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Headlines: Photos: Michael Jackson's kids hit Las Vegas... James Brown's partner sues for access to home, possessions... Britney Spears and K-Fed to continue joint custody arrangement in February; Taco Bell offers K-Fed a job... Jennifer Hudson calls "American Idol" abusive... Clint Eastwood to receive humanitarian award... Prince and Billy Joel set to sing at Super Bowl... Jay-Z moves into Trump Towers... Patrick Dempsey and wife welcome twin sons... Sara Gilbert ("Roseanne") expecting second child with partner... Whitney Houston wants to speed up divorce from Bobby Brown... Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock agree to finalize divorce on May 28... Miss USA Tara Conner hints at childhood abuse as cause of addiction... Vincent "Don Vito" Margera (Bam's uncle) charged with fondling underage girls... Convicted sex offender Gary Glitter may be released from Vietnam prison.
Rumor Mill: Heather Mills to convert to Catholicism after split from McCartney... J.Lo demands dim lighting, Cuban bread and Skittles for recording session... Johnny Knoxville separates from wife... Lindsay Lohan drops out of movie to focus on her health; mom Dina takes along camera crew to visit Lohan in rehab... Amanda Bynes involved in (non-fatal) Beverly Hills car crash... Angelina Jolie to scatter mother's ashes in Bahamas... Meg Ryan and Matthew Perry dating?
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| February 2, 2007; 7:56 AM ET
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Posted by: hector | February 2, 2007 9:28 AM | Report abuse
Oh my god, what have they been doing to "Blanket", Michael Jackson's kid. Is this the one who was dangled over the balcony?
I didn't think the "Circus-Circus" was a kid place, but I only know it from reading "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas". Maybe it's changed since then.
I don't think I'd let my son have a play date with these folks.
Posted by: Barb | February 2, 2007 9:30 AM | Report abuse
I though Knoxville dumped his wife a while ago.
Well, I guess he sorta did, now they're just making it official.
Posted by: Bored @ work | February 2, 2007 9:56 AM | Report abuse
I don't think that picture lists the right kid. Blanket seems to have grown up soap opera style because that little boy looks older than blanket should be. Or is it just me?
So the train wreck and the parasite are doing the custody thing on a month by month basis? Interesting.
I have a strong feeling that Whitney wants a quick divorce from Bobby so she can make an honest man of Ray J. However, Bobby won't be that easy to shake of.
Seriously, is anyone surprised at the charges going against Bam's uncle. Seriously.
Posted by: petal | February 2, 2007 10:01 AM | Report abuse
Nice of People to exclude Sara Gilbert's role in The Class! She's great as Richie's wife!
Posted by: Columbia, MD | February 2, 2007 10:12 AM | Report abuse
I missed the chat (so sorry, I was so excited for it), and I can't get the link to work to read what I missed out on. Liz, is it just me or is there something wrong with the link?
Posted by: CB | February 2, 2007 10:26 AM | Report abuse
I see that like Aunt Ada Doom, Tara Conner saw something nasty in the woodshed.
Posted by: Chasmosaur | February 2, 2007 10:33 AM | Report abuse
Why are MJ's kids white? I know most people may not remember this but MJ is actually black, not bi-racial, but full-on black with dark skin, wide african nose and full lips and those kids do not look bi-racial in the least.
And before someone calls me racist, this is coming from a black person who remembers when he was a black kid with a 10 foot afro.
Posted by: DYM | February 2, 2007 10:36 AM | Report abuse
DYM: My thoughts exactly! I remember Michael when he was a nice looking young man. It's too bad that, for whatever reason, he has distorted and wrecked his natural being. I find it very hard to believe that these kids are his biological kids.
Posted by: pnina | February 2, 2007 10:51 AM | Report abuse
I want my Taquitos, K-FED, and I want the NOW!!!
Posted by: pete | February 2, 2007 10:54 AM | Report abuse
Is it just me, or is "Jacko" the worst showbiz nickname EVER?
Posted by: Margo | February 2, 2007 11:05 AM | Report abuse
what is it about hollywood that drives folks to such desperation. divorce, drugs, alcohol, child abuse. is anyone trying to fix that place up. sure, they make, by faaaaaaar (remember Bollywood), the best movies on the planet but at what cost. why doesn't someone help these guys. we all like some of them and would like to see them live normal healthy lives but maybe it is something in the water.
Posted by: hani habib | February 2, 2007 11:35 AM | Report abuse
Wait a tick. Is Michael still claiming that he fathered those kids? I'm of the school of thought that he adopted them. I miss that afro and the original Michael.
