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Hi all i,ve got a 1996 suzi rf600r which has just developed a fault when it is damp/wet.Its difficult to start then it surges then dies and when you twist throttle it dies then picks up. Ive been told its water in elecs but it first started after bike had been standing outside in the rain at work(useually covered up at home)also been told to look at cut out switch on handle bar as water driping in.Is this a common problem with this type of bike or just because it is getting on a bit, ran bike thru winter no problem untill last friday.
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Usually damp/wet conditions affect the spark plug/coil leads,settled salt/grit dust will attract moisture as well.
You say surges then dies then picks up,
Q, could it be running on 3 cyls then back on full 4 cyls or your not sure?
I would check/ clean all H.T. leads, plug caps and spray with ignition sealer,if the tank has to come off check the ignition connector block and what else you can see. I hope you have checked the battery connections and where they go to.
EDIT, disconnect the battery when checking the ignition wiring.
everything a good spray of wd 40, after making sure nothing is loose, ie plug leads, plugs etc etc
Suzuki RF 600R E2 1996
Hi Tetley
If after checking all the electrical components as suggested and you have no luck!! try draining the carb float bowls into a clean container to see if there's any water or debris in there.If there is you may need to clean the carbs out,also if there is water etc in there,then there will also be water etc in the fuel tank which will also need cleaning out.Also check for water down a spark plug hole.Good Luck
Water in electrics. Try using ACF50 it works wonders and protects. Spray over the whole bike every year and it prevents corrosion. ACF50 was developed for the RAF i believe and it's amazing! £15 a can.
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Hi Tetley
I use to work for Harley Davidson as a mechanic, and as most people know, Harleys are not very waterproof. It is worth while going round the whole bike and filling every craves with patrolium jelly or vasiline that has wires going into it and all the electrical joins that will be under your tank and going to your fuse box. Everything you can see and think of, even indicators. Do this on a dry day to avoid locking in moisture. Its quite fun to take your bike to bits within reason and give it a good clean and take care of it anyway and wherever the problem might be you'll probably get it and prevent future problems too.
Hope this helps
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You don't say if it has happened more than once in rain but these things have a habit of repeating. Frequently spray induced problems go away if you leave the bike standing for about 10 minutes and then return almost immediately (because the water evaporates because of the heat)
Electric cables do slowly decay with time and it could be that your bike is getting to that age where some of them might need replacing.
As others have said common problems are in the kill switch, side stand switch, HT leads and earth connections. Also electronic ignition units are often culprits but it could be anywhere...
Some bikes are particularly poorly designed for this - putting a cylinder (or CDI unit) in the spray area of the front wheel or failing to have a complete mudguard at the back so that water spray runs down the bottom of the seat - a bit of weatherproofing might be helpful although you should try and find the source of the problem as well...
Others have recommended ACF50/WD40. Whilst these might be a temporary fix and might show you where the problem is I wouldn't recommend it as a permanent fix...
You might also find that if you do a web search or find a RF600 forum that there is a known weakness that might be a good start.There are a number of misfire related web questions on the net...
Good luck. It can be very frustrating (and not very safe)...
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WASHINGTON -- America went deeper into debt to foreigners last year as the deficit in the broadest measure of foreign trade hit a record $804.9 billion.
The Commerce Department reported yesterday that the deficit in the current account had risen 20.4 percent from the previous record of $668.1 billion set in 2004, and analysts said it was likely to climb higher this year.
''We are hemorrhaging red ink, and we are likely to continue doing that long into the future," said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Economy.com.
The deficit for just the fourth quarter also was a record at $224.9 billion, up by 21.3 percent from the third quarter, reflecting a big increase in the country's foreign oil bill.
Economists worry that the trade deficit has grown so large that foreigners may balk at holding so much of their investments here, pushing up US interest rates and weakening the dollar.

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Fred McGriff one of 15 newcomers to 2010 Hall of Fame ballot
Ex-Ray Fred McGriff is one of 15 newcomers on the 2010 Hall of Fame ballot, released today by the Baseball Writers Association of America.
McGriff, who played for the then-Devil Rays from 1998 to 2001, is tied with Lou Gehrig for 26th on the career home run with 493 and had a .284 average in 19 seasons. He led the AL in homers for Toronto in 1989 and the NL for San Diego in 1992.
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Major League Baseball's key witness in its case against Alex Rodriguez says he designed and administered a doping program for the 14-time All-Star that began in 2010.
Anthony Bosch, owner of the now shuttered Florida anti-aging clinic, Biogenesis, said in an interview Sunday on "60 Minutes" that Rodriguez paid him $12,000 per month to provide him with an assortment of banned drugs that included testosterone and human growth hormone.
A-Rod's suspension was reduced Saturday from 211 games to 162, plus all playoff games next season.
MLB Chief Operating Officer Rob Manfred said in the segment that Bosch agreed to cooperate with the investigation because he felt his life was in danger. Commissioner Bud Selig was also interviewed.
"In my judgment his actions were beyond comprehension," Selig said of Rodriguez. "I think 211 games was a very fair penalty."
Bosch said he began working with Rodriguez — who was motivated by his pursuit of 800 career home runs — five days before the New York Yankees third baseman hit his 600th homer on Aug. 4, 2010.
The players' association said it was disappointed MLB participated in the show and is considering its legal options.
Also, Rodriguez's lead attorney, Joe Tacopina, plans to file a suit in federal court Monday contesting arbitrator Fredric Horowitz's ruling. Legal observers say Rodriguez's attorneys must convince the court the arbitration process was flawed.
Also, Rodriguez and the Yankees might be headed for a battle about whether the slugger will be allowed to attend major-league spring training. Position players report Feb. 19.
"He plans on being at spring training," a Rodriguez spokesman wrote in an email.
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Striker Cristiano Ronaldo is favored to end Lionel Messi's four-year reign as the world's best soccer player at the FIFA Ballon d'Or gala Monday. Franck Ribery is the third candidate. Defending champion Abby Wambach, Marta and Nadine Angerer are the women's finalists.
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Finding the diamonds in the rough: what you need to advance your marketing
In my last post I discussed how marketers are changing their methodology for driving more effective campaigns by expanding their testing from A versus B to A to Z. In that same post, I cited the power of machine learning to test in-numerous combinations to determine the winners.
Some people took the post to say, "Great. Now with machine learning I can find the best offer not from a simple bake off but against any number of offers. I'll take the best one out of an A to Z test (which will clearly be better than what I'd get from a simple A/B test) and scale that one, say offer T, to EVERYONE, right?!"
Wrong. That's like taking a highly trained gem cutter and replacing their facet cutting machine with an ax to cut a rough diamond. Imagine the amount of waste of that precious mineral. Customers need to be thought of in a similar way; like precious metal versus a piece of wood.
Woodcutters don't care how they treat each log. Each one is cut indiscriminately with the goal of building a big pile of fire word and getting a good work out. Traditional marketers are a lot like woodcutters; they batch up customers into big piles and send messages or offers from a pool of what has worked in the past. And what do they have to show for it? How many customers they touched and results that aren't very ground-breaking for the business.
"But if you could target the best offer at the right time and place to each customer, would you shoot better than average? In a word, yes."
Back to my last post, when I posed the above question what I was really asking is: are you ready to take this new, more precise way of marketing and really let it change the way you market? In short, are you ready to become an advanced marketer?
Advanced marketers don't view customers as a pile or one mass. They see the power in understanding a customer's unique attributes and behaviors. They see differences – natural fissures in base that divide customers into meaningful sets – and how each might respond to specific treatments. They look for ways to cut customers into these finer slices to get better results.
Advanced marketers understand that traditional offer-response driven campaigns – where the focus is on pounding customers with offer message after offer message – may be short term optimizable but certainly not sustainable when the pounding stops. They see the shortfalls of focusing solely on offer-response because they understand that reliance on offers is like "ginning" up results – anyone can get a great take rate if you offer everyone an iphone-5!
