Real estate agents estimate that at least 20 percent of their sales result from an open house. That's one in five homes. If your property is presentable—that is, spotless from top to bottom— priced correctly, and located in a high-traffic area, you're well on your way to a successful showing. Attention to additional details in preparation and execution will increase the odds of a good offer—even on the spot, sometimes.
Let people know the party's on. Post internet listings everywhere: Write colorful, descriptive ads and place them in web classifieds or open house directories at least a week before the showing. Don't forget personal social media, like your Facebook page or Twitter account. Although advertising online is key, remember old-fashioned methods, too, like an ad in a community newspaper or newsletter, or even postings on a popular store or coffee shop bulletin board.
On the day of the open house (traditionally a Sunday), set up strategically mapped signs around the neighborhood, placing one every few blocks on the way to your house from major streets. Find the busiest intersection closest to your home and put an open house sign at that corner, too. Attach strings of balloons to each open house sign, and include big arrows pointing in the right direction.
Let in the light: Open all the drapes, blinds, and window coverings. Turn on every lamp and overhead fixture, too.
Serve refreshments and snacks or, depending on your budget, maybe even a catered lunch.
Do not, under any circumstances, use an air freshener: Many people are allergic to synthetic odors.
Have soft music playing throughout the house.
Create a bulletin board of seasonal house photographs so that buyers can see what the home would look like at another time of the year. This step is especially helpful for showcasing gardens or extensive grounds during the winter.
A good open house is not just about ambiance. It gets down to business as well.
Display four-color flyers filled with quality photos and the key points and unique features of your home—a cheat sheet that people can take home with them.
Have brochures and pamphlets available that contain financing options so that buyers can readily determine their monthly mortgage payment. Banks and lenders will often supply you with these.
Set out all documents pertaining to the house: inspection reports, appraisal or comps, evidence of major repairs and warranties, blueprints for additions or proposals for future improvements.
Be upbeat and cheery as you greet each person who enters the home. Find out what they're looking for and, if possible, show them why your home fits those requirements.
And absolutely, get feedback. Ask buyers what they think of your home and if they would consider buying it. Many folks will demur or be noncommittal, but sometimes they might decide to sit at the kitchen table and write an offer. It happens more often than you would think.
At the very least, you might pick up some useful info about the impression your property is making, as well as quick fixes to address problems.
Furthermore, if you don't receive an offer at or directly after the open house, that doesn't mean your event was unsuccessful. The buyers might be obtaining a preapproval letter on Monday and sending you an offer a day or two later.
There's too much inventory to pull in buyers driving through the area.
All the homes in the neighborhood look the same.
Inclement weather discourages venturing outside.
The home is a fixer-upper or doesn't show well because it's either too messy, smelly, or cramped.
The property is too far off the beaten path, or perhaps in the center of a complex that is hard to find (like a condominium).
The real estate agent isn't into it.
Regarding the last item: While it may seem odd that an agent would want to restrict market exposure for a listing, not to mention the chance to get buyer leads, many agents are categorically opposed to open houses. They may be too busy with other listings, or they may just find such showings a waste of time and effort. You and your agents should be on the same page about marketing your property. If you feel strongly about an open house—and you're unconvinced by your agent's reasons against it—consider switching your representation.


Most common cause is a air leak into the fuel system at the filter bleed valve.
has your air filter housing been modified in any way or is it missing a part?
what you are hearing is the idle air control solonoid opening up and allowing alot of air into the engine .
O'Reilly's, you can ask them to print you out the view that you are needing. Or you might try to get it from the place where you originally bought the new belt at.
I know from personal experience that Auto Zone is good about printing you out the view.
You mean wont CRANK or CRANKS but WONT RUN???? 4 cyl or V6 auto or manual trans????????? The 8th VIN digit would be most helpful as there are 4 different engines for that car. Its really cheaper to check items before you replace them. The starter should have a smaller BLACK wire that should have power on it when trying to crank the car. You say it wont crank, then check the neutral switch on the trans. Try putting it in neutral to start it. If it has a manual trans, the clutch switch on the pedal may be bad. There is a starter relay in the fuse box under the hood that powers the starter, does it click if you turn the key to start? if it does then the relay is at least trying to work, but doenst mean the contacts inside are good, If it does not click, then the neutral switch may be bad.Check the BLACK/YELLOW wire at the trans switch, if it has power on it, the switch may be bad, ground that (Black/Yellow)wire and see if it cranks. I dont know if there are any other relays in the fuse box that you can swap for the starter relay for test purposes.
Check the choke buterfly in carby is closed when cold (the butterfly at the top of the carby) if not find out why it may be cable problem or just need a little spray with WD40 where the rod the butterfly is mounted to goes through the carby.
1995 ford contour V-6. will not start. Motor will crank.Spark going to plugs battery good,starter good.What do I need to check?
Crank sensor it is located behind the crankshaft pully on the front of the engine.
I have a 1995 Ford Contour. It will not start. We replaced battery and fuel filter. It is not the coil because that was tested. There is fuel on the spark plugs. What do we do to repair this car?
My 1995 Ford contour dies when its cold and wont start.
It may have a faulty electronic choke.
Timing belt marks 1997 ford contour 2.0 eng.
The most common failed start is ignition spark, usually forgot to hook it up, this is controlled by the ignition module and the crank sensor, second most common is fuel. Has your mechanic fixed it yet? if not check the three basics- air-fuel-fire, one them is missing.


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I have a 6500 with v 2.4.9 SmartSDR and the slice flag has the frequency blocked so i can only see 1/2 of it. Is there a way to fix this?
Purchased used Flex 6500 with ULCK Region and I live in the USA and need Turf Files, any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
Are my heatsinks going to fall off?
Running Flex 6xxx on SOTA or POTA -- laptop power options?
Advantages of the built in ATU ?
How about adding an RST meter to the Flex 6600m display?


We have a number of ODBC licences in use, and this appears to be stopping some users from using kiodbc. However I woudl prefer to avoid a server reboot to clear these old licences.
Is there a way to clear the ODBC licence cache without rebooting the server?
What platform are you on? Windows or Linux?
However, pease make sure there are no active ODBC connections before clearing the queue, as clearing semaphore keys will close all the ODBC connections.
Secondly doing this on a regular practice is also not advisable as closing an ODBC connection should do this automatically.
Instead of clearing the licenses, I would recommend you downgrade the server part of KIODBC. The previous version works much better and does not clog your semaphores.


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Conductor Koen Kessels is Music Director of The Royal Ballet. He made his Royal Ballet debut in 2008 conducting The Nutcracker and has since returned every Season, to conduct repertory including The Sleeping Beauty, Giselle and Symphony in C and the world premieres of Raven Girl, Untouchable, Woolf Works, Frankenstein and Multiverse. He was appointed to his current position at the start of the 2015/16 Season.
Kessels studied at the Royal Flemish Conservatory of Music. He was appointed Music Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet in 2010. He is a regular guest conductor for Opéra National de Paris, and has conducted for such companies as New York City Ballet, the Théâtre du Capitole, Dutch National Ballet, Vienna State Opera, Teatro dell' Opera di Roma, Teatro Real, Madrid, and the New National Theatre, Tokyo. His ballet repertory includes Le Parc, Coppélia, La Source, Proust, Cinderella, Hurlevent, Hommage à Jerôme Robbins, Giselle, French Program, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, The Firebird, Jewels, Romeo and Juliet and The Prince of the Pagodas. Opera repertory includes Saariaho's L'Amour de loin (Antwerp), Hosokawa's Hanjo (La Monnaie, Brussels) and operas by Mozart, Verdi, Puccini and Britten, among others.
Kessels is an honorary professor of Birmingham University, Artistic Director of Inspiratum and on the artistic direction team at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp. As Artistic Director of HERMESensemble he has collaborated with such composers as Abrahamsen, Bartholomée, Benjamin, Brewaeys, Ferrari, Henderickx, Hosokawa, Van Hove, Huber, Maresz, Murail, Pagh-Paan, Van Parys, Saariaho, Talbot and Yared.
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Things to do in Event City: Wisconsin GLO set to kick off inaugural season
Tibetan Portrait: The Power of Compassion, through May 19, Paine Art Center and Gardens, 1410 Algoma Blvd., Oshkosh.
Dressed to Play!, through May 19, Oshkosh Public Museum, 1331 Algoma Blvd., Oshkosh.
Six-Word Short Story Contest, through May 31, Oshkosh Public Library, 106 Washington Ave., Oshkosh. Free.
Algoma Escape - Two Rooms, Algoma Boulevard United Methodist Church, 1174 Algoma Blvd., Oshkosh. $15 per person.
KhaosKon, 9 a.m., Best Western Premier Waterfront Hotel and Convention Center, 1 N. Main St., Oshkosh.
Mid-Wisconsin Chippers Wood Carving Show, 9 a.m., Oshkosh Convention Center, 2 N. Main St., Oshkosh.
Perthshire Paperweights from the Collection of Les and Angie Smith, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass, 165 N. Park Ave., Neenah.
Military Veterans Museum Open House and Battle Re-enactment, 10 a.m., Military Veterans Museum, 4300 Poberezny Road, Oshkosh.
African Violet Show and Sale, 11:30 a.m., St. Jude, 1025 W. Fifth Ave., Oshkosh.
Boeing, Boeing, 2 p.m., Frederic March Theatre, 1010 Algoma Blvd., Oshkosh.