Posted by: petal | February 2, 2007 11:43 AM | Report abuse
Two of them he supposedly "fathered" with Debbie Rowe, the third one, who knows. Which brings me to another outrage, black children in this country are the least likely to be adopted, people would rather spend 10s of thousands of dollars to adopt from China or Russia before they would adopt a black child, so I am highly offended that he (a former black man) would not adopt within his own race.
Posted by: dym | February 2, 2007 12:30 PM | Report abuse
No, it came out in the custody thing and in the child molestation trial, Jacko is NOT the biological father of the 2 older children. No one knows who is. So, that is why they look so light skinned. Michael hated his dark skin and was not going to have children with the same color skin. Michael Jackson is an idiot.
Posted by: ep | February 2, 2007 12:36 PM | Report abuse
Blanket's hair reminds me of those cheapie Halloween wigs.
Posted by: Emmie | February 2, 2007 12:57 PM | Report abuse
I think Blanket's biological dad is Marilyn Manson.
Maybe some one made an oops at the sperm bank.
Posted by: Barb | February 2, 2007 3:38 PM | Report abuse
cnn ripped diane keaton's new movie today. an even worse review than the one you listed. delicious.
Posted by: frieda406 | February 2, 2007 3:48 PM | Report abuse
Oh, Diane Keaton, what happened to you? I love her in "Reds" and hate what she has become: a pawn in the Hollywood romantic comedy machine.
Liz, have you ever seen the movie "The Good Mother"? It is quite good, really. At least a meaty role.
But she does need to break out of her hair/wardrobe rut in her movies at least. And get some of the scraps off of Helen Mirren's table!
Posted by: Barb | February 2, 2007 5:28 PM | Report abuse
Wait -- so Jacko just straight up bought those 2 older kids? Isn't that illegal? Oh, so since he "married" the mother, then paid her off, er, divorced her and got sole custody...
Nobody even tried to stop it. My skin is crawling, what those poor kids must be going through.
I think Blanket is wearing one of those Halloween hats with the hair attached.
Posted by: miss belle | February 2, 2007 6:52 PM | Report abuse
Leave Michael Jackson alone! What he does with his body and children (whether natural or bought) is his business, so buzz off (you PERFECT people)!! Michael has been humiliated enough in the this country.
Posted by: Christine Gatling-Bailey | February 6, 2007 4:00 PM | Report abuse
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Russia and China plan to take retaliatory measures against the deployment of U.S. missile defense systems in Japan and South Korea, Moscow's ambassador to Beijing warned on Monday.
Speaking to reporters, Ambassador Andrei Denisov said such actions by the neighboring Asian countries pose a security threat to Russia and its regional ally China. He suggested that the decisions from Japan and South Korea would require a response from Moscow and Beijing.
"Those who house such facilities on their territory, which our Chinese partners and we think pose a threat to our security, essentially put their security in jeopardy, as we have to take some retaliatory measures," Denisov said, Russian news agency Tass reported. "And this is absolutely obvious."
South Korea announced in mid-2016 that it supported the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, a U.S. missile defense program. The decision came during the constant threat of a nuclear attack from North Korea. However, in recent months, Seoul and Pyongyang have significantly improved relations, signaling that a lasting peace agreement could be possible. At the same time, skeptics suggest North Korea's Kim Jong Un is merely pandering to ease international sanctions so his country can continue to improve its nuclear capabilities.
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In early June, Norway announced it would more than double the presence of U.S. Marines within its borders starting next year, leading Russia to warn that there would be "consequences." Reports also circulated in May suggesting that Poland offered the U.S. $2 billion to station troops permanently within its borders. Moscow said such a move could "lead to counteraction from" its side.
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Despite threats from Moscow, and Washington appearing to increase its defensive posture against Russia around the world, President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin recently met in Helsinki for a high-profile summit. Following the meeting, the leaders said they agreed to work together more closely on security and military issues. They also said they discussed their nation's respective nuclear arsenals.
Trump has hailed the meeting as a "great success," while many in Washington—from across the political spectrum—have condemned the president for pandering to Moscow as the FBI continues to investigate the president's campaign team for connections and alleged collusion with the Kremlin.


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Children, if you stopped on this page because of the big cartoons and you thought this must be the Funday Times, trust me, it isn't. This article is about grown-up stuff. Stuff that mummy and daddy do. A lot. So if you're under 18, stop reading now and hand this magazine back to them. Off you go. No peeking. Actually, if you're any age under 35, it's probably best to flick to the next article. I doubt your mum and dad will want you reading about shunga, just yet.
