What also shouldn't come as a shock, is that the boon in connectivity is also being pushed by the broader availability of 3G data connections.
Built in a tough waterproof housing with anti-shake technology, the Polaroid XS80 is also shock and impact resistant allowing it to be used in all types of daring environments.
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The discovery of the four bodies also sent shock waves through the community in which the families lived.
The attacks sparked strong international condemnation, with US President Barack Obama expressing his condolences and offering support, while Britain's Queen Elizabeth also spoke of her shock and sadness in a letter to King Harald.
There have now been six bomb blasts in Bombay, which is also known as Mumbai, in as many months and the reaction is shock, the BBC's Frances Harrison reports from the city.
His aim must be not only his own place in history, but also America's: both will require more sensitivity and unity, and less shock and awe than in his first term.
The bullish bond market tone emanating from the report also sent shock through credit markets and caused a slump in recently rejuvenated benchmark stock indices.
Wales attack coach Rob Howley said that competition for places was also intense in the backs, scrum-half Dwayne Peel the shock omission.
An external shock in the shape of higher oil prices also adversely affected companies exposed to fuel costs during the early stages of 2011, as a crisis in Egypt put pressure on oil prices.
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The fact that brand names in the financial sector were the hardest hit also came as no shock.
The U.S.'s tie with Brazil in Florida is also well poised after the Bryan brothers suffered a shock five-set defeat (6-7 7-6 4-6 6-3 3-6) to Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares on Saturday.
Also in Hong Kong, South China Morning Post reports a "shock move" by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees to cut financial aid from June to some 132 recognised refugees living in Hong Kong.
There's also the challenge of producing a stunt that will actually shock people in a time when "so many hours of television are taken up with people doing insane things on reality shows, " says Terry Press, a former marketing consultant and current co-head of CBS Films.
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This likely discouraged those who bought early in the year, but more recent buyers could also be due for shock.
The new automatic gearbox will also blip the throttle on downshifts (in manual mode), reducing shift shock that can unsettle the car in hard cornering.
The soldier also mentioned his shock at discovering a video of an aerial combat mission in Iraq in which two employees from the Reuters news agency were killed.
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Also, changes in the speed and pressure of the solar wind cause the termination shock to expand, contract and ripple.
Proponents also point to a recent study published in JAMA, which found that high-energy shock waves were better than low-energy waves in treating patients with shoulder tendinitis resulting from calcium deposits.
Part of the blame for that might lie with the chancellor, but most in the City would put it down to inflation, which also came as a rude shock to the forecasters, not to mention the Bank of England and commentators like me.
Another shock lay in store of him - that one of the key murder suspects was also in his own family.
For example, aluminum hydroxide is commonly added to vaccines but it was documented in a NATO book that aluminum also stimulates production of IgE, the immunoglobulin most associated with anaphylactic shock and there are multiple other toxic adjuvants routinely added in vaccine manufacture.
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Since HFR and 3D have only been together in a handful of IMAX films and theme-park rides, seeing both must have been a shock to CinemaCon viewers, and the rest of us might also need time to adjust -- probably in direct proportion to our film-going experience.
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