Cinco de Mayo Celebration featuring N.E. W. Piano Guys, 4:30 p.m., Menominee Nation Arena, 1212 S. Main St., Oshkosh.
Tech Open Lab, 3-6 p.m., Oshkosh Public Library, 106 Washington Ave., Oshkosh. Free.
TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly), 4:30-6 p.m., Aurora Medical Center, 855 N. Westhaven Drive, Oshkosh.
Homework Help Desk, 5-7 p.m., Oshkosh Public Library, 106 Washington Ave., Oshkosh. Free.
Toastmasters Water City Speakers, 5:30 p.m., Fox Valley Technical College, 3601 Oregon St., Oshkosh.
Chess Club, 5-7 p.m., Oshkosh Public Library, 106 Washington Ave., Oshkosh. Free.
Dementia Touches Us All - Workshop #2 Relating & Responding to People with Dementia, 5:30 p.m., La Sure's Banquet Hall, 3125 S. Washburn St., Oshkosh. $25 - $40.
History of Brewing in Winnebago County, 6 p.m., Oblio's Lounge, 434 N. Main St., Oshkosh.
Human Trafficking 101, 6:30-8 p.m., Oshkosh North High School, 1100 W. Smith Ave., Oshkosh.
Online Anytime Book Club: Mothers, 7 p.m., Oshkosh Public Library, 106 Washington Ave., Oshkosh. Free.
Winnebagoland Barbershop Chorus Practice, 7-9 p.m., Singing Practice, 240 W. Ninth Ave., Oshkosh.
Open Mic Comedy Night, 8 p.m., Menominee Nation Arena, 1212 S. Main St., Oshkosh.
Day of Caring, 7:30 a.m., LaSure's Banquet Hall, 3125 S. Washburn St., Oshkosh.
Dementia Touches Us All - Workshop #2 Relating & Responding to People with Dementia, 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., UW-Oshkosh Alumni Welcome and Conference Center, 625 Pearl Ave., Oshkosh. $25 - $40.
Fit Oshkosh Color-Brave Conversation, 6:30 p.m., Rise and Grid, 240 Algoma Blvd., Oshkosh.
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Professional Women's Connection, 11:30 a.m., LaSure's Banquet Hall, 3125 S. Washburn St., Oshkosh.
Afternoon Book Club: Books by Nevada Barr, 1:30 p.m., Oshkosh Public Library, 106 Washington Ave., Oshkosh. Free.
LEGO Wall Open Build for Kids, 3:30-5 p.m., Oshkosh Public Library, 106 Washington Ave., Oshkosh. Free.
LEGO Wall Open Build: Ages 16 and Older, 5-7 p.m., Oshkosh Public Library, 106 Washington Ave., Oshkosh. Free.
The Royal Blue - Copper Box - Tyler Streeter, 7:30 p.m., Barley & Hopps Liquor, 663 N. Main St., Oshkosh.
UWO Orchestra Concert featuring Concerto Winners and Camerata, 7:30 p.m., UW Oshkosh Arts and Communication Building, 1001 Elmwood Ave., Oshkosh.
Quest III in Ecuador: Step III Deadline, Dempsey 202, 800 Algoma Blvd., Oshkosh.
Leadercast Live, 7:30 a.m., Menominee Nation Arena, 1212 S. Main St., Oshkosh.
2019 LGBTQA+ Alumni and Student Mixer, 4 p.m., LGBTQ Resource Center / Campus Center for Equity & Diversity, 717 W. Irving Ave., Oshkosh.
Marine Corps League Bingo, 5:30 p.m., Marine Corps League, 4715 Sherman Road, Oshkosh.
Mom and Kids Pancake and Pajama Party, 6 p.m., Oshkosh Community YMCA, 3303 W. 20th Ave., Oshkosh.
Silver's Secret: A Pirate Adventure, 7 p.m., Time Community Theater, 445 N. Main St., Oshkosh.
After Hours Open Mic Night, 7 p.m., Oshkosh Public Library, 106 Washington Ave., Oshkosh. Free.
Wisconsin GLO vs. Flint Monarchs, 7 p.m., Menominee Nation Arena, 1212 S. Main St., Oshkosh.
Algoma Escape: Jonah & the Whale Room, 7 p.m., Algoma Boulevard United Methodist Church, 1174 Algoma Blvd., Oshkosh.
Hysterical Productions presents 'Little Women,' 7:30 p.m., The Grand Oshkosh, 100 High Ave., Oshkosh.
Comedy Improv Show, 9 p.m., Backlot Comedy House, 424 N. Main St., Oshkosh.
EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2019 Hiring Event, 9-11 a.m., EAA Aviation Museum, 3000 Poberezny Road, Oshkosh.
OPD Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness 5K, 9 a.m., Menominee Park, Oshkosh.
Spring Craft and Flower Sale, 9 a.m., Lourdes Academy, 110 N. Sawyer St., Oshkosh.
Mother's Day Together Yoga, 9:30 a.m., Embody Yoga and Pilates, 579 N. Main St., Oshkosh.
BikeOsh 2019, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Oshkosh Public Library, 106 Washington Ave., Oshkosh. Free.
Summer Kickoff Oshkosh Biking Brewery Tour, 11 a.m., Bare Bone's Brewery, 4362 County S, Oshkosh.
unWINEd Downtown Oshkosh Wine Walk, 2 p.m., Downtown Oshkosh.
Taylor Cross, 4 p.m., Bare Bones Brewery, 4362 Country S, Oshkosh.
Adria Ramos, 6 p.m., Cannova's Pizzeria and Fine Italian Dining, 113 E. Wisconsin Ave., Neenah.
Wisconsin GLO vs. Music City Icons, 7 p.m., Menominee Nation Arena, 1212 S. Main St., Oshkosh.
Rebel Alliance Theatre presents Mr. Burns, 7-10 p.m., Rushford Meadery & Winery, 8389 Liberty School Road, Omro.
Drop Dead Gorgeous, 7 p.m., Time Community Theater, 445 N. Main St., Oshkosh.
Cyanide Son, 8 p.m., Twisted Roots, 693 N. Main St., Oshkosh.
Jeremiah James Band, 9:30 p.m., Fletch's Local Tap House, 566 N. Main St., Oshkosh.
Mother's Day Buffet, 9:30 a.m., Oshkosh Convention Center, 2 N. Main St., Oshkosh.
Mother's Day Brunch, 10 a.m., TJ's Highland Steakhouse, 11 Ripple Road, Oshkosh.
Mother's Day at the Paine, 11 a.m., Paine Art Center and Gardens, 1410 Algoma Blvd., Oshkosh.
Hysterical Productions presents 'Little Women,' 2 p.m., The Grand Oshkosh, 100 High Ave., Oshkosh.
Mother's Day 5K Run/Walk, 5 p.m., Winnebago County Community Park, 625 E. County Y, Oshkosh.
Maker Mondays for Families, 4:30 p.m., Oshkosh Public Library, 106 Washington Ave., Oshkosh. Free.
Considerations: Legalized Marijuana, 6 p.m., Oshkosh Public Library, 106 Washington Ave., Oshkosh. Free.
Family Support Group Neenah, 6-7:30 p.m., Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 1140 Tullar Road, Neenah. Free.
100 Year Life Style Talk, 6:30 p.m., Benvenuto's Italian Grill, 300 S. Koeller St., Oshkosh.
Oshkosh Memorabilia Club, 6:30 p.m., Oshkosh Public Library, 106 Washington Ave., Oshkosh. Free.
Wittman Regional Airport - Terminal Redevelopment Open House, 4:30 p.m., Wittman Airport, 525 W. 20th Ave., Oshkosh.
Earn Your Wisconsin Teaching Certification Online - Free Information Event, 6 p.m., Neenah Public Library's Aylward Room, 240 E. Washington Ave., Neenah.
Morning Book Club: Beartown, 10-11:30 a.m., Oshkosh Public Library, 106 Washington Ave., Oshkosh. Free.
Winnebagoland Geological Society meeting, 6:30 p.m., Oshkosh Public Library, 106 Washington Ave., Oshkosh. Free.
EAA Aviation Adventure Speaker Series: Flying the AC-130 gunship, 7-9 p.m., EAA Aviation Museum, 3000 Poberezny Road, Oshkosh.
Class of 1969 Golden Titan Reunion, 2:30 p.m., Alumni Welcome and Conference Center, 625 Pearl Ave., Oshkosh.
Teen DIY: Patriotic Tie-Dye T-Shirt, 4:30 p.m., Oshkosh Public Library, 106 Washington Ave., Oshkosh. Free.
Marine Corps League Bingo, 5:30 p.m., Marine Corps League, 4715 Sherman Rd., Oshkosh.
Unity the Band, 6 p.m., Lion's Tail Brewing Company, 116 South Commercial St., Neenah.
Eric Hagen, 7 p.m., New Moon Cafe, 401 N. Main St., Oshkosh.
The Winery Comedy Tour, 7 p.m., Rushford Meadery and Winery, 8389 Liberty School Road, Omro. $9
The Temptations & The Four Tops, 7:30 p.m., Menominee Nation Arena, 1212 S. Main St., Oshkosh.
Reverend Raven & The Chain Smokin' Altar Boys featuring Westside Andy, 8 p.m., Becket's Restaurant, 2 Jackson St., Oshkosh.
Ask Your Mother Acoustic, 9:30 p.m., Fletch's Local Tap House, 566 N. Main St., Oshkosh.
