USAID and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff, Americans are finding local solutions to complex problems, and improving millions of lives in the process.
Development programs, like those that work to prevent malaria, are a moral, strategic and economic imperative for the United States. The sustained bipartisan support for global health in the U.S. Congress over two administrations is a testament to the fact that we have been able to demonstrate an incredible return on investment for every dollar spent on saving lives and improving opportunity.
The health of a nation, especially the health of its children, is the foundation upon which economies are able to grow, and markets for U.S. products are strengthened.
Malaria interventions continue to be one of the best investments in global health, and it is vitally important that we sustain our momentum in support of a virtuous cycle. Children free of malaria are healthier. Healthy children decrease family size. A smaller family does not have to spread already scarce resources as thin.
Thus, these children receive better nutrition, better education and better opportunities. When those children grow up, they pass the benefits on to the next generation. Fighting malaria starts with ensuring every child sees his or her fifth birthday and nurturing this virtuous cycle.
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I've often asked myself what makes someone an addict. In my life, I have encountered, at close range, situations and experiences that are the direct result of addiction. Most often, I have chosen to deal with these times from a western analytical perspective trying to understand the familial history, the life circumstances, past traumas, and the need for escape, then finally falling back on reactions that seem only to perpetuate the problems. Driven by fear, anger, and avoidance, addicts are people with an extreme imbalance. We may have many labels for the cause, but what all addicts are seeking is the same as so many of us on the yogic path: Balance and a sense of harmony with life.
What spurs a person to addiction is as varied as the addictions themselves, but when viewed from a yogic perspective, much of the underlying source is the same. The gunas in yoga are the qualities which exert influence over the mind. We've all got them, and most of the time we are all working with them in one way or another. Rajas is the guna of activation and stimulation. In today's world we are surrounded by stimulation, the examples of which are truly too numerous to mention. Our world today is chaotic and intense, the definition of a rajas imbalance. Tamas is the guna of inertia and in imbalance can create stagnation. Then there is the glory guna, sattva. Sattva is characterized by balance, and as one teacher called it, transcendence. In one way or another we are all striving to reach a sattvic state by seeking balance in rajas and tamas. When that desire to find balance causes some to turn outside of themselves, the slope can be slippery. The substance that one day may bring fleeting release or respite may, if left unchecked, turn into an obsession and compulsion that feeds the imbalances they were trying to correct.
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These imbalances in the gunas coupled with life complications and difficulties are, in the yogic view, the source of addiction. To diffuse these "demons," addicts are often required to look within to find answers. In these cases, looking within can be the most beneficial and yet most frightening thing they could do. Fortunately, most of the yogic practices are stepping stones on a path of self awareness and understanding. When approached compassionately and empathetically, yoga can provide a touchstone to facilitate the release of the stronghold of addiction. The path of recovery is arduous, but the sage Patanjali laid out a path thousands of years ago, which provides clear steps to achieving this balance, to finding sattva.
Through the practice of the first two limbs of Ashtanga Yoga, yamas and niyamas, addicts are offered direction and clarity of mind. The last niyama, Ishvarapranidhana, or surrender to god, is actually the first step in AA, "let go and let god." Most of the other observances and restraints are also essential steps to recovery from addiction. Through the practice of ahimsa, non-harming, addicts begin to practice compassion and love for themselves and those around them. In observing truthfulness, or satya, they work to maintain honesty in all actions and relationships. Aparigraha, non grasping, teaches them to relinquish that which feeds their addiction, and saucha or purity encourages cleansing the body and mind of all toxins. The path of recovery is also marked by the niyama of Tapas, the fueling of the inner fire of purification and austerity. In addition to these, the limbs of asana and pranayama work to purify and detoxify the body and mind, encourage deep relaxation and awareness, and bring the practitioner back into balance, sattva.
A new studio in Salt Lake City has recently opened to address this path to recovery. The studio is located in a part of town that helps to lift the stigma of the middle class yoga fad, across the street from a tattoo parlor and next door to a bar, and is staffed with yoga instructors who have an understanding of the struggles of addiction, some intimately. Using this awareness, the instructors work both in the studio and in the community to compassionately and empathetically use yoga as a support to recovery. As one former addict turned yoga teacher said, "[The] demons may never stop calling, but through yoga, they may become a little harder to hear."
