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Learn more about the eligibility criteria andthe documents required for availing a HDFC Bank personal loan.
The documentation for a HDFC Bank personal loan varies from individual to individual. The requirements are based on your profession, income and loan requirement.
Do you receive a regular salary?
This category includes salaried doctors, CAs, employees of private limited companies, employees from public sector undertakings including central, state and local bodies.
You should:
- Be 21-60 years of age.
- Have had a job for at least 2 years, and a minimum of 1 year with your current employer
- Be earning at least Rs. 12,000/- per month net income (Rs. 15,000/- in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Calcutta, Ahmedabad, cochin)
Documents to be submitted:
- Proof of identity: Copy of passport/voter ID card/driving license
- Proof of address: Copy of ration card/telephone or electricity bill/rental agreement/passport
- Last 3 months bank statement/6 months bank passbook
- Latest salary slip/ current dated salary certificate with the latest Form 16
Personal Loan Interest Rates & Charges
Enclosed below are HDFC Bank Personal Loan Interest Rates & Charges
|Amount to be Paid
|Rack interest rate
|Salaried - 15.75% to 20%
|Loan processing charges
|Up to 2.50% of the loan amount subject to a minimum of Rs. 1,000/- & Maximum of Rs. 25000/- for Salaried Customers.
|Salaried - No pre-payment permitted until repayment of 12 EMIs
|Pre-payment charges
|Salaried - 13-24 Months - 4% of Principal Outstanding,
25-36 Months - 3% of Principal Outstanding
>36 Months - 2% of Principal Outstanding
|No Due Certificate/No Objection Certificate (NOC)
|Duplicate of No Dues Certificate/NOC
|Solvency Certificate
|Not applicable
|Charges for late payment of EMI
|24% per annum on amount outstanding from date of default
|Charges for changing from fixed to floating rateAn interest rate that is allowed to move up and down with the rest of the market or along with an index. of interest
|Not applicable
|Charges for changing from floating to fixed rateAn interest rate that will remain at a predetermined rate for the entire term of the loan. of interest
|Not applicable
|Stamp duty & other statutory charges
|As per applicable laws of the state
|Credit assessment charges
|Not applicable
|Non standard repayment charges
|Not applicable
|Cheque swapping charges
|Rs 500/-
|Amortization Schedule charges
|Rs 200/-
|Loan cancellation charges
|NIL (However client would be charged interest for the interim period between date of loan disbursementDisbursement of loan means the delivery of the loan funds by the bank to the applicant of the loan. and loan cancellation and processing fees would be retained.)
|Cheque bounce charges
|Rs. 550/- per cheque bounce
|Legal/incidental charges
|At actual
|CIBIL Report Copy Charges
|Rs.50 per copy
*Service Tax and other Government taxes, levies etc. applicable as per prevailing rate will be charged over and above the Fees and Charges
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Have questions?
How can I change the mode of repayment/ account for my loan?
With reference to your request to change the mode of repayment/account for your loan, there are 3 modes of repayment for the loan account.
Kindly submit the Swap Form along with the required documents mentioned below pertaining to the new mode/account of repayment at the nearest Retail Loan Service Center.
You can repay in 3 ways:
1) Standing Instructions:
We offer the Standing Instructions (SI) facility whereby we can directly debit your HDFC Bank account for EMI amounts on due dates.
Please submit the following at your nearest Retail Loan Service Centre:
- Security cheques ***
- Swap application
- SI mandate duly filled and verified by HDFC Bank
2) Electronic Clearing Service (ECS):
We offer the ECSStands for Electronic Clearing Service. It is a mode by which funds are automatically debited to your account every month to pay or a certain bill or fee. It helps so you don't have to remember every month to pay your regular bills. It is only done after a standing instruction is given by the account holder. facility whereby we can directly debit your non-HDFC Bank account for EMI amounts on due dates.
Please submit the following at your nearest Retail Loan Service Centre:
- Security cheques***
- Swap application
- ECS mandate duly filled and verified by HDFC Bank
***Security Cheques: You need to issue 1 security cheque for every 6 Equated Monthly Installments (EMI). The amount on each security post dated cheque should be equal to sum of 3 EMIs. For example, if 10 EMIs are to be paid of Rs. 1000 each, you need to submit 2 Security Cheques of Rs. 3000 each.
3) Post-dated Cheques (PDC):
You can also submit the revised post-dated cheques in favour of HDFC Bank Ltd. Loan Account Number for the balance EMIs.
How can I repay my Personal Loan?
You pay the loan in equal monthly instalments (EMIs). The loan will be paid through post-dated cheques. You can also pay through ECSStands for Electronic Clearing Service. It is a mode by which funds are automatically debited to your account every month to pay or a certain bill or fee. It helps so you don't have to remember every month to pay your regular bills. It is only done after a standing instruction is given by the account holder. or a standing instruction to debit your HDFC Bank account with the EMI amount.
Try our EMI calculator to calculate how much you need to pay each month.
What are the charges I have to pay to change the mode of repayment/ account for my loan?
Nil charges
Are there any additional charges for loan repayment?
The additional charges (if any) are applicable in case you default or in case of SWAP (i.e. change the repayment mode). The charges are updated and can be viewed in the Fees & Charges section in the Bank's website of each loan product.
What is Guarantor?
A GuarantorA guarantor is a person who guarantees payment by another. A guarantor becomes a co-endorser and assumes liability in event of default. is a person who guarantees to pay for someone else's debt if he or she should default on a loan obligation.
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The bold glasses trend is here to stay! Check out these gorgeous celebs who prove specs are totally stylish.
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Even though giant, oversized glasses are totally in right now, it's still important to stick to frames that fit your face! Lucy went for a smaller, super flattering rectangle pair that complements her heart-shaped face, while her pal Annie's rosy cheeks help her totally rock a bigger frame.
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In this tutorial I show what tools you need and where to get them. Then I explain the starter code very briefly and we get a feel for what it does and how it works.
