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January 12, 1926 - February 14, 2013
Newburgh, NY
Vincent James Moresco, a lifetime resident of Newburgh entered into eternal rest on Thursday, February 14, 2013 in Stuart, Florida. He was 87.
Son of the late Dominic and Angelina (Santorine) Moresco, he was born January 12, 1926 in Newburgh, NY. Vince married Rose Genco in Sacred Heart Church in 1951.
Vince was a graduate of the Newburgh Free Academy in 1944. Vince then went on to serve his country honorably in World War II, where he earned a Bronze Star while serving with the 42nd Rainbow Division. Vince worked for the New York State Department of Corrections at the Fishkill Correctional Facility. Vince was a faithful member of the VFW and was also a member of the Newburgh Fast Pitch Softball Hall of Fame.
Vince is survived by his wife, Rose at home; son, Vincent and his wife, Susan of Newburgh; daughter, Angela and her husband, Steven Hoffman of Rock Tavern, son, Dominic and his wife, Andrea of Marlboro, and daughter-in-law, Patricia Moresco of Newburgh; sister, Fannie Muratore of Newburgh; grandchildren: Caitlin Lazarski, Kristen Hoffman, Philip and Michael Moresco, Lily Moresco; great-grandson, Jacob Lazarski; sister-in-law, Carmelita Moresco and many nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, Vince was predeceased by his son, Philip; his grandson, Matthew Hoffman, and his siblings: Adolph (Dot), George (Toppy), Harry (Mushy), Samuel (Sammy), Alfred (Fred), Josephine (Jo Marie) Lennon, Rose Damiano, Mary (Chick) Cubito.
Visitation will be held from 3 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, February 19th at Brooks Funeral Home, 481 Gidney Ave., Newburgh. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, February 20th at Sacred Heart Church in Newburgh. Burial with military honors will follow in Calvary Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family as requested that memorial donations be made in Vincent's name to Hay-Madeira & Harper Hospice House, 1000 Ruhnke St., Stuart, FL 34994 772-419-0460, www.tchospice.org/donate.
To send a personal condolence or further information, please visit Brooksfh.com or call 845-561-8300.


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Nymbler is the smart baby name guide that responds to your personal taste.
Nymbler makes name connections with insights from baby-naming expert Laura Wattenberg, author of The Baby Name Wizard.
A girl's name of English and Welsh origin. Row has never been a common name in the United States. Meaning: Welsh: fair-haired. English: famous friend. Literature: Ivanhoe's love interest in Sir Walter Scott's novel Ivanhoe.
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A. Academic Ranks, Titles, Perquisites
B. Recruitment for Academic Positions
E. Tenure/Reappointment/Promotion/Salary
H. Instructional Responsibilities
February 15, 2010
Message from Tom Gieryn, the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs, IU Bloomington
Welcome to the recently revised version of the Academic Guide, the repository for academic policies on the Bloomington campus of Indiana University. On December 1, 2009, the Bloomington Faculty Council gave omnibus approval to important changes in the Academic Guide. First, the Guide now includes all new and substantively amended academic policies adopted since the last major revision in 2002. Second, narrative interpretations of some policies have been revised to bring them into alignment with current administrative practices. Third, recent administrative restructuring created the need for us to make many nomenclature changes in offices and titles (e.g., from Chancellor to Provost; from Dean of Faculties to Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education or Vice Provost for Faculty & Academic Affairs).
All of the above changes have been incorporated into this version of the Guide. A complete e-copy of the earlier version, before these omnibus changes, has been sent to the University Archives for permanent storage. Looking ahead, the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty & Academic Affairs is working on a new web-format for the Bloomington Academic Guide, one that is more easily accessed, navigated and retrieved. Our new Web site will be launched in spring 2010, and the revamped Guide should follow several months later. Please email firstname.lastname@example.com if you have any comments or questions about the Bloomington Academic Guide.


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Sustainable Development
The Programme is built around three pillars of sustainable development – economic growth, social improvement and environmental sustainability, and puts emphasis on the importance of holistic approach for addressing developmental challenges.
As one of the vehicles to broaden the perspective of young people on developmental issues, UNDP initiated a Human Development Course in a number of Azerbaijan's universities including the Public Administration Academy and the State Economics University that train the future civil servants and economists respectively.
A notable success in improving human wellbeing was the establishment of the Baku Training Center for the unemployed in partnership with the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection and SYSLAB, a Norwegian NGO. The project introduced an innovative employment scheme – over 80% of the unemployed persons recruited by the Centre have found a job within a few months. It is planned to replicate this approach in two big cities of Azerbaijan.
UNDP successfully re-kindled its work with the private sector resulting in the Launch of Global Compact chapter, and will continue its efforts towards ensuring sustainable presence of the Global Compact in Azerbaijan and strengthening its capacity as a mechanism for stronger Corporate Social Responsibility and social participation.
UNDP is engaged in the efforts to diversify the non-oil economy, and tourism industry is one of the promising sectors to contribute to the achievement of this ambitious goal. While Azerbaijan has enormous tourism potential and made a breakthrough in terms of infrastructure and facilities for the tourism industry, the provision of services to the tourists is still sub-standard. UNDP has partnered with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism to improve the capacities of the tourist centres and Azerbaijan Tourism University, and plans to help establish a model vocational school in Baku to train qualified personnel for the tourism sector.
UNDP pursues a number of initiatives with the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources. Benefiting from significant GEF funding, UNDP's Environmental Programme assists the government to comply with reporting requirements to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and UN Convention on Biodiversity, address the challenges of land degradation and deforestation, and protect marine biodiversity of the Caspian Sea. UNDP has helped to draft legislation on impact assessments as an important instrument of national environmental policy, and improve capacities for solid waste management. Last but not least, UNDP helps the State Company on Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources to overcome barriers to development of sustainable energy by improving legislation, strengthening economic viability and building staff capacity.