As someone who practices yoga every day and feels the benefits in my life whose rajas revolves around children and responsibilities and whose tamas is mostly related to exhaustion, I have seen how the power of yoga can affect even the most difficult situations. If yoga has helped you through difficult situations like addiction, I would love to hear your insights.
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First it was the soccer moms in their minivans, then it was all those hockey moms (known for their ability to distinguish themselves from pitbulls by wearing lipstick), and, of course, we must not forget about NASCAR Dads. Now it seems the next big thing in political polling is Walmart moms. Ugh, seriously? Yes, if you believe a series of focus groups conducted this week. Here's the main thing to know about these ladies: they shop at Walmart! And they have kids at home. Apparently they make up about 15% of the electorate, and, according to pollsters who conducted the focus groups, "As a whole they are about two-thirds white, mostly under the age of 44 and fairly evenly split between Republicans and Democrats. About half make less than $50,000 a year."
What, pray tell, can this special subset of value-loving American women reveal about the political future of our nation? So far one of the pollsters says they have some good news for President Obama: "These voters don't seem like they have given up on Obama. They are losing patience with Washington, but it seemed like Obama doesn't come out that bad." They're definitely fed up with Congress being so darn slow. One of the Walmart moms, Kimberly from Florida, had this to say: "It takes forever to get things passed. We're waiting and we're waiting and we're waiting." Yeah, well when you're used to Walmart, Washington probably does seem inefficient. Probably it would help if Congress got some people on their registers and opened a few more check-out lanes.


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'''Willard Mitt Romney''', most popularly known as '''Mitt Romney''', (born March 12, 1947) is former governor of [[Massachusetts]]and a successful U.S. businessman, and the [[2012 Republican Primary|Republican nominee]] for the [[Presidential Election 2012]]. .
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for the nomination in . In 1994, Mitt Romney proved to be the most difficult challenger that incumbent Senator [[Ted Kennedy]] of Massachusetts ever faced for reelection, causing Kennedy to pour far more money into the race than he expected.<ref>[http://archive.newsmax.com/romney/ Romney to the Rescue: Mitt Romney's Got the Right Stuff for 2008] Kessler, Ronald, newsmax.com archives, retrieved April 27, 2012</ref>
Romney leads Obama among many key segments of the electorate: "Romney leads [[Barack Obama|Obama]] 58%-34% among [[veteran]]s, who make up about 13% of the [[electorate]]" and influence many other voters.<ref>http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/05/gallup-romney-tops-obama-with-veterans/1</ref> One national poll showed Romney with a 7-point lead over [[Obama]], 50-43%, in early May.<ref>http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/polls/226943-poll-romney-opens-up-big-lead-nationally</ref> Other polls show different results,<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_romney_vs_obama-1171.html</ref> in swing states like Ohio,<ref> http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/oh/ohio_romney_vs_obama-1860.html </ref> Virginia<ref> http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/va/virginia_romney_vs_obama-1774.html </ref> and Wisconsin.<ref> http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/wi/wisconsin_romney_vs_obama-1871.html </ref>
Romney leads Obama among many key segments of the electorate: "Romney leads [[Barack Obama|Obama]] 58%-34% among [[veteran]]s, who make up about 13% of the [[electorate]]" and influence many other voters.<ref>http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/05/gallup-romney-tops-obama-with-veterans/1</ref> One national poll showed Romney with a 7-point lead over [[Obama]], 50-43%, in early May.<ref>http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/polls/226943-poll-romney-opens-up-big-lead-nationally</ref> Other polls show different results,<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_romney_vs_obama-1171.html</ref> in swing states like Ohio,<ref> http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/oh/ohio_romney_vs_obama-1860.html </ref> Virginia<ref> http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/va/virginia_romney_vs_obama-1774.html </ref> and Wisconsin.<ref> http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/wi/wisconsin_romney_vs_obama-1871.html </ref>
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Willard Mitt Romney, most popularly known as Mitt Romney, (born March 12, 1947) is the former governor of Massachusetts, and a successful U.S. businessman, and the Republican nominee for the Presidential Election 2012. Romney is favored by most voters on economic issues.
According to CNN, Romney won by a margin of 67-25% the first presidential debate against liberal Barack Obama.