So, over-35s, it's me and you! What have we got here? What is shunga? And why am I writing about it now? The first thing to clear up is the difference between shunga and bunga bunga. Yes, they both sound foreign and naughty, but bunga bunga is a specifically Italian form of naughtiness involving corrupt prime ministers and young girls called Ruby, while shunga is specifically Japanese and involves everyone, everywhere. Another big difference is that bunga bunga is sordid, while shunga is not. A uniquely Japanese form of erotic art, featuring some of the most inventive intertwining ever attempted by two, three or four people — they don't even have to be people; octopuses can get involved as well — shunga has recently been the subject of much scholarly enquiry, and is, these days, considered to be a mightily important cultural topic. So un-sordid is it that the British Museum is about to open a big exhibition celebrating its history and presenting shunga as great art. Under-16s will need to be accompanied by an adult. Personally, I'd be more concerned about the over-75s. Perhaps they could list the numbers of some handy cardiac specialists in the catalogue.
Anyway, we will soon be needing to deal with shunga in an adult fashion, so I thought it a good idea to confront this prickly subject early with a spot of pre-emptive penetration. Sorry, maybe penetration isn't the right word. We're going to come at this from a different angle. What I mean is we're just going to dive in.
Shunga originated in Japan around the 10th century. The word means "pictures of spring" in Japanese, although spring in this context appears to involve an oriental double entendre relating to conjugal behaviour. The first shunga-like images were inspired by Chinese medical books, and in particular the sex guides given to emperors to teach them the positions in which yin could be connected fully with yang. As the Maiden explains to the Yellow Emperor in an important Chinese text called the Koso Myoron, which was translated into Japanese in about 1536: "Yin–yang intercourse between heaven and earth brings into being all things in the universe. The lack of yin–yang relations between a man and a woman results in ruin." In short, the more shunga, the better.
Although its origins are ancient, shunga's heyday was the Edo period, between 1603 and 1868, when Japan cut itself off from the rest of the world with a series of remarkable laws designed to separate it from us. The Closed Country Edict of 1635 forbade Japanese nationals from travelling abroad, or from returning if they managed somehow to leave. All foreigners were banned from visiting Japan, except for a small number of Dutch traders allowed access to the tiny island of Dejima in Nagasaki harbour, which wasn't considered to be Japanese soil because the island had been created artificially by advanced Japanese engineering. Any foreigners who arrived elsewhere in Japan were executed without trial.
This is the extraordinary epoch on which the British Museum show will focus.
Separated from the rest of the world for 2½ centuries, encircled by water, unwilling to interact with anywhere else, Edo-period Japan developed a unique cultural ecosystem in which shunga grew and thrived. It's a bit like Galapagos tortoises, related to tortoises everywhere but enlarged by unique circumstances into a spectacular endemic form.
When I say spectacular, I mean spectacular. Enlarged forms do not grow much more enlarged than the huge oriental todgers that get waved around in shunga. Those of us who have imagined the Japanese to be lightly built in the lunchbox department will need to begin re-imagining furiously after this display. What is being described here in these busy scenes of round-the-clock fornication is a nation of well-endowed studs who appear, on this evidence, to spend all their waking hours ensuring that the yin-yang equilibrium is fully maintained. To make sure that we spot the member in all the furious intertwining that characterises shunga, the artists of the Edo period even added helpful bits of colour-coding to their imagery. See that dark tree trunk being sucked helplessly into the centre of that swirling red whirlpool? That's not a tree trunk. And that's not a whirlpool.
The British Museum will be including various ancient fertility objects in its display to remind us of the sheer oldness of this territory: portable wooden penises and the like, which we used to carry around and worship in our untrousered past. There are some erotic netsuke too, Japanese belt toggles made of ivory, which open up to reveal energetic couples busily maintaining the yin-yang equilibrium. The bigger point the show will seek to make is that, for most of human history, sex has been a central subject for art — the force that makes the world go round — and it is only in our own deviant times that this ancient linkage between human existence and art has been broken. No arguments there. You only have to look at the cover of Nuts magazine to see how deviant we have become.
Interestingly, most of the more curious exhibits on show were originally deposited within something called the Secretum. Did you know the British Museum had a Secretum? Me neither. It seems that as long ago as 1865, a keen British collector of erotica called George Witt, a former mayor of Bedford, physician and banker, donated his collection to the British Museum where it was hastily shoved under the mattress and kept from public view for the best part of a century. So secret was the Secretum that only trusted BM curators were allowed access to it. Nowadays, its contents have been divided up among the various cultural territories from whence they were plucked, but it remains true that the British Museum has kept all this very quiet for a very long time.