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Three full seasons and some specials – Matt Smith looks like he might be matching his predecessor David Tennant's track record with a report today that the actor will be departing "Doctor Who" this Christmas.
The Sun says that the 2013 Christmas special will be Smith's final outing as The Doctor, during which he will regenerate into the twelfth incarnation of the Time Lord.
Smith's contract is said to expire in November and Smith reportedly doesn't want it renewed. The paper's source says "Matt has told bosses he wants to bow out at Christmas," and that show bosses already have an idea of who they want to replace him with.
Filming on the 50th Anniversary special is about to get underway ahead of its November airing, while the Christmas special will film later in the year.
Matt refused to commit to a Doctor Who future beyond Christmas when interviewed on Jonathan Ross last week – "I am very happy doing it. I do the anniversary special, then the Christmas special. At the moment it's 2013 and we will see what 2014 holds."
The BBC has already responded to the news, saying in a statement that nothing is certain yet: "Sorry folks but even we don't know what's going to happen at Christmas. it's not been written yet! But Matt loves the show and is to start filming the unmissable 50th anniversary, and the new series starting on Easter Saturday."
Take all this with a grain of salt as – it is The Sun. Six months ago, the same paper reported that show runner Steven Moffat had convinced Smith to stay on for an eighth season. That said, the British papers do hit the 'Who' rumors spot on every now and then – so one can't quite immediately dismiss this.
Nevertheless, this has opened the floodgates to the guessing games regarding who will replace Smith who came onboard the series in 2010. While Smith's first season (the show's fifth since the revival) was met with strong acclaim, the subsequent episodes have met a more mixed response amongst fandom – even as the show finally cracked the American market in a way it hadn't before.
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Ladies I am feeling incredibly torn. I had every intention of doing a 'baby-led' weaning but I don't think my supply is up for the challange. My little guy will be 1 on Halloween, and he is nursing less and less during the day.
I should mention I work full time, and I am given adequate time to pump. Sometimes I pump for my full half hour breaks and get 2 oz or less. Now I would think this is no big deal since he has been nursing less during the day... but lately he seems to be getting irritated while nursing, like he is not getting enough. Which leads me to wonder, do I just start weaning or let it go until my supply gives up?
My son also refuses expressed milk completely. So there is no option there. All the milk I pump goes in his cereal because we have tried everything to get him to drink pumped milk. He stopped around 7 months or so.
So extra pumping sessions have done me no good in increasing my supply. And I'm not sure extra effort is worth it at this point since during some of his day time nursing sessions (when I am home with him) he seems less than interested in nursing. But others he seems frustrated by what I can only guess is less milk than he wants. Mean while he has started night waking again only soothed by nursing. I am so confused. :/


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Tech men's and women's cross country teams get the 2009 season underway Saturday morning when they run in the Sewanee Invitational. The starting gun for the women's 5K event will sound at 10 a.m., followed by the men's 8K race at 11 a.m.
The race will be held in Sewanee, Tenn., and is the first of six regular season competitions for the 2009 Golden Eagle squad, as coach Tony Cox announced the 2009 schedule this week.
The teams will compete at the Vanderbilt Invitational on Sept.
19 in Nashville, before returning home to host the TTU Invitational
on Oct. 2.
"It's always exciting to come home and host the TTU Invitational," Cox said. "It's a great chance for us to welcome other schools to Cookeville, and it's fun for our athletes to compete in a home meet."
After its home meet Tech will head to Greenville, S.C. on Oct. 10 to compete in the Furman Invitational, before wrapping up the regular season at the Evansville Invitational in Evansville, Ind. on Oct. 17.
The Ohio Valley Conference championships are scheduled for Oct. 31 in Nashville, and the 2009 NCAA South Regional will be held in Tuscaloosa, Ala. on Nov. 14.
Both teams will have a host of talent returning for the 2009 season. The men's team will be led by returnees Sam Taylor, Joseph DeLorenzo and Peter Woerner, among others.
The women welcome back Tiffany Palmer back for the 2009 season. Palmer finished second in the 10,000 meter run in the OVC track championships in the spring, and will be a senior on the 2009 squad. Also headlining the returnees on the women's side are senior Amanda Simmons and sophomore Traci Jones.
"Our whole team is looking forward to the upcoming season, and we have high expectations for 2009," Cox said.
The Golden Eagles were picked to finish in fifth place in the OVC on the women's side, and seventh place on the men's side of things.


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Problem: SWFLoader won't load by Array lists?SourceSkyBoxer Apr 25, 2012 5:25 PM
Hey @all People,
I have been found nice tutorial from stackoverflow and i am trying for Flash Builder 4.6 ( Flex 4.6 SDK )
I want create simple 3 swfs in directory /install and /pages and i want try for main flash content -> it does not load - while swfloader gets error = /pages/screen_error.swf.
Look ölike this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx" creationComplete="ssbInit()">
private var ftp_cckec:Boolean;
private var db_check:Boolean;
private var admin_check:Boolean;
private var lang_check:Boolean;
* Loading from template flash applications
private var swf_app:Array = ['install/screen_installer.swf', 'pages/screen_mainpage.swf', 'pages/screen_error.swf'];
protected function ssbInit():void
var loader:Loader = new Loader();
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.INIT, LoaderReady);
loader.load(new URLRequest(swf_app[0]));
function LoaderReady(event:Event):void
loader = swfLoader(event.target.content);
loader.load(new URLRequest(swf_app[2]));
<s:SWFLoader id="swfLoader" left="0" top="0" width="100%" height="100%"/>
pages/screen_mainpage.swf = Default page like same content website ( after completed writing process with data base )
pages/screen_error.swf like It couldn't found same currect flash content page... like this Forbidden 404 or anything
install/screen_installer.swf = If the page ( /pages/screen_mainpage.swf doesn't find written data base sql on data base server than screen-installer will be able installing process like phpBB or Wordpress or CMS Installer ( different installation type )...
I have been got error of security or unknown error :/
TypeError: Error #1034: Typumwandlung fehlgeschlagen: _screen_installer_mx_managers_SystemManager@10df2eb9 kann nicht in mx.controls.SWFLoader umgewandelt werden.
at Function/index/protected:ssbInit/LoaderReady()[C:\Users\Jens\Adobe Flash Builder 4.6\ssb_mainpage\src\index.mxml:28]
How do i fix swfLoader?
I have been tried again and got no-way
How do i find result for Flex 4.6 SDK ?
Are you sure because SWFLoader works only Flex 3.6 or older SDK right?
Just wait, i have been found because same developers have been got nice trick with swfLoader like omgpop.com or any website with flash content pages with swfloader. Why does swfLoader not work for my FLEX 4.6 SDK? Or I must reinstall Flash Builder 4.6?
Do you know becasue swfLoader will switch loading currect external flash content page.
For Example:
Own Website was created / registered than it didn't write completed sql files by PHP Script than Flash Content Page will load source ( /install/screen_installer.swf ) and an admin will write completed your account once installing process ...
On the Website Flash Content Page find - if his data base was written completed on the website than flash content page will load default screen ( source: /pages/screen_mainpage.swf ) and an admin configured ready with his website. than any visitors come his website and sign up ur new account ( member ) - But Member shouldn't see administratived screen of flash content pages.
If you don't understand. Than i can show you like i will example of pictures? Is it okay?
EDIT // ... was edited by: Jens Eckervogt