He was first runner-up for the nomination in 2008. In 1994, Mitt Romney proved to be the most difficult challenger that incumbent Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts ever faced for reelection, causing Kennedy to pour far more money into the race than he expected.[1]
Romney leads Obama among many key segments of the electorate: "Romney leads Obama 58%-34% among veterans, who make up about 13% of the electorate" and influence many other voters.[2] One national poll showed Romney with a 7-point lead over Obama, 50-43%, in early May.[3] Other polls show different results,[4] in swing states like Ohio,[5] Virginia[6] and Wisconsin.[7]
Before entering politics Romney was a businessman in Boston, having served as CEO of Bain Capital, a management consulting firm known for saving American companies. [8] His political start began during the financially unsteady 2002 Winter Olympics. He gained popularity in Massachusetts, a state known for being extremely liberal, and was elected governor in 2002. As governor he raised taxes several times. He unashamedly admits creating RomneyCare, which is a complete disaster and forces everyone to buy health insurance and has resulted in long delays for obtaining medical services, such as an ordinary physical, in that state. Ted Kennedy and other liberals supported the bill and probably wrote key parts of it. Romney declined to run for reelection and announced his candidacy for President.
During his campaign for the Republican nomination in 2008, Romney was widely but incorrectly supported as a staunch conservative and ran on his business experience in the private sector. Romney fought a rough battle against Senator John McCain in Florida, Michigan, and other key states, but large losses on the Super Tuesday primaries ended his campaign. Romney dropped out of the race and endorsed Senator John McCain on February 14, 2008. His name was circulated as a potential running mate for McCain as their relationship improved, though Sarah Palin eventually became the vice-president nominee.
Romney had supported many far left positions: Romney had a pro-abortion record but is firmly pro-life today; Romney also continues to believe in liberal propaganda claiming global warming; Romney has been criticized for standing behind his 2005 health care plan in Massachusetts, which featured an 'individual mandate' requiring everyone to purchase health insurance. This plan is very similar to the 2010 ObamaCare bill that was adopted on a national level, and Obama claims Romney's people helped craft it.
Flip Flopping
Romney's inconsistent track record on issues such as abortion and gay marriage has gotten to the point where he has gotten the nickname Multiple Choice Mitt. A man dressed as a dolphin calling himself Flipper has appeared at some recent conservative gatherings to bring attention to Romney's inconsistent stands on abortion and gay marriage. Although Romney now identifies himself as pro-life and anti-same sex marriage, he claimed to be pro choice and supported same-sex rights as late as 2002. These swaps coupled with his Mormon affiliation puts him at odds with much of the Evangelical right, but a PollingReport.com chart from September 2007 indicates that Mitt was still polling at approximately 10% within the GOP primary forecasts.
- Mitt Romney also changed his positions on gun control. He was originally for it, but recently joined the National Rifle Association, an organization opposed to it.
- Following the split of the first three major elections in the 2008 primaries, Ron Kaufman, a top adviser to Romney, stated that the battle between the top three candidates "is going to be like the Bataan Death March."
- Romney changed his position on immigration shortly before the 2012 Presidential Election. He originally supported amnesty for certain illegals and moratoriums on criminal prosecution for drug dealing by illegal immigrants. It is possible that Romney is trying to erode President Obama's support in the Latin community in places like Nevada, where immigration is a hot-button issue and Obama's victory in 2008 was by only a few percentage points.
The Bataan Death March resulted in the death of approximately 9,000 prisoners of war during World War II, and has been labeled as a war crime.
Personal Life
Romney is the scion of an old Mormon family. His grandparents were polygamists who fled the United States in the early 20th century when the Mormon Church repudiated polygamy; his father was born in Mexico. The Romneys returned to the U.S. in 1911 when a violent civil war broke out in Mexico.
Mitt Romney is a devout member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and spent time as a missionary during his youth converting Catholics and agnostics to Mormonism in France. In fact, his time as a student and missionary helped him defer from military service during the Vietnam draft,[9] but he stated during interviews that "he had longed to join the soldiers in Vietnam and support the war effort." His father had stated in 1967 that he felt "brainwashed" by U.S. officials over the justification of the prolonged Vietnam war. This statement had been very costly in George Romney's 1968 campaign for president against Richard Nixon.
Romney claims to maintains a stable marriage with his wife Ann, with whom he has five children.