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Shin Megami Tensei (SMT) may be on the precipice of being among Japan's most popular franchises largely due to the popularity of its spin-off Persona titles. A customary glance can tell why Persona is the more popular among the SMT titles. It inherits quite a bit of the main series' dark roots but infuses with appealing anime tropes and accessible ... Read More »
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Platform(s): iOS, PC (reviewed) Developer: Simogo Price: $5.99 As a duo who have made a habit of defying expectations, Simogo have come far since their early days of endless runners that smartly used the touch-controls of mobile devices. Nominated for a few IGF awards and having scored consecutive App Store hits, they have finally graduated onto a traditional platform by releasing ... Read More »
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Mobile gaming as a legitimate form of gaming has been questioned many times by the self-proclaimed "hardcore" gamers from PC and console and while its popular examples, Angry Birds and Temple Run may explain the traditionalist gamers' prejudice, the mobile platform is a hotspot for experimentation and innovative concepts as well. There's no finer example of those two attributes than the ... Read More »
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Grand Theft Auto V may have broken all kinds of records in the Guinness World Records but a game of its notoriety is bound to rankle certain groups' sensibilities and annoy them. Which is how most gamers tend to see the self-righteous "cultural criticism" directed by the so-called "feminists" towards GTA V right from when the moment the first details about ... Read More »
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One of game industry's oft-ignored truths that gets conveniently shifted into shadows — is the cozy relationship between the publisher, distributor and the reviewer. It exists perhaps in all mediums — films or music but in a field where first reviews out of the embargo matter from a popularity standpoint, this problem only gets exacerbated in games. The Developer Angle ... Read More »
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Buy Rayman Legends There are fewer tried-and-tested genres in games like platformers, which are at once the simplest to design but also among the hardest to perfect and innovate. They are also gaming at its very basic — generally revolving around a fixed set of actions which only varies with how the player interacts with the world around them with ... Read More »
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Games, much like films or music albums, aren't simply products of the effort of its creators over a couple of years. They are also products of the trials and tribulations the teams had to go through while making it. Just like a kid with troubled childhood will grow into a troubled adult without proper guidance, a troubled creation process is ... Read More »
Indie Spotlight: "Fran Bow" — Developer Interview & Demo Impressions
Killmondaygames' Natalia and Isak make a fitting couple. Their love for storytelling brought them together, initially as film-makers until their frustrations with what they described as "the elite superiors who suppress your creativity" and they chose to abandon the film career in favour of another medium, one that is more familiar to all of us — games. Their first major ... Read More »
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There was a point during the Hong Kong section of the original Deus Ex when I came across a rare moment of brilliance I hadn't experienced before in a game. In the apartment where I was supposed to break-in and investigate without detection, I had been discovered. With nowhere to hide, I made a go for the window. Jumping through ... Read More »
Forcing Innovation Down Our Throats
Microsoft has never been a company which could outrightly claim they were the harbingers of innovation. Whether it was with DOS or Windows 98 or any other glorious achievement in the company's three decade long history, they were more or less the company which made the best use of opportunity available to them at that given point to become who ... Read More »


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Posted on March 13, 2014
Yesterday, the House Civil Justice Committee held a hearing in which two bills involving firearms were heard: House Bill 1407 and House Bill 1483. Both of these bills advanced out of committee by a voice vote. While only a voice vote was taken, state Representatives Mike Stewart (D-52) and Sherry Jones (D-59) wanted to be on record for voting against your Second Amendment rights. HB 1407 has been referred to the House Finance, Ways and Means Subcommittee and HB 1483 has been referred to the House Calendar and Rule Committee.
Sponsored by state Representative Tilman Goins (R-10), HB 1407 would allow law-abiding Tennesseans with a Handgun Carry Permit (HCP) to carry a firearm into all state, city, county and municipal parks. Current Tennessee law allows a municipality or county to prohibit the possession of handguns, and therefore one's right to self-defense, while within a public park, natural area, historic park, nature trail, campground, forest, greenway, waterway or other similar public place that is owned or operated by a county or municipality. This law poses a problem for citizens by creating a patchwork of laws across the state with regard to which localities have prohibited firearms in their parks. HB 1407 has been scheduled for a hearing in the House Finance, Ways and Means Subcommittee for next Wednesday, March 19 at 11:00 a.m., in House Hearing Room 29 (HHR 29).
HB 1483, sponsored by state Representative Debra Moody (R-81), would remove all grandfathered ordinances and resolutions passed before April 8, 1986 with regards to the prohibition or regulation of possession, transportation or storage of firearms and firearm ammunition by HCP holders. Please begin contacting your state Representative and respectfully urging him or her to vote "YES" on HB 1483 when it comes to the House floor for a vote.
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REVIEW SUMMARY: The second volume of Wrath-Bearing Tree continues to expand the scope of Morlock's life and world.
BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Following the events of the Dragon-Dwarf War, the religious nation of Kaen is the battleground in the continued conflict between the Ambrosii and the Gods of Fate and Chaos.
PROS: Strong fusion of sword & sorcery and epic fantasy.
CONS: Some parts do not mesh well together, leading to a less smooth reading experience
BOTTOM LINE: New characters and new conflicts deepen and to flesh out the origin story of Morlock.
Wrath-Bearing Tree is second in James Enge's series A Tournament of Shadows, following A Guile of Dragons. The series serves as an origin story for his character Morlock Ambrosius (previously seen in A Blood of Ambrose, This Crooked Way and The Wolf Age)


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Breast reconstruction is surgery to rebuild a breast after the breast has been removed for treatment of cancer. A plastic surgeon uses a balloonlike expander and a silicone implant or your own body tissue to rebuild the breast. The implant may be a silicone shell filled with saline (saltwater) or silicone gel. Or your surgeon may use tissue from other parts of your body to reconstruct the breast.
You may choose to have your breast rebuilt after you have had a mastectomy to remove your breast. Breast reconstruction may be started when you have the mastectomy or at any time afterwards. You may need 2 or 3 operations before the reconstruction is complete.
You may accept your changed appearance and choose not to have the operation to reconstruct the breast. Or you may decide to wear a breast form (also called a prosthesis) inside your bra. You should ask your healthcare provider about your choices.
There are many support groups for women who have had mastectomies. These support groups are usually made up of former cancer patients. Contacting one of these groups can help you learn what to expect from the surgery and give you emotional support.
Talk to your provider about the size and shape of breast you would like to have. Silicone implant reconstruction and tissue reconstruction produce different results. You may need surgery on the other breast to give the best match in size and shape. Ask your surgeon about this.
Plan for your care and recovery after the operation. Find someone to drive you home after the surgery and stay with you for a night or two. Allow for time to rest and try to find other people to help you with your day-to-day duties.
Follow your healthcare provider's instructions about not smoking before and after the procedure. Smokers heal more slowly after surgery. They are also more likely to have breathing problems during surgery. For these reasons, if you are a smoker, you should quit at least 2 weeks before the procedure. It is best to quit 6 to 8 weeks before surgery. This is especially important if you choose to have reconstruction using tissue from another part of your body.
If you need a minor pain reliever in the week before surgery, choose acetaminophen rather than aspirin, ibuprofen, or naproxen. This helps avoid extra bleeding during surgery. If you are taking daily aspirin for a medical condition, ask your provider if you need to stop taking it before your surgery. Don't take other nonprescription medicines that contain aspirin in the week before surgery.
Follow any other instructions your provider gives you. Eat a light meal, such as soup or salad, the night before the procedure. Do not eat or drink anything after midnight or the morning before the procedure. Do not even drink coffee, tea, or water.
You are given a general anesthetic. A general anesthetic relaxes your muscles, puts you to sleep, and keeps you from feeling pain.
The surgeon puts a balloonlike expander under your skin and chest muscles in the area where your breast was removed. The expander is inflated with saline to stretch the skin. More saline is injected into the expander every few weeks. The stretching takes many weeks, depending on how much skin there is and how much it needs to be stretched.