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A couple of topics have become a big part of my everyday conservation in recent weeks
This won't shock many people, but I'm confused.
A couple of topics have become a big part of my everyday conservation in recent weeks ... and I really don't know why.
One of them is the White River's (former) designation as a National Blueway.
The Daily Leader first ran a little information on the announcement when it happened in January. In March, reporter Leigh Kreimeier looked into the announcement further after Col. Vernie L. Reichling Jr., commander of the Army Corps of Engineers' Memphis division, discussed the topic with White River Irrigation District officials.
Reichling said the designation would help the Grand Prairie Project — a water delivery system that hopes to provide a dependable supply of irrigation water to farms on the Grand Prairie — but not financially. Basically, it would be a nice title and being attached to the Blueway designation would give WRID and the Grand Prairie Project recognition.
After Leigh's story ran in March, the National Blueway designation never crossed my mind again.
That was the case until last month, anyway. During its June meeting, the Arkansas County Quorum Court called for a resolution opposing the White River's designation as a National Blueway until they could receive more information on it and how it would affect landowners.
I was a little surprised, especially since we covered the topic in March, but thought it was a good idea to get more information.
Needless to say, I was flat out shocked a few days later when another Leader reporter, Sarah Morris, began researching the Blueway to write a bigger story on the court's opposition to the title.
Apparently, everybody thinks it's a bad idea.
From what I've read and talking to people around town, a lot of landowners are concerned about what the designation would mean for them. Would the government come in and take their land? Would they be forced to sell after the river was approved for a grant or project? How will this affect hunting and farming in the area?
All legitimate questions.
Call me naive, but here's what I consider the answer ...
From Sarah's June 17 story published in the Daily Leader, according to the U.S. Department of Interior's Emily Beyer, "National Blueways are nationally or regionally significant river systems supported by diverse, locally-led stakeholder partnerships that take a watershed approach to resource stewardship.
"Partnership is entirely voluntary," Beyer added. "The National Blueways System is not regulatory nor does it impact private property rights or governmental authorities."
For her story, Sarah also talked to Keith Weaver, project leader for the Central Arkansas National Wildlife Refuge Complex, which includes the White River and Cache refuges.
Weaver said the key element to know is that participation is voluntary.
So from what I understand, everything is voluntary. Am I the only one that reads it that way?
The designation was pulled last week after Arkansas senators and representatives wrote the Department of Interior saying their constituents were unhappy.
One of their arguments was that the government should have notified state officials beforehand, so they could get public opinion and do some research or ask questions. Fine by me. So why didn't you senators and representatives ask any questions? You attended the announcement. Seems like a good time to me.
Or why didn't you ask those questions during your conference call with Department of Interior officials?
The public opinion I've read and heard is "well, we've got to stop the government now, so they can't take our land in the future."
Or ... maybe they just want to fix a few boat ramps?
How can you expect your government to trust its citizens when citizens refuse to trust their government?
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for smaller government and the important people in Washington leaving me the H-E-double hockey sticks alone.
But how can you ask your government for help when you refuse to accept help? How can you expect the government to support or help you, when you won't give it the chance?
I completely support citizens voicing their opinions and wanting answers from their government. But shouldn't we do a little research or consider their answers before going overboard?
Give and take, people. Both sides listening to each other. If we don't learn to work together — on any topic — we're just going to end up blowing each other up.
Compromise. It's the only way we're going to make it.


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Ring in the new year with these sweet treats! Don't be intimidated by the list of supplies and preparation steps, these bonbon cups are pretty easy to make as long as you've got enough time to let them freeze between steps. Your friends and family will be delighted when they bite through the layer of chocolate to find a rich and creamy center of Tillamook Ice Cream! I made these with Oregon Strawberry, but you can make the recipe with any flavor you like!
Yield: 24 (depending on the size of your muffin tin)
Prep Time: 4 hours
2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
Oregon Strawberry Ice Cream (or another flavor of your choice)
Sprinkles (optional)
Microwave safe bowl
Small muffin tin
Small muffin paper liners
Pastry paintbrush, chopstick, or end of a spoon
Freezer space for your muffin tin to lay flat
Melon baller
1. Line your muffin tray with papers and set aside.
2. Microwave 1 cup of chocolate chips for two minutes, pausing every 30 seconds to stir so the chocolate doesn't burn.
3. Remove bowl and stir with a spoon until chocolate is completely smooth.
4. One cup at a time, drip about a teaspoon of the molten chocolate into the paper cup and paint ¾ of the way up the sides of the cup using your paintbrush (chopstick or the end of a spoon). You don't want to fill the cup with chocolate – instead, you want to paint the chocolate so you'll have a cup shaped shell.
5. Once all cups are painted with chocolate, set your tray in the freezer for 1 hour or up to overnight.
6. Remove tray from freezer and using your melon baller, add a small scoop of ice cream to each of the cups, pushing down as necessary to keep the ice cream at or below the chocolate covered portion of the paper cup.
7. Set in freezer for at least 1 hour.
8. Melt the second cup of chocolate chips in the microwave for two minutes, pausing every 30 seconds to stir with a spoon until fully melted.
9. Remove your muffin tray from the freezer and working quickly, fill each of the cups to the top with the melted chocolate.
10. While the chocolate is still melted, add sprinkles if you'd like, then immediately place back into the freezer.
11. Let freeze for at least 1 hour.
12. Serve immediately after removing from the freezer.
What a fantastic idea. Everyone will love Tillamook ice cream bonbons. Numbers!
Thanks! I fell in love with these sweet nuggets when I tried them, and I hope you will too!
All the best,
Callie, of the Tillamook team


text: Prehistoric Icebergs Glyptodon Skeleton Assembly Set is a thrilling addition to any collection. Inside the iceberg, you'll find 18 skeleton pieces you can assemble, resulting in a dramatic model of a unusual Glyptodon. Your model has an articulated head and front legs, and arrives packaged in its own iceberg. This prehistoric 'armadillo' lived 2 million to 10,000 years ago. This replica fits on a shelf or bookcase. Your Glyptodon snaps together from the inside out: first the skeleton, and then its protective armor. The kit comes with detailed instructions and a scientific description.


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4 Yankees, 3 Brewers picked as All-Star starters
The starting lineups for the All-Star game will include four New
York Yankees and three Milwaukee Brewers.
Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Robinson Cano and Curtis Granderson
of the Yankees were elected by fans in the American League. Ryan
Braun, Prince Fielder and Rickie Weeks were chosen from Milwaukee
in the NL.
Results were released Sunday. The game is July 12 in
The AL lineup: Adrian Gonzalez at first base, Cano at second,
Jeter at shortstop, Rodriguez at third base, outfielders Jose
Bautista, Josh Hamilton and Granderson, Alex Avila catching and
David Ortiz at designated hitter.
The NL lineup: Fielder at first, Weeks at second, Jose Reyes at
shortstop and Placido Polanco at third, with Braun, Matt Kemp and
Lance Berkman in the outfield and Brian McCann catching.