Understanding customer potential is the key
Advanced marketers see potential in their customers but they also see waste. They know that, for any given marketing objective, there are customers that have zero potential and marketing to them is a waste of time and money. The advanced marketer knows it's just as important to find these customers who might as well be a "box of rocks" and isolate them as it is to find new campaigns that work.
Understanding a customer's potential is the key. And the only way to do that is to understand their past behavior and predict their future behavior. This is the real power of what I described in my last post. Machine learning doesn't just give you the opportunity to do A to Z or alpha to omega or infinite combinations of treatments; it gives you the ability to apply that capability according to a customer's potential to achieve the marketing goal you've set.
Doing A to Z testing where you apply the winning treatment to everyone is just a different form of batch campaigning that we're all familiar with from the past. And just focusing on customer's behavioral response (post treatment) without understanding their potential is just as bad.
Diamond cutters measure in slices.
And diamond cutters certainly don't measure results in batches. They do it in slices.
Marketing measurement has to change. It's not about reporting a single number that reflects an average response rate across the entire base. It's about slicing your customer base into as many slivers as possible and reporting on the impact you have with each target group.
In a typical marketing campaign, think of how many customers you touch who have zero potential in helping you achieve your marketing objective. Advanced marketing is about eliminating those customers as targets, determining the customers who do have potential and targeting them with the right message in the right context. Think of it as a never ending process of finding gems and eliminating rocks.
Slicing your customer base into smaller and smaller slices is how you move the needle and deliver dramatically better results. It's also how you get the coveted title of "advanced marketer".
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Karachi, Oct 19 (ANI): England legend Geoffrey Boycott has hailed the introduction of the World Test Championship, which is set to be launched in 2017, saying that the tournament is a good idea as it can give a much-needed 'shot in the arm' to Test cricket.
The Test championship, originally planned for 2013 but delayed because broadcasters wanted a limited overs event, will replace the Champions Trophy, the last edition of which was hosted by England earlier this year.
According to www.PakPassion.net, Boycott has hailed the introduction of Test cricket as a 'good idea', saying that as compared to the large-scale marketing of Twenty20 cricket nowadays, Test cricket has taken the back seat, adding that if cricket administrators are not more careful, in thirty or so years there will be nobody watching Test cricket.
According to Boycott, the World Test Championship can help in reviving Test cricket, adding that it is necessary to keep selling Test cricket even though it has been going on for two hundred years.
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"Kurt Schwitters's fairy tales can be safely read to children, without boring the parents. While children will be delightfully dreaming themselves in wondrous worlds, the parents can contemplate existential questions and take shortcuts to understanding the absurdity of war, the vacuity of power, and the vanity of wealth. Schwitters, the most childlike Dadaist, was a fierce defender of innocence and an equally fierce critic of society. His tales are well drawn paths in a magically lit moral landscape."--Andrei Codrescu, author of The Posthuman Dada Guide
"This collection of Kurt Schwitters's little-known fairy tales reveals that he was a master of literary satire in addition to being one of Weimar Germany's most prominent artists. With its elegant translations, charmingly impudent illustrations, and lively introduction, this book will earn a steady readership."--Maria Tatar, editor of The Classic Fairy Tales
"This is a very enjoyable collection of subversively humorous stories, and I found myself laughing out loud while reading them. The fairy tale served as apt material for Kurt Schwitters to play with conventions, produce nonsense within well-known plots, or wreak havoc in everyday routines, all in order to critique bourgeois values, religion, nationalism, and Nazism, and to open up the imaginations of children and adults to his artistic worldview."--Cristina Bacchilega, author of Postmodern Fairy Tales
"Schwitters's fairy tales are especially interesting because they document the vitality of experimentation in the genre that occurred in Germany in the first half of the twentieth century. While Grimms' tales were increasingly co-opted by nationalists and fascists, writers such as Schwitters sought to rewrite the genre as a form of sociopolitical resistance and cultural reformation. Translated, edited, and introduced by Jack Zipes, the world's leading expert on the fairy tale, this volume has a special value."--Donald Haase, editor of Marvels and Tales: Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies
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Who knew that Virginia had vineyards? Certainly not me; however, I was pleasantly surprised to find that when researching what to do on my trip, my favorite two words appeared &mdash WINE TASTING! Some quick searching led me to virginiawine.org, which helped me find the closest wineries to the town of Goochland where I was staying for the week. This website was very helpful in locating wineries by region or varietal, and most importantly, helping narrow down the choices from over 150 possible wineries!
Out of the handful we visited, the best by far was Keswick Vineyards near Gordonsville. You can sit in the cozy tasting room or sip your wine in the front garden complete with Adirondack chairs and complimentary blankets for romantically crisp evenings. For a completely different tasting experience, one of the oldest Virginia wineries, Barboursville Vineyards, has a large, busy tasting room on a beautiful hilltop site (see photo). But I think its popularity is due to the fact that for just five dollars you can taste over 15 wines, and no one counts your pours.
Virginia wine itself was generally delicious &mdash maybe a little young, but with plenty of promise. One of the varietals offered that was new to me, but had a long history in the region, Norton, was interesting but not my favorite. Other successful regional wines (and the tastiest) are the Virginia Viognier and Virginia Cabernet Franc. But perhaps the best thing about tasting in Virginia is the fact that it is not Napa &mdash not overpriced or pretentious…the people are kind, the traffic is nonexistent and countryside is beautiful beyond words.
Besides wine tasting, there are other amazing things to do in Virginia. In quiet Goochland you can explore Civil War-era relics and sites, have an afternoon picnic in grassy fields or take a scenic bike ride through winding country roads. If you are lucky enough to visit in the autumn, you can witness spectacular fall colors as the Ashes, Maples and Dogwoods do their thing. If the city is more your thing, check out the Carytown district in Richmond for its nightlife and trendy shopping.
Plus Richmond is lousy with history: countless museums, colonial houses, estate gardens, grand cemeteries and a vibrant waterfront. Best of all, Virginians are among the kindest and most welcoming people I've met &mdash and I can't wait to return! Besides…I'm out of wine.


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NCPA Study: Government Intervention Slows Economic Growth
Reduced Spending and Lower Tax Rates Increase Economic Stability
October 02, 2012
Dallas, TX (Oct. 2, 2012) –To turn the economy around, Washington needs to stabilize the dollar, freeze and reduce its spending, cut tax rates, and let the markets set interest rates freely, according to a new study from the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA).
"One side argues that we must do much more of what has failed. The opposite view is that we should reverse direction," said National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) Senior Fellow R. David Ranson. "Though politicians do not want to hear what history can tell us about how to break out of the malaise, the solution, found in a careful analysis of economic history, is amazingly simple."
So-called stimulus spending doesn't work because:
- The faster government spending increases relative to the economy, the more slowly the economy grows; thus, excessive public spending "crowds out" spending by the private sector.
- The average dollar spent by government results in about two-thirds of a dollar of reduced private sector spending.
- As a result of stimulus spending, since its lowest point in the second quarter of 2009, real gross domestic product (GDP) has been growing at a rate far below that of previous cyclical recoveries: 1.75 percent per year through the first quarter of 2012.
"Copious evidence covering many decades shows that activist policies such as government spending, government employment, and the creation of money tend to restrain the performance of output, employment and stock prices," said Ranson. "If so, the current failure of the economy to recover rapidly from the 2008 recession is easy to explain, since policies advertised erroneously as 'stimulus' have been pursued on an unprecedented scale."