When the skin has stretched to the right size, you will have the next operation. You will be given an anesthetic and then the surgeon may replace the expander with an implant under your skin. The implant is a shaped silicone bag filled with saline or silicone gel.
Or, instead of an implant, you and your surgeon may decide to use tissue from your belly or back to reconstruct the breast. Skin from the lower belly or back with the attached muscle is moved to the chest, and blood vessels are attached to the skin and muscle under the arm. This is a more complicated procedure than implant reconstruction but may give a better cosmetic result. Talk with your surgeon about which procedure would be best for you.
As the final step, the surgeon may reconstruct the nipple and areola (the dark patch of skin around the nipple). The surgeon may use tissue from the reconstructed breast or a graft of skin from your underarm or groin. Sometimes tattooing is done instead of or in addition to the tissue graft.
You may be in the hospital for 24 hours if you have an expander placed under your skin. If a tissue flap is used to rebuild your breast, you may be in the hospital several days.
You will have drainage tubes through your skin for a few days after surgery. The tubes remove fluid from the area where you had surgery. Your surgeon will tell you how to care for these drains and arrange for you to come to the office for their removal. You will also get instructions for caring for your wound.
Most surgeons have specific preferences about bandages, and many have a special bra for use after reconstruction surgery.
Your surgeon will give you medicine for pain when you leave the hospital. Usually a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicine (NSAID), such as ibuprofen, will relieve most of the pain. NSAIDs may cause stomach bleeding and other problems. These risks increase with age. Read the label and take as directed. Unless recommended by your healthcare provider, do not take for more than 10 days for any reason.
A prescription drug, such as codeine, may be used for more severe pain.
Take the anti-inflammatory medicine even if you do not have pain for the first day or two. Use the codeine at the first sign of pain not relieved by the anti-inflammatory drug. It is easier to prevent pain with pain medicine than to relieve it once it gets severe.
If you were regularly taking estrogen hormone medicine before the surgery, ask if you should keep taking it after the surgery. Estrogen is usually stopped after breast cancer surgery, and often an anti-estrogen medicine is prescribed. Ask about this and all other medicines that you were taking before surgery. Find out if or when you should start taking them again.
It's common to feel tired and sore for up to 2 weeks after surgery. You can do light activity within a few days after surgery. You should avoid overhead lifting, strenuous sports, and sexual activity for 3 to 6 weeks.
It is especially important to follow your healthcare provider's instructions about activity if your reconstruction was done with the tissue transfer method. Avoid tight clothing, such as a regular bra. Tight clothes might reduce blood supply to the surgery area. Check with your healthcare provider before choosing a bra.
You can go back to your regular diet as soon as you wish. A healthy diet with plenty of fruits, vegetables, and extra fluids will help you heal and help avoid constipation. Constipation is common after surgery, especially when a narcotic, such as codeine, is needed for pain relief. If diet and extra fluids are not enough to avoid constipation, then a nonprescription laxative may be used. Check with your healthcare provider if constipation keeps being a problem.
In addition to the scar from the removal of the breast, you will have a scar on your back or abdomen if skin and muscle tissues were taken from these areas. Scarring is permanent, but in time, the scars are less noticeable as they flatten and lighten in color. Reconstruction cannot restore normal sensation to the breast, but sometimes some feeling does return.
When you have completely recovered from surgery, you should have regular checkups, including yearly mammograms of your other breast, to look for any recurrence of breast cancer.
Ask your healthcare provider what steps you should take and when you should come back for checkups.
You will have a more normal figure. This may help you feel better about yourself after removal of your breast.
Risks of breast reconstruction include:
There have been some special concerns about the safety of implants filled with silicone gel. After rigorous scientific review, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) determined that the implants are safe and effective for breast reconstruction in women of any age. For more information on breast implants and their safety, see the FDA Web site: http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/breastimplants/index.html.
You should ask your provider how the risks apply to you.
To get more information about reconstruction after mastectomy for breast cancer, talk to your provider or contact:
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VIDEO: Church on fire in Sutton-on-Sea after lightning strike
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Firefighters tackled a blaze at a church in Sutton-on-Sea after it was struck by lightning.
Emergency services were called to the Methodist Church on Station Road at 3:30pm.
It took four main jets and one hose reel to put out the fire which burned for several hours into the evening.
The roof of the building has suffered damage and engines from North Somercotes, Alford and Mablethorpe were called out with a hydraulic platform also attending from Skegness.
As a result of the incident the interior of the church has also suffered water damage.
Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue have confirmed the fire was caused by a lightning strike.
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Oh jeez, I haven't done one of these in AGES, BUT! yuhime was nice enough to look through my stuff (Her art is awesome, you need to see all of it), so here tis!
1 - For each of the first 15 people answering this journal, I will put their avatar and 3 deviations I like most from their gallery on the list.
2 - If you answer, you have to do the same in your journal, putting the tagger (me) on the first place.
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The Finance Department is responsible for the financial functions of Town government through the positions of Finance Officer, Finance Assistant, and Administrative Assistant. The activities include maintaining accounting records for multiple funds, general ledger, accounts payable, purchase orders, budgeting, wastewater and special assessment billings, payroll, audits, pension, debt management.
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Top five transfer rumours: Lewandowski heading to Manchester, Arsenal want Fellaini, Saints chase Wanyama
Forget what's going on with an egg-shaped ball Down Under, we need a football fix - and there's nothing like a good, juicy rumour to get us excited.
Let's start with perhaps the most in-demand striker in Europe, Borussia Dortmund's Robert Lewandowski - David Moyes wants to pair him with Robin van Persie at Old Trafford next season says the Telegraph - if they can't convince Cristiano Ronaldo to move back to Manchester.
One man that Mr Moyes is set to miss out on however, is Vitesse Arnhem's midfielder Marco van Ginkel, with the Dutch international choosing Chelsea instead (Express)
Arsenal are considering activating the £23m release clause in Marouane Fellaini's contract (London Evening Standard)
Whilst their North London rivals Tottenham are looking to recruit for their push for Champions League football next season - starting with a £15m move for Brazil midfielder Paulinho (Telegraph)
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San Francisco producers EPROM and Eskmo are to release their double A-side 12" on Warp next week (22nd/23rd February) featuring their respective tracks 'Hendt' and 'Lands and Bones featuring Swan'. Listen to the tracks below.
Having received early support from the likes of Mary Anne Hobbs, Flying Lotus and Amon Tobin EPROM and Eskmo will also be playing at Dub War in NYC this Friday 19th February with Shackleton, Joe Nice, Dave Q, Incyde and Juakali. Both have been playing a number of US venues in the first half of February - see remaining dates below and check their respective MySpaces for more dates.