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All the die-hard opponents of high-speed rail who read this blog will just to have to forgive me for bringing attention to still another European advance in that form of transportation: in April, France will inaugurate a budget-priced high-speed rail route between a suburb of Paris (where France's Disneyland is located) to Lyon and Marseille. Frenchmen and Frenchwomen will enjoy prices as low as the equivalent of $10, an absolute maximum of $100, to traverse virtually the entire north-to-south distance of France in cut-rate trains serving no meals (they will have to bring their own sandwiches) or providing any other amenities other than lightning-like speed from the outskirts of Paris to the south of France.
And all the while, we in the U.S. are condemned to our Toonerville Trollies, our slow-moving, often halting, outmoded trains requiring a full day and more to travel the shortest of distances. People in the late 21st century will laugh at the opposition to this much-needed advance in transportation, from that vociferous band of die-hards who absolutely refuse to accept improvements in energy usage and emissions, avoidance of overcrowded highways and air routes, advances in the quality of our lives.
Unlike the trains of America, the airports of America are keeping up with the latest in modern re-design. On last Sunday's Travel Show (
, click on "podcasts"), my daughter Pauline interviewed travel writer Harriet Baskas about recent advances in airport amenities, which include the installation of free-of-charge pay phones in such airports as Denver's -- a step so popular that it is now predicted that dozens of other airports will do the same. How is it possible that those phone calls can be made without charge? It's because they first play a lucrative commercial message to those persons making the calls.
Other airports around the country are installing playgrounds for children, more power outlets for persons with electronic devices like laptops and tablets (those power outlets are now becoming far more numerous), and more programs awarding you "loyalty points" for using such airport facilities as their parking lots (earn frequent flyer mileage by making purchases at the airports). And in Las Vegas Airport, to no one's surprise, there are now liquor stores in the areas you pass through after you have picked up your luggage on arrival, so that you can equip yourself with a bottle of scotch or bourbon just prior to going to your hotel. An advance!
Meantime, airlines are continuing to wrack their brains to think up more ways to earn income from unusual fees and charges. United Airlines is the latest to impose a small fee for the right to board the plane ahead of all others, and a much more substantial fee (at least $50) for obtaining the right to go through expedited security lanes. United will also ship your arriving luggage directly to your home or hotel, for a fee, enabling you to avoid those long waits at the luggage belt. And Southwest Airlines, not to be outdone, is now charging $5 to watch a movie on your laptop, in flight. Although it doesn't otherwise show films on its flights, Southwest will "stream" one to you in exchange for a small charge. Progress!
I haven't written much about
XL Airways
of France, because the difficulty of booking aboard it seems to outweigh the savings it offers. And yet a great many Americans have discovered its awesome airfares and somehow managed to snare a cut-rate seat.
What sort of savings do they offer? Well recently, persistent US bargain hunters have been able to fly round trip between Miami and Paris -- a just-inaugurated new itinerary of
XL Airways
-- for about $664 per person, and in summer, no less. That's at least $400 cheaper than you would pay to any other carrier.
They found the remarkable bargain by looking for a round-trip on the aggressive
or on the equally hard-striving
Now why is it so difficult for us Yanks to fly on XL? It's apparently because the officials of XL Airways believe they can fill its flights solely with residents of France. In the European travel media, XL Airways is frequently featured. And in the few years that XL has been flying the Atlantic, Parisians have filled almost of all of its seats.
But try hard and persevere by finding a travel agent who knows the
phone number of XL
, and you'll enjoy big savings of between $200 and $400 per person -- a discount that can add up to big bucks for, say, a family or group of four. Tell them to look at Momondo.com or at CheapOAir.com, and you'll frequently snare a seat on an airline whose services are just as good as any other trans-Atlantic carrier but at a sharp discount in price. The powers that be at XL Airways just don't think it's necessary to expend much effort in attracting U.S. business.
Ever heard of Coco Cay in the Bahamas? You probably haven't, because that little strip of land is scarcely inhabited and belongs -- lock, stock and barrel -- to Royal Caribbean Cruiseline, which operates bars, cafes, and shops alongside its beaches. Royal Caribbean has now entered into an agreement with Carnival permitting Carnival to dump passengers from two of its cruise ships for a full day on Coco Cay (aka Little Stirrup Cay), instead of sending those passengers for that day to Key West, Florida. Instead of enjoying an authentic experience of a celebrated and rather eccentric U.S. city, Carnival's passengers will now spend that day on a private beach of a private island.
Instead of going to Nassau, Freeport, and Key West, passengers on five-day cruises will go to Nassau, Freeport, and "Coco Cay."
All sorts of explanations of the change have been offered by Carnival. But the real reason is undoubtedly money. Coco Cay is only 50 miles from Nassau, the preceding stop. Key West is some 260 miles from Nassau. Carnival will be spared the expense of sailing some 200 miles.
I believe I may be the only writer who has railed and shouted about this use of private islands as the "foreign destinations" for many cruise passengers. The policy transforms a travel experience into something wholly trivial. The rest of us should be absolutely firm against ever booking a cruise that substitutes a phony travel experience for a real one.
The big news in travel is the announcement by the TSA that starting on April 25, they will permit air passengers to carry on board their flights a whole array of potentially-damaging devices that used to be prohibited. Prominent among them are pocket knives less than 2.5" long and half an inch wide. Though all of us know that such knives can fatally hurt a human being,
they will now be permitted in carry-on luggage,
which means they can be accessed by their owners in the course of the flight.
In the same gesture, the TSA announced last week that sporting equipment of the pole or bat variety can now be carried on board. You can bring with you a golf club, a children's-size bat, ski poles -- even though these items can be brandished or swung overhead to knock out a flight attendant or another passenger.
What's particularly disturbing to me is the allowance of pocket knives. It is widely suspected, and partially confirmed by the luggage the hijackers left behind them, that the terrorists who brought down planes on September 11 were not equipped with box cutters, as was widely assumed, but with pocket knives. Such knives, drawn across the neck of a person, can kill them just as effectively as a box cutter. Various union officials representing flight attendants have bitterly complained about the TSA's new liberal policies and asked that they be reversed.
I'm with them. Despite all the seeming safeguards -- locked doors to the cockpits of all planes, federal marshals flying aboard surreptitiously -- there is now a greatly enhanced opportunity for either crazed people or terrorists to create mayhem aboard a flight. I can't for the life of me guess what caused the TSA to take a step that no one at all was really advocating, but simply assume that the constant, unreasoned criticism of that federal agency has made its officials eager to be liked. No one can constantly listen to the carping and criticism of our airport safety agents without wanting to take a step that will mollify the attackers. Too bad that the rest of us must now fly with less assurance that the terrorists, or the lunatics, will be thwarted.
On Sunday's Travel Show, my daughter Pauline provided a fascinating description of her recent trip to
, a long journey from which she returned last week.
Not many Americans include Taiwan on a list of potential vacation destinations, but the Taiwanese government has recently launched a major marketing effort to change those attitudes. Actually, the largest current group of tourists to Taiwan are Chinese, who can now fly there non-stop from Beijing. That totally unexpected cooperation in aviation marks a startling shift in what used to be a policy of unending enmity between the two republics (Taiwan persists in calling itself The Republic of China, while Beijing styles itself as The People's Republic of China).
Why did the change come about? Why non-stop air between two former adversaries? A political science professor-friend of mine suggests that Taiwanese businessmen are now so heavily engaged in making investments in mainland China that the Chinese have felt compelled to soften their tone. And obviously, Beijing wants Taiwan back, and may now be offering a carrot rather than a stick. That's also (perhaps) why some mainland cities are partially subsidizing the trips to Taiwan of their residents wanting to experience the strong, historic culture of China.
There remains, of course, the ever-present possibility of an armed takeover of Taiwan by mainland China. Beijing's threat is so sensitively felt by the Taiwanese, according to my daughter's observations, that citizens of Taiwan are unusually cordial to visitors from the United States, which they regard as their chief defender against such a Chinese move. Invariably, people would broadly smile at her, make friendly comments, even hug her on occasion, the moment they learned she was an American. The stay was made unusually pleasant by such gestures, as it will be for any American tourist going there.
When the nationalist army of Chiang Kai-Shek was finally defeated (around 1948) by the Chinese communists, they fled to Taiwan, and were accompanied in the immediately-succeeding years by more than two million Han Chinese from the mainland. They also brought with them many of the most precious and important historical relics of the Chinese culture (especially from Beijing's Forbidden City), and placed many of them in an important Palace Museum in Taipei. Accordingly, a visit to that museum is a stunning immersion in the ancient culture of China, stronger perhaps than what one sees anywhere in today's mainland China (where so many artifacts of history were destroyed during the Cultural Revolution). Scattered throughout Taiwan are also numerous religious temples, seemingly more numerous than anything one views in mainland China. These are intricately decorated; and the religious rites and exercises within are done with surprising force and fervor.
But despite those two million Han Chinese that came here with Chiang Kai-Shek, the demographics of Taiwan are amazingly diverse; there are large ethnic groups representing some 17 tribes that historically occupied Taiwan, along with a large number of Japanese who once ran Taiwan. In the "night market" of Taipei, Pauline saw scores of food stands, each one totally different in content than the next. She tasted numerous different ethnic cuisines, one better than the next. In restaurants, she never repeated the ethnicity of a meal.
And prices were surprisingly moderate. She paid the equivalent of one dollar for a bowl of Pork Liver Soup, the equivalent of two dollars for an astonishing Oyster Omelette, one of the best dishes she has ever had.
She ascended to the top of Taipei 101, the world's second highest skyscraper. She went to the Chiang Kai Shek Memorial, and witnessed an intricately-choreographed Changing of the Guard. And at stores and market places, she never felt herself harassed to purchase, unlike the ever-present and very intrusive hawking of tourists in mainland China.
I've noted only a fraction of her impressions, which you will hear in much greater detail if you turn to the
first hour of our March 3 podcast
, at
. I think you'll enjoy hearing her comments, and may be persuaded to consider a trip to Taiwan.
The series of travel shows called "Travel & Adventure" have grown enormously in attendance over the past ten years, and now attract far more than 15,000 persons to each such two-day event, in cities like Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and Washington, D.C. The last show of the current winter season will take place on Saturday and Sunday, March 9 and 10 (i.e., about a week from now), at the Washington, D.C. Convention Center (801 Mt. Vernon Place N.W.), and I'll be speaking there on Saturday, March 9, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the main auditorium of that center, on the subject "The Coming Year in Travel." Immediately afterwards, I'll then be signing books and speaking personally with visitors to the show at a bookstore area located near the auditorium.
It always happens at such shows that readers of this blog appear in fair numbers, to talk about travel issues that they're confronting, to discuss recent topics covered in this blog, and generally to shoot the breeze on any and all subjects. I so very much like those encounters, and hope that readers living in the Washington, D.C. area will come to the show, hear the talk, and then remain to converse.
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I can't remember why I consented to ride in a hot air balloon during an African safari in Kenya some years ago, but I do recall that the moment we went aloft, I became painfully aware of how foolish I had been to do so. Our pilot was a somewhat deranged middle-aged man of British extraction, reacting ecstatically to the joy of being aloft. Instead of simply skimming along the tree line, as he had initially done, he suddenly manipulated the balloon to soar to altitudes of several thousand feet. And suddenly, standing in a small wicker basket hanging from the balloon, I looked down from an unimaginable height at the earth far below, and realized how vulnerable we all were.
It was not only that we were hanging from a flimsy balloon, kept aloft by a sheet of flame, but we were also flying above a games park filled with prides of lions, thousands of wildebeest, cheetahs by the dozens, and other wild animals, in a balloon whose exact place of landing we could not control. What if it set down among those lions, I asked myself? It was only after I emerged with knees shaking from the completed ride, and climbed out of that slightly-worn wicker basket hanging at an angle over the ground, that I realized how dangerous it is for tourists to subject themselves to such risk. And I reacted with sharp, sensitive awareness to the news, this week, of those
19 foreign tourists to Egypt
who were incinerated while hanging from a hot air balloon that caught fire.
Imagine the near insanity of consenting to ride in a hot air balloon in a country where the entire activity is unregulated and the pilot unlicensed and the entire activity is undertaken by local entrepreneurs out to make a fast buck.
But hot air ballooning is only one of the "extreme sports" or "extreme adventures" that tourists sign up for in numerous foreign countries. Each year, people are severely injured, somewhere in tropical waters, by plunging down from a parasailing device drawn by a motorboat whose engine has suddenly stopped. This happens with surprising frequency. Each year, a tourist consenting to ride hanging from a zip line over a deep ravine in Costa Rica is suddenly found stuck on that line high in the air. This happened to a relative of mine. Each year, tourists to Belize take unimaginable risks by swimming into a cave and then being directed to dive underwater to a passage that supposedly leads them to an open-air room in the rock.
All over the world, untrained entrepreneurs in an unregulated activity, taking no safety precautions whatsoever, offer thrills to the visitor for a modest payment. Even in the United States, the regulation of hot air ballooning is apparently confined to the requirement that pilots be licensed as supposedly aware of the need for precaution. How many unreported accidents take place in hot air balloons carried aloft by air heated by jets of flame that can easily be misdirected at the balloon itself?
Persons in the travel industry should direct warnings to their clients against succumbing to those offers of extreme adventures. The risks are greater than assumed, and the possibility of grave injury or death is tangible.
The weird outcome of last weekend's Italian election -- major vote totals for the outrageous Silvio Berlusconi and the equally-nutty Beppe Grillo -- has at least created positive news for American travelers. It has so unnerved the business interests of Europe that the value of the euro has now fallen to $1.30, with the British pound selling for $1.51. Those rates -- which might even go lower -- have markedly cheapened the cost of a European vacation for us dollar-possessing travelers.
And the Japanese yen remains at a remarkable 90 to the dollar, lowering the cost of a stay in Japan. Provided only that you can find an inexpensive airfare for an overseas vacation (try
, or
), the prospects look good for ambitious summer vacationers.
But you'll need to make wise decisions in the choice of destinations. There's an awful lot of misleading information out there, as I discovered in responding to callers on this weekend's Travel Show (Sunday, noon to two E.S.T., at
One listener phoned the show to point out that she was flying in June with her fiancee to Rome, where they hoped to get married in a Presbyterian church (are there any in Rome?) on days one or two, and then to embark on a train trip to Florence and Venice. Her specific question: How can she arrange to ship her sumptuous wedding gown back home, as she did not want to cart it along for the remainder of her Italian trip?
I had the unenviable task of pointing out that as far as marriages are concerned, Rome is not Las Vegas. Unlike Las Vegas, where you can obtain a marriage license and get hitched within a half hour after your arrival, all European countries have severe residency requirements for permitting people to have weddings on their soil. I told her that she had to contact the nearest Italian consulate to learn how many months she would first have to reside in Italy before she could be married there. I could almost hear a groan of dismay from the caller.
Another caller explained that she was planning to go on a Baltic cruise this summer, ending up in St. Petersburg, Russia, where she hoped to make her own hotel reservations for two days of sightseeing in that fabled city. For such a short stay, she reasoned, she would not have to go through the difficult and expensive process of obtaining a Russian visa. I had to disappoint her by pointing out that her plan for bypassing a visa was just not do-able, that Russian requires a visa of any tourist, and that the only exception to that rule was for cruise passengers engaging in a group sightseeing tour arranged by the cruise ship, involving a day-long stay that returned at night to the cruise ship. Even a one-day overnight stay in Russia requires a visa.
Another listener, who had submitted his question by e-mail to the program, announced that he was anxious to cruise the coast of Alaska, but would do so only on a ship catering to young passengers. I had to respond that there was no such thing; that the audience for Alaskan cruises was heavily weighted to mature and elderly people. Was I wrong to be so pessimistic?
Is South Africa safe to visit, asked another caller? I responded that the general consensus is that Cape Town is acceptably safe (provided only that you take the precautions you would follow in any large city), while Johannesburg is iffy -- iffy because of the considerable poverty in that city, that is usually a generator of crime. Nevertheless, a great many tourists stay over in Johannesburg on their onward trip to Krueger National Park, and by taking reasonable precautions, they enjoy a stay without mishap.
Generally speaking, the questions posed to us on The Travel Show are so wide-ranging, reflecting an intention by many listeners to visit the most remote corners of the world, that they prove the continued vitality of travel. In the course of a slow economic recovery, at a time when unemployment is still high, people are still traveling in huge numbers and not simply on weekend trips but to international destinations. One caller this past weekend extolled the pleasures of a trip to Ghana in Africa, which he portrayed as a stable country that recently achieved a peaceful transfer of power from one president to another. It is reached, he said, by non-stop flights, and your visit is among friendly people well disposed to America, in cities with modern hotels.
Travel lives.
As someone who obviously doesn't have expertise in ship design or maritime safety, I felt somewhat hesitant in passing comment on the recent tragedy of the Carnival
, whose electrical system -- knocked out by an engine room fire -- caused it to drift without power for five days in the Gulf of Mexico.
And yet it seemed obvious to me. A cruise ship is like a city at sea.
Shouldn't it possess back-up generators
if the main source of electricity is knocked out? Of course it should, as I proceeded to write in this blog. And if such an event happens during a time of stormy seas, or when the ship is hundreds of miles from land (as on a trans-Atlantic sailing), grave tragedies including loss of life could occur.
Would you believe that
The New York Times
has this morning published
a well-researched article
reaching the same conclusion? And it points out, amazingly enough, that the event on the
is the third such instance to occur during the past three years. One such loss of power occurred, amazingly enough, on another ship of Carnival Cruise Lines, the
, in 2012.
Because of an ambiguous situation of government regulation (all ships carry the flags of tiny countries like Liberia and therefore claim to be immune to supervision by the United States), no government has rushed to enforce comprehensive or effective rules for the installation of safety equipment aboard ships. Though various admonitions to create redundancies in the production of electric power have been issued, only 10-or-so modern cruise ships contain back-up generators located far from the main engine room. The other 100-plus cruise ships contain one such system, and if it is knocked out, then the boat and its passengers are out of luck.
Two years ago, the
experienced an engine room fire that eliminated its electrical power, amid resulted in harrowing circumstances almost identical to what befell the
. Yet Carnival did nothing. And passengers of the
rubbed their eyes when they read about the identical later occurrence on the
What is needed is strong action by Congress. Asserting its authority over any ship that docks at a U.S. port, or that is marketed primarily to a U.S. audience, Congress could demand that ships be re-fitted with back-up generators. Though this will require the ships to give up a fair number of passenger cabins in order to create the space for those second generators, it is a requirement that cries out to be enacted. Otherwise, we will soon see an even greater tragedy than the one that so affected the passengers aboard the