Romney is the son of former Michigan governor and presidential candidate George Romney, a "Rockefeller Republican,"[10] who amassed a large fortune as an automobile industry magnate during World War II. George Romney was popular among moderates during his presidential run and was well-equipped for victory; many of his political advisors had come from Nelson Rockefeller's 1964 campaign.
Business Career
From 1978 to 1984, Romney was a vice president of Bain & Company, Inc. a worldwide management consulting firm, and in 1984, Romney co-founded a spin-off called Bain Capital. He invested in or bought many well-known companies such as Staples, Brookstone, Domino's, Sealy Corporation and Sports Authority. Critics say he advised corporations to cut their U.S. taxes by reincorporating in Caribbean tax havens such as the Caymen Islands, while maintaining their operations in the U.S.
Record as Governor
Romney served as governor of Massachusetts (2003-2007), with a generally conservative record that included economic expansion. He balanced the budget every year of his administration with out increasing taxes or increasing state dept. Romney turned a $3 billion budget deficit into a $500 million surplus by reducing government spending and added 80,000 new jobs by the end of his term. In 2004, 2005, and 2006 Governor Romney proposed cutting the state income tax from 5.3% to 5.0% [11]. Although the Democratic super majority in the state legislator refused to budge. Romney vetoed 844 pieces of legislation, with over 700 overridden. [12] He vetoed an increase in the minimum wage, saying "there's no question raising the minimum wage excessively causes a loss of jobs." [13] Under Governor Romney the state abolished a retroactive capital gains tax that would have forced nearly 50,000 taxpayers to pay additional taxes and fees. [14] Massachusetts Citizens For Limited Taxation Executive Director Barbara Anderson praised Romney, saying "There was no one else out on the horizon and with the legislature almost entirely Democratic, we felt it was necessary to have a grown-up in the corner office. … And we were right to back him. He's been a really good friend to the taxpayers."
However, some of the actions Governor Romney took received criticisms from conservatives, such as supporting moderate fee increases and creating and the nation's first universal health care program. During his 2002 gubernatorial campaign Romney supported abortion, his views evolved and would later take pro-life positions such as vetoing emergency contraception and vetoing stem-cell research that would allow cloning of human embryos. In 2006, Governor Romney testified before the United States Senate to support the Federal Marriage Amendment, which would limit marriage to one man and one woman. Additionally, Romney filed legislation to reinstate capital punishment, but was defeated in the Massachusetts House of Representatives on a 99-53 vote.
Mitt Romney made no pardons as governor, "My conclusion was, if somebody has been convicted by a jury of their peers, and they've been prosecuted and the police were able to get the evidence necessary to put them behind bars, why in the world would I step in and reverse that sentence?" [15]
On Education Romney called for the privatization of the University of Massachusetts medical school[16]. In 2004, he established the John and Abigail Adams Scholarship Program, which rewarded the top 25 percent of Massachusetts high school students with tuition-free scholarship to any Massachusetts public university or college. In August 2006, Governor Romney refused to allow former Iranian President Mohammed Khatami, an outspoken opponent of the United States and Israel, state police escorts during his speech at Harvard University. [17]
In December 2006, Romney signed a memorandum of agreement with the federal government that would allow state troopers to enforce federal immigration laws [18], however was revoked when Democrat Deval Patrict took office as Governor in January 2007.
Political Views
Currently, Romney claims to be pro-life, but his record is very spotty. At times he has claimed to be pro-infantacide.
"I am pro-life. I believe that abortion is the wrong choice except in cases of incest, rape, and to save the life of the mother. I wish the people of America agreed, and that the laws of our nation could reflect that view. But while the nation remains so divided over abortion, I believe that the states, through the democratic process, should determine their own abortion laws and not have them dictated by judicial mandate." (Boston Globe, Mitt Romney Editorial, July 26, 2005)
Despite having a largely pro-life record as governor, in a 1994 debate with Senator Edward Kennedy, Romney said that abortion should be legal, declaring that "regardless of one's beliefs about choice, you would hope it would be safe and legal." "Many years ago, I had a dear, close family relative that was very close to me who passed away from an illegal abortion", Romney said. "It is since that time my mother and my family have been committed to the belief that we can believe as we want, but we will not force our beliefs on others on that matter. And you will not see me wavering on that."[20]
In his campaign literature for the 2002 Massachusetts gubernatorial election, Romney expressed a willingness to defend that State's pro-choice status quo.[21] He stated in a live, televised debate:[22]
|"I've been very clear on that, I will preserve and protect a woman's right to choose, and am devoted and dedicated to honoring my word in that regard."
