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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac combined own roughly half of all single-family homes across the country. The two companies announced that they will put a brief halt to evictions in foreclosure proceedings during the holidays this year. Fannie Mae will suspend evictions from December 19 through January 2, 2013, while Freddie Mac says it will suspend eviction beginning December 17.
The brief suspension of evictions apparently is intended to allow distressed homeowners facing foreclosure and eviction to remain in their homes for the holiday period. An executive with Fannie Mae says that, "We're taking this step in support of families who have faced financial challenges and gone through a foreclosure," according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The difficulty is, that when the suspension period ends January 2, 2013, the evictions will resume.
Many homeowners may not even know if Freddie or Fannie owns their mortgage. But at the same time, a number of banks in Ohio reportedly have decided to follow Freddie and Fannie's lead and put a temporary suspension on evictions during the holiday period, according to the Plain Dealer. But not all banks are necessarily on board.
Since the housing market collapse several years ago, there has been a great deal of information published about foreclosures, underwater mortgages, short sales, loan modifications and other processes that may be available. But when a homeowner falls into financial distress, sometimes it is difficult to know where to turn. A great deal of information seems to conflict with other information available in the marketplace.
It is important for distressed homeowners to learn as much as possible when financial troubles arise. Information is valuable for homeowners in helping to make informed decisions. Filing for bankruptcy is one option when facing foreclosure. A bankruptcy petition will put at least a temporary halt to a foreclosure proceeding.
In some cases, the bank may later resume the foreclosure. Some homeowners may wish to walk away from a home without fear of the bank pursuing a deficiency judgment after a foreclosure sale. In other cases, a homeowner may be able to use a bankruptcy proceeding to reorganize debt, such as in a chapter 13 bankruptcy, and retain the home.
One of the difficulties in seeking information from apparently conflicting reports is the idea that there is no one-size-fits-all process. Each household has different financial structures-different asset, income and debt structures. Ohio residents facing financial trouble may consider speaking with a Cincinnati bankruptcy lawyer for information about how the Bankruptcy Code may apply to an individual financial structure.
Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer, "Local banks, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac delay foreclosure evictions during the holidays," Teresa Dixon Murray, Dec. 11, 2012


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She said that she used to wear it for every occasion for about a year. She also laughed at my pained expression saying this used to be the exact expression on her mom's face throughout that year. I can imagine being a middle-class Bengali lady in the mid to late 1970s, her mom, like mine and most of their peers, must have been the epitome of understated style, wearing impeccably-starched and folded pastels, white and snuff-colored Saris to evenings of cultural soirees and art film shows. Imagine this garish child tagging next to her!
It made an incredible story and we laughed aloud when she said that she used to sometimes add to the dress-up, cheap faux-pearl or shell necklaces that relatives would get back as souvenirs from their travels for her mom. The mother of course had never even touched them. We laughed till our stomach ached and we lay spent on the floor still clutching our sides.
Once sobered up, we had this very enlightening discussion on how we'd never imagine doing that any more and then sat up thinking how easy it was to be satisfied when we did not have any idea of what was expected of us. It allowed us to choose whatever we wanted.
It has been a long time since that day and we have both come a long way and spread far away from each other. She home schools her children and I work from home.
In many ways we have not changed and despite our conservative upbringing we have done things that was and still is unthinkable in most middle class homes. We have experimented and rebelled and have in turn collected both accolades and brick bats on our journey to womanhood.
It is an universal truth that our choices make us different. It is also true that we always have choices. The problem with having so many choices is that we are seldom if at all satisfied with the ones we have made.
Each time we take a decision or make a choice, we start wondering if that was the right one. Self doubt is the core of dissatisfaction. Just like the multiple choices, we also have these hundreds of thousands of case studies at our disposal that show us how other choices are better than ours. In our deep research we forget all about 'individual choices' and 'personal journeys'.
As a child, I was satisfied that I got a sister to play and fight with - she was a best friend right at home. What more could a kid want. For many years neither I nor she were too keen on adding others to our closed circle of two - though we did not do much in it or even had any deep dark secrets to hide. There was also a slightly larger circle around it that had cousins and family friends' children who were also our friends and then there was this much larger circle that had school friends and later college and office friends.
We were satisfied in our world. Till I had to move out of the city for many years and realized that phone would not do what our regular night walks had achieved. I had to look beyond. I had to start afresh. I knew no one in the new city had neither ready made friends nor family.
There was this huge gap that needed to be filled. She also understood it and we moved into other circles and made our way into completely new ones.
This new stand led me to make many friends and I changed. I became a totally different person and a much more experimental human being because no one knew me or my family - I had almost no peer pressure. When I returned after almost a decade, I found that my sister had become more conservative.
There was still a lot of dissatisfaction, I wondered if I was doing it all wrong or if she is? And I bet she felt the same way too. Sartorially also a lot of new influence had crept up into our wardrobes where earlier we used to share the same clothes - we were almost same size except for trousers and shoes, now, I had mostly colorful informal outfits and she, mainly a collection of formal wear. In the last few years, we have again influenced each others outfits because I see a lot of office wear in my cupboard while hers looks a little more colorful and experimental.
Dissatisfaction is almost always a result of peer pressure. The overwhelming need to be able to blend in with the accepted norms of the society.
I am highly satisfied with flip-flops and pavement store clothes but, each time I dress my, way my family cringes and worries about what others will say about my lack of 'proper' dressing. Often falling into that trap I end up wearing stuff that everyone else is also wearing - in the end losing my own sense of style and happiness.
I used clothes as an analogy here because they are the easiest to understand. After all, clothes makes a man or a woman as the case in point.
As a child we could get away being embarrassing but as adults we make changes to satisfy the world.
Similarly, though an ex-journalist, I have stopped subscribing to both newspapers and Cable TV for many years. People have called me many names including a freak and a turn-coat. I feel happier without so much cacophonous influence in my confined space. In between I had also experimented laying-off the Internet away from work.
In the beginning it was difficult. For more than a year, I was in two minds if I should get a Cable connection - especially when my dad refused to visit my place and even called me a 'miser' - eventually he gave up and now comes over to watch movies with me on DVD at my place. He now understands that I need my peace and quiet while he needs his daily Bengali soaps. I also compromised with the Internet. It was a necessity that allows me to stay in touch with the world.