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Everybody is back in Prague from the long holiday weekend. But lots of Czechs are away on vacation. Kind of hot here but nothing like the USA.
I've put the final Sneak Peek of the July Wank Party on the Blog. Part Two is coming up on Friday. It's a good one, don't miss it and please take a look at the trailer and Sneak Peek I've put over on the Blog.
Jan Sadecky and Patrik Lukasz give us a real feast of Raunchy Sex today. They are followed by the lovely Adam Toula's massage and best friends Lukas Nypl and Paco Mlaticka in their video. Finally we have a stunner in Jan Poliak with his session stills.
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IGN spoke exclusively with filmmakers Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor today at Comic-Con, where the duo confirmed that they will indeed direct the big-screen version of DC Comics' Jonah Hex in addition to scripting it.
Neveldine confirmed that they have completed a first draft and "we're really excited about (the project)." He revealed that their take on the Western bounty hunter will be influenced by "the [Joe R.] Lansdale series, definitely. The movie that we're -- we've pretty much wrote it -- but we're writing is going to be the introduction to Jonah Hex. So we're incorporating a lot of stuff but we're bringing in, of course, Quentin Turnbull. It's almost like a double revenge story. They're both justified in their own revenge. That's what's so great about Jonah Hex in this movie. And again we get to play with an anti-hero."
Lansdale's Jonah Hex comics, which melded the western and horror genres, were published in the 1990s by DC's Vertigo label. The character of Quentin Turnbull, created in the 1970s, was a Virginia plantation owner who had a vendetta against Hex for causing the death of his son during the Civil War. Turnbull hired a number of villains to get Hex, including El Papagayo.
Their influences will extend beyond the character's comic book roots. Neveldine revealed, "We're drawing from a lot. We're drawing from every aspect of the Jonah myth, from Sergio Leone spaghetti westerns to Sin City, in a weird way. Ken Burns' Civil War. Really, we're trying to draw in a lot of historical things and make it as rich of a world as we possibly can, and a dark Western world. Kind of like the real post-Civil War America, which was almost like an apocalyptic wasteland. Everybody had their arms lopped off and nobody bathed. It was an ugly place and we're not glamorizing it and doing kind of a traditional movie Western. We want to do something completely new, but at the same time it's funny and vulgar and bizarre and sexy and weird. It's so fun."
Neveldine and Taylor have cast U.K. tough guy actors in their other films (Jason Statham in Crank and Gerard Butler in the forthcoming Game, respectively). Could we expect to see a non-American actor playing the ex-Confederate Hex? Said Taylor, "This might be another one but it's too early to say." Neveldine added, "We don't want to jinx it. We've got ideas."
With a first draft of the script completed, could Jonah Hex be the duo's next film after wrapping Game? "It's hard to say. It could be," Neveldine said. "There's a strike situation [looming]. I don't know if you know yet. But we'll have to figure it out."


