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From every seat the views are all encompassing. The effect of this is surprising: removing the window frame from the view erases the sense of having sat on a train all day. It changes the character of travel, eliminating that alienating feeling of the world outside being just more TV. You stop being a passenger, and are, instead, placed squarely within the scenery you're passing through. If only all trains were like this.

Employees from Eagle Industries were joined Saturday by political officials, including representatives from Sen. John Kerry s office, who read a joint statement from Kerry and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.

A knock to the head, soon after the teams had stood together on the field for a minute's silence for Phillip Hughes, was always going to deliver a fright to the batsman and everyone watching.