It is very difficult to be satisfied with what we have because most of the times we are looking outwards towards others to give us their stamp of approval. However, it is easier to be satisfied when we forget about others and start doing what we want to do. The satisfaction of being able to conduct a life that is totally based on what we want from it would probably bring to us a real sense of satisfaction that can never be bought off-the-shelf.
I'd like to conclude with another conversation with another friend much recently who went on and on about how I should get rid of my old jalopy and buy a new one because otherwise, people will not take me 'seriously' or give respect to my 'seniority'. This time I did not get into a discussion at all. I smiled and walked away with a polite nod.

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|Every individual has a place to fill in the world, and is important, in some respect, whether he chooses to be so or not. - Nathaniel Hawthorne
No. 13, 21 January 1993
RUSSIA RUSSIAN CABINET MOVES TO COUNTER HYPERINFLATION. At a news conference after the cabinet meeting on 20 January, Deputy Prime Ministers Boris Fedorov and Anatolii Chubais warned of the imminent threat of hyperinflation, Russian and Western agencies reported. Retail prices could rise by 55-60% in January. Referring to proposed countermeasures, Fedorov spoke of a "tough discussion" within the cabinet and forecast a battle with the parliament. The proposals included the setting of quarterly ceilings for the budget deficit, doubling interest rates on savings deposits, reducing subsidies to inefficient enterprises, and issuing government bonds to finance the budget deficit. Fedorov hopes to bring inflation rates down to 5% a month and the budget deficit down to 5% of the GNP by the end of 1993. Keith Bush KHASBULATOV AND CHERNOMYRDIN MEET LOCAL LEADERS. Both the Russian Prime Minister, Viktor Chernomyrdin, and the parliamentary speaker, Ruslan Khasbulatov, held meetings on 20 January with leading members of Russia's Union of Governors (the influential body uniting the local leaders in Russia's regions). ITAR-TASS reported that during the discussions, which covered, among other topics, the Federation Treaty, members of the Union expressed their concern that Russia's regions did not have the same political weight as the constituent republics of the Russian Federation. Chernomyrdin, however, called for the institution of regular meetings between the Union of Governors and members of the cabinet, and for closer co-ordination between the central and local governments, since, he said, the Russian government was shifting the emphasis of its reform program to the regions. Wendy Slater RUSSIAN NEO-COMMUNISTS PLAN REVIVAL. Over 1,000 initiative committees were already working towards the revival of communist party structures in preparation for the second congress of the Communist Party of Russia (CPR), due to take place in Moscow on 13-14 February, Valentin Kuptsov, chairman of the congress's organizing committee, said at a press conference reported by Russian TV on January 19. Following the Constitutional Court's November ruling lifting the ban of the CPSU, Russia's communist parties have accelerated their plans for a revival, but Kuptsov denied that they were carrying out propaganda among active members of the security services, and noted that members of the CPR had to become accustomed to the fact that they belong to an opposition and not a ruling party. However, it was clear that not all communist sympathizers planned to participate in the forthcoming congress; in particular, Nina Andreeva's All-Russian Communist Party of Bolsheviks have categorically refused to attend. Wendy Slater NEW WARNING ABOUT CHERNOBYL. A European Community team has examined the Chernobyl nuclear power station and found it unfit to operate by Western safety standards, Reuters reported on 20 January. One of the experts told a news conference in Hamburg that "it is not responsible to keep this plant in operation." The reactors lack fire protection doors to keep any blaze from spreading and their safety systems are not physically separated, making them liable to being knocked out at the same time. The cost of required safety improvements is put at about DM 60 million. Keith Bush RUSSIA'S NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS. An Interfax report on 19 January suggests that Russia's nuclear power plants are in need of repair. One bloc in each of the Novovoronezh, the Kalinin, the Smolensk and the Kursk nuclear power plants are currently closed for repairs, and within the last week four incidents took place at different power stations; three of the problems were resolved within one day, but one resulted in a bloc at the Kalinin plant being closed for major repairs. -Sheila Marnie. RUSSIAN ARMY BIGGEST PEDDLER OF WEAPONS. A unnamed military official was quoted by "Rossiiskie vesti" on 19 January as saying that Russian military personnel are the primary suppliers of black market weaponry on the territory of the former USSR, particularly in the Caucasus region. According to AFP, the official said that the breakup of the Soviet Union had led to a loss of control over the army's weapons inventory, and that the reorganization of the Russian army since last spring has complicated the situation further. He claimed that some 25,000 firearms have disappeared over the last six months, including 21,000 in the Caucasus. Stephen Foye INVESTIGATION OF CORRUPTION IN WESTERN GROUP OF FORCES. The former chief of Control Administration at the Russian President's Office Yurii, Boldyrev, has submitted to President Yeltsin a report recommending that several generals of the Western Group of Forces (WGF) be stripped of rank for corruption and embezzlement, Radio Rossii reported on 15-January. Boldyrev has headed a joint investigative commission led by officials from the Ministries of Security and Defense, the Russian Prosecutor's Office, and the Russian Central Bank. According to the investigation, some of the WGF generals set up in Germany, Poland, and Russia illegal commercial firms connected with organized crime and the black market. Typical of these activities is the illegal export from Germany to Poland, and thence to Russia of food and alcohol products in short supply or unobtainable in Russia; in addition, military supplies are also sent for black market sale in Russia. The total sum of these supplies sold at free market prices by military wheeler- dealers has reached DM 100 million, according to the report. -Victor Yasmann COMPROMISE ON DATE OF ELECTION OF INGUSH PRESIDENT. The Presidium of the Russian parliament decided on 20 January that the election of the president of Ingushetia should take place on 28 February and the election of the Ingush parliament on 11 April, ITAR-TASS and Interfax reported. A congress of the Ingush people on 17 January had decided that the presidential election should be held on 24 January. This had been opposed by the interim administration in North Ossetia and Ingushetia on the grounds that the election should take place when things were more settled in the area. The administration had proposed 11 April instead. -Ann Sheehy MOSCOW COMPLAINS ABOUT LOST EXPORT REVENUES. Andrei Kushnirenko, identified by Interfax on 20 January as the First Deputy Head of the Division of Strategy and Support of Exports of the Russian Foreign Economic Relations Ministry, said that constraints faced by Russia in the sale of rocket technology could cost Moscow up to $200 million annually. Kushnirenko, who was complaining over the failure of Moscow and Washington to reach a compromise on a dispute over interpretation of the rocket technology control regime, charged that the US was trying to drive Russia from the international market in this area of technology. The two sides have clashed especially over Moscow's efforts to sell rocket technology to India. Stephen Foye INTERREGIONAL FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS AGENDA FOR CIS MINSK SUMMIT. At a meeting in Minsk on 20 January the CIS foreign ministers discussed the agenda for the CIS summit on 22 January, ITAR-TASS and Interfax reported. The Belarusian Foreign Minister Petr Kravchenko said that the draft CIS charter would be on the agenda, and that he thought that it would be approved. The Ukrainian and Turkmen delegations repeated, however, that their countries had reservations about the charter. Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev said that the creation of an interstate bank, which was to have been one of the important items to be discussed, had been dropped because it required more work. Kozyrev added that Yeltsin would come to Minsk "with a solid package of fundamental ideas and proposals on strengthening the CIS. Perhaps this will be the doctrine of the CIS." Ann Sheehy DISCORD OVER STRATEGIC FORCES PROPOSAL? THE SECRETARY OF THE CIS COUNCIL OF DEFENSE MINISTERS, LEONID IVASHOV, SAID ON 20 JANUARY THAT A PROPOSAL TO REDEFINE THE COMPOSITION OF THE CIS STRATEGIC FORCES WAS LIKELY TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE SUMMIT IN MINSK, SCHEDULED FOR 22 JANUARY. Ivashov, in Minsk for a meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers, was quoted by ITAR-TASS as saying that the CIS joint forces command had acceded to the wishes of most of the CIS national defense ministries that strategic forces would be comprised only of units and objects possessing and storing strategic nuclear weapons and units serving them. Ivashov said that this would include primarily strategic nuclear missile forces, naval and air forces, and some anti-aircraft units. He also said that each CIS state would independently determine the list of strategic forces on his territory. However, an Interfax report, also dated 20-January, said that the Russian military leadership had clashed with the CIS command over both its definition of strategic forces and over the provision that each CIS state be allowed to determine which units on its territory were to be classified as strategic. Stephen Foye GRACHEV DEPARTS EARLY FROM FRANCE. Russian Defense Minister Pavel Grachev cut short a visit to France that had been scheduled to end on 22 January and returned to Moscow on the evening of 20 January, Interfax reported. Defense Ministry spokesman reportedly told Interfax that Grachev wanted to fly to Minsk to take part in the meeting of CIS defense ministers. According to an ITAR-TASS report out of Paris on 20-January, Grachev expressed satisfaction with his three-day visit to France, and said that several agreements promoting contacts between military personnel from the two countries had been signed during his visit. Stephen Foye TRANSCAUCASIA & CENTRAL ASIA TAJIKISTAN AT CIS SUMMIT. Tajikistan's head of state, Supreme Soviet Chairman Imomali Rakhmonov, told Interfax on 20 January that his country needs CIS aid in the form of food, medical supplies and construction materials, and he wants the situation in Tajikistan to be added to the agenda of the CIS summit. Rakhmonov also plans to make a plea for common CIS defense of the Tajik-Afghan border. He promised that some 3,000 Tajiks will be drafted in 1993 for border guard duty and said that creation of a Tajik army is a top priority of the new government. The previous day Interfax reported the appointment of Colonel Aleksandr Shlyapnikov, who has served in Uzbekistan's Defense Ministry, to be Tajikistan's Minister of Defense. Bess Brown TAJIKISTAN STILL HOPES FOR FOREIGN INVESTMENT. Tajik Prime Minister Abdumalik Abdullodzhonov told Interfax on 20 January that Tajikistan needs foreign investment to rescue its economy from the near-collapse caused by the civil war in 1992. In order to bring production levels up to those of 1985-86, the country will need over 200 billion rubles and two to three years, Abdullodzhonov said. His reform program aims at the development of small and medium businesses while continuing state support for large enterprises; a major element in the program is development of non-ferrous metallurgy and mining of precious stones. Existing defense industries are to be converted to gold refining, though Tajikistan intends to continue manufacturing weapons. Bess Brown CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE BOSNIAN SERBS APPROVE PEACE PLAN. On 20-January the assembly of the self- proclaimed Serb Republic in Bosnia-Herzegovina voted overwhelmingly to approve an internationally-mediated peace plan, thus paving the way for a resumption of talks in Geneva on 22 January. Fifty-five deputies voted in favor and 15-against with one abstention. The plan envisions the division of Bosnia into 10 provinces loosely governed in a federated state. Radio Croatia reports that the Serbs were reluctant to accept the plan until their leaders emphasized that the vote does not mean they will abandon their goal of eventual creation of a greater Serbia. Radovan Karadzic, president of the "Serb Republic," told the assembly the acceptance of the plan is a "step closer to peace" and added that any final agreement reached during the resumption of talks in Geneva will be put to a referendum. -Milan Andrejevich REACTIONS TO BOSNIAN VOTE. The Muslim-dominated Bosnian government greeted the vote with skepticism. Kemal Muftic, advisor to Bosnia's President Alija Izetbegovic, told reporters the Serbian acceptance would mean "the rejection of everything they have done-and they've committed a lot of atrocities in the name of a concept they're now rejecting." The president of rump Yugoslavia, Dobrica Cosic, said that he now hopes for a change in attitude by "those who prescribe sanctions against Serbia." Vojislav Seselj, the leader of the nationalist Serbian Radical Party, said that the Serbs have "gained some time and avoided new criticism by the international community." Germany, Britain and the EC all have cautiously welcomed the Bosnian Serbs' vote. Danish foreign minister Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, representing the EC said the words must be rapidly followed by deeds. Radio Serbia and international media carried the reports. -Milan Andrejevich BOSNIAN CROATS, MUSLIMS AGREE TO CEASE-FIRE. Radio Bosnia reports on 20-January that UN-EC mediators Cyrus Vance and Lord Owen have brokered a cease-fire in Sarajevo between warring factions of the Bosnian Croat and Muslim armies in southwestern and central Bosnia. The two sides have been fighting more than a week over control of certain provinces designated either Croat or Muslim. The announcement came shortly after the Bosnian Serbs approved the peace plan. A spokesman for Bosnian Croat leader Mate Boban told reporters that he had ordered Croat forces to stop firing at Muslim positions but warned that Croat forces will defend themselves if attacked. The spokesman added that