Civil Unions
Romney claims to be opposed to the idea of gay marriage, however he has voiced explicit support for the homosexual agenda. He has advocated for domestic partnership benefits and equal rights for homosexuals, which is gay marriage in everything but name and an easy stepping stone on the vile gay agenda path towards homosexual recruitment.[23]. He also supports adoption for gay couples[24].
Economic Agenda
As President, Romney promised to pursue a conservative, pro-growth economic agenda. His number one economic priority would be to grow the economy — helping to create good jobs, raise incomes and preserve American strength. He says he would work to rein in excessive government spending and reform entitlements. To ensure America's continued economic growth, he promises to cut taxes — such as the Death Tax, savings taxes, corporate taxes and marginal tax rates. Despite these claims, he has supported the socialism agenda. He claimed credit for the government bailout of the union controlled car companies[25]. Also his RomneyCare law started the process of socializing medical care in Massachusetts. He continues to defend this law up to this day, undermining his commitment to repel the similar and equally atrocious ObamaCare[26].
Romney says he would also promote trade, bring market forces to bear in health care, pursue national tort and liability reform, eliminate excessive regulations that put a burden on our economy and strengthen American families.
Immigration has been an important part of our nation's success. The current system, however, puts up a concrete wall to the best and brightest, yet those without skill or education are able to walk across the border. We must reform the current immigration laws so we can secure our borders, implement a mandatory biometrically enabled, tamper proof documentation and employment verification system, and increase legal immigration into America.[27]
Romney supports a strong stance on illegal immigration.[28] On 5/24/07, Romney spoke about how he was tolerant about gays and then he discussed the current illegal immigration bill before Congress:
He expressed less tolerance for illegal immigrants, and said he and President Bush have a difference of opinions on a bill that would provide a path toward legalization for an estimated 12 million people unlawfully in the country.
"He has his view, and other people have their views and I have my own," Romney said. "This is for all intents and purposes a form of amnesty in that everyone who is here illegally today will be able to stay under this bill."
The bill is unfair to people who are trying to come to the country legally, he said. People here illegally should be able to apply to come to the United States, but under the same terms as everyone else and behind those who have already applied."I don't think that we're going to round up 11 or 12 or however many million people and bus them out of the country. That's not what I'm talking about," Romney said. "Those who committed felonies, of course, would be deported. Those who require government assistance to stay here would surely need to get off government assistance and ultimately could not remain here on government assistance."[29]
Stem Cell Research
Mitt Romney supports the right of scientists to research on embryos created during fertility treatments. Critics consider this to be essentially infantacide.[30]
2008 Presidential Campaign
Main Article: Mitt Romney 2008 Presidential CampaignRepublican Governors Association, Romney campaigned nationwide for GOP gubernatorial candidates in 2006, building up a network of allies and supporters. While he did not run for reelection as governor, in 2004 Romney set up a federal political action committee (PAC) called the Commonwealth PAC, which raised $2.71 million during the 2006 election cycle. On January 3, 2007, his next-to-last day in office as governor of Massachusetts, Romney filed to form a presidential exploratory committee with the Federal Election Commission. He officially announced his candidacy for President a month later. Romney was the first candidate in either party to start running television and radio ads. The ads focused mainly on his record as governor, running the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics, and his work as a very successful businessman. Romney's five sons had been actively campaigning for their father, traveling around in a campaign bus called the "Mitt Mobile, A Five Brothers Bus."
As a presidential candidate Romney sought the support of the business community and social conservatives. He reversed moderate positions on abortion and gay rights to take a hardline conservative position on them, and on opposition to illegal immigrants. Opponents charged he changed too often. Romney was a leader in fund-raising, augmented by over $35 million from his own fortune. However he was little known outside of Massachusetts, so his strategy was to play for early wins in Iowa and New Hampshire, then "sling-shot" the momentum into national visibility. Romney won the Michigan primary on January 16th, 2008, with 39% of the vote, edging out McCain with 30% and Huckabee with 16%. Romney was favored to win in the state of his birth, where his father, George Romney was governor from 1963-1969. After losing both the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary (to Huckabee and McCain, respectively), Romney won a low-publicized Wyoming caucus. On January 19, Romney easily won the Nevada caucuses by 37 percentage points when there were seven candidates on the ballot, however, on that same day he placed a distant fourth in the South Carolina primary. After a disappointing performance on Super Tuesday, Romney announced the suspension of his campaign on Thursday 7th February. He expressed his wishes not to divide the Republican party and later endorsed Senator John McCain of Arizona. Commentators correctly speculated on his chances for a return effort in 2012.