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Injuries opened up a unique opportunity for one of the Quakes blossoming young academy stars, Travis Pillon, on Thursday. The 16-year-old native of Oakland, Calif. trained alongside Bobby Convey and Jon Busch, helping fill space in a lineup that has seen a series of injuries.
Pillon participated in drills and played in an eight-aside short-field match. The lanky right back teamed with Busch, Convey, Ryan Johnson, Sam Cronin, Justin Morrow, Bobby Burling and Kamani Hill. Despite his youth, Pillon wasn't afraid of his older, more savvy teammates.
"He got in on tackles, played a good ball, worked hard and I was pleasantly surprised with him. I think he can play, for sure," said Quakes goalkeeper Jon Busch.
During 15-minute scrimmages, Pillon played aggressively on the right flank, venturing forward on overlapping runs to play several dangerous balls into the mix. He made few mistakes defensively and eagerly soaked in advice from Busch, teammates and the coaching staff.
"To see a young kid who I've known since he was 12 years old come out here and train with our first team and hold his own was awesome," said Quakes General Manager John Doyle. "Hopefully he takes some of this back to his Academy teammates and motivates them to keep working hard."
Pillon rejoined the Quakes Academy for a training session Thursday afternoon. He will continue to compete with his U-18 teammates at tournaments this summer.
Pillon on his Training Experience:
"You have to be ready to play fast. Your first touch has to be on and you have to know your next option before the ball comes to you. You really have to be on your toes the entire game. It's an honor to play with these guys, but it's only the first step. You have to keep working every day to stay out here."
Pillon on playing against one of his childhood heroes:
"In the beginning of practice during shooting drills I scored a goal against Joe Cannon and it was just like, 'Wow, I just scored a goal against Joe Cannon.'"
Center Back Solutions
Head coach Frank Yallop has yet to commit to a replacement for injured Ike Opara, but there are several scenarios to consider. Brandon McDonald played well in the middle of the defense in 2009 and could slide back from his central midfield spot. Another option could be to move Jason Hernandez back to center back while playing Joey Gjertsen or Brad Ring at right back.
Sealy on the Mend
Scott Sealy practiced alone on the side on Thursday after suffering a strained quad in Saturday's match against Seattle Sounders FC. The Trinidadian striker/midfielder hasn't been ruled out from playing on Saturday.
The Quakes will travel to Colorado on Friday. Saturday's match kicks off at 6 p.m. PT and will be broadcast live on MLS Direct Kick or on KDOW 1220.