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Political newcomers face off in District 57
Age: 49 Education: Bachelor's degree in economics, University of New York, 1995; master's degree in business administration, University of Phoenix, 1999 Family: married; one daughter Home: ValricoProfessional experience: linguist, Army intelligence; terminal manager, vice president of logistics and regional manager in trucking and logistics industry Political experience: none Campaign website: www.brucebarnett.org Age: 27 Education: Bachelor's degree in agricultural communication from University of Florida, 2007 Family: married, one son Home: Lithia Professional experience: marketing, agriculture Political experience: none Campaign website: www.jakeraburn.com Jake Raburn and his Republican opponent in the party's primary in August had similar ideologies. Raburn, who won that contest, now faces Democrat Bruce Barnett in the general election, and the contrast between them couldn't be sharper. Both want to represent voters in the newly formed state House District 57, which includes Sun City Center, Wimauma, Lithia and parts of Bloomingdale and Riverview. The Legislature created the district this year based on the 2010 census. The differences between the candidates begin with financing and endorsements. Barnett, 48, who served four years in Army intelligence and has 20 years of experience in trucking and logistics, raised $6,725 during this election cycle compared with Raburn's $137,101, much of which came from agricultural interests in Hillsborough County and throughout the state. Born and raised in Plant City, Raburn, a 27-year-old marketing manager, has worked in agriculture since graduating from college in 2007. Raburn's endorsements include the Florida Chamber of Commerce, Tampa Bay Builders Association, Hillsborough County Farm Bureau, Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association and The Tampa Tribune. Barnett said he hasn't sought endorsements. Neither candidate has previous political experience, but each maintains he is the right person for the job. "I'm running for office to stand up for the citizens of my district," Barnett said. "While my opponent supports the agribusiness interests, developers and large landholders of Plant City and Polk County, I believe our quality of life should not be determined by outside interests in their quests for profits." Barnett said the district representative should have military experience because of its large number of active-duty and former service members and many civilian contractors. His educational background also is relevant to the position, he said, along with his longtime residency in the district. "I don't see how a young man from Plant City, recently out of college with no real work experience, can represent the citizens of my district," Barnett said. "We don't need another "yes" vote in the Florida Legislature. We need a representative who will make a difference and stand up for citizens." Raburn said his public and private sector experience, education, and professional experience in agriculture make him ideal for representing a rural district. He said voters are more interested in the character and ethics of the person seeking office rather than a hefty résumé. "I believe we're looking for someone who is guided by a strong moral compass, common sense and the will to fight for what is right," he said. "I bring those things to the table. "Every day I see how my business is affected by government regulation," Raburn said. "I'm running to be part of the solution — to ensure economic growth, a positive business climate and a future for small, family-owned-and-operated businesses in our state. I want my son to have the opportunity to take over the family business one day if he chooses." The candidates are far apart on issues. Raburn favors a limited, more cost-efficient government and reducing regulations on small businesses. He wants a highly educated and trained workforce to address the needs of employers and says the state needs to strengthen public schools, provide more options for parents and renew its focus on career and technical education. Barnett wants to stop the transfer of public tax dollars to big business and corporate lobbyists. "The Florida Legislature is taking money from education, transportation and other vital needs and giving it to large corporations — all the while calling it job creation," he said. "This is just a way to divert our tax dollars to private companies." He also favors reviving the state's economy though investments in "infrastructure, communities and citizens" to attract business and high-quality workers.
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Following Our Bliss: How the Spiritual Ideals of the Sixties Shape Our Lives Today (Hardcover)
How the Spiritual Ideals of the Sixties Shape Our Lives Today
HarperOne, 9780060093945, 288pp.
Publication Date: October 1, 2003
The sixties transformed America's spiritual life. With his characteristic insight, wit, and dramatic reporting, renowned San Francisco Chronicle journalist Don Lattin takes the first comprehensive look at the spiritual legacy of that extraordinary time, viewed through the eyes of those who grew up at the center of some of the era's wildest experimentation.
The sixties brought an explosion of religious and spiritual exploration, unprecedented in its scope, fervor, and sheer creativity. Lattin reveals how and why New Age beliefs, feminist spirituality, Eastern religions, Tai Chi and yoga, spiritual healing, and other alternative practices have taken such firm root in American culture.
Lattin not only explores dramatic changes in the core American communities of faith -- Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish -- he also tells the stories of what has happened to the likes of the Moonies, the Hare Krishnas, communes and ashrams, and to the children born into various spiritual communities. He shows how religious trends today, including the booming Christian rock movement, Buddhist punks, and contemporary Catholics wrestling with sexual ethics and church authority, have their roots in debates begun in the sixties.
In this stimulating odyssey through American spirituality -- then and now -- Don Lattin makes it clear why we need to understand sixties spirituality if we want to discover who we are today.
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PARIS (Apr. 19)
The necessity for maintaining unity among General Zionists following the crisis which developed as a result of the recent resignations of Dr. Abba Hillel Silver and Dr. Emanuel Neumann from the Jewish Agency executive was emphasized here today at the closing session of the European conference of the World Confederation of General Zionists.
Prof, Selig Brodetsky, newly-elected president of the British Zionist Federation, presided at the sessions, A meeting of the world executive of the Confederation will be held in Jerusalem May 1.
Meanwhile, the European council of the World Jewish Congress opened its meeting here last night. The parley's agenda includes the situation of Jews in Rumania, conditions in North Africa, participation of the W.J.C. in the World Congress of Partisans of Peace and the situation in Germany.


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Many years ago I dated an audiophile girl. Yes, it's true, I found one, and she was really cute. I have an old Stax headphone amp with two outlets and once we each donned a big, boxy set of Stax headphones (I gave her the Sigmas, I used the Lamdas) and made out on the floor in front of the equipment rack. It was hilariously dumb--our 'phones periodically clunking together and the short, lasagna-like cables always twisting and pulling--but the sheer audio-weirdness of it made it great.Every 20 minutes or so we could readjust the 'phones and cables while I flipped the record...
Love in Hi-Fi
"Yeah, Ryan, we'll be right over after we watch a couple episodes of Curb."
Evening plans formed as Kimmy and I hung around my apartment. A usual night was in order: We'd head over to Ryan/Kyle/Alex/Julia's apartment, maybe play some Rock Band, and conclude the evening with beer and a game of Celebrities, which always proves to kick any other standard board game out of the water, including Scategories.
But before heading over, Kimmy and I just wanted to sit down and watch a couple episodes of our favorite show, Curb Your Enthusiasm. We got distracted though, as is always the case with my blog entries, where plans change due to interest in more exciting forms of clarity, a better understanding of the world. By this, I'm talking about the new Vizio television my roommate Jason bought. (Hold your horses now! Don't get so riled up. I know this isn't a Home Theater blog, but I'm getting somewhere, kinda.)
The television is fantastic: A 32" flatscreen, and I've never really seen an HDTV outside of a bar so it was truly exciting to sit down in front of it and immerse myself in the image. Before popping in the Curb DVD, we decided to watch a few minutes of Shrek on TNT-HD. A few minutes soon turned into an hour.
We sunk into the crackles and grit in Shrek's murky swamp home, or the bristles on Donkey's hair as the wind flew through it, and the ashen-wood textures of the comical, singing welcome-puppets in Lord Farquad's castle. Shrek was no longer simply a movie, but a new unexplored territory where magic truly existed.
Kimmy remarked, "It's like I've never seen this movie before."
I responded, "You know, it's the same for music and hi-fi."
We turned off the TV and delighted in the company of our friends with sing-alongs to "Say It Ain't So" and "Maps," followed by the screaming and miming of our favorite (but at times unknown celebrities), including but not limited to: Jimmy Page, Felicity Huffman, Link, and Joshua Jackson (all regular appearances in our games of Celebrities).