Mitt Romney had done well in fund raising. During his first fund raiser as a presidential candidate, he raised $6.5 million dollars compared to an original goal of only $1 million. During the first quarter Romney raised more money then any other Republican presidential candidate with $23 million. However, a substantial portion of his funds ($17 million) came from his own personal wealth. [1]
2012 Presidential campaign
In April 2011, Romney announced his candidacy for President of the United States for the 2012 election, running as a Republican [31]. Romney was criticized throughout the primary season for being a Republican In Name Only due to his liberal views on social issues as governor and his flip-flops, as well as a controversial business record. His main competitors during the primaries were former conservative Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, Pro-Life Senator Rick Santorum, and libertarian Congressman Ron Paul. Romney ended up winning the vast majority of contests, though the race remained close in delegate count throughout. Romney together with Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan are running against President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden in an election to be held on November 6, 2012. During the campaign, Romney was criticized for saying that the 47% of Americans who do not pay income taxes consider themselves to be 'victims'.
- ↑ Romney to the Rescue: Mitt Romney's Got the Right Stuff for 2008 Kessler, Ronald, newsmax.com archives, retrieved April 27, 2012
- ↑ http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/05/gallup-romney-tops-obama-with-veterans/1
- ↑ http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/polls/226943-poll-romney-opens-up-big-lead-nationally
- ↑ http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_romney_vs_obama-1171.html
- ↑ http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/oh/ohio_romney_vs_obama-1860.html
- ↑ http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/va/virginia_romney_vs_obama-1774.html
- ↑ http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/wi/wisconsin_romney_vs_obama-1871.html
- ↑ Staples, Toys R Us, Babies R Us, Clear Channel Radio, Dunkin Donuts, Domino's Pizza, The Weather Channel, Burger King, Sealy Mattress, Baskin Robbins, Outback Steakhouse, Guitar Center, Gymboree, Bonefish Grill, Burlington Coat Factory, Carrabba's Italian Grill, Michael's, to name a few
- ↑ Michael Kranish, "The Making of Mitt Romney: Mormon church obtained Vietnam draft deferrals for Romney, other missionaries" June 24, 2007. The Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/specials/romney/articles/part1_side_2/?page=1
- ↑ Lisa McGirr, Suburban Warriors(2001) pp. 141, 222.
- ↑ http://www.clubforgrowth.org/2007/08/mitt_romneys_record_on_economi.php
- ↑ http://www.ontheissues.org/Governor/Mitt_Romney_Government_Reform.htm
- ↑ Telegram & Gazette, 08/01/06
- ↑ http://www.americansformitt.com/
- ↑ http://hotair.com/archives/2009/12/04/romney-on-huckabee-unlike-some-people-i-never-pardoned-anyone/
- ↑ Telegram & Gazette, 02/27/03
- ↑ http://www.nysun.com/editorials/khatemi-at-harvard/38903/
- ↑ http://www.iowapolitics.com/index.iml?Article=96543
- ↑ America's Culture and Values mittromney.com
- ↑ http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/07/03/clarity_sought_on_romneys_abortion_stance/?page=2
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20021218005104/www.romneyhealey.com/issues/4
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_w9pquznG4
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20021218005104/www.romneyhealey.com/issues/3
- ↑ http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57432292-503544/romney-says-hes-fine-with-gay-couples-adopting-children/
- ↑ http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/07/romney-taking-credit-for-auto-industry-success/
- ↑ http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/romney-defends-romneycare_560953.html
- ↑ http://www.mittromney.com/Issue-Watch/Immigration
- ↑ IowaPolitics.com: Romney Touts Strong Stance On Illegal Immigration
- ↑ http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007May24/0,4670,RomneyGays,00.html
- ↑ http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/diseases/articles/2007/02/11/romneys_stem_cell_view_may_upset_the_right/
- ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/11/mitt-romney-president-candidate
External links
- Mitt Romney for President 2008
- Mitt Romney: proudly, quietly Mormon
- Evangelicals for Mitt
- Fresh Mitt Romney Juvenalia Pics - Comments.