all available Croat forces are needed to face the Serbs and warned that only the Serbs would profit from disunity among Croats and Muslims. Some Croat and Muslim leaders suggest the Serbs are instigating the clashes. -Milan Andrejevich "WHO KILLED DONALD DUCK?" SINCE 17 JANUARY BELGRADE MEDIA HAVE BEEN EXTENSIVELY REPORTING ON THE WALT DISNEY CORPORATION'S DECISION TO BAN PUBLICATION OF ITS COMIC STRIPS IN SERBIA-MONTENEGRO AND THE LIKELY SOCIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT ON THE COUNTRY'S CHILDREN. Politika, which has run the Donald Duck series since 1932, showed an astonished Donald in chains with Mickey Mouse crying, "Sanctions Banish Mickey and Donald." Independent radio B92 commented, "the psychological impact of this ban is greater than any of the other UN-imposed sanctions." The latest cover of the independent weekly Vreme is headlined "Who Killed Donald Duck?" and depicts a dazed Donald being shot in the back of the head from a cannon on a model frigate. -Milan Andrejevich MACEDONIA AND RECOGNITION. With the UN Security Council scheduled to review the Republic of Macedonia's request for recognition soon, both Greece and Macedonia have sent high-ranking representatives to the UN to promote their respective cases. In the meantime, Reuters reported on 20 January that Greek officials were critical of Danish foreign minister, Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, whose country currently holds the presidency of the European Community, for saying that the EC is being held hostage by Greece over the Macedonian recognition issue and that such efforts undermine EC solidarity. Macedonia has also complained that a Greek warplane violated its airspace on 20 January, the second such incident in 10 days. -Duncan Perry REGISTRATION OF LITHUANIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ENDS. On 21 January Vaclovas Litvinas, chairman of the Lithuanian presidential election commission, told a press conference that only two of the seven candidates nominated for the race presented the required 20,000 signatures supporting their candidacies by the 20 January midnight deadline, Radio Lithuania reports. The two are Lithuanian Democratic Party Chairman Algirdas Brazauskas and Ambassador to the US Stasys Lozoraitis. Lozoraitis is supported by both right and center parties, but preelection polls make Brazauskas the favorite. -Saulius Girnius PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND SLOVAKIA. On 20 January the Left Bloc, a coalition of leftist parties dominated by the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia, nominated Marie Stiborova, a communist deputy in the Czech parliament, as its candidate for the post of Czech President. CTK describes Stiborova as a 43-year-old biochemistry expert with a degree from Charles University. Also on the 20th, the extreme-right Republican Party nominated its leader, Miroslav Sladek, for the post of president. Both candidates will be running against former Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel. Czech parliamentary leaders have recommended that the presidential vote be held on 26 January. The presidential elections in Slovakia are also to be held on the same day. The official candidates for the post of Slovak president are Prime Minister Roman Kovac, nominated by the ruling Movement for a Democratic Slovakia, Jozef Prokes, (Slovak National Party), Milan Ftacnik (Party of the Democratic Left), and Anton Neuwirth (Christian Democratic Movement). -Jiri Pehe DISMISSAL OF SLOVAK TV NEWS DIRECTOR. Nineteen deputies in Parliament, mostly members of the nationalist Slovak National Party, signed a statement on 20 January expressing support for Bohuslav Piatka, the news director of Slovak TV, who was fired on 19-January. Piatka, who shared the view of Prime Minister Vladimir Meciar that the media should provide what Meciar has termed "a true picture of Slovakia," was hired in October 1992 to replace Jan Fule, a journalist who was opposed to Meciar. CTK reports that according to the management of Slovak TV, Piatka was fired because news broadcasts were of low quality and servile in their attitude toward the government. Fule said that Piatka was fired because Slovak television had become a "joke in our country and abroad." The nineteen deputies who protested against the firing of Piatka blamed the dismissal on opponents of the split of Czechoslovakia, whom they called "federalist mafia." Piatka has been replaced by 26-year-old Martina Kyselova, who told Reuters on 20 January that for the time being she intends to continue Piatka's practice of giving the government free access to television. -Jiri Pehe POLAND CHAFES AT GERMAN ASYLUM LAW. Polish concern about the consequences of Germany's new restrictions on political asylum, which are expected to take effect before April, was evident during bilateral talks held in Warsaw on 18 and 19 January. Under the new law, asylum-seeking foreigners arriving in Germany from "safe" countries, including Poland, would be deported to the countries from which they came. During the talks, described as "frank and informal," Polish officials said they stressed that the two countries' interests differ. As quoted by Rzeczpospolita of 20-January, deputy internal affairs minister Jerzy Zimowski said that the Polish side asked "why a rich country wants to impose its social problems on poorer countries." Germany faced 440,000 asylum requests in 1992, the German side argued, while Poland had only 532. The German side claimed that over 100,000 asylum-seekers entered Germany from Poland; Polish officials said the number was under 30,000. Foreign Minister Krzysztof Skubiszewski told reporters on 21 January that Germany will have to provide financial assistance if it begins deporting people to Poland. -Louisa Vinton MELESCANU OPTIMISTIC ABOUT RELATIONS WITH HUNGARY. On 20 January Romanian Foreign Minister Teodor Melescanu told an RFE/RL correspondent in Bucharest that he believed relations with Hungary are "on the threshold of rapid improvement." Melescanu said that his assessment is based on new and positive developments in negotiations with Hungarian Foreign Minister Geza Jeszenszky. He also said that he was gratified by the progress in negotiations for a basic bilateral treaty between Hungary and Romania, but added that formal recognition of Romania's present border with Hungary was necessary for completion of that treaty. -Dan Ionescu HUNGARIAN INTERIOR MINISTER CALLS FOR STRONGER EXECUTIVE. On 20 January Minister of the Interior Peter Boross told a conference evaluating his ministry's work that the country's internal transformation and geopolitical situation require "a state with the capacity to act and that is capable of protecting the citizens," MTI reports. He called for a reform of public administration that would increase executive authority while at the same time avoiding the dangers of centralization. Boross stressed that public administration plays an important role in preserving political stability and should be free of party political influences. -Edith Oltay SIEMENS INVESTS IN BULGARIA. The Germany-based electronics giant Siemens has founded a joint venture in Bulgaria, Western agencies reported on 20-January. Together with Incoms Telecom Holding, located in Sofia, Siemens will manufacture digital telecommunications technology. The new company, which is called Digicom, plans to start production in 1994. Siemens will hold 40% of the shares in this, its ninth joint venture in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.