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UN Central Emergency Response Fund: 10 Years of Saving Lives Together
This week, on 17 December, the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) will mark its 10 year anniversary. Created in 2005, CERF marked an innovative breakthrough in humanitarian funding by Member States of the UN General Assembly as a "fund for all, by all". It raises and pools funds before the need arises, and provides fast, predictable funding to partners on the frontlines at the onset of a crisis, as well as financing critically underfunded emergencies.


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I really enjoyed this one. This is the third book in the Maggy Thorsen Mystery series and the third one I've read. I don't always read a series in order, but in this case I'm glad to be doing so. This one had a little less to do with the coffee shop business itself, but nevertheless is was enjoyable. I especially loved the twists at the end. Devious, delicious and fun!
As I said in my other reviews, I love Balzo's characters, especially Maggy. I really felt sorry for her when she discovered that Ted could have been cheating on her with more than one woman. It was like opening up those wounds all over again. Somehow, I didn't quite feel the same way about Rachel, though. As for Ted, well, I didn't exactly feel sorry for him either. As with the other books, one of my favourite characters is Frank, Maggy's oversized dog, who rushes the door every time it's opened. That never gets old for me.
New Words:
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Favourite Quote:
Me, I remembered the May blizzard that dropped eight inches of snow on southeastern Wisconsin well enough to be grateful for any day above freezing, regardless of season. I also didn't put the shovel away until the Fourth of July. In other words, I was a native Wisconsinite. (page 14)Substitute Manitoba for Wisconsin and you have me to a "T".
I also read and really enjoyed the first one, Uncommon Grounds (my review) and second one, Grounds for Murder (my review). I also have Triple Shot on my virtual to-be-read shelf. I hope to get to it soon.
Highly recommended. I can't wait to read the others in the series.
For more information about this book, please visit Amazon.com.
For more information about the author and her other books, please visit Sandra Balzo's website.
Many thanks to the author for sending me this eBook to review.
Bean There, Done That by Sandra Balzo, Severn House, ©2008. ISBN 9781847510730(e-book/PDF), 235p.