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1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Duet
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DUET (an adaptation of the Ital. duetto, from duo, two), a term in music for a composition for two performers, both either vocal or instrumental. The term is not properly applied to a composition for one voice and one instrument, the latter being regarded as an accompaniment, though in the modern evolution of this latter form of composition it often has the same character. Both parts must be of equal importance; if one is subordinated to the other it becomes an accompaniment and the work ceases to be a duet. Instrumental duets are written either for two different instruments, such as Mozart's duets for violin and pianoforte are either for two performers on two separate instruments or for two performers on the same instrument, when they are termed " duets à quatre mains."


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Techno Takeover: 4 Best Techno Events In NYC This Summer
New York Made with Danny Tenaglia, John Digweed and Victor Calderone
While not purely a techno event, a blend of house, deep house, tech house and techno will course through event-goers bodies in pure aural ecstasy. Each producer/DJ is at the top of their game. With b2b transitions all day and night from New York City institutions Sleepy & Boo, Wolf +Lamb, Victor Calderone, John Digweed (ah, Twilo) and Danny Tenaglia this benefit event is one that cannot be missed. Proceeds will go to the Bronx Museum of the Arts, the Mariachi Academy of New York, and the Urban Farm program of Randall's Island Park Alliance. Take me to the party!


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Welcome to the RE-mix! This blog is the love child of RedEye and Metormix Chicago and our mission here is a little different than you're probably used to. In addition to spotlighting events and promotions we do with sponsors, expect fun content dealing with music, nightlife, and cool things we come across.
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Code Number: AABV02P15_13
Title: African Knifefish, Gymnarchus niloticus, Osteoglossiformes, Notopteroidei, Gymnarchidae, Electric Fish
Notes: Kingdom Animalia -- Phylum Chordata -- Subphylum Vertebrata -- Class Actinopterygii -- Order Osteoglossiformes -- Suborder Notopteroidei -- Family Gymnarchidae -- Species Gymnarchus niloticusActinopterygii, Freshwater Fish, Ray-finned Fishes, Fauna, Chordata, Chordates, Animal, Animalia, Underwater, Aquatic, Water, Nature, Osteichthyes, Vertebrate, Vertebrata, Ichthyology, species
Range: Nile, Niger, Volta, Chad, and Gambia rivers in Africa.
The African Knifefish, also known as Aba Aba, is nocturnal and feeds on insects and small fish. Gymnarchus niloticus is a weakly electric fish. This species is one of the larger electric fish, growing to be 167 cm in length and 19 kg in weight.
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GynaecologyGynaecology Department, Basildon University Hospital,
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Opening times and contact numbers
Gynaecology Outpatient Department
Monday – Friday, 8.30am – 5pm
Telephone: 01268 524900 ext 3916
Gynaecology Admissions Office
Monday - Friday, 8am - 4pm
Telephone: 01268 524900 ext 8818
Gynaecology Emergency Unit
Monday - Friday, 9am - 8pm
Saturday - Sunday, 9am - 5pm
Telephone: 01268 524900 ext 8030
Who the service is for
Women with gynaecological conditions, sexual health problems and early pregnancy complications.
About the service
The gynaecology department is a specialised department offering:
- gynaecology emergency unit
- investigation and treatment for many gynaecological conditions and early pregnancy complications
- treatment for pelvic pain and pelvic infection
- urogynaecology and pelvic floor reconstruction
- care for women having a miscarriage
- endometriosis clinic
- menopause clinic
- 'one stop' direct referral colposcopy clinic
- 'one stop' menstrual disorder clinic offering a full consultation, a pelvic and vaginal ultrasound scan and, if required, a diagnostic hysteroscopy.
- gynaecology oncology services
- gynaecology urology for incontinence problems and urodynamics investigations
- reproductive health clinic
- surgical termination of pregnancy up to 12 weeks gestation
- assisted conception clinic offering specialist opinion, with referral to another hospital for treatment
- surgical treatment for ovarian cysts, polycystic ovaries, endometriosis, fibroids, hysterectomy, myomectomy, oophorectomy
Gynaecology emergency unit
This unit accepts GP referrals for emergency gynaecology and early pregnancy complications, Monday – Friday, 9am - 5pm.
Urgent gynaecological conditions include:
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- problems following assisted conception treatments such as ovarian hyper stimulation
- early pregnancy complications
- post-partum complications
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Permanent Vacation is the eighth episode of Season 6 of CSI: Miami.
A young man is shot to death in a hotel elevator, and the murder appears to have ties to a gang initiation. Meanwhile, every member of the victim's family is bent on exacting revenge on the shooter.


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The Road from Mecca
The idea that negotiations conducted bilaterally between Israelis and Palestinians somehow can produce a final agreement is dead. The world, slowly, is coming to this realization. Its fate was sealed in part because neither side has the ability, on its own, to close the gaps between the positions they have taken. The two parties also lack any sense of trust, but that, too, is not an overriding explanation. If bilateral negotiations have become a fast track to a dead end it is because today neither the Palestinian nor the Israeli political system possesses the requisite degree of coherence and cohesion.
On the Palestinian side, the national movement is undergoing its most fundamental, far-reaching, and destabilizing transformation since Yasser Arafat took it over and molded it in his image over four decades ago. The transformation is more complex than a mere question of succession. It is the metamorphosis that comes with the passing of a man who gradually had become the movement and on whom all serious political deliberation depended. Arafat achieved what, before him, was the stuff of unachievable dreams and, after him, has become the object of wistful nostalgia: the identification of man and nation; the transcendence of party politics; and the expression of a tacit, unspoken consensus.
Competing organizations, leftist and Islamist in particular, challenged him. He faced opposition and dissent within his own Fatah. One after another, Arab countries sought to bend the nationalist movement to their will. But by dint of hard work, personal charisma, and political acumen, and assisted in no small measure by the steady accumulation and astute use of arms and funds, Arafat managed to control Fatah, co-opt the leftists, keep the Islamists at bay and Arab states at arm's length.
Arafat never bothered with a detailed program. He trusted his instincts and inclinations that—disputed and contested as they were—implicitly and through a tortuous process became those of the national movement as a whole. As both leader of the national movement and father of the political compromise, he could straddle two seemingly incompatible worlds, that of the revolutionary and that of the statesman, and embody both steadfast commitment to the original struggle of 1948 and pragmatic acceptance of a two-state solution. On core issues, what he did mattered far more than what he said. Accused of indecisiveness and passivity, Arafat acted resolutely when he believed it necessary and when he saw fit.
Arafat bequeathed a system aching to fall apart; it had only a brief, transitional afterlife. After his death, Fatah continued to rule, albeit without the confidence and sense of unquestioned entitlement to which it had grown accustomed. After Hamas won parliamentary elections in January 2006, Fatah still clung to its former habits of domination, controlling the civil service as well as the security forces and, with only rare exceptions, monopolizing international relations and legitimacy.
