the old CLEARblog is dead, kids.....yes, we'll plant it in the backyard, right next to the tool shed....as the honcho in charge of the blog, imagine my chagrin to find it dead and moldering whence i returned from travelling...died a sad and lonely way, neglected....no food or water either....i feel terrible.... anyway, this is the new one, and with luck, it'll survive... CLEAR will be taking off to the Great Green South a week after Labor Day to participate in a conference at Paris ...