<?xml version="1.0" ?><html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> <div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000"><span style="font-size:10pt">> C'mon, I know English as my first language, speak</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000"><span style="font-size:10pt">> Russian approximately fluently, read French fluently,</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000"><span style="font-size:10pt">> know German with advanced comprehension ability, and</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000"><span style="font-size:10pt">> have greater-or-lesser capabilities with Greek, Latin,</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000"><span style="font-size:10pt">> Hebrew, and Old Norse. It's not that tough. It just</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000"><span style="font-size:10pt">> requires effort.</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000"><span style="font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000"><span style="font-size:10pt">> Nu, zayats, pogodi!</span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000"><span style="font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000"><span style="font-size:10pt">> Chris Doss</span></font></div> <div align="left"><br/></div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">I'll tell you what I'll put the effort into learning Russian but only if you put the effort into learning physics. I have a family member who is a physicist, here's his site: </span></font><a href="http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/Walsworth/"><u>http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/Walsworth/</u></a></div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">I'll see if maybe he'd be willing to tutor you. I'm sure you'll be up to speed and able to converse intelligently about stored light with him after just a goodly dose of effort on your part. He's extremely arrogant, thinks he's an expert on everything and is damn difficult to get along with but don't let that deter you. Nothing the liberal application of effort can't overcome!</span></font></div> <div align="left"><br/> </div> <div align="left"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10pt">John Thornton</span></font></div> </body> </html>