This one kid I know, Sam, once said, "TV's not even worth watching if it's not HD." I thought this was an asshole thing to say, and I still think it is. In our hobby and others, we should never lose sight of the pure enjoyment in the simple existence of the material itself. The craftsmanship and effort and passion should always be fully appreciated if the product is of true quality. Greater definition and clarity simply leads to a fuller, previously unrealized enjoyment. If music through boomboxes were the noun, hi-fi is the adjective, making it that much clearer.
As Larry David would say, its "pretty pretty good…pretty pretty good."
"Guess what I bought?" Kimmy asked me.
"Umm…a sandwich?" was the only logical response I could think of. I was hungry.
"Nope. An iPod! It's little and green, but I don't have a name for it yet."
"How about Everett?"
"That's perfect."
One weekend out of the month, I take the Chinatown Bus to Boston to visit my girlfriend Kimmy. Thanks either to my Grados or my Etymotic ER-6s (recommended to me by Wes Phillips), I've become numb to the 4 to 6 hour ride.
The Saturday of that weekend was incredibly rainy. We stayed inside, watched some Seinfeld, ate food, and talked. That usual feeling of restlessness came about around 3pm. You know that feeling where you just have to get up and leave? Where your body starts twinging and your arms get stiff and your head hurts with confusion of nothing. So we went searching for tennis shoes and sushi.
A normal fun evening followed, and around 11pm, we found ourselves restless again. Then Kimmy said, "Let's listen to my new iPod!" Fireworks of joy shot from my eyes and leaped into her arms. I have been slowly trying to get us to listen to music more and more as a fun way to pass the time, but just as it has been a learning process for me, it has been for her. But shit, who doesn't like listening to music? I think most people don't realize that they actually like to listen to music.
She pulled out Everett. He was a shiny little green alien with a bright screen. I got to pick the album, and I chose The Pretenders compilation, The Singles. I could think of nothing sexier for that moment than Chrissie Hynde's sultry vocal swagger and those pulsing electric guitars.
We laid down on her bed, each with a single earbud in our respective ears and started the album. Kimmy started making out with me, but I said it was way beyond my cheese-o-meter to handle making out while attached at the earbud. She concurred, and we just listened.
While it wasn't "hi-fi" through the earbuds, it was still exciting and fun. Neither of us had ever realized how wild Hynde goes at the end of "Stop Sobbing," with her mantra: "Stop sob, sob, sob, sobbing, sob, sob, sobbing sobbing." Ah! It's classic! It's raw! And it was real! Seeing her in the studio, pounding on her chest, and stomping her feet. Despite the intensity, it was still kinda funny, and we both started laughing. Chrissie's crazy!
We kept listening, giving out random commentary when necessary, although the comments lessened as we got deeper into the album, and we let the music speak for itself. Kimmy was surprised: "It's like I've never listened to this album before." This reminded me of our previous conversation about HDTV, and some annoying urge pinched me to bring it up.
Instead, I just held her closer and said, "I know. Isn't music awesome?"
that is an excellent and awkward story. but hey, when is audio and making-out not awkward. actually, it was probably beautiful at the time. I have a splitter, maybe next time we'll hook it up to the Bellari. my girlfriend can wear my grado's. I can wear my etymotics. and Fleetwood Mac will be our guide.
*Note*--Albums not to make out to: 1. Hemispheres by Rush (never goes well) 2. Romantic Warrior by Return to Forever, also not sexy; chivalrous, heroic, and dissonant are more like it 3.Misplaced Childhood by Marillion; tried that last time.......I need better judgement
"*Note*--Albums not to make out to: 1. Hemispheres by Rush (never goes well) 2. Romantic Warrior by Return to Forever, also not sexy; chivalrous, heroic, and dissonant are more like it 3.Misplaced Childhood by Marillion; tried that last time.......I need better judgement"-----How about something like Cecil Taylor's "Conquistador"? Or maybe "Big Lizard In My Backyard" by The Dead Milkmen? But seriously, I think that Keith Jarrett's "Koln Concert" would be good to make out to. I know this because I did just that with my ex-girlfriend. For some reason I think that "Music Has The Right To Children" by The Boards of Canada would be good also.
Great albums to make out to: 1. Troubador by J.J. Cale 2. Cat Mother by Cat Mother 3. Miles is always sexy 4. TP by Teddy Pendergrass (another love TKO!) 5. When it Falls by Zero 7 6. Al Final De Este Viaje by Silvio Rodriguez


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Flying – non-stop! – from Watertown to Chicago
Just took the new(ish) flight from Watertown to Chicago. First, the high points (and it's almost all high points):
1) Non-stop. No connecting flight. No worries about missing that second leg, etc.
2) Jet service: when you're a jet, you're a jet all the way. And you go faster, smoother. Air time to Chicago: two hours. Air time back: one hour, 15 minutes.
Propeller planes of any size are loud, slow and rough. But those nightmare 9-seat puddle jumpers from Ogdensburg, Massena and Saranac Lake really test the limits of intestinal fortitude.
After boarding the plane to Chicago, I asked the flight attendant if this would be a bumpy ride. (It should be. You go over Lakes Ontario, Erie and Michigan.) He said he originally thought it would be, but was surprised by the smoothness. I was, too.
No time is a good time for this air route, but winter has to be the worst. Those who fly professionally (like the flight attendant) refer to "air columns," which is a nice euphemism until the plane you're on slams into turbulent air and the contents of your stomach look to exit through the in door. And yet, it was fine. No bumps, no bruises, no nauseating dips or dives.
3) Watertown airport: it's a one-gate terminal and this has advantages, like free parking. Name any other U.S. airport—that offers jet service—that would charge less than $100 for the pleasure of parking for eight days. I didn't pay a dime.
And another advantage: driving to Watertown means not driving to Syracuse: no snow belt to go through.
4) The American Airlines flight crews: both (there and back again) were professional and personable.
Now, the low points:
1) As any North Country misanthrope will tell you, hell is other people. There is no view of humanity so dim that it can't be made worse by climbing onto a narrow metal tube where other members of your own species are confounded over which seat is 'A' and which isn't.
Truthfully, this is not rocket science: three seats in each row. Seat 'A' is to the right of the aisle. This is, in fact, why there's a big letter 'A' over these seats. Really. Each row. "And there it was, just as plain as dammit," as Bertie Wooster once said about something even less patently obvious than seat 'A.'
Seats 'B' and 'C' are on the left. They're labeled as such. Yes, on each row. And they're together, like pain and suffering. And yet, both going to and returning from Chicago, someone was in my 'A' seat. I know this is a first-world problem and ordinarily I don't care about such things. Finding someone in my seat, I usually grab another nearby. But I was told the flight to Watertown would be full. Still, I had no intention of digging in my heels and insisting on any seat in particular—at least not until I heard the response of the woman occupying my 'A' seat.
"But where's seat 'B?'"
Struck momentarily dumb, I pointed with my thumb. Eventually, I managed to spit out, "It's right there."
The light, as it were, seemed to dawn.
"Ohhh… that makes sense," she said. And then, once she'd folded the prodigiousness of what I'll charitably describe as her bulk into the faux-leather embrace of Seat 'B'—next to her traveling companion, who was luxuriating in the veritable Versailles of Seat 'C'—she said, "Ohhh, this is much better."
Seriously, the airline provides oxygen for this? It seems a bit much. Still, even in these circumstances and despite such demonstrable merit, they won't make an example of passengers like this and force them to ride on the roof. It's a pity, really.
2) The landing in Watertown.
I know a little about powered flight, just enough to be nervous about it. I know the pilot must maintain lift, even while slowing the plane for landing. As you begin the final approach to the airport and leave the light(s) of Watertown behind you, you're flying somewhere between 500 and 1,000 feet. It feels like your next destination is the crash site. The minute throttle adjustments seem an existential threat, simultaneously loud and discomfiting.