Winnebago County H and PP Horse Show, 8 a.m., Sunnyview Expo Center, 500 E. County Y, Oshkosh.
Oshkosh Kennel Club All Breed Dog Shows, 8 a.m., Sunnyview Expo Center, 500 E. County Y, Oshkosh.
Oshkosh Garden Club Plant Sale, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Oshkosh Public Museum, 1331 Algoma Blvd., Oshkosh.
2019 Spring Commencement Ceremonies, 9 a.m. and 2 p.m., University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 800 Algoma Blvd., Oshkosh.
Festival of Spring, 9 a.m., Paine Art Center and Gardens, 1410 Algoma Blvd., Oshkosh.
Flying Start Event, 9 a.m., Wittman Regional Airport, 525 W. 20th Ave., Oshkosh.
Class of 1969 Golden Titan Reunion, 10 a.m., Alumni Welcome & Conference Center Ballroom, 625 Pearl Ave., Oshkosh.
Oshkosh Area Writers Club, 10 a.m., Oshkosh Public Library, 106 Washington Ave., Oshkosh. Free.
Wisconsin Concealed Carry Class, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Mills Fleet Farm, 177 N. Washburn St., Oshkosh.
Slim Workshop, 1 p.m., Fire Escape, 428 N. Main St., Oshkosh.
Read to a Dog, 4-5:15 p.m., Oshkosh Public Library, 106 Washington Ave., Oshkosh. Free.
Wisconsin GLO vs. St. Louis Surge, 7 p.m., Menominee Nation Arena, 1212 S. Main St., Oshkosh.
Fievel Goes West, 7 p.m., Time Community Theater, 445 N. Main St., Oshkosh.
LAPF presents 4th Annual Lip Sync or Swim, 7 p.m., Algoma Club, 103 Algoma Blvd., Oshkosh.
A Night at the Time: UWO Student Film Showcase, 5:30 p.m., Time Community Theater, 445 N. Main St., Oshkosh.
The Oshkosh Convention & Visitors Bureau contributes to this community calendar. For more information, go to visitoshkosh.com. Submit events at events.thenorthwestern.com two weeks in advance.


What is the purpose of certifying diamonds and what does a certificate tell us? Firstly the certificate which accompanies your diamond purchase tells you that you are buying a bona fide product because of the information contained on it and this tells you whether or not your diamond is real, it tells you how many carat weight the diamond is, what colour it is what the clarity is and how it has been cut and its measurements.
Without this report, you could be buying a piece of glass and not be aware of it. Certificates are issued by independent organisations who are not involved in selling or buying.
When you purchase a diamond from Marlows you will have the peace of mind that you are dealing with a reputable and recognised diamond dealer.
Your certificate also decides the value of your diamond according to international pricing structures. Without this report you will not be able to insure your diamond, or for that matter sell it to a reputable dealer.
It is wise to keep in mind that any diamond has a value, and its value is dictated by its accompanying certificate. If you have difficulty obtaining a certificate at the time of purchase, you may have to re-think who you are doing business with.


Scott Brothers represents a variety of brands and products primarily in the UK and Ireland markets.
Although diverse the products share the same focus on quality, innovation and presentation.
All products are leaders in their given markets and backed by full aftersales support.
Honeywell is the market leader in evaporative air cooling technology, with models suitable for home and large commercial use.
Established in 1888, H & L Russel are the UK's leading manufacturer and supplier of garment hangers, holding the prestigious Royal Warrant.
Packmate is the worlds leading brand of vacuum storage products distributed internationally and exclusively by Scott Brothers.
Much more than Wax On Wax Off, Wo-Wo is a range of high quality accessories for the discerning detailer.
Décor is an Australian-owned homewares company that has been making everyday life easier and more enjoyable for 50 years.
In addition to branded products Scott Brothers can offer OEM, Private Label and Retailer Exclusive ranges of vacuum storage products.
DomoPak is a wide range of household storage and organisation products with Italian design inspirations.
Already a household name for hand tools, Stanley now supply a range of electric heaters and dehumidifiers distributed in the UK and Ireland by Scott Brothers.


Staff at Miller Homes East Midlands have received a number of prestigious awards in recognition of their continued commitment to high standards.
The annual Site Awards see site managers receiving a combination of internal and external honours for their efforts.
A total of five awards were handed out at the ceremony, held at the Pride Park offices of Miller Homes, including prizes for Forklift Driver Operator Performance, Site Management Health & Safety, and the coveted Site Management Award.
Malcolm Ceney, production director at Miller Homes East Midlands, commented: "We're renowned for our high standards, and it's thanks to the efforts of the whole team that these are maintained and our customers are secure in the knowledge that they are buying the best quality home possible.
Falcon Heath, in the historic village of Dunholme, Lincolnshire, is amongst the most popular developments from Miller Homes in the region. Close to the village green and surrounded by open farmland, with Lincoln, Nottingham and the rest of the East Midlands in easy commuter distance, Falcon Heath evokes a strong sense of community.
For more information on Miller Homes and developments across the East Midlands, including Falcon Heath, visit www.millerhomes.co.uk/explore/eastmidlands.


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This is the first issue of the Unitas newsletter for 1997 and I am afraid it is a little late. It is also the last Newsletter in this format. The next will be dramatically changed in appearance for the better, thanks to assistance with layout and graphics from Dr Yuri Kantor. This issue, like the last two newsletters, are available on WWW, through Mollia at: -http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mologis/mollia.html, as well as being distributed to members in hard copy.
As noted in my last editorial, I want to provide news and information about projects, laboratories and individuals in malacology around the world. In future it is hoped that at least two or three accounts from laboratories, programs or individual scientists in various parts of the world can be included. so please start writing! Remember that this newsletter will only be useful and informative if you make the effort to provide information, ideas and comment. If you are disappointed that your meeting , book or organisation is not listed it is because you have not given me the information!
Membership. This Newsletter once again shows that Unitas Malacologica is active and doing something positive for the malacological world. What is done, is done free, in valuable spare time. In order to do more, we need more paying members. Look around and convert a malacologist to U.M. membership!
Congress on Palaearctic Mollusca. Don't forget the "International Congress on Palaearctic Mollusca", Munich, September 1-4, 1997, organized by Gerhard Falkner on behalf of U.M., under the auspices of the Friedrich-Held-Gesellschaft. Compared to the well-known three-yearly U.M. congresses, this meeting is an intermediate U.M.-supported international congress on a more restricted theme. During the General Assembly in Washington, 1998, we will discuss this kind of U.M. activity. I would like to thank Gerhard Falkner and his Committee most cordially for their initiative and all the work that they have done.
World Congress. Much progress has already been made by the Washington, 1998, Congress Organising Committee, as can be read elsewhere in this Newsletter. They deserve our warmest thanks! I would like to emphasize once more that having a U.M. Congress in the U.S.A. is not a problem for our European members. It's not very far, it's not very expensive, and it's certainly no less international than before! We hope to see many European members in Washington in 1998.
Travel Grants. There will be a limited number of U.M. travel grants for the 1998 Congress, for registered students and "needy" malacologists giving papers or posters. For rules and an application form, ask the Secretary.
New Council Members. The present Secretary will not be standing again. Thus a successor is needed, to be elected during the General Assembly in Washington in 1998. Please, think about candidates for the position of Secretary and members of the Council, or ask for information. We need volunteers prepared to work hard for Unitas and malacology. Voting forms will probably be send with the next Newsletter.
Next millennium. The U.M. Council will soon be deciding on the venue for the 2001 U.M. Congress. Council has decided that it should be in Europe, but no decision has been made as to where. We need proposals, so please write the Secretary, or another Council Member.
U.M. Web site. The NL is on WWW and a home page will probably be developed associated with Mollia, thanks to David Lindberg.
Last summer and autumn I sent reminders and invoices to members for payment of membership dues. The response was very favorable. Not less than 50 % of members payed their dues, many of them one to three years in advance. May I add a gentle reminder to the other 50 % of the invoiced members ?
Many thanks also to those who contributed voluntarily to the Trust Fund: Sergio Angeletti, Bram Breure, R.A.D. Cameron, Barry Colville, Fernando Ghisotti, Toshie Kawano, Winston Ponder, Willy Sleurs, Brian Smith, Jezus Troncoso, André Verhecken, Thomas Wilke and special thanks to Dr.h.c. J.G.J. Kuiper.
International Congress on Palaearctic Mollusca. Munich, Germany, 1-4 Sept. 1997.
See announcement in NL 10 and the separate announcement and registration forms with this newsletter.
This congress will include a two-part conference on the Ecology and Taxonomy of Freshwater Mollusca, the first part to be held in Salzburg, Austria, between 19th and 21st February 1997 (see below), and the second part between the 1st and 4th August 1997, in Munich.
Symposium on Ecology and Taxonomy of Fresh Water Molluscs .
As part of the UNITAS Congress on Palearctic Mollusca, this symposium will be held at Salzburg, Austria on February 20-21, 1997. Details and program available from Dr. Robert A. Patzner, Institute of Zoology, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria. Phone 43 662 8044 5619, Fax 43 662 8044 5698, Email robert.patzner@sbg.ac.at.
World Congress Of Malacology, July 1998, Washington, D.C., USA.
A joint meeting, combining the 13th International Malacological Congress of Unitas Malacologica and the 64th Annual Meeting of the American Malacological Union. Saturday, 25 July - Friday, 31 July, 1988.