- Mitt Romney: "I Changed My View. Is that So Difficult to Understand?" The candidate talks about his efforts to convince voters that his pro-life conversion is real. Byron York, National Review Online, November 20, 2007
- Did Mitt Romney Push Poll Himself? Mark Hemingway, National Review Online, November 19, 2007
- Team Romney on Push-Poll Connections After reading the Hemingway piece, Kevin Madden, Romney for President campaign spokesman replies. Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review Online, November 19, 2007
- Romney Stands for Faith The candidate pushes back against push-poll attacks. Larry Kudlow, National Review Online, November 16, 2007
- Romney's Religion, The Editors, National Review Online, November 16, 2007


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Al-Hamad, A. and Hayes, L. and Flowerdew, R. T. N. (1997) Migration of the elderly to join existing households: evidence from the household SAR. Environment and Planning A, 29 (7). pp. 1243-1255. ISSN 0308-518X
Arora, Vipin and Lahiri, Partha and Mukherjee, Kanchan (1997) Empirical Bayes estimation of finite population means from complex surveys. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 92 (440). pp. 1555-1562. ISSN 0162-1459
Blower, Gordon (1997) Bilinear forms on vector Hardy spaces. Glasgow Journal of Mathematics, 39. pp. 371-378.
Blower, Gordon (1997) Complete polynomial bounds for matrices. The Quarterly Journal of Mathematics, 48 (1). pp. 11-15. ISSN 0033-5606
Bound, J. P. and Francis, Brian J. and Harvey, P. W. (1997) Neural tube defects 1974-96: down but not out. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 76 (3). F214. ISSN 0003-9888
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Chetwynd, Amanda G. and Rhodes, S. J. (1997) Avoiding multiple entry arrays. Journal of Graph Theory, 25 (4). pp. 257-266. ISSN 0364-9024
Chetwynd, Amanda G. and Rhodes, Susan J. (1997) Avoiding partial Latin squares and intricacy. Discrete Mathematics, 177 (1-3). pp. 17-32. ISSN 0012-365X
Dales, H.G. and Loy, Richard J. (1997) Uniqueness of the norm topology for Banach algebras with finite-dimensional radical. Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, 74 (3). pp. 633-661. ISSN 0024-6115
Dales, H.G. and Runde, Volker (1997) Discontinuous homomorphisms from non-commutative Banach algebras. Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society, 29 (4). pp. 475-479. ISSN 0024-6093
Dixon, Mark J. and Coles, Stuart G. (1997) Modelling association football scores and inefficiencies in the football betting market. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C (Applied Statistics), 46 (2). pp. 265-280. ISSN 0035-9254
Francis, Brian (1997) The use of visualisation in the examination of work and life histories. In: Visualization and modelling. Academic Press, New York. ISBN 978-0122277382
Garside, S. and Lindveld, K. and Whittaker, J. (1997) Tracking and predicting a network traffic process. International Journal of Forecasting, 13. pp. 51-61.