-Kjell Engelbrekt HUMAN RIGHTS IN UKRAINE, BELARUS, MOLDOVA,-.-.-. In its annual report to Congress on the status of human rights around the world, the US State Department says Ukraine made "significant progress" in 1992, including establishment of a multiparty system and legislation to protect the civil and political rights of minorities- and despite many bureaucratic obstacles, the lack of a constitution to replace that of the Soviet era, and the inability of the legislature to function independently of the executive branch. Specific human rights problem areas mentioned in the 19 January report are ethnic tensions, especially in the Crimea, cases of intolerance between religious groups, and limitations on freedom of expression. In Moldova too, the situation has generally improved, the report says, but questions concerning ethnic minorities "remain pressing," and complaints of job discrimination in the government against nonspeakers of Romanian have been raised. Widespread allegations of human rights abuses in the contested Transdniester region are difficult to verify and are probably exaggerated by both sides, the report says. Despite what the report called "the limited extent of political reform" in Belarus, the country has progressed in human rights. Two problem areas singled out were freedom of the press and the continuing high level of dependence of the Belarusian economy on that of Russia. -Charles Trumbull .-.-. AND THE BALTICS. The State Department report notes that the three Baltic States have all reestablished themselves as sovereign, independent, and democratic states since 1991 and have moved to end Soviet-era human rights abuses. All three states, however, are grappling with the problem of keeping their native languages and cultures predominant while not stepping on the rights of minorities, notably the large number of Russians who settled in the area after World War II. Estonia, the report notes, reinstituted its 1938 citizenship law under the terms of which most non-ethnic Estonians-some 38% of the population-were not able to qualify for citizenship at the time of the constitutional referendum and parliamentary elections. Similarly, in Latvia, the State Department finds the unresolved status of the Russian residents, possibly numerous enough to control the balance of power in the country, to be the paramount human rights issue and the cause of "exacerbated tensions" among ethnic groups there. Both here and in Lithuania, new language laws are cited as potential levers for discrimination in jobs and elsewhere. In addition to the Russians, Lithuania is grappling with its sizable ethnic Polish population with whom relations "remain strained," the report says. -Charles Trumbull MORE HESITATION IN KIEV ON START RATIFICATION. Parliament Vice Chairman Vasyl Durdinets said on 20 January that Parliament considers security guarantees offered to Ukraine by the US and Russia to be insufficient for ratification of the START-1 Treaty, Western agencies report. Durdinets said that deputies want written guarantees on Ukraine's security, greater financial help for dismantling missile sites in Ukraine, and compensation from Russia for the uranium in the dismantled warheads. He added that consideration of START-1 is not on the agenda of the current parliamentary session, which means that ratification could not come until after the end of February. -Stephen Foye KUCHMA ON UKRAINIAN ECONOMIC CRISIS. Reeling off a long list of statistics on the economy, Prime Minister Leonid Kuchma told Ukrainian lawmakers on 20 January that "the reality today is a total, complex state crisis." The economic depression of 1990-92, he said, has now evolved to the point where "the very degradation of the socioeconomic structure of society has begun." Kuchma addressed a special meeting of Parliament that was convened under pressure from conservative deputies demanding closer integration within the CIS and a rollback of the government's market-oriented economic reform. Democratic deputies are boycotting the session. Kuchma's remarks were carried by Radio Ukraine. -Roman Solchanyk UKRAINE ADOPTS NEW DECREE ON PRIVATIZATION. The Cabinet has passed a new package of decrees related to economic reform, Interfax and the Wall Street Journal reported on 20 January. The most important of these decrees calls for the transformation of a large number of state enterprises into joint-stock companies by 1 July 1993. Prime Minister Viktor Penzenyk says that initially the State Property Fund will control these companies until shares are placed into private hands. Workers will have first opportunity to acquire shares. Public auctions, which apparently will be open to foreigners, are to follow. -Erik Whitlock MOLDOVAN-UKRAINIAN MILITARY AGREEMENT. Adding to the information on the Moldovan-Ukrainian agreement for military cooperation initialed on 18-January in Chisinau, Moldovan Defense Minister Pavel Creanga told Interfax on 19 January that the accord also covers training in Ukraine of Moldovan officers and repairs in Ukraine of Moldovan military equipment. In December 1992 Moldova signed an agreement with Romania on military cooperation the most salient point of which appears to be training of Moldovan officers in Romania. The agreement with Ukraine seems more far-reaching than the known provisions of the agreement with Romania and, in any case, reflects Moldova's policy of cooperating militarily with both neighbors. -Vladimir Socor WITHDRAWAL OF RUSSIAN TROOPS FROM LITHUANIA. Col. 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The new Man of Steel will be none other than Henry Cavill (YES YES YES!!!) joined by Amy Adams as Lois Lane.
While we're on the topic of sexy things that are making a come back, I expect to see capes all over Sydney this winter. I simply cannot wait to take out my new cape for a test run, that should spice up the corporate wear a little.
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It has been a long day. I was at the train station before seven this morning, lugging a couple of surveying tripods with me. I got back at just gone six, so understandably I'm a bit tired. So I'm going to applogise for cheating here.
This was sent to me a couple of days ago, so I thought I'd share with you…..
A) Four jobs I have had in my life:
1. Paper-round
2. Kitchen Porter and Waiter in local pub
3. Oizza Delivery Driver
4. Surveyor's Assistant
B) Four movies I would watch over and over:
1. Casablanca
2. Sleepless in Seattle
3. Serenity
4. Equilibrium
C) Four places I have lived:
1. Camberley
2. Ash Vale
3. Swansea
4. In my OWn Little World
D) Four television shows I watch:
1. The Simpsons
2. Star Trek (any of them)
3. The West Wing
4. NHL on five
E) Four places I have been on vacation:
1. Germany
2. Italy (actually, many places in Central Europe, but these two are my fav)
3. The UK (wales, the north, westcountry, scotland)
4. Ontario
F) Websites I visit daily:
1. BBCi
2. NHL.com
3. the wibsite
4. uwsarchery.co.uk
G) Four of your favorite foods:
1. Chocolate
2. Dolly Mixture
3. Peanut butter
4. Apples
H) Four places I would rather be
right now:
1. Air Canada Center (the leafs just gone 3-1 up after 10 min!!)
2. a sunny, hot sandy beach….. mmmmm 🙂
3. Southern Europe
4. Down Under
J) Little known facts about me.