Miami; Dr. Gerhard Haszprunar, Zoologische Staatssammlung, Munich; Dr. Diana Lipscomb, George Washington University, Washington, DC; Dr. Winston F. Ponder, The Australian Museum, Sydney). The underlying evolutionary framework of modern comparative biology requires phylogenetic reconstruction. However, hypotheses of phylogenetic relationship are only as good as the characters on which they are based. Major progress has occurred in the analysis of molluscan data, but our embracing of cladistic methodologies also requires a similar maturation in how we recognize, select and define characters and their states. This symposium presents an overviews of each of the major classes of data sets, including anatomy (gross, histological, ultra-structural), shell morphology, molecular, behavioral, and development. It will also examine how we define characters and their states, assess character homology, deal with noise and gaps associated with each of the data sets, as well as future directions in the refinement of molluscan characters and their states.
Interactions Between Molluscs and Humans. (Organizers: Dr. Philippe Bouchet, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris; Dr. George M. Davis, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Dr. F.G. Hochberg, Santa Barbara Museum, California; Dr. Gerrardo Vasta, Center for Marine Biotechnology, Baltimore, Maryland). Molluscs have provided us with food, tools, barter, and decoration. They have also killed us with venom, poisoned us with toxins, and infected us with parasites. We use them as model organisms to study ecological interactions, physiological tolerances, and as bio-indicators for the health of our mutual environment; we have also driven many of them to extinction. In this symposium we present examples and overviews of current uses of molluscs in medical research, biodiversity studies, and fisheries. The intent of this symposium is to: (1) bring to the international malacological community's attention molluscan research and applications that reside outside our typical scope, and (2) explore and establish contacts, potential interactions, and information exchanges between these disparate group all of whom share molluscs as the common denominator in their work.
The Molluscan Fossil Record -- Bridging Temporal Scales in Molluscan Biology. (Organizers: Dr. Satoshi Chiba, Shizuoka University, Oya; Dr. Douglas Erwin, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; Dr. David Reid, The Natural History Museum, London). The fossil record for molluscs is one of the deepest and richest available for the direct documentation of evolutionary pattern. However, too often research programs in malacology draw artificial boundaries between living and fossil molluscs, thereby depriving workers of the insights and continuity that the fossil record provides. During the last 15 years sophisticated geochemical, morphological, statistical, and even molecular analyses have been used to investigate fossil patterns and explore associated processes. Molluscan-based research into biomineralization, extinctions, stratigraphic completeness, and paleoecology have greatly benefited from these new approaches. This symposium will feature the newest techniques and methodologies for unlocking the history of molluscan biology from the rock record as well as exploring potential future malacological research venues devoid of temporal limits.
In addition to the Symposia, there will be numerous focus sessions of contributed papers covering a wide range of other topics. These focus sessions, scheduled for the afternoons of July 27-30 (and, probably, for July 31) will also attempt to address broader themes in the field of malacology. Rather than providing a forum only to taxonomic or geographic subunits, contributed papers will be grouped into themes to facilitate broader interaction. This approach is a deviation from past meeting arrangements, in which all cephalopod workers may end up in room A, freshwater bivalve people in Room B, and the marine snail types in Room C. While the former arrangement enhances interaction within the individual taxon-based community, it may be somewhat counterproductive to the idea of coming together for a world meeting of malacology and exchanging thoughts, approaches, and data amongst ourselves. Rather than "locking" participants by the default of the particular taxon they study into a room for the duration of the meeting, we hope that the plenary sessions in the morning and the "theme" approach in the afternoon will encourage a wider interaction across our individual niches. This does not slight focused taxonomic activities. Instead, it is an attempt to look beyond the usual "in-groups" of meeting participants, by sharing our data and interpretations following common threads of our biological discipline - malacology. For the necessary shoulder rubbing with our respective in-group peers, there will be "Taxon Night" to compare notes.
The Smithsonian Institution will host the meeting, which will take place at the S. Dillon Ripley Center and the National Museum of Natural History. Inexpensive dormitory housing and meal plans will be available at George Washington University (GW), which is situated a short distance from the Smithsonian Institution in Foggy Bottom (yes, that is a place name). A large block of university rooms has been reserved for participants seeking inexpensive accommodations. (A smaller block of rooms also will be reserved at a nearby hotel for those who are not so constrained.) Participants will be housed in GW's largest residence hall, Thurston Hall, which is located at 1900 F Street, Northwest. This is in close proximity to the Smithsonian's conference facility on the Mall, which is accessible by metro (subway), taxi, or car. Participants may walk the short distance to the metro station, approximately four blocks, for a ten minute ride to the Mall. Parking is available at GW at an approximate rate of $10 US per day. Washington is served by three major airports, including Dulles Airport, which is a hub for international arrivals.
Single and double occupancy rooms will be available at the residence hall (we assume that many participants will opt for a double occupancy room). The cost for this will not exceed $40 per person. Additionally, rooms for three, four, and five persons will be available upon request. Each air-conditioned room has a private bath and is furnished with a single bed, dresser, desk, and chair for each person. Sheets and towels are provided.
Smoking is permitted in the rooms, although in cases of shared rooms, all individuals must agree on this. Breakfast will be provided (for an extra fee) for participants each morning in the Thurston Hall cafeteria. Thurston Hall also is located within easy walking distance of other sites of interest in the Washington, D.C. area. The dorm is three blocks from the White House and only minutes away from various monuments and museums. The Georgetown area, which is well known for its shopping and fine restaurants, is an approximate 15-20 minute walk from the dorm. And, yes, there will a variety of evening events and entertainment.
Rüdiger Bieler, President, UM, Dept. of Zoology/Invertebrates, The Field Museum, Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605-2496, U.S.A. Phone 312 922-9410 (ext. 270), Fax 312 663-5397, Email bieler@fmnh.org.
The organizing committee for the 1998 World Congress of Malacology in Washington invited the submission of designs for a logo symbolizing this event via Mollusca. The logo will be used in official correspondence associated with the meeting and also in the design of T-shirts and possibly other memorabilia to be distributed during the meeting. The closing date was last Dec. Dr Hershler, who organised the competition, received about 6 entries and a choice will be made by March 1st. The "winner" will receive free registration for the 1998 meeting as well as other amenities.
Worldwide mollusc species database. See last newsletter. Contact: Gary Rosenberg. Email rosenberg@say.acnatsci.org.
CLEMAM (Check List of European Marine Mollusca). See last newsletter for details. Available at http://www.mnhn.fr/base/malaco.html. Managed by Jacques Le Renard and Serge Gofas. Email gofas@cimrs1.mnhn.fr.
There has been some debate, initiated on Mollusca by Alexandre G. Soares (Zoology Department, University of Port Elizabeth, P.O. Box 1600, Port Elizabeth - 6000, South Africa), as to whether there should be an electronic molluscan journal similar to The Fish and Fisheries Research e-journal (http://www.lsoft.com/FFResearch/). Suggestions include using such a format not only for refereed papers but also for illustrations (including animation and audio), non-refereed reports and faunal lists. However, Barry Roth (on Mollusca) warns against undocumented faunal lists because the reader cannot check identifications. There will no doubt be much further discussion on this matter.
A wife and her husband were having a dinner party for all the major status figures in Rome, Italy. The wife was very excited about this and wanted everything to be perfect. At the very last minute, she realized that she didn't have any snails for this dinner party, so she asked her husband to run down to the beach with a bucket to gather some snails. He grudgingly agreed. He took the bucket, walked out the door, down the steps, and out to the beach. As he was collecting the snails, he noticed a beautiful woman without a bikini top strolling alongside the water just a little further down the beach. He went back to gathering the snails. All of a sudden he looked up, and the beautiful woman was standing right over him. They got to talking, and she invited him back to her place. They were at her apartment and started messing around. It got so hot and heavy that he was exhausted afterwards and passed out.
At seven o'clock the next morning he woke up and exclaimed, "Oh no!!! My wife's dinner party!!!" He gathered all his clothes, put them on real fast, grabbed his bucket, and ran out the door. He ran down the beach all the way to his apartment. He ran up the stairs of his apartment. He was in such a hurry that when he got to the top of the stairs, he dropped the bucket of snails. There were snails all down the stairs. The door opened just then, with a very angry wife standing in the doorway demanding to know where he's been all this time. He looked at the snails all down the steps, then he looked at her, then back at the snails and said: "Come on, guys, we're almost there!".
Arthur E. Bogan has taken up a new postion as Curator of Aquatic Invertebrates at the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences where he will be curating and building a small but growing collection of molluscs, especially freshwater taxa. The museum is rapidly expanding, currently building a new building due to open in 1999, and a new wet collectiion facility scheduled to be completed later this year. Contact: North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, P.O. Box 29555, Raleigh NC 27626, USA. Tel. (919) 733-7450, Fax. (919) 733-1573, Email AEbogan@Zeus.Jersey.Net.
Andrew McArthur, the coordinator of DEEPSEA, has successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation and taken up a Smithsonian Postdoctoral Fellowship with Dr. M.G. Harasewych. The DEEPSEA Research Newsgroup: BIONET.BIOLOGY.DEEPSEA will continue - Email subscription info: http://darwin.ceh.uvic.ca/deepsea/deepsea.html(see also under Theses below).
Paula M. Mikkelsen has moved from the Delaware Museum of Natural History to the Department of Invertebrates, American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th St., New York, NY 10024-5192, USA. Phone 212 769 5244, Fax 212 769 5783, Email < mikkel@amnh.org (pending).