Much of this was an illusion, and a transient one at that. Deeper down, irreversible structural changes were afoot. Today, a little more than two years after Arafat departed from the scene, the Palestinian movement no longer has workable political institutions. It lacks effective leadership. It has lost any clear and readily recognizable political program.
The Palestine Liberation Organization once could justifiably claim to be the people's sole legitimate representative. Not anymore. Today, it appears antiquated and worn out. It barely functions and, insofar as it does not yet include the broad Islamist current principally represented by Hamas, it is of questionable authority. Fatah, long the heart of the national movement, is deeply divided, rudderless, and bereft of any clear political program, prey to competing claims to privilege and power.
Rival sources of authority have multiplied. The presidency is in the hands of Fatah; the government in those of Hamas. Gaza is cut off from the West Bank; each is developing its own outlook and creating a separate identity. Old divisions are resurfacing between Palestinians living in the occupied territories and those languishing in exile. Competing security branches and militias are proliferating while families and clans play an increasingly assertive role. Foreign countries, Arab and Western, wield greater influence and in greater numbers.
Today there is serious doubt whether the Palestinian national movement can confidently and effectively conduct negotiations for a final peace accord, sell a putative agreement to its people, and, if popularly endorsed, make it stick. There is insufficient consensus over fateful issues, but also over where decisions should be made, by whom, and how.
The Mecca agreement reached last February between Fatah and Hamas, and the formation of a national unity government that followed, is a first step toward clarification. It's an important step, but it may yet fail and what has happened since has only partially allayed concern that the two rival movements cannot work together. Fatah clings to the belief that it has not lost any power and Hamas to the notion that it has gained a preponderance of it. In the Gaza Strip, where competition is most intense, fighting between the two groups has persisted, although it is now less violent and more susceptible to control. An immediate wholesale breakdown of relations between the two groups at the moment appears less than likely, for nothing unites Palestinians more than an antipathy to violent internecine strife. Should a breakdown of relations between the two nonetheless occur, fueled by domestic power struggles and stoked by outside interference, it would cause mayhem, instability, and violence, directed initially at fellow Palestinians but also, in time and inevitably, at Israel.
Even if the Mecca agreement and the unity government survive, they will face a period of deep and enduring instability, prompting a sweeping and significant change on the Palestinian political scene. The Mecca agreement is about the establishment of a national unity government, but that is the least of what it is about. If successful, it marks the beginning of the end of single-party rule and the dawn of wider political participation. It affects the distribution of power within all Palestinian institutions, those of the PA as well as those of the PLO, political as well as military bodies.
If fully implemented, the agreement will mean Hamas's integration into the PLO as well as the integration of Hamas's armed wing into the Palestinian Authority's security structure. It will set off nothing less than a political revolution concerning the source of political authority, how decisions are made, and what those decisions might be. The agreement is a test of whether genuine power-sharing can work in a system that has never before known anything of the sort. Forming a new government, in other words, has not ended the conflict within the national movement. It has simply set off a different, thornier phase. It has also prompted tensions within Hamas over how to deal with Fatah and how to adapt to new realities. With any diplomatic progress, Hamas will come under pressure to further clarify its position on relations with Israel, and the movement could divide. Some in Hamas might argue that the next phase of the struggle should be a civilian—i.e., nonmilitary—jihad; others that the time has come to further radicalize and expand the fight. A split could give rise to a breakaway, radical jihadist spin-off that might quickly flourish because its members are already operating on the ground and have roots in society. Even under optimal circumstances all this will take time to sort out. Until then, the Palestinian national movement will be a work in progress, caught between one system that has expired and another that is still struggling to take shape.
Whatever happens, the Palestinian movement will remain a fluid entity, as difficult to pin down as it will be to pressure or to deal with. The US and Israeli governments will be tempted to ignore the change, persisting in their attempts to isolate Hamas and deal only with non-Islamist members of the government. But it is only a matter of time before such fantasies come crashing down. One of the goals of the US and Israel may be to bolster Abbas, yet nothing has weakened the Palestinian president more than misplaced international attempts to strengthen him. If Hamas feels thwarted in its attempt to share power, it will do what it can—and it can do much—to torpedo Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. One cannot prevent the Islamists from ruling and then expect them to acquiesce in a political process from which they have been kept out. To negotiate with the Palestinian Authority while simultaneously excluding Hamas would be tantamount to negotiating with only one part of the political system, controlling only part of the security forces, and commanding only partial loyalty from a divided, and inherently suspicious, population.
Can Israel's current political system deliver what its Palestinian counterpart cannot? There is cause for doubt. Not so long ago, Israel acted with apparent self-assurance. Prime Minister Sharon had established himself as master of the nation's domestic politics; in the diplomatic world too, he commanded the initiative. Seeking direction, Israelis needed to look no further. He said very little, but what he said was telling: he spoke not of resolving the conflict, but of drawing Israel's borders; not of historical reconciliation with the Palestinians, but of practical separation; not of negotiated agreements, but of unilateral Israeli steps. Captivated, the Israeli people listened; converted, they followed.
How distant that time now seems. If bold peace moves require strong and self-confident leadership, there is little reason for hope. Clarity has given way to confusion, and on an almost unimaginable scale. The performance of the Israeli military in last summer's Lebanon war was more than a setback; it was a shock to a nation for whom the security establishment historically has been at the very heart of society and polity, a pillar of strength even amid political storms. The political system itself is in quasi-perpetual crisis. Each passing day brings a new, bewildering scandal and more public inquiries implicating in one form or another many of the nation's most prominent figures.
Corruption, no longer an aberration, virtually is a way of life. Less surprised than resigned, Israelis are disillusioned with politics and government. The scarcity of charismatic leaders and the new generation of run-of-the-mill politicians is another symptom of a system in crisis. Sharon, who presented himself as the last great Israeli hero, openly feared the day Israel would become a country like any other, no longer animated by grand visions and a conquering war spirit, a victim of impatience, weakness, and hedonistic materialism. If he could see it, he might say that the day has come.
Nor is there much ideological enthusiasm remaining for a two-state solution. Israelis accept it and most believe it is inevitable, but gone is the passion or zeal. The dream of Greater Israel has expired, but so has Oslo's vision of peaceful reconciliation with the Palestinians. There has been too much violence and bloodshed, and too much disenchantment with the Palestinians, their leaders, and their methods and ability to govern, for it to be otherwise.


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TL;DR: 360Precision is awesome!
Back in time, 11 or 12 years ago, I came across Paul Debevec's research work and got really impressed by some gems like Fiat Lux. I started shooting a few HDRI probes to apply that knowledge on my own work but the only gear I had at that time was a Nikon Coolpix 4500 and a gigantic garden gazing orb ball.
Now today HDRI is mainstream, popular thanks to website and books like the one from my friend Christian Bloch at HDRLabs or photographers like Bob Groothuis and Thomas Suurland. It's also the main data component of Image Based Lighting technique we use everyday in Computer Graphics.
