First and formost, congrats and well deserved! To address the personal side first - Is it an open ended job or a fixed term issue? I did a similar thing for a year and a half (Fort Worth, Texas) with weeklong trips home (Montreal, Quebec) to see my girlfriend every two months (and vacations). It worked out ok over that term but we both feel that for it to go over two years would have been a strain. Can you tele-comute? Videoconference with broadband? Or do they actually have to have a butt in a seat? Can you do it there for a startup period and then tele-commute. Some ideas to explore. Richard

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