Timothy A. Pearce is now in residence (since Jan. 1997) at The Delaware Museum of Natural History (see details on the DMNH below).
Janice Voltzow has moved to the Dept. of Biology, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA 18510-4625, USA. Phone 717 941 4378, Fax 717 941 6369, Email voltzowj2@uofs.edu.
Tim Pearce invites members of the malacology research community to take advantage of the extensive molluscan collection at DMNH through on-site visits, specimen loans, and computer search requests. He offers these notes about the Museum. It specialises in molluscs and birds, having 2 million+ mollusc specimens of 15,000+ species in 200,000+ cataloged lots, thus ranking as one of the top ten malacology museums in the U.S.A. Worldwide in scope and covering all major molluscan groups, holdings comprise marine Gastropoda (ca 50%), land and freshwater Gastropoda (25%), marine Bivalvia (15%), freshwater Bivalvia (5%), as well as Cephalopoda, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, and Aplacophora. Most specimens are Recent and dry-preserved; but there is also a notable amount of alcohol-preserved and Cenozoic fossil material. The type collection contains 1215 lots. The library (about 10,000 volumes) includes journals, an extensive reprint collection, and many rare and old books on molluscs. The DMNH is the newest major malacology museum in the U.S.A., having grown rapidly since 1957 largely through acquiring collections. The collection is presently 71% computerized. Loans can be made to individuals at bona fide institutional addresses. A $500 scholarship for travel expenses is offered this year to a graduate student to use our malacology collection and library for collections-based research leading to publication. In addition to our various displays on molluscs, the Museum's 25th anniversary is to be celebrated with the opening of the new long-term exhibit, the Wall of Shells, in March 1997.
DMNH is five miles north of Wilmington on route 52, located conveniently close to the Eastern corridor (I-95). We are 2.5 hours north of The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, 1 hour south of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, and 2.5 hours south of the American Museum in New York. Be sure to schedule a visit to DMNH when you visit these other museums. For more information contact Timothy A. Pearce, Delaware Museum of Natural History, 4840 Kennett Pike, P.O. Box 3937, Wilmington, DE 19807-0937, U.S.A. Phone 302 658 5004 or 302 658 9111, Fax 302 658 2610, Email tpearce@wittnet.com.
Unitas meetings - see listing above.
11th. International Pectinid Workshop, 10-15 April 1997, La Paz, Mexico. Contact: Esteban Felix Pico, Cicimar-Ipn, A. POstal 592, La Paz B:C:S: C.P. 23000. Fax 52 112 25322, Email efelix@vmredipn.ipn.mx.
Special Sesssions at the 1997 Annual Meeting of the National Shellfisheries Association (NSA) . April 20-24 in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida, USA.
1. Scallops: Problems and Solutions. Contact Dan C. Marelli, Florida Marine Research Institute, 100 8th Avenue SE, St. Petersburg, Florida 33701-5095, USA. Phone 813 896 8626, Fax 813 823 0166, Email marelli_d@sellers.dep.state.fl.us. Information also at http:://www.shellfish.org.
2. Reproductive biology and physiology of freshwater bivalves. Following the freshwater reproduction and physiology session will be a genetics session.
Details of the meeting are in the Late Summer Newsletter of NSA, which can be found electronically on http://www.shellfish.org/. Information from Catherine Gatenby, Department of Biology, Va Tech., Blacksburg, VA 24061, Phone 540 231 5508, Fax 540-231-9307, Email cgatenby@vt.edu. Program chair of the 1997 meeting is Dr. Jay Parsons, Aquaculture Unit, Marine Institute of Memorial University, PO Box 4920 St. John's NF, Canada A1C5R3, Fax 709-778-0535, Email jparsons@gill.ifmt.nf.ca.
Association For Tropical Biology, Organization For Tropical Studies, Annual Meeting and Symposium "Tropical Diversity, Origins, Maintenance, and Conservation", 15-20 June 1997, San José, Costa Rica. For further information: Dr. Jorge A. Jimenez, OTS, P.O. Box 676-2050, San Pedro, San Jose, Costa Rica, Tel Phone (506) 240-6696, Fax (506) 240-6783, Email: atbots@ns.ots.ac.cr www: http://www.ots.ac.cr/www: http://www.ots.duke.edu/.
63rd Annual Meeting, The American Malacological Union, Santa Barbara, California, June 22-27, 1997. The meeting will be held jointly with the 30th annual meeting of the Western Society of Malacologists. Two major symposia are scheduled: (1) Deep-Sea Mollusca, convened by Jerry Harasewych [Division of Mollusks, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560. Phone 202 786 2073;, Fax 202 357 2343, Email mnhiv006@sivm.si.edu], and (2) Traditional vs. Phylogenetic Systematics, convened by Gary Rosenberg [Malacology, The Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103-1195. Phone 215 299 1033, Fax 215 299 1170, Email rosenberg@say.acnatsci.org]. There will also be a special ses sion on the cephalopods of the North Pacific chaired by Eric Hochberg [Invertebrate Zoology, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol Rd., Santa Barbara,California 93 019. Phone 805 682 4711 (ext. 318), Fax 805 569 3170, Email inverts@sbmnh.rain.org]. General informati on from Eugene V. Coan, President, AMU, 891 San Jude Avenue, Palo Alto,California 94306-2640 , USA. Phone 415 493 8242 (Home), 977 5681 (Office), Fax 415 977 5799, Email gene.coan@sierraclub.org OR Henry Chaney, President, WSM, Invertebrate Zoology, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol Road, Santa Barbara, California 93105, USA. Phone 805 682 4711 (ext. 334), Fax: 805 569 3170, Email inverts@sbmnh.rain.org.
XV Brazilian Malacology Meeting (XV EBRAM), Federal University of Santa Catari na, Florianoplois, Brazil, July 21-25 1997. President of organising committee Prof. Dr. Maria Cristina D. Mansur. For information write to XV EBRAM, XV Encontro Brasileiro de Malacolog ia, Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul - Pucrs, Instituto De Biocirncia s, Av. Ipiranga, 6681, predio 12A, sala 211 90619-900 Porto Alegre - RS, Brazil. Phone/Fax 0055 5l 3391511 3148 Email ebram@music.pucrs.br or Prof. Alvaro Fonseca, Av. Ipiranga, 6681, pridio 12 sala 34, 90619-900 Porto Alegre - RS - Brazil - Cx.P. (Box) 1429. Phone 051 339 1511 R. 3340, Fax 051 339 1564, Email afonseca@music.pucrs.br.
The Seventh Marine Sciences Latin American Congress, 22-26 September 1997, Sao Paulo, Brazil. The languages of the meeting will be Portuguese, Spanish and English. In formation from:- Comissao organizadora do VII COLACMAR, a/c Silvia Helena de Mello e Sou za, Instituto Oceanografico da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Praca do Oceanografico, 191- Ci dade Universitaria, Butanta, 05508-900, Sao Paulo, SP, Brasil. Email colacmar@org.usp.br.
3rd International Abalone Symposium. (See UMNL 9) October 1997, Monterey, California.
The 3rd. Latin American Malacological Congress, 13-17 October 1997, Ensenada, Mexico. Organised by the Committee for the Latin American Malacological Meetings. The first was held in Caracas, Venezuela in 1991, the second in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in 1995. Contact: M.C. Claudia Farfan, Jefe Departamento de Acuicultura, CICESE, Baja California, Apdo. Postal 2732, Ensenada, BC, Mexico. Phone 617 44501/06 or 45050/53, Fax (in Mexico) 617 44880 (in USA) or 011 52617/44880. Email contact: Dr. Martha Reguero reguero@unamvm1.dgsca.unam.mx.
The 3rd Latin American Congress of Malacology will be held together the Fourth Mexican Congress of Malacology and Conchology, in Ensenada, Baja California, 13 - 17 Oc t, 1997. Information is available at: http://www.cicese.mx/oceano/acuicultura/iiiclama.htmlor by writing to Claudia Farfan, Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior d e Ensenada, Baja California. Km. 107. Carretera Tijuana - Ensenada, Apartado postal 2732, E nsenada, BC. Mexico. Phone 617 450 50 to 53, ext. 24421, Fax 617 642 25, Email cfarfan@cicese.mx, IIIclama@cicese.mx or cfarfan@cicese.mx, or Martha Reguero Reza, Email reguero@mar.icmyl.unam.mx.
The other 99% - The Conservation and Biodiversity of Invertebrates. Aust ralian Museum, Sydney, 9-12 Dec., 1997. For further information contact Dr. W.F. Ponder (see contact details on first and last page).
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (formerly the American Soci ety of Zoologists), Boston, Jan. 3-7, 1998. Symposia of special interest include 1 ) Coral Reefs and Environmental Change: Adaptation, Acclimation or Extinction? 2) Evolut ionary Relationships of Metazoan Phyla; 3) Development and Evolutionary Perspectives of M ajor Transformations in Body Organization, and 4) Origin and Further Evolution of Circula tory Systems. The last will "review current knowledge on the origin of circulatory syste ms, including fluid mechanical design, the function of molluscan circulatory systems, an d the evolution of red blood cells." For further information on the meeting, contact the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, 401 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60 611-4267, U.S.A. Phone 800 955 1236, Fax 312 245 1085, Email sicb@sba.com. Alan Kohn (President).