1. I can't read music, despite being in a choir for almost half my life,
2. I am a closet goalie
3. when I was ickle I could speak German, Welsh and English
4. I really do get the why you have to climb mountains.
Also, anyone who wants to head over to Smile when it's rains… to help get to how ever many visits Rain is aiming for, only a couple more needed!!!
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Hylotelephium telephium
Flora and Fauna
|Viborg the Latin Garden, photo GB
Orpine stonecrop is a 20-50 cm tall plant with oval fleshy leaves and numerous yellow-green, yellow-white or purple flowers in umbel-like flat tops in August-September. It is a succulent perennial groundcover of the family Crassulaceae (same family as goldmoss stonecrop) and native to Eurasia. It is widespread in Caucasus, Centralasia, East Asia , Sibiria and Europe
A number of cultivars, often with purplish leaves, are grown in gardens as well as hybrids between this species and the related Hylotelephium spectabile (Iceplant) , especially the popular Sedum 'Herbstfreude' ('Autumn Joy'). Occasionally garden plants may escape and naturalise as has happened in parts of North America as wildflowers.
- H. telephium ssp. fabaria - West & Central Europe
- H. telephium ssp. maximum - Europe
- H. telephium ssp. ruprechtii - North-east Europe
- H. telephium ssp. telephium - Central & East Europe
This species (and some of its close relatives) are sometimes still placed in the genus Sedum.
Orpine stonecrop or simply orpine has various names like : frog's stomach - harping Johnny - life-everlasting - live forever - Midsommermen - Orphan John - Witch's Moneybags.
The orpine stonecrop grows in stone fences, thickets, slopes, beach-fields, pastures and old thatched roofs.
The common orpine (H. ss. maximum) with yellowgreen flowers is common in Denmark in oak thicket, stone dikes, dry slopes , pastures and beach banks. The red orpine H. subspecies telephium with purple flowers are found as feral here and there in Denmark.
The butterfly Copper (Ildfugl) and various other butterflies and insects feed on the nectare from the flowers in August-September.
|Purple orpine, Dragstrup church, N.Jutland /gb
Folk Medicine
Orpine stonecrop is not used anymore in medicine. Earlier a decoction from the leaves were used against painful urination. As a folk remedy the fresh crushed leaves were put upon burns, corns etc. And the plant was put upon the shoulder until it withered as a means against haemorroids!
Orpine was sold from pharmacies as an ointment which stopped blood and pains in the genitals. The crushed plant was used as a wound-healing cover. In order to cure nosebleed the leaves were put on the forehead and the juice in the nostrils. The plant was part of a vinegar decoction used as an ointment upon lumps and to reduce swellings.
|Edward Robert Hughes:Midsummer Eve 1908: wikipedia.
But stalks were also hung up by the young girls in order to see "Who will be my sweetheart?" and "From where will he come?" This depended on in which direction the branch grew.
Two plants were hung up for the newly wed to see how their marriage would be. Would they get divorced or live happily -. depending if the plant grew to or from each other. Sideshoots meant how many children they would get.
The father of the house took omens about his children's future and development.
But the orpine could also protect against witchcraft and no witch could get into the house where an orpine was hung by the door.
|Purple orpine at Dragstrup church, N.Jutland/gb
A sick cow which might have been exposed to magic should have orpine with buttermilk, and if a cow gave bloody milk it was given orpine cooked in cream milk
A horse with lice was rubbed with juice from orpine mixed with quick lime - and against witchcraft some steel and a piece of the root were placed in the horse grime or between the ears. .
Other use:
To plant the orpine upon the mønning(roof ridge) was a custom which kept the roof ridge whole and strong.
The plant dyes yellow with alum.
Especially the purple orpine is a very popular garden plant. New plants can be made from the leaves.
Brøndegaard, Dansk etnobotanik, Folk og flora, bd. 3, Sankthansurt.
Wikipedia; Danish: Sankthansurt English: Orpine..
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Addressing patient leakage current issues11 Feb 2015 | Dante De Guzman
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There are four types of applied part as defined in the standard. Type B (body) means applied parts that are not normally conductive and can be immediately released from the patient, including everything from MRI scanners to hospital beds and lighting. Type B is the least stringent classification. Type BF (body floating) and CF (cardiac floating) are floating with respect to earth. Type BF parts have conductive contact with the patient, or medium to long term contact with the patient, like ultrasound equipment and blood pressure monitors. Type CF parts have the most stringent classification as they are parts that may come into direct contact with the heart, like dialysis machines.
There are also three types of leakage current, each with their own defined limit in the standard: earth leakage current, enclosure leakage current, patient leakage current and patient auxiliary current. The leakage current type that is typically the hardest to meet is the patient leakage current, that is, the current flowing from the applied part via the patient to earth as a result of an unintended voltage from an external source on the patient. For the third edition of the standard, the limit is 100 uA for B & BF and 10 uA for CF.
In power supplies, the patient leakage current is defined as the amount of leakage current flowing from the output through a 1 kΩ impedance to ground (which represents the patient). This is directly proportional to amount of capacitance between the mains and the output (input to output capacitance), which is dependent on two things: the interwinding capacitance of the transformer and the Y-capacitors bridging the primary side to the secondary side (bridging capacitors). Reducing the input to output capacitance is therefore desirable, but it's not possible to remove it entirely because it is required for patient safety by the standard.
Input to output capacitance
Let's consider the input to output capacitance of a typical medical power supply. Figure 1 is a simple representation of such a device, with a leakage current path shown by the dotted line. The capacitance between the primary side and the secondary side of the transformer comprises the bridging capacitance (C4) and the transformer's interwinding capacitance. If C4 increases, the impedance of this current path decreases; if the impedance decreases, more current will flow through point G2. This current constitutes the patient leakage current. Note that C1 and C3 also create a path for current leakage – this is the earth leakage current rather than the patient leakage current.
Figure 1: A simple representation of a medical power supply. In the absence of any bridging capacitors, the dominant path for the patient leakage current is through the transformer (marked by dotted line).
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We support two charities in our local community: Arch North Staffordshire and Young Enterprise (North Staffordshire Area Board).
Both are very worthy causes with two distinct remits. Arch helps the victims of domestic violence and homelessness, while Young Enterprise aims to improve young people's career prospects and give them the skills to run their own business.
Both have a series of events in 2013 and we need your help to spread the word and bring in some donations!