Hayes, L. and Al-Hamad, A. (1997) Residential movement into elderly person households: evidence from the 1991 sample of anonymised records. Environment and Planning A, 29 (8). pp. 1433-1447. ISSN 0308-518X
Haywood, J. and Tunnicliffe Wilson, G. (1997) Fitting time series models by minimising multistep-ahead errors: a frequency domain approach. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series B (Statistical Methodology), 59 (1). pp. 237-254. ISSN 1369-7412
Henderson, M. and Chetwynd, Amanda G. (1997) Electron microscopy and digital image analysis. Today's Life Science. pp. 22-29. ISSN 1033-6893
Jonathan, P. and Taylor, P.H. (1997) On irregular nonlinear waves in a spread sea. Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, 119 (1). pp. 37-41. ISSN 0892-7219
Kelsall, J. E. and Samet, J. M. and Zeger, S. L. and Xu, J. (1997) Air pollution and mortality in Philadelphia, 1974-1988. American Journal of Epidemiology, 146 (9). pp. 750-762. ISSN 1476-6256
Lamb, Rob and Beven, Keith and Myrabø, S. (1997) Discharge and water table predictions using a generalized TOPMODEL formulation. Hydrological Processes, 11 (9). pp. 1145-1167. ISSN 1099-1085
Lamb, Rob and Beven, Keith J. (1997) Using interactive recession curve analysis to specify a general catchment storage model. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 1 (1). pp. 101-113. ISSN 1027-5606
Ledford, A. W. and Tawn, J. A. (1997) Modelling dependence within joint tail regions. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series B (Statistical Methodology), 59 (2). pp. 475-499. ISSN 1369-7412
Leech, Geoffrey and Francis, Brian and Xu, Xunfeng (1997) The odds in favour of the genitive:a study of gradience in English. In: The Locus of meaning. Kuroshi, Tokyo. ISBN 9784874241479
Lincoln, Mark and Towers, David (1997) The Frattini p-subalgebra of a solvable Lie p-algebra. Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, 40 (1). pp. 31-40. ISSN 0013-0915
Liu, Y X and Hu, Z Y and Zou, R J and Ockleford, C D (1997) Identification of secretion sites of tissue plasminogen activator and plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 in basal plates of human and rhesus monkey placentae. Chinese Science Bulletin, 42 (12). pp. 1030-1033. ISSN 1001-6538
Mukherjee, Kanchan and Majumdar, Suman (1997) Asymptotics of some empirical functionals under long range dependence. Sankhya - Series A, 59. pp. 88-101. ISSN 0581-572X
Oskrochi, Gholam and Davies, R. B. (1997) An EM-type algorithm for multivariate mixture models. Statistics and Computing, 7 (2). pp. 145-151. ISSN 0960-3174
Oskrochi, Gholam and Davies, R. B. (1997) Stayers in mixed Markov renewal models. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 25 (4). pp. 453-464.
Power, S. C. and Heffernan, D. (1997) Limits of sums of digraph algebras with reduced digraphs having two vertices. International Journal of Mathematics, 8 (1). pp. 61-82. ISSN 1793-6519
Power, Stephen C. and Donsig, A. P. (1997) Homology for operator algebras IV: n the regular classifications of limits of 4-cycle algebras. Journal of Functional Analysis, 150 (1). pp. 240-287. ISSN 0022-1236
Power, Stephen C. and Katavolos, A. (1997) The Fourier binest algebra. Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 122 (3). pp. 525-539. ISSN 0305-0041
Power, Stephen C. and Laurie, C. (1997) On the C*-envelope of approximately finite-dimensional operator algebras. Mathematica Skandinavika, 80. pp. 107-124.
Robinson, M. E. and Tawn, J. A. (1997) Statistics for extreme sea-currents. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C (Applied Statistics), 46 (2). pp. 183-205. ISSN 0035-9254
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Silman, A. and Bankhead, C. and Rowlingson, B. and Brennan, P. and Symmons, D. and Gatrell, A. C. (1997) Do new cases of rheumatoid arthritis cluster in time or in space? International Journal of Epidemiology, 26 (3). pp. 628-634.
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The Dynamic Stage Organiser simulates the performance of dashboard tweeters, directing music straight to you. High audio frequencies are directional, so if your speakers are in your doors or under the dash, your sound may suffer. The Dynamic Stage Organiser compensates by enhancing those frequencies, improving the stereo positioning and overall presence of the music.
Intelligent Time Alignment for natural sounding audio
In your car, you sit closer to some speakers than others, which affects how the music sounds. Intelligent Time Alignment re-calibrates the signal so that you're always in the centre of the sound field, for a more natural listening experience.
Digital Sound Enhancement Engine restores audio quality
Intelligent technology restores the high frequencies that are lost when songs are compressed to digital formats, like MP3.
MEGA BASS boost for huge low end
With two different boost modes, the MEGA BASS button adds deep bass to any track.
High Contrast LCD for easy reading
The LCD screen has five times higher contrast than conventional screens, and the optimised viewing angle makes reading easy for drivers.
Your car, your colour
Choose from up to 35,000 different colours so you can match the glowing lights with your car's décor. Two-zone illumination lets you choose separate settings for the key and screen areas.
Lights that move to the music
Synchronised on-screen illumination pulses in time to the beat, or changes with the sound levels of the track.
- Output Power
- YES (Front)
- YES (Front)