Molluscs 97. Symposium on the molluscs of the Indo-West Pacific and Australasian region, Rottnest Island, Western Australia, organised by Dr F. Wells for the Malacological Society of Australasia was held on 1-4th Feb., 1997. About 60 participants from 16 countries attended. This is the first of regular three yearly meetings planned by the MSA in the Asian-Australasian region. The next meeting will be in Sydney, in 2000.
The first meeting of the Southern California Unified Malacologists (SCUM) was held on 11 January 1997 at San Diego State University. SCUM is an informal group of malacologists and does not have any officers, dues or publications. There were twenty-one attendees from the San Diego, Los Angeles and Berkeley areas. The next meeting will be held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History on an unspecified date in 1998. Contact Terry S. Arnold, 2975 B Street, San Diego, CA 92102,.USA. Phone (619) 235-8181, Fax (619) 235-0016, Email tarnold@cts.com.
List of meetings. Coan, E.V. and Kabat, A.R., 1996. Annotated catalog of malacological meetings, including symposia and workshops in malacology. American Malacological Bulletin, 13(1/2): 129-148. A very useful addition to the literature, even though a few Australian meetings were missed!
Ordering address: Backhuys Publishers, P.O.Box 321, 2300 AH Leiden, the Netherlands.
Another symposium volume, Prosobranch Phylogeny (Malacological Review Supplement 4), 1988 is available from Malacological Review, PO Box 3037, Ann Arbor, MI 48106, USA.
Cachia C., Mifsud C. & Sammut P.M., 1996. The marine Mollusca of the Maltese Islands (Part 2: Neotaenioglossa). 228 p., 19 black & white plates depicting over 200 species. Paperbound. ISBN 90-73348-48-X. Price NLG 84,00 (US$ 52.50) (excludes postage or VAT) from Backhuys Publishers, P.O.Box 321, 2300 AH Leiden, the Netherlands. Phone 31 71 517 0208, Fax 31 71 517 1856, Email backhuys@euronet.nl.
Or from Naturama, naturama@mbox.vol.it, Italian Lire 88.000, $US 59.00, FFR 314 (includes mailing by registered mail). Paperbound. 43 gastropod families are described and about 220 species, with identification keys.
Giannuzzi-Savelli, R., Pusateri, F. A., Ebreo, P.C., 1996. Atlas of Mediterranean Seashells (atlante delle conchiglie marine del mediterraneo), Vol. 2 (Caenogastropoda part 1: Discopoda and Heteropoda). Part of an expected 8 volumes monographing the marine seashells of the Mediterranean. This second volume deals with all the 320 recognized species of Discopoda (early Mesogastropoda excluding Ptenoglossa, i.e.: Rissoidae, Cypraeidae and related, Naticidae, Cassidae, Vermetidae, Cerithiidae etc. ) and Heteropoda in 113 color planches with 1300 illustrations. Text in Italian and English. Hard cover, cm 17 x 24, 260 pages with 113 color plates. L. it. 180,000 + 10,000 postage (registered mail), $US 120.00 + 6.50, naturama@mbox.vol.it.
Glaubrecht, M., 1996. Evolutionsokologie und Systematik am Beispiel von Suss- und Brackwasserschnecken (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Cerithioidea): Ontogenese-Strategien, palaontologische Befunde und Historische Zoogeographie. xvi, 524 p., 77 text-figs, 5 tables, 25 b/w plates. hardbound. fl. 180,00. Backhuys Publishers, P.O.Box 321, 2300 AH Leiden, the Netherlands. Phone 31-71-5170208, Fax 31-71-5171856, Email: backhuys@euronet.nl- see also online catalogue http://www.euronet.nl/users/backhuys/or available by E-mail (send an empty E-mail with the subject 'catalog').
Harrison, F. W. & Kohn, A.J. (eds), 1997. Volume 6A, B of Microscopic Anatomy of Invertebrates (Mollusca II). Wiley-Liss, New York. In two volumes: 6A (pp. 1-414) covers Bivalvia (By M. Patricia Morse and John Zardus) and Cephalopoda (by Bernd U. Budelmann, Rudolf Schipp, and Sigurd von Boletzky). 6B (pp. 415-828) covers Monoplacophora (by Gerhard Haszprunar and Kurt Schaefer), Gastropoda: Pulmonata (by Daniel L. Luchtel, Arthur W. Martin, Ingrith Deyrup-Olsen, and the late Harry H. Boer), and Scaphopoda (by Ronald L. Shimek and Gerhard Steiner).
Howells, R.G., Neck, R.W. & Murray, H.D., 1996. Freshwater Mussels of Texas. 218 p., ISBN 1-885696-10-8. Cost about $35.00 including shipping & handling, but pricing may differ when ordering from the distributor (University of Texas Press, P.O. Box 7819, Austin, Texas, 78713-7819). This is a comprehensive publication on the freshwater mussels (unionids) of Texas giving details of names, distribution maps, shell characters, habitat, spawning, glochidia and fish hosts.
Kennedy, V.S., Newell, R.I.E. and Eble, A.F. (eds). 1996. The Eastern Oyster: Crassostrea virginica. .
772 p.. ISBN 0-943-676-61-4. Maryland Seagrant College. $US 95.00 + $US 3.50 shipping. Contains over 400 photos, drawings and diagrams. A comprehensive account including anatomy, histology, biology, culture, genetics, pests etc. Publications Dept, Maryland Sea Grant College, 0112 Skinner Hall, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA. http://www.mdsg.umd.edu/MDSG/PUBS/Oyster/index.html. Contact: Merrill Leffler, Phone 301 405 6374, Email leffler@umbi.umd.edu.
Korniushin, A.V., 1996. Bivalve molluscs of the superfamily Pisidioidea in the Palaearctic Region. Fauna, systematics, phylogeny. National Academy of Science of Ukraine. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, Kiev. Pp. 1-176.
Reid, David G., 1996. Systematics and Evolution of Littorina. Ray Society volume number 164. Retail price 89 pounds Sterling (142 US dollars), plus 6 pounds postage and packing in the UK and Europe, or 10 pounds (16 dollars) for the rest of the world (airmail). Species of Littorina (19 living and 10 fossil) are among the most intensively studied of all marine invertebrates. This excellent new 463-page, large format, hard-bound volume includes taxonomy, anatomy, distribution and details intraspecific variability. Recent studies of life history, gene flow, microevolution and ecophenotypic effects are reviewed in detail. Using a combination of morphological, molecular, genetic and paleontological methods, a robust species-level phylogeny has been reconstructed, and is used to discuss speciation mechanisms, historical biogeography, and morphological adaptation in relation to habitat and diet. The bibliography includes almost 1500 references. Order from Intercept Ltd, PO Box 716, Andover, Hants, SP10 1YG, U.K. Phone 44 1264 334748/9, Fax 44 1264 334058. Cheques or money orders in Sterling (or US dollars, drawn on a US bank) to be made payable to Intercept Ltd.
Thorpe, J.E., Gall, G.A.E., Lannan, J. & Nash, C.E., 1995. Conservation of fish and shellfish resources. Managing diversity. 224 pp. Academic Press.
Baillie, J. & Groombridge, B., The 1996 Red List of Threatened Animals. ISBN 2-8317-0335-2. IUCN,, Gland, Switzerland. Also accessible by WWW from the World Conservation Monitoring Centre http://www.wcmc.org.uk. The new Red List contains about 10,000 species, with nearly 5000 in the higher risk "Threatened" categories. Some 20% of the animals listed are Molluscs. The file may be accessed through the webserver at the World Conservation Monitoring centre. Mary Seddon, when posting this notice, noted that there are a few errors in the molluscan files which will be rectified as soon as possible. If you find errors or wish to draw attention to ommisions or data which may lead to review of the categories or criteria, please contact Dr Mary Seddon, Curator (Terrestrial Mollusca), Nat.Mus.& Gall.Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff, UK, CF1 3NP, Phone 44 1222 573343 or 44 1222 397951, Fax 44 1222 373219, Email Seddonm@cardiff.ac.uk.
New listing of molluscan names. A revamp of Vaught's listing of molluscan taxa is being undertaken and should be published soon. Information from Victor Millard, P.O.Box 27208, Rhine Road, 8050, South Africa. Phone 27 21 430 8215, Fax 27 21 430 8420, Email millardv@sabc.co.za. A further announcement will be made when the book appears.
to The Malacological Association of Yamaguchi (subscriptions to Hiroshi Yoshizaki, Ihonosho 582-6, Yanai, Yamaguchi 742-13, Japan). The latest issue (vol. 4, no. 1 & 2, Oct. 1996) consists of 200 pages with 7 color plates. Enquiries about the journal to: Hiroshi Fukuda, Department of Natural History, Faculty of Science, Tokyo, Metropolitan University, Minami-ohsawa 1-1, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-03, Japan. Phone 81 426 77 2428, Fax 81 426 77 2421, Email: assimine@comp.metro-u.ac.jp.
New editor for Molluscan Research. Brian Smith is now the editor of Molluscan Research, having taken over from Fred Wells who has been editor of this journal and its forrunner, The Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia, since 1980. Fred Wells will see the next two issues out but all manuscripts and editorial enquiries should be sent to Brian Smith. Contact details: Dr Brian Smith, Research Associate, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Wellington Street, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia. Phone 41 3 6331 6777, Fax 41 3 6334 5230, Email bsmith@tassie.net.au OR brian@qvmag.tased.edu.au.