Seeing the runway appear (almost magically) didn't really make me feel better. We were going very, very fast.
Reverse thrust is one of those 20th-Century inventions that gets almost no mention or recognition. Fans of the thing can now rejoice. The landing in Watertown is a celebration of it. We went from approximately 360 miles an hour to about 40 in a space most North Country residents would consider "shovel-able." That is to say, less than the length of my driveway.
Most of us will never know what it's like to land on an aircraft carrier. For us, there's Watertown.
Eventually, the impression of the seat-tray latch on your forehead will vanish. Give it time.
3) The plow driver at the Watertown airport.
A lot of snow fell during my trip. I knew this because I'm an American and a very small percentage of my taxes goes to NOAA, which packages weather info and makes it available to everyone. Meaning that, even if I didn't have a smart phone, everyone I know would still tell me all about "all that snow falling on northern New York."
Bless his heart, the plow driver really wanted me to know how much snow had fallen. So he graciously pushed as much of it as possible against my car. Even though both door and window were shut, a frozen block of snow—about a foot high and six inches thick—was packed inside, between the door and the driver's seat of my car.
I brushed out as much as possible, but the remnants melting against my leg on the drive home made me recall that age-old maxim: "Ain't nothin' free. Not even free parking."
But these low points weren't so bad and might be unique to my trip. There are two other tidbits I'd like to mention:
I rented a car at Payless. It was cheap and off the airport, meaning that—once I got into the car—I didn't have to contend with the dizzying vortex of O'Hare traffic. I reserved an all-wheel drive car and that's what I got, despite the recent blizzard that passed through the northern Midwest. And here's the kicker: the shuttle driver (who loaded my bags outside the terminal) got my rental as I signed the paperwork inside. When I walked out the door next to the rental desk, my car was running—with the heat on—and my bags were loaded in the back. I have never said this about a rental-car company and I'm pleasantly amazed to say it now: everyone I dealt with at Payless was wonderful. Really, everyone, and I strongly recommend giving them a try next time you land at O'Hare.
And finally, I flew to Chicago on a dark and foggy Christmas Eve. O'Hare is one of the busiest airports in the world, offering lots of opportunities to see other planes aloft while you're in flight. And so it was easy to tap my wife's shoulder, point out the window at a red blinking light in the distance and say, "Look. There's Rudolph."
She smiled and nodded. And she agrees, this flight from Watertown to Chicago is a gift.


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I took a photo trip to Tulsa yesterday with a photographer friend and we walked all over downtown taking pictures. It was bitterly cold and the wind was insane, but we made the best of it! I even took one of my film cameras and shot a rool of black and white film. Tomorrow I leave for Las Vegas for a week of photography lectures and a huge trade show. I'll be listening to some of the top photographers in the country, as well as checking out all the latest camera equipment. In addition, I'll get to see and touch every wedding album available to professional photographers. I can't wait and I'll be looking forward to bringing some new products to our studio! Stay tuned!


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Blackheath & Bromley made an excellent start to the UK women's league season finishing in fourth place in the opening Premiership match at Swansea.
In fact they were just 10 points behind winners Birchfield, and had they had athletes in every event they would have won the match.
The weather conditions were not the best for top times, heights or distances but there were some fine competitive performances.
Dina Asher Smith won both the 100 and 200 metres but with a wind against of over -4.0 metres per second she timed 12.07 and 24.18.
Shannon Hylton ran faster in the B string 200 winning in a time of 23.89.
With Vivien Olatunji gaining third in the B string 100 there was only going to be one winning team in the 4x100 metres.
Vivien, Dina and Shannon were joined by Cheriece Hylton to storm to victory by over a second in 46.43.
Cheriece had earlier won the B string 400 metres in 56.22 after Rachel Dickens had finished in third place in the A string in 55.93.
Dina and the 4x100 team were actually the only A string winners on the day but there were plenty of top three placings in the highest division of League Athletics in the country. On the track Serita Solomon missed out on victory in the 100 metre hurdles by just two hundredths of a second in 14.71.
Clare Elms had a remarkable afternoon finishing in third place in the 3000 metres in 10.20.55 and was also 7th in the A string 1500 in 5.01.93 and 5th in the B string 800 with 2.21.44.
Having just turned 50 this meant she had reduced the Club over 50s record for 3000 by just under two minutes; the 1500 record by almost 45 seconds and the 800 by nearly 16 seconds. In the field Shaunagh Brown was third in the hammer with 59.72 as well as winning the B discus and finishing 4th in the shot.
Samantha Milner was second in the A string discus with 46.81.
Having won the B string 100 hurdles, Jahisha Thomas was third in the A string long jump with a leap of 5.65. Zara Asante was 2nd in the B long with 5.26 and also won the B triple with 12.55 as Chioma Matthews was third in the A string with 12.78.
With Frederica Foster making a welcome return to competition in the 800; Patricia Curtin and Nathanielle Jones making their League debuts; and Grace Sheppard and Krystal Galley scoring valuable points for the team, it was just the sort of start the squad wanted to the season and they will look forward to the second of the three matches at Birmingham on the 7th of June.
The men's team were celebrating too as they finished in 4th place in the British Athletics League Division One match at Eton.
Having been promoted from Division Two last year this was a promising opening.
The club's athlete of the match was Kieran Daly who won both the 100 and 200 metres in sparkling times.
An above the legal limit wind speed in the 100 saw him cross the line 10.21.
The 200 metres was a legal +1.1 and he finished in 21.08 a massive personal best, and well clear of Kent AC's Portugal international David Lima, who has a best of 20.72.
There was a small piece of History made in the long jump with the Clubs best ever pairing.
Jermaine Olasan won the A string event in 7.47 while under 20 Oliver Newport took the honours in the B string with a leap of 7.43, a distance that, had Jermaine not been competing, would have won the A string.
Alex Bruce Littlewood flew in from Ireland to compete and took second place in the 3000 steeplechase as well as scoring valuable points in the 1500 metres.
A classy 400 metres saw Dan Putnam finish third in 47.74.
Back in the field Mike Van Den Dobbelsteen was third in the javelin with a seasons best of 52.57.
It was third also for Louis Mascarenhas in the discus improving his best to 45.04.
He was one of seven under 20s making their debut and of these Will Fuller (8.40.75 in the 3000); Richard Webb (9.56.05 3000 steeplechase); and Max Hodson (3.40 in the pole vault) also set new bests. The team will be looking to build on this at the next match in Gateshead on June 7.
On the roads Scott Overall won the Bristol 10km by four seconds in a time of 30.20.
David Hoben was 28th in the Pednor 5 mile race walk at Chesham, and four days earlier finished 17th in the Haywards Heath Open Meet 1km walk.
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By Mason W. Canales and Holly Wise
Killeen Daily Herald
Lampasas', Kempner's and Florence's relationship with Fort Hood let residents learn about the military and show support for troops.
There is a good reason to keep the communication lines open between what is happening with the military and Fort Hood and what is happening in Lampasas, said Lampasas Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jill Carroll.
While the city of Lampasas is about 30 miles from the Fort Hood Main Gate, the county only sits about 10 miles away.
"There is a lot of population, especially our county population, that are military dependent families," Carroll said. "And there are a lot of people in Kempner who are military families."
Fort Hood and the efforts it supports, such as the Adopt-A-Unit program, which is run by the Association of the United States Army, are strengthening the ties with the community by participating in those programs, said Kempner Mayor Gene Isenhour.
"This is about being good neighbors, and we are neighbors with Fort Hood," Isenhour said.
But there is something else there, too.
A significant portion of Kempner is made up of active-duty soldiers or military retirees, Isenhour said.
"Fort Hood supports a lot of our residents with jobs and with benefits or resources, and as a city, we must look after our residents. There is that knowledge that the cities are helping take care of their military families," Isenhour said.