Here's what Arch is up to over the next couple of months:
January 28th-February 1st: a series of events to mark National Homelessness Week, culminating in the annual sleep out at venues around North Staffordshire and South Cheshire
Feb 12th: ten pin bowling night at Tenpin, Festival Park, Stoke-on-Trent. Starts at 7.30pm, £12.50 per person (with a free drink)
All the money raised from these, and other Arch events, goes direct to the victims of domestic violence – particularly the children who are often the forgotten victims.
None of the money will be spent on administration, salaries or any of Arch's general running costs.
As for Young Enterprise, this is a very busy time for everyone involved in our Company Programme.
At the beginning of February (Sat 2nd), our companies will be exhibiting their wares at the Potteries Shopping Centre, in the annual trade fair.
And then at the end of March, they will be presenting to an audience of local business people at the Young Enterprise Area Finals, at Alton Towers.
This is a free event, taking place on the evening of Tuesday 26th March, and we need as many of you to be there as possible, to lend your support to our young achievers.
They have been running their own businesses since September, dealing with everything from raising capital and product development, to marketing and keeping their accounts up-to-date.
March 26th will be the first time many of them have presented on stage in front of a large audience, so it's a big challenge for them but a great experience!
Hopefully we'll be seeing you at one or two of those events.
Again, all money raised for Young Enterprise goes towards helping more young people, and more schools, take part in the competition.
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How to make any meal healthier
When you prepare to start with your fitness journey, first thing you need to change is your diet. This usually means eating less of your favorite meals, sometimes not eating these meals at all, but if you want to lose weight and live a healthier life, you just accept this and go with it. But, do you really have to? Is it possible that there is no way to incorporate your favorite foods in your new diet?
Since giving up on favorite foods was a problem for many people, fitness experts have started developing new diets and educating people about them – the idea is to continue eating your favorite foods, however, there is a catch – you eat your favorite foods, but you have to prepare those meals in different, healthier versions of their original recipes.
When you think about it, it is a very smart idea – it's a win-win situation – you get to lose weight and eat your favorite foods at the same time. The question is: what makes a meal healthy? Unfortunately, there is no one definition of a healthy meal, however, a meal that has rich nutritional values, enough calories to fit in your diet and it can be served as a regular portion is something that should be considered as a healthy meal.
Depending on the meal, it might be enough to serve a regular portion and you are set. On the other hand, if you are suspecting that your favorite meal might have more calories than your diet is allowing, you can brake it down to ingredients, put them each on a scale and calculate how much calories does each ingredient have.
If you have started counting calories, you can easily determine how much calories does one serving of your favorite meal has and you can add or subtract different ingredients until your favorite meal is just right. For example, if you love tacos – first you get the calorie count for the taco shell and then you measure one ingredient by one and add until you have hit the maximum amount of allowed calories for that meal. This might take some time to learn, but after some time you will develop a sense for ingredients and you will know how much you can add, without even measuring it.
Last, but not the least – you can always substitute some ingredients in your favorite meal for some other that are healthier and have less fat or sugar. However, this does not mean that you have to make some compromises when it comes to taste – quite the contrary. By adding herbs and spices, while at the same time reducing sugar, butter and oil you can add even more flavor to your favorite meal. There are many different ingredients that you can easily substitute for others:
- White, processed and refined grains can be replaced with whole grains
- Sour cream can be replaced with plain Greek yogurt
- Dairy milk can be replaced with unsweetened coconut or almond milk
- Fatty meats can be replaced with leaner meats


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Sia versus the paparazzi.
The "Chandelier" singer has upped her game when it comes to fighting against the paparazzi. In a recent attempt for the stalker photographers to sell her nude photos to the press for a stack of cash, Sia has beaten them to it by posting the pics to the web, free of charge.
Taking to Twitter, the songstress shares a picture of herself nude, with views from behind adding the caption, "Someone is apparently trying to sell naked photos of me to my fans. Save your money, here it is for free. Everyday is Christmas!"
To the full view tweet, in all its glory, head here.
The Twitterverse went into a bit of frenzy praising the singer for sharing her figure, with one user saying, "When @Sia is life."
Some were quick to point out the fact that the "Elastic Heart" singer, who is famous for covering up her face, was quick to show her backside before she ever revealed her true identity to fans.
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I hear statements like: "Don't feel sorry for men who batter." and/or "We men have it better than women do." and/or "Because of sexism we need to work to help women and girls." and similar.
I agree with much in such statements. I also find them problematic. It is easy for me to live with such beliefs, while I do little more than building up my own ego. I certainly have male privilege. I also have White, upper-middle class, het, abled privilege.
I potentially am in a "Pro-Feminist Cocoon". Many others live without my opportunities. Others with privilege live unpleasant, difficult lives self-destructively (as well as being destructive).
IF we really care about ending male privilege, we have a basic responsibility to significantly reach other men in ways which help move us towards a better world.
Some amongst us work significantly with men. Much of what I hear though seems little different than the persistent ridicule of individuals such as Sarah Palin (or Newt Gingrich or Rush Limbaugh).
It is great when we use our insights and anger to build something positive. It is self-defeating when we use our insights and anger only to feed our egos. Ridiculing the Palin's around us alone does not counter their dangerous efforts.
Few amongst us haven't hurt others through sexist and racist actions. I hope that few are also blind to the miniscule male involvement in the work to end sexism.
It is great that The White Ribbon Project reaches so many men. It seems problematic that few of these men then begin serious efforts to reach other men. Jared Schulman and his allies in COMPASS at Michigan State University do great anti-sexist work. When he and his fellow leaders graduate and leave MSU it remains to be seen if the work will continue and grow. Past similar efforts elsewhere make me rather pessimistic. There are far too few efforts similar to COMPASS.
Looking back at pro-feminist men's efforts to end male violence over the past 30+ years, I'm left with the conclusion that we've failed and continue to fail. This does Not mean that we should give up! Where progress has been made, mostly it has been despite a lack of significant male involvement, not because of our good work.
I'm left concluding that we need to figure out better ways to reach men. Feminism certainly is important to us. Ending men's violence work remains vitally important. At the same time I think we need to significantly begin to reach men where they are at, rather than where we want them to be at.
We talk a lot with each other (including with female friends and allies). When we venture beyond our "cocoon" we generally talk at men not with them.
There are plenty of masculinity related issues we can explore.. Male socialization doesn't explain why boys die at higher rates than girls do beginning in our first year of life. Sexual abuse of boys and bullying should be seen as critical "male issues". The issues raised by father's rights advocates should be of concern to us.