The Veliger. The home page, http://ucmp1.berkeley.edu/barryr/veliger.html, contains information for subscribers and contributors. Editor: Barry Roth, Research Associate, Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94117 USA Phone 415 387 8538, Email barryr@ucmp1.berkeley.edu.
Bulletin of the Malacological Society of London. The editor of this excellent 6-monthly newsletter, which goes to press at the beginning of August and February, would be pleased to publish details of forthcoming conferences, books, and any other news and comment which would interest the 300+ members (very few of whom live in London!). Send copy to Bill Bailey, 3.614 School of Biological Sciences, Stopford Building, The University of Manchester, Oxford Rd, Manchester M13 9PT, UK. Phone 0161 275 3861, Fax 0161 275 3938, Email bbailey@fs2.scg.man.ac.uk.
Tentacle. Newsletter of the Mollusc Specialist Group (MSG) of the Species Survival Commission (SSC) of the World Conservation Union (IUCN)(see also UMNL 9). Editor Dr. Robert H. Cowie is soliciting articles, information, news, etc for the next issue (anything dealing with molluscan conservation). Send them by fax, mail or email. Dr. Robert H. Cowie, Department of Natural Sciences, Bishop Museum, P.O. Box 19000-A, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817-0916, U.S.A. Phone 808 848 4118, Fax 808 841 8968, Email rhcowie@bishop.bishop.hawaii.org.
Hawaiian Shell News. After more than fifty years of publishing, the Board of Directors of the Hawaiian Malacological Society has decided reluctantly to cease publicaiton of the hard copy because of declining membership and funds. However Hawaiian Shell News will continue to be published electronically on the HSN web page at http://www.hits.net/~hsn. Membership ($US 15.00), Hawaiian Malacological Society, P.O. Box 22130, Honolulu, HI 96823-2130. Thomas A. Burch, Editor, Hawaiian Shell News, . P.O.Box 309, Kailua, Hawaii 96734, USA. Phone 808 261 7465, Fax 808 263 6408, Email tab@hits.net.
Conchologists of America are celebrating their 25th year. Started in 1972 by eight enthusiasts in Rhode Island with the purpose of uniting shell collectors and clubs in the United States, and to promote conservation and interest in shell collecting. Membership is now almost 1400 worldwide, plus 52 clubs (Membership Director Lucille Green, 12307 Laneview Drive, Houston TX 77070-2443 USA. Phone 713-376 5630, Email DAVEGREEN@GNN.COM). The Society also makes annual grants to workers in malacology, with about $9000 awarded last year and publishes a quarterly journal, American Conchologist edited by Lynn Scheu which contains articles by professionals and amateurs. Annual conventions hosted by various US clubs are also held (information from Anne Joffe, 1163 Kittiwake Circle, Sanibel FL 33957, USA).
be found in the June, 1996 issue of American Conchologist and on Conch-Net. COA membership is not required for their use.
higher-level evolutionary patterns in anatomy, ecology, and biogeography, species-level diversity patterns in the Neogene American tropics. Department of Integrative Biology (affiliated with the Museum of Paleontology), University of California, Berkeley. The chapters of this dissertation comprise a series of phylogenetic studies of the neogastropod family Columbellidae. The studies focus on columbellid evolution at two levels. In the first chapters, higher level cladistic relationships are assessed to provide a baseline for species-level systematic studies and investigation of evolutionary patterns in columbellid clades. Second, the phylogenetic relationships of the Recent and fossil species of two tropical American columbellid taxa are assessed to investigate patterns of evolution in shallow marine taxa, relative to the uplift and emergence of the Panamanian Isthmus 3.5 million years ago. Email martajm@uclink2.berkeley.edu.
resolution of gastropod phylogeny but together (32 genera only) monophyly of the Neritimorpha, Neomphalina, Vetigastropoda, Patellogastropoda, Caenogastropoda (including Viviparus, Ampullaria, and Campanile), and Heterobranchia (Euthyneura plus Valvata) was supported by bootstrap values. Relationships among these groups could not be resolved due to saturation of substitutions. The hydrothermal vent Neomphalina exhibited divergence values and phylogenetic novelty equivalent to the other early-Paleozoic radiations, supporting its consideration as a vent refugial phylogenetic relic. University of Victoria, Faculty of Graduate Studies. Andrew is about to take up a Smithsonian Institution Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Laboratory of Molecular Systematics, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA.
Phone 301 238 3444, Fax 301 238 3059, Email mcarthur@onyx.si.edu.
Mollusca mailing list. The first molluscan mailing list and is indexed and fully searchable. To subscribe - email to listproc@ucmp1.berkeley.edu and send the following message:- subscribe mollusca <your full name>. To post items email messages to:- mollusca@ucmp1.berkeley.edu. Maintained by Rob Guralnick, robg@ucmp1.Berkeley.Edu.
Mollusca had a few hicups a while back but is running smoothly now with the same address as before. However, the Mollusca archives and Mollia have moved to www.ucmp.berkeley.edu. You can access mollia at:-http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mologis/mollia.html.
See NL 10 for aditional mailing lists.
Mollia (see NL 10) has moved to a new server. This site contains the Unitas newsletters and many other resources and links. The new address is:- http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mologis/mollia.html.
Conchologists of America, Inc. (see NL 10 and above). http://coa.acnatsci.org/conchnet/contains many useful links and resources.
The Opisthobranch Web site. http://www.oz.net/~miranda. Steve Long reports: It is going very well with about 400 visitors per month. The search engine is operating well, accessing over 10,000 bibliographic citations, as well as taxonomic and systematic lists. In addition, over 400 links to color photos of opisthobranchs on the net. The Opisthobranch Newsletter is on the site each month. Species lists and bibliographies of pyramidellids, heteropods, and lamellarids are currently being built and your help would be appreciated. Steven J. Long, 20220 21st Ave NW, Shoreline, WA98177, USA. Phone 206 618 2272, 1 800 793 6188, Email miranda@oz.net.
F. G. Thompson's Fieldguide to the Freshwater Snails of Florida' is an indication of what we can expect in the future in the way of electronic field guides. It is on the Florida Museum of Natural history world wide web pages at: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/malacology/fl-snail/snails1.htm.
Bishop Museum's Hawaii Biological Survey is developing a WWW database on Hawaii's biodiversity. http://www.bishop.hawaii.org/bishop/hbs/hbs1.html. Species checklists for the 22,000 species of Hawaiian organisms are being posted. Terrestrial arthropods, land and freshwater snails, flowering plants, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and birds are now available in searchable interfaces (12,528 species in total). The HBS web server now includes current status as listed by the US Fish and Wildlife Service for all threatened and endangered species, as well as candidate species (including what used to be called "C2" species) for all but a few fish and invertebrates (to be added shortly). Email hbs@bishop.bishop.hawaii.org.
Worldwide list of mollusc research collections, including their curators, collection managers, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, etc. http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/cbd/main/collections/mollusk_links/museumlist.html. Comments, additions and changes welcome. Kevin S. Cummings, Illinois Natural History Survey, 607 E. Peabody Drive, Champaign, IL 61820, Phone 217 333 1623, Email ksc@mail.inhs.uiuc.edu.
UNIO, will focus on the biology, ecology and evolution of freshwater unionid mussels. Also mussel conservation issues, including the artificial propagation and captive rearing of threatened and endangered species, are especially welcomed. Subscribers are also encouraged to use the list to post information on mussel-related meetings, symposia, workshops, and funding opportunities. To subscribe send an email message to Majordomo@lists.umbc.edu with the first line of the text of the message "subscribe UNIO" + your email address - nothing more. A WWW home page for UNIO is currently under construction at http://www.umbc.edu/unio. It will eventually contain archives of postings to UNIO as well as a list of Internet resources and an address book containing the names and email addresses of scientist currently working on mussel related projects. Administered by Dr. Richard Tankersley, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, Maryland 21250 Phone 410 455-3381, Email tankersl@umbc.edu; http://research.umbc.edu/~tankersl/.
Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging (Malacological Society Of The Netherlands). http://web.inter.nl.net/users/Meijer.T/nmv.html. This new homepage provides information about the society and members and malacological happenings in the Netherlands. Also information about the society's publications (with instructions for authors), e-mail addresses of members, and information about collections, interests, and activities of members. As yet, the homepage is almost completely written in the Dutch language but the intention is to make a complete English version. Administered by Tom Meijer.
See NL 10 for additional WWW sites.
Mario Angioy, one of the founders of La Conchiglia, or The Shell, which first appeared in 1969, died on the 20th of January.
Piet Kaas, a research assistant at the NNM in Leiden, and one of the world leading experts on Polyplacophora, died in June. From the early fifties he produced a large number of publications on chitons was writing a six-part monograph of the living chitons together with Richard van Belle, of which 5 volumes are finished.
Harald Rehder, Zoologist (Emeritus), in the Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, died on November 10, 1996. Dr. Rehder served as a curator in the NMNH for more than 40 years before retiring in 1976. He published over 140 papers and, although having broad research involvement in malacology, was especially renowned as an authority on the taxonomy and biogeography of marine molluscs of the southern Indo-Pacific.
Dr Rüdiger Bieler, Centre for Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, Field Museum of Natural History, Roosevelt Road at Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, USA. Phone 312 922 9410 (extn 270), Fax 312 663 5397, Email bieler@fmnh.org.