While Kempner has seen some tangible benefits from its close relationship with its adopted unit, such as the construction of the Sylvia Tucker Memorial Park, which was partially constructed by the 36th Engineer Brigade, Kempner makes sure to always invite the brigade to its Veterans and Memorial Day ceremonies, where residents show their respect to the soldiers, Isenhour said.
City officials also welcome soldiers during homecomings and participate in other Fort Hood ceremonies, Isenhour said.
The Lampasas Independent School District also believes it is beneficial to have a close working relationship with Fort Hood, LISD Superintendent Randall Hoyer said.
"I think it is important to maintain a relationship and keep active relationship (with the post)," Hoyer said. "We have to maintain that relationship ... to make sure the children are being taken care of."
The school also supports the Adopt-A-Unit program, with each school having its own unit, Hoyer said.
"I think the soldiers enjoy and appreciate the change in scenery and the regular routine of their job and the chance to intermingle with the students who look up to them," he said.
About 30 percent of the Lampasas student body are members of active-duty military families.
It is important that soldiers and Fort Hood feel like they have a place in the community, Carroll said.
"They need to be a part of the community that they live in, and it is our job to keep them informed of everything that is happening here," she said.
Fort Hood's partnership with surrounding communities expanded in 2009 when Florence and the U.S. Army Operational Test Command presented each other with proclamations about their relationship.
"Fort Hood approached us to be a helping hand to our city, and of course the city council was delighted to do that so the city council passed the proclamation," Florence Mayor Mary Condon said.
The proclamation was passed in December 2009 and since then, both parties have enjoyed the mutual relationship.
"One of the things they do is bring enthusiasm and their ability to do so much for the community and their ability to put things together when others can't," Florence Chamber of Commerce Director Robert Chambers said.
Eloise Lundgren, OTC's spokeswoman, said OTC and Florence have enjoyed a mutually beneficial relationship since establishing its partnership.
The command participates in Florence's community activities like Friendship Days, parades and annual Chamber of Commerce banquets, Lundgren said.
In addition, 10 OTC soldiers and family members served as judges for the Friendship Days barbecue cook-off last year and also participated in the annual Make-A-Difference Day for the last three years. OTC has raised money and given backpacks and food items for the Communities in Schools' Backpack Buddy program, Lundgren said.
Florence city officials and residents participate in Fort Hood events such as OTC's commander, Brig. Gen. Don MacWillie's, promotion ceremony in March 2010 and the annual Civic Leaders' Day in May.
"We love these folks; we enjoy having them over and they've been really good to us," Chambers said. "We appreciate what they do for our country."


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Oh, Postcard Inn, you make me so happy! Today we have Rochelle and Rob's shabby-chic St. Pete beach wedding from Kirsten Manick Photography. Their adoration for one another is so sweet and the sunshine and sky colors will certainly warm your heart!
Rochelle was living in Florida when she was asked to be a bridesmaid in her best friend's wedding out in Las Vegas. Her friend was marrying Rob's personal trainer and long story, short, they were invited to be each other's dates! That first week in Vegas turned into three months of long-distance phone calls and myspace messages. And, much to Rochelle's chagrin, she moved in with her parents who just happend to live in Nevada, too. Then, not long after that, she and her daughter, Angelina, were welcomed into Rob's home and their little family got its official start.
From Rochelle: What I love about Rob is that he loves my daughter and I, unconditionally. He is an amazing, hardworking, outgoing and loving person! He pushes me to be a better person and has taught me a lot about life and myself. I love that he can talk to anyone, anywhere; because that is something that I am not good at. One of my favorite moments was just getting to see Rob that day. Hugging him made all the stress go away. The day seemed to pass like a dream!
From Rob: What I love about Rochelle and I is that we are highly adaptable people to what the other needs. We are just as comfortable spending time side by side on the couch as we are going out for a great time. Rochelle is perfect for me because, as my wife, she's signed on to deal with my bad jokes and dancing for the rest of her life. 'Til death do us part! Seeing my wife for the first time, more beautiful than any moment in the past, was certainly the most special for me. Walking into our celebration as Mr. and Mrs. Kolar, knowing that everyone around us was a part of our lives separately and now together, was really a bit overwhelming and so special. Knowing that I have a family to provide for and to be part of is one of the most important feelings I have ever known.
When you walk into The Postcard Inn your brain almost instantly plays a Beach Boys or Sublime song and you kind of want to grab a surfboard and ride some white caps! The PCI also has some seriously rad photo-op spots, especially for weddings. There is retro surf decor throughout the hotel; a colorful library in the lobby, wave wallpaper in the rooms, and salt-kissed state plates at the bar. And everyday the sunrise and sunset times are posted along with a chipper quote to get you going! Not long ago, Laura and I visited PCI and we sipped on cold adult-beverages right in the very same spot as Rochelle and her bridesmaids did. I totally want to go back!
Rob and Rochelle were married on the beach over-looking the beautiful Gulf of Mexico. They wanted the day to be laid back and have that beach-bum kind of vibe. During the ceremony, Rochelle's step-dad sang "One More Day" and an e.e. cummings poem was read aloud. Their guests rested on beach-worn benches (love that!) and many of the orange and aqua details that you see were Pinterest inspirations done by our bride and groom.
From R&R: Rochelle was the queen of DIY. She would scour Pinterest hours (yes, hours!) a day finding ideas that she wanted to incorporate into our wedding. Rob was more involved in the planning than most grooms. One of the most important things he did for me was folding over 100 paper airplanes; a nod to Rob's career as a pilot. Our guests threw them as we came back up the aisle as husband and wife. We really liked the look of burlap and mason jars and since our wedding was on the beach, we used sand and candles in the centerpieces. I made the place cards, ring bearer pillow, bride and groom sign and some other banners out of burlap. I also made the tutu my flower girl wore. We incorporated Angelina into the wedding ceremony by giving her a ring and involving her in the sand ceremony, which was super important for the three of us. The flower bracelet I wore was made from my mothers wedding dress when she married my dad and the diamond earrings were borrowed from my Grandma Sharon. I also used a sailboat tie tack from my Grandpa Don on my bouquet.
Don't you just love all the cheery oranges and aquas and the lobster trap cake stand?! I'm happy that all of their DIY projects were able to come through for their destination wedding and I'd love to know how she transported all of the cute details! Congratulations to the whole family!
Ceremony & Reception Venue: Postcard Inn of St. Petersburg, Florida | Photography: Kirsten Manick Photography from Southern California | Floral Design: Marsha Marie Floral | Submission: Two Bright Lights


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Twenty-four-year-old Veronika seems to have everything—youth and beauty, boyfriends and a loving family, a fulfilling job. But something is missing in her life. So, one cold November morning, she takes a handful of sleeping pills expecting never to wake up. But she does—at a mental hospital where she is told that she has only days to live.
Inspired by events in Coelho's own life, Veronika Decides to Die questions the meaning of madness and celebrates individuals who do not fit into patterns society considers to be normal. Bold and illuminating, it is a dazzling portrait of a young woman at the crossroads of despair and liberation, and a poetic, exuberant appreciation of each day as a renewed opportunity.
When Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist) was a young man, his parents had him committed to mental hospitals three times because he wanted to be an artist–an unacceptable profession in Brazil at the time. During his numerous forced incarcerations he vowed to write some day about his experiences and the injustices of involuntary commitment. In this fable-like novel, Coelho makes good on his promise, with the creation of a fictional character named Veronika who decides to kill herself when faced with all that is wrong with the world and how powerless she feels to change anything. Although she survives her initial suicide attempt, she is committed to a mental hospital where she begins to wrestle with the meaning of mental illness and whether forced drugging should be inflicted on patients who don't fit into the narrow definition of "normal." The strength and tragedy of Veronika's fictional story was instrumental in passing new government regulations in Brazil that have made it more difficult to have a person involuntarily committed. Like any great storyteller, Coelho has used the realm of fiction to magically infiltrate and alter the realm of reality. –Gail Hudson
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It is sure to be a night to remember, so come make this last event a great one!