I have used Bob's Dutch Skies quite extensively in pretty much all my recent projects and will continue to do so but in some instances I also want to have control over the precise location and most importantly the various plates I will use for integration later in my work and more.
I started to search around to establish a list of the gear I would need, visiting various forums, reading reviews, comparing the prices of various vendors like Amazon, B&H, Calumet, etc... After a few days I reduced the number of candidates items and finalised the list although I had some options for the tripod. I knew my panoramic head would be a 360Precision Absolute MK2 which are probably some of the best ( If not the best ) panoramic heads money can buy.
I contacted 360Precision because I wanted to know what was the head availability. I sent a mail a Saturday afternoon without expecting a reply before the next Monday but actually received one the same evening from Matthew Rogers ( The neat guy behind 360Precision ). We continued the discussion on the Live Chat on their website which is great because you really have the feeling somebody is actually taking care of your case. I wanted to know if the levelling base I had chosen would work with his head, it was the case and Matthew suggested to source it for me.
That's where the real magic began: We continued to discuss and instead of myself buying the gear left and right from various vendors with expensive delivery costs and various delays I bought everything directly from Matthew who has a big network of suppliers with low prices. It was win / win for both of us, it helped him running his business and the costs were a lot lower for me than if I had to source everything myself, less stuff to track, less stress, simply brilliant.
Since I wanted to have the gear for holidays, I contacted him back to know how things were, telling him I would be keen on getting the gear before being off. Instead of sending the gear and as he was coming to London, he proposed to bring it directly!
How many vendors do you know are willing to do that? It for sure was the first time for me :)
We met in a coffee in Soho, next to my work place and talked a bit around a cappuccino about our jobs, his business and the state of our respective industries. At some point I had to go back to my pixel bending duties, and I did so with a big box filled with all my new stuff :)
Only missing item was the panoramic head, but Matthew had a remaining trick: He sent me the next day his own personal Adjuste MK2 that I can keep until my Absolute is built!
The quality is phenomenal, engineered to last, not surprising it's covered with lifetime warranty, it likely will be the same when the kids of my kids decide to play with it in a retro souvenir of what we call modern photography :)
This has definitely been the most successful buying experience I have ever had and I just cannot stop praising Matthew and 360Precision professionalism.
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For many people, seasonal change comes with a change in drinking habits. During the winter, we cozy up to the fire with hot toddies and spiked nutmeg, but as soon as it's warm outside, we hit the patios for chilled white wine, margaritas, fresh mojitos, and sangria. The warmth brings with it a sense of freedom, as though we're finally out of school for the summer, and boozy picnics, wine-fueled dinner parties, and last-minute happy hours become the norm.
I'd be the last one to say it's not fun. But aside from a little antioxidant activity via red wine, nobody is saying alcohol is good for you. In fact, scientists are pretty convinced of the opposite: heavy, consistent drinking can lead to a terrifying assortment of health problems, from anemia and heart disease to cancer, cirrhosis, dementia, depression, seizures, high blood pressure, and nerve damage. Moderate drinking can dry out your skin, harm your sleep, bloat your face, and cause weight gain. And let's not even talk about hangovers.
There's a new app called Drinking Mirror that wants to remind you of alcohol's darker side using everyone's most vulnerable spot: vanity. The app shows you what you'll look like in ten years based on how much you drink right now. Upload a photo of yourself, plug in the number of drinks you have per week (1-5, 6-10, or 10+), and watch the transformation. Warning: it's not pretty. If you're a heavy drinker, you'll see wrinkles, broken capillaries, and sagging jowls where your normal face used to be. I asked to see what I'd look like in ten years at 10+ drinks a week (I don't drink that much, but I was curious), and the result was horrifying enough to make me swear off alcohol for good. Or at least for now.
But fresh juices are here to counteract the nutrient-deprived skin and dehydration of drinking, and they also give you something to sip on when all your friends are chugging champagne. Replace a few of your weekly cocktails with green juice and you'll start to see and feel the difference right away. The thought of your face in ten years will no longer be so terrifying.
Here are some recipes to get you through the sangria-free weekdays:
Cucumber-Watermelon Electrolyte Juice
Watermelons and cucumbers are so hot right now, and both are absolutely packed with liquid–and this isn't tap water we're talking about. Both cucumber and watermelon water are filled with electrolytes, AKA nature's gatorade.
Mexican Fiesta Juice
The two stars of this concoction are jalapeño and cilantro–two items you wouldn't typically think of passing down the chute of your juicer. But hear me out…
Cranberry-Parsley Juice
Cranberries make your urine more acidic, helping prevent UTIs. Parsley is often used as a natural remedy for both UTIs and kidney stones. This juice combines them both in a sweet medley that will have your kidneys (hypothetically) glowing.
Moving Day Mega-Juice
Two huge mason jars full of carrot-grapefruit-spinach-apple-broccoli-green pepper-jalapeño-basil juice, oh my! This juice tastes incredible–the sweetness of the apples and carrots perfectly balanced out the veggie-ness of the broccoli and green pepper, and the basil and jalapeño gave it an amazing je ne sais quoi.
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Lines like him not wanting to see something funny spoke VOLUMES to me. What makes him like that? It's tragic and I want to see more of stuff like that. It'd be a crime to replace that with something else so he can do the robot with the others and play basketball.


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I just got back from ak.. it was pretty cool even though i was in the cabin like the whole time. I'm going to mom's tomarrow all early n shit.. dude she's hella getting Amber the kinda fuckin shirts i wear.. and Amber wears like only Metallica shirts.. can't fuckin believe it. That shit is fucked. Anyway, on saturday we're having this party thing for everyone's birthday we missed lol. I'm getting money XDXDXD..... but I'm gonna buy some cd's n shit.. i still need God hates us all and i'm prolly gonna get some other shit.. or blow it on some new fuckin jewelry.. prolly gonna get some 16's n shit. Well i gotta get up all early n shit so i can go to mommy's.
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William "Bill" Lewis Noel Jr., 83, a resident of Cleveland passed away Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, at his home.
He had lived in Cleveland since 1996 and was a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Marines, serving during the Korean War. He enjoyed fishing, NASCAR and ball room dancing.
He was preceded in death by his parents, William L. and Pearl Noel.
Survivors include his wife, Peggy Noel of Cleveland; stepchildren: Sam Lloyd Bourne of Jackson, Miss., and Laura Diane Grieves of Tampa, Fla.; brothers: Al Noel (Etta) of Cleveland, Harvey Noel (Larue) of Ruther Glen, Va., Herbert Noel (Teresa) of Richmond, Va.; and sisters: Edith Hinson (Dave) of Whitestone, Va., Lillie Brinklow (Bobby) and Rosa Lee Young (Bob) all of Richmond, Va.
The funeral will be held at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012, in the chapel of Fike Funeral Home with Father Joel Huffstetler officiating.