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Revisiting the Mazda CX-7 and CX-9 Colors
edited April 2014 in Mazda
What does everybody think of this Copper Red Mica? Is this a color that's still going to look mainstream in a few years? Is it gender-neutral? Just curious what people think.
Gender-neutral? Sure. Mainstream? Probably never. Speaking as someone who had a beautiful teal Civic back in 1993, I can tell you I wouldn't know what to do with it now.
The copper red mica is a great color, bit IMHO not a color for a car you plan on keeping more than 4-5 years and then getting much resale value out of.
What does everybody think of this Copper Red Mica? Is this a color that's still going to look mainstream in a few years? Is it gender-neutral? Just curious what people think.
It's a nice color... I almost bought it except I couldn't find one with the options I wanted. I did find one that had everything except Sirius, but I decide against having the dealer install it as an option since they didn't seem confident about what was needed to add it. I went with pearl white instead with an all black GT interior. My wife wanted the red as 1st choice with sand interior, white with sand as second choice.
I also liked the ice blue but they didn't have one equipped as I wanted either.0
I hear you on the teal... can still see the Miami-Vice-blue Explorers with the green pinstripe. But Mazda is really playing up the red in the brochure... and the copper red is closer to red than teal blue to blue. Maybe I'm just trying to talk myself into it because it has the options that I want on the lot already.0
No doubt that the copper is a great color... I just couldn't swing it since I drive like a maniac. (Best to not draw TOO much attention to myself) My CX-7 is Galaxy Gray - the fact that it is the same color as RX-8s didn't hurt...
I wouldn't let availability sway your decision TOO much... unless you're in Anchorage, a dealer should be able to find you the car you want in a matter of days, regardless of color.
But hey, if the copper is the one that makes your blood boil, go for it. Just be aware that at SOME point down the road, you or a potential buyer might go "wow, was this color that cool back in '07?" Or, it might not even matter after years of happiness and satisfaction with your copper CX-7.0
022540 Posts: 31We considered the Copper Red Mica, it is a very sharp looking color.
We ended up with the Liquid Platimum FWD Grand Touring model in Oct. 2006. We have about 4300 miles and love it.
Our last two trips in Oct. and Dec. going up in the Ozarks Mnts. We average over all gas milage of 25mpg in Oct.
The weather was really cold and rainy in Dec. and we only average over all 23.8mpg.
It is a blast to drive. At night it is especially fun with the lighting inside. It is a soft blue with red/black back ground. You feel like you are in a cockpit.0
I wanted the Copper Red but couldn't find a GT Tech Package that had the Sirius module installed from the factory. I realize that I could have had the dealer install it but since it was a new dealer and they were guessing at what was needed to install it. For example, they the sales manager thought all it required was the module when an antenna has to be added as well. I also didn't want to chance anything being taken apart to install the module and antenna. I also would have had to wait or bring it back once they got the parts. As I was signing the deal on the red I flinched and changed to Pearl White.
I think the Pearl under certain lighting or when the sun hits it is really sharp. Truthfully, I would have taken almost any color but my wife really wanted red and was willing to accept white. The only other colors they had were maybe the Black Cherry or the Grey. I don't think any of them are really bad colors.
I also like the fact that I ended up with an all black interior when originally we wanted the two tone sand.0
vbbuilt Posts: 498All black interior looks sharp, but just wait until summer comes along, sitting in a blazing hot sun and you guys are wearing shorts. Can you wait until bare skin comes in contact with blistering hot, black, leather seats? :P
Other than that, have a fun with it! Pearl white is awesome.
I'd be leary too about that dealership, in fact, I'd run away as fast as possible. If they're scratching their heads about dealer installed options, that's not a good sign.
Black interior was fine for me in Texas in August, but you HAVE to get a windshield screen. The CX has a HUGE windshield (great for looks and aerodynamics, but unfortunately also good for making a four-door solar oven.) :shades:
I estimate the foil-sided screen
I bought dropped the interor of my car at least 20 degrees F...0
Actually my Jetta has all black leather and it's never been a problem even in the hot sun. To top it off the exterior is black also. Don't get me wrong, it gets hotter than cloth and probably a little hotter than lighter leathers but I don't find it scorching. I'm just glad it's not vinyl.
As for the dealer, I believe that it was just that it was under new ownership and since it was afterhours the sales manager was trying to figure it out himself. The actual service shop has been around and is located further down the road combined with a Mitsubishi dealer that I had good experiances with.
I probably would have been uncomfortable with any dealer taking things apart to add the module and antenna on my brand new car.0
Yeah, I should probably get one to reduce the heat and protect the interior.0
Good window tint and a sun visor, + remote-start with AC on all make it just fine0
I just got off the phone with Mazda to complain about the fact that the Pearl White is a 200 dollar option and was informed that it is a more expensive process to produce the iridescent effect of the Pearl. He was also kind enough to let me in a "little known secret" that the Pearl has less drag than normal paint and therefore makes the car faster and more fuel efficient.
So... eat your hearts out!!!!0
I just got off the phone with Mazda to complain about the fact that the Pearl White is a 200 dollar option and was informed that it is a more expensive process to produce the iridescent effect of the Pearl. He was also kind enough to let me in a "little known secret" that the Pearl has less drag than normal paint and therefore makes the car faster and more fuel efficient.
I have the white.
If it's more "fuel efficient" that's funny since my last tank I got 13 MPG. Would hate to see what it would have been if the car was blue. LOL
I think the last part is a load of crap0
"I think the last part is a load of crap"
Of course it is.... the whole story is a load of crap and I didn't really call Mazda
"But when I use synthetic oil, I can really feel the POWER!!!" :P0
stever Posts: 52,683All the stickers on my car are Pearl White and they really make it zoom. I'm thinking about adding a Pearl White body kit next and then a set of Pearl White rims. :shades:
Truth be told white cars are about my favorite, and I wish mine really was white.0
psycho6 Posts: 9It looks like I'm going to have to order the CX-9 Grand Touring to get the exact features I want. I was going to get a Galaxy Gray Mica (1st choice) or Platinum (2nd choice) with the sand interior. Now I've been informed that those two colors can only be ordered with the black interior, which I hate. That leaves me with white, black clearcoat (black mica has been discontinued), black cherry mica, or stormy blue mica. I don't like white or black cars, and the black cherry looks more like a strange black color. That leaves the Stormy Blue Mica. I don't want the car to look gaudy or to have a low resale value because of the color. Do you think the Stormy Blue Mica is a bad color?0
astegman Posts: 171What we all think of car colors is so subjective. I don't think there's a single color out there that doesn't have its fair share of fans and detractors alike. Can color really affect resale value? Perhaps if a car were some unusual color - like Pepto Bismo pink or something - but otherwise, I would imagine it's all in the eye of the beholder.
FWIW, in all my car buying experiences, I think the CX7 had the most limited palette of colors, each more disappointing than the next. I originally wanted the black cherry but thank goodness I saw it before buying; as the salesman told me, it's actually just a black car that if put in direct, bright light will display a hint of an undertone of cola coloring. So I ended up with the red, which to me is just OK, but not what I wanted. Still love the car, though.0
dmele426 Posts: 33i bought my icy blue, awesome color. it is a cross between a metallic blue and platinum. TRUST me it is an awesome color during the day and at night it appears to be a platinum color.
I have the cx-7 GT AWD.
bought mine in NYC/ Queens area.0
I just got a 2008 CX-7 Grand Touring (Black Cherry Mica) and a 2008 CX-9 Grand Touring (Liquid Platinum Metallic) in the last two weeks!! Very happy with both but still trying to decipher gas consumption on each. I'm thinking that the CX-7 (4-cyl + turbo) burns more gas than the CX-9 (6-cyl). Is this the case? Got the CX-7 for my wife on January 2nd and liked it so much that I then got the CX-9 for myself on January 12. When my wife saw me strolling in on the "niner" she handed me the keys to the "seven" and told me she was taking the "nine" instead. Can you believe that? Ha, ha, I said OK, (you know, if mama ain't happy, nobody's happy, plus I get the turbo!). I also thought since I drive further to work that maybe the 4-cyl on the "seven" would be more gas-friendly (even with the turbo), but so far it doesn't seem to be the case. It is very sporty and cool, tight handling yet still more of a truck ride. The "nine" is such a nice smooth ride, almost limo-like. They're both very cool. Mazda did a nice job here. I also have a 2006 Mazda 6 iGrand Touring (Tungsten). Nice ride too.0
One year later, to the day, I'm still loving these machines!0
bcp1 Posts: 21Oh, LOL................thats how they justify the extra $200 for the paint job. Its not the paint that produces the lower CV's, its the shape and contour of the vehicle.
The CV's on the CX-7 are the same no matter what color the car is.0
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Sorry for starting a whole new thread just for one question but this Sunday being my first PWG show I want to make sure I can actually go :oops:
In the US are there age restrictions for PWG events? If so can you come with a person that old and get let in?
Thanks in advance :D