On last night’s Burn Notice, we presumably said goodbye to Navi Rawat’s Kendra, an assassin who finally got truly interesting when she repeatedly beat her own head on the desk during Michael and Jesse’s interrogation to prove she wasn’t going to break. The shot of her smirking as the blood oozed from the wound — more memorable than any scene that involved Moon Bloodgood’s Miami PD detective in season 3. By the end of the hour, I was almost sorry to see her go. Why haven’t we seen a great female foil for Michael on this show since Tricia Helfer’s handler Carla? Bloodgood replaced Jennifer Esposito, who had to back out of that guest spot at the last moment and maybe would have brought a playful spark. Rawat was a step in the right direction and definitely felt more lethal, but we didn’t get to experience her full wrath until ..more»

Keeping with tradition: A majority of the Jewish public declared that they intend to fast or, at the very least, to avoid going out with friends on Tisha B'Av, the day marking the destruction of the First and Second Temples, according to a Ynet-Gesher poll conducted ahead of the holy day.  As part of the self-examination and introspection of "unfounded hatred" (sinat hinam) within Israeli society, the reason Jewish tradition cites as the reason for the destruction of the Temple, Arabs, haredim, settlers, and Tel Avivians compete for the title of "the most hated" in Israel 2010.  The poll was conducted by market research company Panels and surveyed 505 respondents statistically representative of the adult, Hebrew-speaking population in Israel living in Jewish towns. The maximum sampling error is 4.4%±.  The first question asked was: "If it were permissible by law to open recreational spots on the eve of Tisha B'Av, ..more»

INTRODUCTION: The automotive industry is a worldwide industry that involves itself in the manufacture of motorcycles, trucks, vans, buses and coaches. There are many companies involved in this industry, including BMW, general motors among others. In this section I will take a look at the motor cycle's section of the motor industry. The motor cycle industry has experienced worldwide growth in production, sales, and also profit margins for the past four years. Almost all industry players including Harley Davidson, Honda, Kawasaki, and Suzuki among others recorded from modest to remarkable sales within this period of time. Shifts and price elasticity of supply and demand The responsiveness of consumers to a price change is measured by a product's price elasticity of demand.  Some products are highly responsive to price changes while others are not.  In some commodities Modest price changes ..more»