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The Institute will be held from May 25 to June 6 with consecutive sessions at all three college campuses. The Institute will bring together emerging women leaders from post-conflict societies who are working to rebuild their communities and promote sustainable economic livelihoods following political violence and human rights violations. The participants will be from Asia, Africa, and South America. You can follow the Institute on Twitter at #WPSP.
The Institute is part of the Women in Public Service Project (WPSP) founded in 2011 by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the U.S. Department of State in collaboration with Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Smith, and Wellesley colleges. The partnership has grown to include Simmons, Scripps, Mount St. Mary's, Mills, and Stephens colleges; the City College of New York; the College of Saint Benedict; and the University of Chicago, Institute of Politics. It also includes a public university consortium led by the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.
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Seinfeld's funniest victim shows us why we need Google Wallet
While it's now common in countries like Japan to pay for things using your phone, the U.S. has lagged behind in this department. But Google aims to change all that with Google Wallet, as introduced by your favorite New York neurotic, Seinfeld's George Costanza.
Launching with the slogan "Make your phone your wallet," Google Wallet allows you to use your phone, employing near field communication (NFC), to digitally pay for goods and services with just a tap of your phone at merchants displaying the MasterCard PayPass symbol. In addition to convenience, the service will also offer special discounts and deals. Google Wallet is rolling out with a select number of merchants such as RadioShack, DuaneReade, CVS, Subway, Foot Locker and others, but for now you'll need to have the Nexus S 4G phone on Sprint to actually use the service.
Some have criticized the limited offering, especially with solutions like Square already out there, but this is nevertheless a good start. Unlike some other Google launches, it looks like they got this one right by harnessing the skills of the hilariously inept Costanza (Jason Alexander) to introduce mainstream non-geeks to a new way of digital commerce. You can check out the full commercial below.
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Montana students are continuing to beat national trends when it comes to ACT scores.
Superintendent of Public Schools Denise Juneau reports Montana's 2011 graduating class earned an average score of 22.1. The national average is 21.1.
Juneau reports more and more students are taking the ACT test. Last school year 60% of Montana graduates took the test, this compares to 58% from the previous year.
Juneau says these results suggest more Montana students are graduating from high school with the academic skills they will need to succeed in college.
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I was spectacularly naïve this spring – a statement that's no surprise to any of my friends. But, in this case, I'm referring to my decision to enter the table-setting contest at the Orange County Fair.
If you've ever wandered through any of the fair buildings, you may have come across this display of the home arts, wherein ladies lay a small but beautiful hostess table, trying to win a ribbon by adhering to a theme.
I say "ladies" though of course it's not gender-specific. I suppose a man could enter the contest, but I have a feeling that move-in day is an estrogen-fueled tornado of activity that any most sane men would avoid.
My friend Susan and I used to wander through the fair, looking in at the acres and acres of barns for the tables laid with decorative cloths, and decked out with fancy centerpieces, silverware, dishes and napkin rings.
We thought the concept of competitive table-setting was decidedly odd – not as odd as some of the more esoteric Olympic sports – but still not something one would expect in the 21st century.
How does one train for this sport? And how do you develop your skills?
I decided to enter this year's contest to find out. But now I realize I'm way out of my league.
See, I've discovered this is a very cutthroat thing. Those ladies do not mess around. They've been in training for months, while I've been lying on the couch eating Cheetos.
I know this because I talked to Michele Pribble of Santa Ana, one of last year's winners and one of the competition's most ferocious competitors.
Michele didn't enter the contest this year, because she wants to continue to savor her hard-fought victory from last year, when she won with her Paris-themed table.
Michele told me she waits each year with bated breath to find out the theme of the fair. In fact, she tries to jimmy this information out of some employees early, but it doesn't usually work.
She needs the theme in order to start her campaign, which makes the Allied invasion of Normandy look like a church picnic.
In the spring, she's already scouring thrift shops looking for items to inspire her and decorate her table. After months of honing and polishing, when she has her perfect table decorated, then she gets ready for move-in day.
The competition's so popular that the fair has two shifts. Competitors need to show up early and be on their marks, ready to race in and set up their tables when the starting gun goes off.
"You should practice before you get there so you know where everything goes," Michele told me last week.
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qeee1 wrote: Is the territory with rome in it missing from the bonuses list?
[/quote]get rid of the territory rome, its too small, combine it with one of its neighbours (u can call that rome if you want)RjBeals wrote:qeee1 wrote: Is the territory with rome in it missing from the bonuses list?
Hmm.. appears that I totally left it out. 8 Territories with only 7 Bonus. Ha ! Should I combine 2 areas or add the 8th Bonus terriroty (with Rome)? I'm thinking I should combine & re-divide the lands, as 8 would be too many for a map this size.
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Is this graph trying to say that the prison population of Washington is the same as the prison population of Canada? The title is not 100% clear for me. Love what this graph is trying to depict though!


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This road-test was originally published in 1997 on the original SOC Geocities hosted website and transferred over here when Yahoo killed off Geocities.
When Suzuki offered to let me have the VZ800 Marauder for a week or two to test, I was very happy to have a 'free' bike for the duration of two big runs to the BMF/ACU National Rally and a Suzuki Owners Club Scotland trip.
|At the southern entrance to Glen Coe
|Near Loch Ness
So it was with a bit of trepidation that I picked the bike up from Ken Fulton, the SOC's magazine Editor (at the time), who had in turn picked it up for me from Suzuki GB. He's local and it saves having time off work to get down there before 5pm!
In the five miles Ken had put on the clock he had decided that almost everything was wrong with the bike. It was under braked. It under steered alarmingly and it was a custom bike. Ken's own bike is a Yamaha FZR 1000. So it's not surprising that he was a little jaundiced.
On top of that evaluation, I had read very little in any of the pro-comics apart from a 'First Impressions' type test, where it got slagged for not being fast enough.
The ninety-mile ride back to sunny Bedfordshire was done at a fairly low pace. The main trouble was indeed the under steer! Launching into the first of three roundabouts between Ken's flat and the M23 resulted in some rather heavy-handed correction. The engine, although showing 1600 miles on the clock, was still very stiff but it was willing to pull up to 70mph once on the motorway.
Having no experience of feet forward biking, I found it difficult to get my feet on the pegs at the right time! I'm used to conventionally designed bikes where your feet are under you somewhat. Once this was sorted with a lot of vocal instruction (talking to myself!) I was fine.
The only nuisance was the seat position. Suzuki has designed the bike for an ideal height (I am guessing!) of 5ft 7ins. I'm 6ft! With feet firmly on the forward controls, and in a position to use them, my longer legs pushed me back against the back of the seat. Firstly, the pillion strap on the rear 'brick' pad scrubbed the skin off the base of my spine, and then it was the 'brick' itself when I had re-routed the strap!