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Those campaigning against the European Parliament's seat in Strasbourg were dealt a major blow on Tuesday (8 July) when France's national railway company, SNCF, announced a new direct TGV route between Brussels and Strasbourg. EURACTIV France reports.
By spring 2016, it will take just three and a half hours to travel from Brussels to Strasbourg, the two host cities of the European Parliament.
SNCF will launch a direct high-speed train link that will travel twice a day in each direction.
There is only one direct route by high-speed train between the two cities. It is chartered by the European Parliament for plenary sessions that take place once a month. A train journey currently takes five and a half hours as the train travels through Wallonia and Luxembourg. The SNCF blames this on Luxemburgish and Walloon infrastructure because it is not suitable for high-speed trains. The SNCF told EURACTIV France that the new route will meet the needs and expectations of their customers.
Brussels-Strasbourg relationship at heart of European Parliament debate
Strasbourg is difficult to get to, be it by train or plane. This is the main complaint for European officials that travel between the two cities every month.
"The problem of rapid access to Strasbourg is the number one weapon for the anti-Strasbourg guerrilla," said Constance Le Grip, author of a report by the European People's Party on the location of the seats of the European Union's institutions. She welcomed the new high-speed train connection, which she says responds to the demands and needs of train users.
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"It is obvious that this is not just a railway issue, it is also a political issue," she said, adding that the announcement will take "the wind out of the sails" of those who are against the Strasbourg seat.
According to Le Grip, "anti-Strasbourg" MEPs will have less to complain about, but there are still other problems. It is difficult for MEPs from across Europe to fly to Strasbourg and the lack of hotels mean that once a month the price of a room skyrockets.
"SNCF's decision will not solve all problems in one go, but it is a step in the right direction," Le Grip said.
According to a decision taken at the European Council in Edinburgh 1992, the European Parliament's official seat is situated in Strasbourg.
Just twelve four day plenary sessions take place there every year. Any changes require changing the European treaties, which needs a unanimous decision from the EU member states.
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Retirees are more likely to say "I am happier now that I am retired" (77% of them agreed); 64% of those who have yet to retire agreed with the statement, "I will be happier after I retire." Other than wishing they could retire earlier, or could have retired earlier, many recent and soon-to-be retirees see few negatives about retiring. Twenty-six percent of those nearing retirement said they feel "hopeful" about retirement, while 27% of those who have recently retired say they feel "peaceful." John Diehl, senior vice president of The Hartford's wealth management division, says people are redefining the concept of retirement. "I think they are getting more realistic," Diehl says of pre-retirees. "They are going to have to work longer and they may work part time once they retire, which means we are redefining what retirement is. Full-time leisure is now actually part time." But unlike the dire state of affairs often portrayed, he sees a less frantic view of retirement preparation. "We didn't ask the tired old questions like, 'Are you afraid you don't have enough money in retirement?' That's like asking somebody who is retired, 'Hey, do you wish you were younger?' or 'Do you with you were better looking?' Of course they are going to say 'I wish I had more money,'" Diehl says of the study conducted with MIT. "We wanted to look, holistically, at lifestyle. To ask, 'Now that you are retired, how is it going?' We found that people were happy. Three out of four people were happier than before they retired." He says the reason for that bliss has more to do with activities involving family, travel and volunteer -- having a "more balanced life than we had when they were younger" -- than it does with meeting a monetary goal. "Where other studies took a wrong turn was where they equated wealth with happiness," Diehl says. "If you look at studies about happiness you see is that wealthy people are happier, but only slightly more so. You can be rich or you can be poor, and that doesn't necessarily determine your happiness. People who are older finally get it."
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California's Treasurer says he thinks mid-year budget cuts are a possibility. Bill Lockyer says he's more skeptical than some about the extra four billion dollars in revenue state lawmakers are counting on to balance the budget. If that money doesn't materialize, lawmakers have built in so-called "trigger cuts:"
"I won't be surprised if the trigger gets pulled, but I'm not sure it will be the big trigger. It's more likely that it's one of the smaller ones–the smaller trigger," said Lockyer.
Lawmakers built in a series of cuts that could be phased in, depending on how much revenue turns up. They include deeper cuts to higher education and social services, as well as chopping up to seven days off the school year.
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Girl's name poll
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You have such a wonderful selection of names!
Claire Juliet-- I love both Claire and Juliet! The meaning, "bright and youthful", is great!
Claire Madeline-- I love this, too!
Maya Claire-- Also lovely!
Clara Bree-- I adore Clara, but Bree is a bit dated... Sorry! What about Clara Bridget, Clara Juliet, or Clara Madeline?
I ended up voting for Claire Juliet. Since I loved these equally, I looked at the meanings and decided that I like "bright and youthful" best, though the others don't have bad meanings at all. Which one sounds best with your surname?
Good luck! :)
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Re: Girl's name poll"Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit." - Salman Rushdie
Boy Combinations: Archer Solomon James, Ronan Charles Bennett, Everett Hawthorn Thomas
Girl Combinations: Phoebe Marietta Pearl, Clara Daphne Eloise
Other Favorites: Eliza (Eliza Wren), Juliet, Rosanna, Thea, Johanna, Jude
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I voted for Maya Claire, as I think it has just that edge over the classic Claire, but I also love, love, LOVE Clara - the popular Bree putting me off that combination, though. As Lemon suggested, I think Clara Juliet would be beautiful, feminine but not too flamboyant, and just so romantic.
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Re: Girl's name pollOriginally Posted by lemoncordelia ~ jessamine ~ alice ~ louisa ~ maeve ~ julia ~ eloise ~ fiona ~ genevieve
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Three youths have been arrested after a teenage boy was found stabbed to death.
Detectives have launched a murder inquiry after the boy was found with a stab wound to his chest in Lewisham, south east London.
Emergency crews were called to Launcelot Road at about 4am today but the victim, believed to be 16, was pronounced dead shortly after 5.10am.
Three males, aged between 16 and 18, have been arrested in connection with the death and remain in custody at a south London police station, Scotland Yard said.
The dead boy's next of kin have been informed. Formal identification of the victim has yet to take place, the force added.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "We retain an open mind as to the motive at this early stage and are actively seeking any information, which can be provided in confidence." Anyone who witnessed the incident or has any information should call 020 8721 4868 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
The incident happened inside a house in the tree lined residential area close to two schools. The victim's body remained at the scene as police carried out forensic examinations.
People living close by expressed their shock at what had happened. Tyrone Simpson said people were stunned.
"This was a young kid," he said. "It's very sad. I've have young kids of my own and this boy was only 16. It's terrible."
Jordan Hughes said the neighbourhood had experiences with violent crime before. "There's always been trouble in this area, a kid got stabbed in the neck around here a couple of months ago," she said. "It's not a nice thing to happen. Everyone is a bit shocked by it."


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It was literally a screaming-good Saturday for Perham's Kinship program as more than 75 community members took a mid-winter dip in Little Pine Lake.
For the fifth year in a row, people from the Perham area stepped up to the edge of the ice to take a chilly plunge for a good cause.
The day's events collected more than $15,000 for Perham's Kinship program, according to director Jill Shipman.
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-- Laola R. "Bobbie" Mosher, 88, formerly of 2432 Montclair Ave., died Monday morning, Aug. 23, 1999, at Meadowview Care Center in Seville.
Services will be Thursday at 10 a.m. at Custer Funeral Home, Wooster. Burial will be at Sherwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
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She was born April 7, 1911 in Danville to Ayman and Maude (Blubaugh) Sapp and married Earl Adam Mosher on July 16, 1932. He died in 1983.