Dr. Angel Guerra. CSIC Inst. de Investigaciones Marinas, Eduardo Cabello 6, E-36 208 Vigo, Spain. Phone 34 86 292758, Fax 34 86 292762.
Prof. Klaus Bandel. Geologisch-Palaontologisches Institut und Museum, Bundesstrasse 55, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany. Phone 49 40 4123 5080, Fax 49 40 4123 5270, Email adam@geomat.math.uni-hamburg.de.
Dr Yuri Kantor. A.N. Severtzov Institute of Animal Evolutionary Morphology and Ecology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Lenin Ave. 33, Moscow 117071, Russia. Phone 7 95 124 7950, Fax 7 95 954 5534, Email yuri@invert.sevin.msk.ru.
Dr. Winston F.Ponder. Australian Museum, 6 College Str., Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia. Phone 61 2 3206120, Fax 61 2 320 6050, Email wponder@extro.ucc.su.oz.au or	winstonp@amsg.austmus.oz.au.


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The FBI twice recorded phone calls placed to a Cook County judge last fall while they were investigating her for fraud, court records show.
Cook County Judge Jessica Arong O'Brien now faces a federal criminal indictment for alleged mortgage fraud and is pushing for a speedy trial this summer. Her lawyer, Ricardo Meza, revealed the existence of the feds' recordings of his client in a motion filed late Tuesday. Meza wants prosecutors to hand over the rough notes of FBI agents who were looking into criminal activity allegedly committed by O'Brien before she became a judge.
Two FBI agents recorded calls placed to O'Brien by her now co-defendant, Maria Bartko, on Oct. 7 and 8, according to Meza's motion.
"After a few failed attempts to reach Ms. O'Brien by phone, Bartko engaged in two substantive conversations with Ms. O'Brien," Meza wrote.
Federal prosecutors have handed over recordings of the conversations, Meza wrote. However, he has not seen any document indicating what instructions the FBI gave to Bartko before or during the calls, "including instructions on what to say and what not to say," whether Bartko or the agents suggested certain lines of questioning, and what Bartko said to either agent after the calls were placed, he wrote.
O'Brien, 49, has been charged with one count of mail fraud affecting a financial institution and one count of bank fraud. O'Brien's alleged crimes occurred before she was elected the first female Filipino-American judge in the Circuit Court of Cook County in 2012, filling the seat vacated by the retirement of Judge Harry Simmons Jr.
She has been reassigned to administrative duties in the office of Judge E. Kenneth Wright Jr., the presiding judge of the first municipal district.
Federal prosecutors allege O'Brien got lenders to provide loans "by making false representations and concealing material facts in documents submitted to the lenders." An attorney at the time, she used the loans to buy and refinance about $1.4 million in mortgage and commercial loans, including the purchase of an investment property in the 600 block of West 54th Street in the Back of the Yards, prosecutors said.
She then allegedly fraudulently refinanced the mortgage on that property and a second investment property in the 800 block of West 54th Street.
O'Brien allegedly obtained a commercial line of credit through fraud to maintain the properties, before selling them to Bartko, 49, of Chicago, and a straw buyer who fraudulently obtained the mortgage loans, prosecutors said.


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PLOT: The story of a struggling actor and his survival in a merciless society where he gets to live his profession in real life after failing his career.
REVIEW: The film provides the viewers with an empathic view to its characters, which is coupled with brilliant storytelling making the audience wanting more.
From the very first scene to the last, the film was entrancing and incredibly engaging. The main factor that contributed to the audiences to be enticed to the whole of the film was the amazing script that was transformed into a magnetic narration. The directorial debut of famous ad-maker Amitabh Reza could not have been done in a better way. A lot had been expected from Amitabh by the audience and every form of hope was met in this film, clearly marking his ground in the film industry.
Even though the film was engaging, the duration of the film could make the film tedious for some audience.
that was noted in the film was the lack of direction in the type of market it was catering to. In certain parts it seemed like an art film, targeted for critics and movie enthusiasts, and in other parts it felt like it was made for the mass, which is not a bad thing nonetheless, but perhaps with better segmentation the movie could have been made even better.
Chanchal Chowdhury stood out as a competitor to his own multiple characters that he portrayed in the film, performing remarkably and setting new acting standards. Masuma Rahman Nabila's debut in the film was nothing short of noteworthy, emanating her facile presence in the film eloquently.
The cinematography by Rashed Zaman was impeccable, capturing the minute detail of the metropolitan city, Dhaka, with perfection. The soundtracks in the film went perfectly with the screenplay, especially Habib and Onnesha's "Dhire Dhire", Arnab's "Praner Shohor" and Chirkutt's "Duniya".
Overall, the movie is equally entertaining as it is thought-provoking. The success of "Aynabaji" has set new standards for Bengali films, after which the audience will surely be expecting movies of the same calibre in the days to come.


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No 521: Style Icon Grace Kelly
Grace Kelly lived a fairy tale life; born to a wealthy Philadelphia family, she became Hitchcock's leading lady after roles in only three previous films. Just three years later, Grace married Prince Rainier III and became Princess of Monaco. While her contentment at this seeming fairy tale has been challenged since her tragic death in 1982, her sense of style is unquestioned.
Ms Kelly is the ultimate authority on cool elegance and classic styling. Her Grecian draped gowns and pearl earrings gained her entry to a royal family, but she may be best known for her casual clothes: Capri pants, twinsets and even the belted shirtdress she wore to announce her engagement. Because her film career was so brief, and her married life so sheltered, we know Grace best through her costumes and the clothes she wore during her five years of greatest stardom.
While I've always admired Grace's perfectly tailored wardrobe and her understanding of proportion and line, I think the elements of Grace's style that I pull into my own life are her accessories. Her Hermès headscarves were an American interpretation of French styling, and her white gloves made her just shy of untouchable. The dark sunglasses she wore in To Catch a Thief look just like a pair my great-grandmother was photographed wearing during the same year, and she often wore horn-rimmed glasses, despite the suggestion that they made her look dowdy. She was so self-assured, and never wanted to dress as anyone except the graceful woman she was.
I can't let a profile of the most stylish Ms. Kelly end without mention of her enduring fashion legacy: the Kelly bag. She used it to shield her growing belly from the prying lenses of photographers, and Hermès was so delighted by the publicity that they happily named the bag in honor of America's princess.
Grace Kelly remains an enduring icon not simply for her costumes, most designed by the celebrated Edith Head, or her Hermès bag. Her clean aesthetic, free of unnecessary elements, represents her excellent taste, and her life continues to inspire the fantasies of girls the world over.
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hip hip gin gin May 18, 2010 at 11:03 PM
I love Grace Kelly, so poised and beautiful! She really lived every little girl's dream didn't she? Wearing beautiful gowns, marrying a real live prince. Truly like a fairy tale. I never tire of looking at her wedding photos she was the most stunning bride.
A Crimson Kiss May 19, 2010 at 2:53 PM
Her wedding photos are some of my favorite! That gown was so incredible.
Punctuation Mark May 19, 2010 at 7:09 PM
what a terrible thing is not having her with us anymore...


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2020 Mercedes-Benz GLB teased
All-new seven-seat SUV looks to be very close to reveal, though we doubt it'll be very different to the Concept GLB shown in April.
The Mercedes-Benz GLB has been previewed with a shadowy teaser image on the company's Twitter account, ahead of a full reveal likely slated for later this year.
In a tweet (bottom), the German marque posted the above photo accompanied by the caption: "The new Mercedes-Benz GLB: intelligent like a smartphone and as practical as a multitool!".
We've already got a good idea of what the GLB will look like, given the Concept GLB revealed in Shanghai earlier this year looked mighty close to production, though Mercedes-Benz looks almost ready to present the final production version which is likely to go on sale globally before the end of the year.
Filling the gap between the baby GLA and the mid-sized GLC, the GLB will offer up to three rows of seating and a spacious interior thanks to its boxy proportions, and it appears the new model will look something like a mini GLE or GLS.
The concept car (above) measured 4634mm long, 1890mm wide and 1900mm tall, which is in the ballpark of something like the Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace. A 2829mm wheelbase also means plenty of legroom in the second row, which should appeal to chauffer-obsessed China.
We know the new SUV will offer the company's intelligent MBUX infotainment interface, and a dashboard layout pretty much lifted from those other compact models – expect a very close resemblance to the related B-Class inside.
Mercedes-Benz said the concept version of the GLB could accommodate up to four child seats across the second and third rows, while the rearmost pews have enough space for "two medium-sized occupants".
Under the skin, the GLB will ride on a version of the small car architecture that underpins the new A-Class, B-Class and CLA.
Expect a range of four-cylinder turbocharged petrol and diesel engines to be offered depending on market, with plug-in hybrid power to be available at some point, while an all-electric EQB is said to be in the pipeline for a 2021 launch.
The concept was powered by an 'M260' 2.0-litre turbo four-cylinder petrol engine shared with the sporty A250, making 165kW of power and 350Nm of torque, sent to a 4Matic all-wheel drive system via an eight-speed dual-clutch automatic.
It's anticipated the GLB could debut in production guise at the Frankfurt motor show in September, before hitting European showrooms at the end of the year.
We'd expect an Australian introduction sometime in 2020, though we'll have to wait until the official reveal for more details.
Stay tuned for all the latest.
The new Mercedes-Benz GLB: intelligent like a smartphone and as practical as a multitool! pic.twitter.com/Asj5G6H7pp
— Mercedes-Benz (@MercedesBenz) June 5, 2019
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