The following morning, complete with backpack for a weekend, I set up on the 440 mile M1/M6 run to Dumfries in Borders Scotland. The trip was planned during the early 'summer' we had in spring, by June (it was the wettest in 25 years locally!) it was pouring with rain nearly every day. At 9am I looked out of the kitchen window and thought there was no way I was doing the journey. By 9.30am I was on the bike and joining the sodden masses northwards.
My luggage was restricted to a backpack, as my Swagman throw over panniers wouldn't fit on the brick without fouling the 'shotgun' style double pipes on the right of the bike. So taking the backpack was the alternative, and fortuitous it turned out too.
I endured the pouring rain with stops to rest my lower back at Corley (after only fifty miles) and Stafford (120 miles!) services before the sun began to show itself around Keele. By my next stop for bum relief at Knutsford it was warm and I stopped to remove my waterproofs, and to have lunch. From then on it was good weather all the way until about the same sort of location on the way back!
The Marauder, or XZ800 as it is also known, is a 45 degree 805cc v-twin, based on the engine that powers the Intruder range. It's liquid-cooled and somehow, the Suzuki engineers have managed to de-tune the Intruder lump! According to the bumph it is a mere 50hp. Torque seemed pretty good and it gave the impression of being a real stump-puller. Fuel economy seemed pretty poor, but this I put down to the 150-mile headwind endured until Knutsford.
The colour schemes are quite nice too. From the brochure that Suzuki sent me, Candy Koran Orange/Traditional Metallic Silver looks like the most garish, but I was very satisfied with Black/Candy Forest Green. With the extra helpings of chrome it looks the part too.
Unlike the custom styled Intruder, the Marauder is fitted with a 16in front wheel and a 130/90 tyre (fatter than my XJ900 Yam's rear!) and a 15in 150/90 rear. The same as I had on a Cavalcade a few years back. Despite these balloon tyres, it did tend to follow the joins in the motorway lanes and white line a bit when changing lanes. The impression given is of a long low bike. This is confirmed when you look at the 27.6 inch seat height and an overall length of 93.1 inches!
Probably the most noticeable styling points are the 41mm upside-down forks. These are non-adjustable, and I couldn't tell that they were any better than conventional forks. Apart from the fact they look much more butch! The rear shocks are adjustable only for pre-load. Despite my bulk, they were left on the delivery settings.
The huge Harleyesque air cleaner on the right of the engine is in fact a storage box, as also is the dummy starter motor behind the rear cylinder; in fact it holds the tool kit! There's another small storage box under the front seat.
Apart from having legs that were too long, I found all the controls easily to use and everything was efficient. Instruments are restricted to a single Speedo in a chromed housing on the bars with the minimum of idiot lights, only the essentials, plus and indicator repeater between the bars.
The single front disk was very good once bedded in. I know that Suzuki change the brake pads and fluid before every bike goes out on test, so Ken may have not had them working at their peak. The rear drum was very efficient and in the wet proved quite progressive without locking up, sometimes when panic braking was the order of the day on the elevated section of the M6. Do car drivers not have mirrors in Brummyland?
The large headlamp was actually very good in the dark and I was able to maintain quite good speeds along country lanes locally in Bedfordshire.
The fuel tank is only 13 litres, but given the figures I got for fuel consumption, this is more than the body can take!
By the time I stopped again on the M6 for petrol, (I was stopping every 100-115 to rest back and avoid embarrassing running out of fuel scenarios) at Tebay, I had a large grin on my face. Most cars that passed had passengers craning their necks to see that the bike was. It doesn't give anything away with just 'Marauder' on the tank's flanks. At Tebay I met a couple on a big twin Harley on their way to a HOG bash at Aviemore and so I wasn't surprised when I caught up a gang of 883 Piglets on the run up to the Shap summit. As I clawed my way past them, Piglet leader took a handful of throttle and started to out crawl me. I took a handful of Marauder throttle and it was Piglet abattoir time! The Marauder responded and the speedo went from 65 to 80 in quite a respectable time. As an ex-GSXR1100 owner, I can recognise a bit of power when it wakes me up. In the perfectly placed mirrors I watched the Piglets dropping back and was we passed the Shap marker they weren't in sight! Bigger grin.
This actually showed that with almost 2000 miles on the odometer, the engine was far freer than it had been at any time since picking it up. As I peeled off onto the A75 a BMW R1100GS that flashed past put me in my place. At least I could say he got past because I was filtering left. Yes? No?
I was the first to arrive at the Dumfries and Galloway College, where we were to stay in student accommodation. Most of the students having already left for the summer.
The next two full days were spent covering nigh on 250 miles between Dumfries, Tarbert on the west side Loch Fyne and Fort William. I kept a record of fuel consumption and apart from the disappointing early M1 and M6 figures of 46mpg, it was high 50's all the time and on the run back from Glencoe to Motherwell through Glasgow it peaked at 62mpg. Not bad for a custom styled 805cc cruiser with a 17 stone rider and heavy pack, and no fairing!
At Tarbert on Sunday morning I removed the 'brick'. A simple job of undoing two bolts under the front seat and the chromed Allen key on the rear mudguard. The bobbed rear mudguard (fender?) is plastic, but there's a very strong frame loop underneath it! I carried the 'brick' in the backpack all Sunday and all the way home on Monday. Taking it off allows a taller rider to sit a bit further back on the front seat. I wish I'd taken it off on Friday and left it at home! The sheer ergonomics of feet forward riding makes it far more difficult to relieve your bum like you can on a normal bike. There's no way to get any leverage to raise your butt off the seat. I did find, by some contortions, that I could get my feet on the rear rests and lever myself up a bit that way. Not to be recommended! The downside of sitting further back on the seat means that you get the seat lock to sit on instead, but it's smaller and less intrusive.
After an 1100-mile weekend on the Marauder I used it to commute to work on. Ideal for the job. It starts easily and turned in 60mpg for the week.
After the problems with the seat being uncomfortable on long runs, it stayed in the garage the following weekend, and I did the National Rally on my own XJ900.
|Somewhere in Scotland!
Would I buy one? No. Not unless the seat position can be changed to suit tall fat blokes like me!
The Marauder has actually given me the taste to try other custom-styled bikes, so if any other manufacturers want to lend me one, I'm in the phone book!
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David Fribley was was one of nine marines killed in fighting near Nasiriya, Iraq. He died 10 months after joining the Marine Corps. He wanted nothing more than to be a marine. Specially after September 11th. He felt he had a purpose as a marine. He wrote a letter to some friends and co-workers before going to boot camp. I'd like to share it with the people that read this.
"'The greatest gift one can give to another, is the gift of service' I do not know who said this but I have heard this saying before. The following is my gift to you and others; may I honor you and our fellow countrymen and women. I will earn the privilege to wear Eagle, Globe and Anchor for all those that can not. With all the strength of my fellow Marines, we shall always provide you with the comforting feeling of safety that you have each day."
He signed his named at the end of the letter followed by — "Future: United States Marine."
Let me add that he is one of my heroes. Thank you David Fribley.
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