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I replaced the Stove/Oven/Range Control Board and we are still experiencing the same problem. After installing Control Board the oven worked. Upon the second time using the oven, the probe indicator went on. I disconnected electrical power to reset computer. The oven worked. Third attempt to use oven, probe indicator went on again. Any other suggestions. I don't know if this is related, but after installing control board we now smell gas. I'm replacing gas hose and resealing all connections and hopefully that will eliminate gas smell.
PS...As you suggested, I found nothing as far as available parts labeled "oven computer". Did I replace the right part?
I unplugged unit again and oven worked. Baked twice today with oven shut down in between baking and oven restarted without unplugging. Most likely has nothing to do with it, but the oven didn't cool down completely. Will try after cooling. My wife wants her '50's gas stove back.
Follow up re: stove....contacted Bosch. Unit needs to be unplugged for minimum of 20 minutes to reset the control board. The stove now works...today anyway.
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not so fast! told you when my wife would use it, it wouldn't work. I just tried this morning without unplugging and it didn't work. It's doing the exact same thing as day one.
Remember it all started after a stove cleaning. Could the extreme heat of the cleaning damaged the probe sensor/connector on the stove wall? I can't beleive that the new control board is faulty and doing the exact same thing the old one was doing or it wouldn't do anything at all. I think it's something else.
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If you have nothing to suggest...guess I have to make that dreaded expensive service call.
It is the meat probe message that is displayed on the unit. Not the oven heat sensor. I'll do as you suggest. We've never used the meat probe anyway. We won't miss it. Will let you know.
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Clearly marked and easily removed probe connection...tested stove without unplugging...it worked! I probably should have told you we don't use the probe and you may have suggested earlier. If there is a problem, eliminate the source, especially if it is useless...brings to mind my wife...joking...still need someone to cook my dinners!


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4/04/12 (21 days ago) I had a Neck Lift w/jawline lipo, Lower face lift w/Chin Implant, and Mid Face Lift. I cannot feel anything on the left side of Face & Neck incl. teeth and gums. Cant feel chin area from jawline & down neck from there. Bottom lip will not retract. Smile only works on right side. Speach comes out of right side only resulting in lisp. The doctor says dont worry it will come back, but cant say when. I look like a stroke victim because of the mouth not working. Soo worried..
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Numbness After Facelift
Based on the description, your procedure was fairly extensive and probably required significant operative time and lead to significant swelling. Although some numbness in the lateral cheek and neck area are a result of the facelift, the impairment in your smile implies a weakness of one or several branches of your facial nerve. If this is the case, spontaneous recovery is the typical course of resolution. The numbness on your chin may be due to injury of the mental branch of the trigeminal nerve. This is also likely to spontaneously recover. I would keep in close contact with your Surgeon regarding these issues; most likely all of these issues are related to significant acute and chronic edema.
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Facial numbness after neck/lower face/ mid facelift, chin implant and jawline lipo?
The usual signs of the nerves regenerating and neuropraxia resolving is itching, followed by a burning sensation and then occasional sharp, shock-like pains. These will be normal to experience, and actually a promising sign. Usually, normal sensation returns, but is is also possible to have decreased sensation or even increased sensation to the areas affected. Re-educating nerves postoperatively is often helpful and will allow proper instruction for the affected sensory nerves - methods include using different textures to the affected areas when showering, bathing, applying lotion, etc. If bothersome, there are some medications that may be helpful, including Neurontin for pain for hypersensitivity. You can try various textures such as washcloths, loofahs, cotton sheets, etc. Massaging the areas is also beneficial for the incision to make the finest scar possible. The last place to regain the sensation will be directly adjacent to the incision/scar as the nerves will make its way from the periphery to this location. If continual pain arises, evaluation is warranted. After ruling out other causes, one rare explanation may be that a neuroma has developed and may require surgical excision. This is very unlikely unless a large sensory nerve has been transected inadvertently during the procedure. Hope that this helps! Best wishes!
Facial Numbness After Neck/Lower Face/Mid Face Lift, Chin Implant and Jawline Lipo?
The numbness should go away after a facelift. You are at 21 days. You are still in the very early stages. The nerves grow back at around a millimeter a day. The facial nerve issue can take about the same time. Recovery can be incomplete. Your doctor will hold your hand through this.
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You've had a lot of stff done and the swelling from this may be substantial. Also some nerve swelling has occurred. In most cases the weakness will correct itself..Be patient and your surgeon will help you along. A second opinion is in order if this persists.
Facial numbness following facelift
I am sorry that you have had this complication. It is not unusual for the nerves to be bruised or stretched during the procedure. It would cause the symptoms your are experiencing. If the nerves were not directly cut during the procedure, then I would expect you to have a full recovery over weeks to a few months. I would recommend following up with your surgeon. Your surgeon knows the details of your procedures, and will be able to provide you with the best advice. Thank you and good luck with your recovery.
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There was significant amount of surgery done and it is possible that some motor and sensory nerves of the face may have been transiently stretched or injured. Neuropraxia is usually the cause and this type of nerve injury does result in full recovery. I counsel close f/u with your surgeon or seek a second opinion if you are still concerned.
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Residents of the Cajamarca region of Peru proved the power of protest this week when they successfully blocked U.S. mining giant Newmont from exploring for gold at the Cerro Quilish deposit – a move, they say, that could have severely polluted the region's water supply.
Last month, Newmont got the go-ahead from the Peruvian government to mine for gold at Quilish despite protests from the residents that the work would pollute local water supplies in a region that has suffered from drought for four straight years now. Indeed, the region's main water treatment plant is located just four miles from the Quilish deposit, which itself sits atop the largest gold mine in Latin America, Yanacocha.
Work began at Quilish, which has probable gold reserves of 3.7 million ounces, this week and almost immediately nearly 10,000 infuriated residents and workers in Cajamarca blocked the main road leading to the mine. The Peruvian government – after many efforts to undermine the protests – finally suspended the mining permit Friday because of the scale of the protests.
The indefinite suspension of the permit is no small victory since the legal battles for access to Quilish have been ongoing. Earlier this year, a municipal government in Peru declared exploitation of Quilish off-limits, saying it should be declared a protected environmental zone. The nation's highest court, in the pocket of market-friendly President Alejandro Toledo, overturned the ruling and gave Newmont, the majority owner of Yanacocha (which is minority owned by the World Bank and a Peruvian mining concern), the green-light for exploitation.
"We want to intervene so that they do hydrological studies that corroborate this acquired knowledge that rural people and those that live in the area have," Father Marco Arana of the non-governmental organization Grufides told BusinessNews America. (Arana has emerged as the main spokesperson for the protestors). "Yanococha has said there would be no water problems but over the years dead fish with traces of arsenic, mercury, iron or pH variations have been found in nearly all the rivers around the mine," he said.
Newmont's exploits have a bloody history that spans the globe. Arana's reference to mercury poisoning is surely, in itself, a reference to a 2000 accident involving the transport of mercury along a road to Yanacocha. About 355 pounds of the toxic substance spilled and local residents were poisoned when they walked over it and in some cases, unknowingly carried it into their homes.
Residents of the North Sulawesi region of Indonesia are all too familiar with Newmont – the world's largest gold producer. The people there say Newmont is dumping mercury and arsenic-laced mine waste into the local Buyat fishing bay. In Turkey, a Newmont-operated mine was shut down in August by the government after residents protested that gold production was contaminating the soil.
Back in Peru, the struggle to keep Quilish protected will continue. Newmont has already spun the victory as temporary and they say the permit they were initially given by the Peruvian government is still legal. Newmont has operated in Peru for just over a decade now and it will find a way to stay as long as there is money to be made.