I hope that we will increasingly look at efforts such as The ManKind Project. It reaches many, many times as many men in North America as we reach. Should we join such MKP? Should we initiate new efforts ourselves?
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Dancing as Storytelling and Expression
For those who study dance professionally, dancing is a form of literacy that requires dedication, training, and practice. The authors in the stories highlighted below share some of their experiences with dancing. Check them out and enjoy!
One of the narratives is told through an interview by a dance teacher in England who wishes to remain anonymous. The author says that her "biggest literacy is being able to 'read' the body," and would agree that the learning to dance is similar to learning a new language. Drawing most of her "choreographic ideas from literature," she generally finds "a quote that resonates with [her] and has the potential to be developed into a choreographic idea." One examples of hers includes a "dance piece called 'Prehistoric Animal' based on [a] quote by Winston Churchill." She also believes that "A dancer is forever a student as the shape of the art form is forever changing." Check out the link above to get the full interview!
In her narrative, Diajesma Orozco discusses her experience learning to dance. While she has been dancing all of her life, she began training professionally when she was thirteen. For her, dancing is a form of expression that has helped her to open up, socially and emotionally, and to gain confidence in many different areas in her life. Additionally, dancing has helped her to remember things, has increased her "speed of learning," and has even helped her improve her grades.
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Departure to Zagora and the desert through a rocky landscape where you will soon discover, on arriving at Agdz the wonderful oasis of beautiful Draa Valley, dotted with fortified villages of earth (Ksour). From Zagora, take the trail to the place of appointment with our team first camel in the desert. Umm Laachari bivouac.
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Start of the hike, head due south, here are the desert plateau of sight, the jagged beset by massive sand. Bivouac at Oued Lamhaser.
Day 04: OUED LAMHASER – ERG LAABIDLYA (CHIGAGA)
You take the road early in the morning, in the middle of the desert oases here: Dayat Chigaga is indeed a drainage area between the massive dunes which are covered with greenery and flowers after the rainy season. Bivouac at the foot of the dunes Chigaga.
Day 05: ERG LAABIDLYA ( CHIGAGA )-OUED LAATACHE
You progress now at the heart of the desert sand around you, the majestic dunes stretch to infinity. Bivouac at Oued laatache.
Day 06: OUED LAATACHE – EL BOUR
In the desert dunes dotted with a few tamarisk, you progress to El Bour, where you bivouac.
Day 07: EL BOUR - BERTAM - MHAMID
You leave quietly El Bour, the march continues through the Hamada du Draa, a vast expanse of desert gravel (reg) dotted with volcanic stones. Return late afternoon at Oued Ben Hakki, rest and shower in our camp.
Day 08: MHAMID-OUARZAZATE/MARRAKECH
Early in the morning you leave for camels and camel-back to Marrakech or Ouarzazate through the gorgeous Draa Valley.
Day 09 : OUARZAZATE/MARRAKECH
Transfer to the airport and assistance until boarding.


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Bring back the fun
Mazda's throwback to the sportster era was a great drive
The release of the original MX-5 in 1989 signalled the end of one of the most boring periods in motoring history, a period in which the focus was on safety and the environment, and fun was frowned upon. The cute little Mazda sportster went against the grain; it was all about having fun on four wheels again.
It was a roaring success, rekindling a demand that had laid dormant since the demise of the affordable British sports cars a decade or more earlier.
A fun, civilised car to drive it was perfect for those who wanted to cruise down the freeway, but with its great chassis dynamics it more than satisfied anyone who wanted a more thrilling ride.
By the release of the NC model in 2005 it had undergone a number of changes, but it still retained its original appeal.
The NC was a little bigger, looked more aggressive, was stronger and safer, and boasted more features.
At first the MX-5 was offered only as a two-door convertible with a neat, easy to use folding soft-top, but a hardtop coupe with a foldaway hard roof that delivered the best of both worlds was introduced in 2006.
If there was a criticism of the original MX-5 it was that it lacked real performance. To address that complaint the NC had a larger 2.0-litre fourcylinder engine for better performance and fuel economy.
A slick-shifting six-speed manual was the driver's choice of gearboxes on offer, while cruisers could opt for the sixspeed auto with paddle shifting for a bit of fun.
A Series II upgrade arrived in 2009 with a few cosmetic revisions; the engine was smoother and more responsive, and the suspension was tweaked for better handling.
Another upgrade in 2013 boasted minor styling changes, improved trim, and revisions to the brake and throttle feel.
Unlike the British sports cars of old, which while fun to drive were poorly built and unreliable, the MX-5 had the solid build and reliability that we've come to expect from cars from Japan.
It had all the fun of the old sports cars, but without the need to carry a box full of tools and a boot load of spares when you went for a drive.
Owners we consulted told us they couldn't be happier with their MX-5s. There were no tales of unreliability, breakdowns or anything else to spoil the fun of ownership of a truly great little sports car.
There is no indication of roof leaks that can make driving an open car miserable when it rains, but check the roof anyway for any signs of damage that might result in a leak.
Make sure you check the hard roof on the Roadster coupe to ensure it goes up and down smoothly. While the MX-5 is generally reliable it won't withstand an abusive driver, so look carefully for signs that a car had been thrashed, or raced. If it has holes that suggest a roll bar has been fitted, or other bits of kit used in competition, walk away.
You should also be aware that the NC doesn't have a spare wheel; it only has a repair kit.
Like every used car it's most important to check for a service record that hopefully shows the MX-5 you're keen on has been properly maintained.
Generally, though, it's a beauty.
Oliver Holloway I bought my 2009 MX-5 with 40,000 km on it and after another 60,000 km I can honestly say it has been utterly reliable and nothing but fun to drive. I love it. Stella Watson My Roadster coupe is not the fastest car around, but it looks good, is great to drive and very smooth. Janette Anderson I had a 2006
NC for three years and loved it. I particularly loved the looks, it was fast and nippy to drive, and the cornering was great. Ollie Bickerton The MX-5 is brilliant; it looks good, handles, brakes and steers brilliantly. The only complaint is that it isn't very fast. Ross Dyson I have a '98 NB that has done 155,000 km. We live in the country, in a driver's paradise, which is perfect for the MX-5. It's simple, predicable and so much fun to drive. I have no plans to sell it.
For a fun-filled sports car there's none better than the MX-5.


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