Timothy Clark, the head of the Japanese department at the British Museum and the curator responsible for Shunga: sex and pleasure in Japanese art, occupies a secretum of his own hidden away behind a couple of doorways at the far end of the Japanese section. Neat and bespectacled, Clark displays no outward sign of being passionate about the orient; whatever it is that fascinates him about shunga is kept out of sight beneath a dusty academic exterior — this is a man who clearly ranks the pursuit of knowledge above all the rest of life's myriad pleasures. Somewhere inside, shunga must have given his Englishness a furious shaking.


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Translucent widget does not let events through on Linux
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I have an application with a background widget (which displays clickable items) and an overlaying widget on top of it. This overlaying widget has a translucent background (with attribute
WA_TranslucentBackground) in order to be able to see the background widget through it, and it also has the
Qt::Toolflag so that it always stays on top. The overlaying widget has a few children with buttons and pictures (which thus create non-transparent clickable parts).
On Windows, clicking on a fully transparent part of the overlaying widget works as expected, i.e. the background widget receives the mouse click event.
On Linux (Debian Stretch, I couldn't not test on any other distro) however, clicking on a transparent part of the overlaying widget does not work as expected. The background widget never receives the mouse event ; the overlaying widget (or on of its children) gets the event instead of letting it go through.
I have looked for other flags and attributes which would explain that, but with to luck. I have tested with the
WA_TransparentForMouseEventsattribute on the overlaying widget: this attribute works as expected (the background widget gets the events and the overlaying widget does not), but I still need to be able to click on the opaque parts of the overlaying widget, so this attribute is not a solution.
Has anybody any clue why this behaviour is different on Windows and Linux, and is there a way to fix that?
Many thanks.
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Report it as a bug in the Qt bugtracker. Behaviour should be either consistent on all platforms, or the documentation should explicitly mention differences.
Regarding your problem: try reimplementing mouse events (http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qwidget.html#mousePressEvent et al) and setting
event->setAccepted(false). This will propagate the events further (and by checking event coordinates you can selectively block/ unblock regions of the widget).
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Thanks for your reply. I have reported it as a bug.
As for your solution, I am trying it right now.


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414 Kings Highway
Fairfield, CT 06824
JLN is providing construction management services for the construction of this 14,500 square foot project. Building features include a brick veneer exterior with concrete cast accent bands and building accent awnings. The sitework includes pre-drilling blasting of the existing rock face at the rear of the property. The building's exterior appearance is intended to resemble an old factory as a nod to Fairfield past. Scheduled for completion in the Summer of 2015.


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The bear in this story is very hungry, but he doesn't want to eat the egg sandwiches Jack offers him.
What sandwiches would you make for a bear if one came to visit you?
Can you draw them?
When Jack finds out the bear wants to eat him he tries to put him off by saying he'll taste of frogspawn and grass stains and snot; dirty socks and bits of string and mud!
What would you tell a bear you taste of in order to stop it eating you?(Make a list to keep handy, just in case you ever need one!)
How do you think the bear feels at the end of the story?
What do you think it's going to do next?
At the end of the story another animal comes to Jack's door. Can you see what it is? (Look carefully at the last page).
What do you think this animal wants?
Is it hungry too?
What will it ask for and what will Jack do this time?
I'd love to hear the story you make up all about Jack's new visitor!


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Schiaparelli Crater is a 460 kilometer (286 mile) wide multi-ring structure. However, it is a very shallow crater, apparently filled by younger materials such as lava and/or fluvial and aeolian sediments.
Most of the floor is covered by a thin layer of dust, but in places where there are patches of dark sand, there is also well-exposed bedrock. This sand-bedrock association is commonly seen on Mars, and most likely, the sand is actively saltating (hopping in the wind) and kicks off the dust.
The enhanced-color cutout reveals the relatively bright bedrock, which has a morphology similar to other deposits on Mars interpreted as "dust-stone," or ancient dust deposits that have been hardened into coherent bedrock.
In summary, one interpretation is that actively-moving sand kicks off the loose dust so we can see the hardened dust.
HiRISE is one of six instruments on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The University of Arizona, Tucson, operates HiRISE, which was built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, Colo. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington.


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Marvelous Entertainment announced today that the company is ceasing development of new I.P entirely, citing lackluster sales as one of the primary reasons behind the decision.
In light of the performance of Little King's Story, which was MMV's last notable new property, developed in collaboration with the now-bankrupt Cing Inc., Marvelous are concerned that they could potentially meet the same fate as their former partner if they don't take steps to ensure their survival. Part of this involves focusing on the development of online and browser-based games. MMV have already taken the first steps toward this goal with the Twitter-based Followars for iPad and Little King's Story for mobile phones.
Meanwhile, their traditional games development will focus primarily on the PSP, which is the platform they've had the most success with. At some point within the next financial year, Marvelous also plan to develop for the Nintendo 3DS, but as of now, president Haruki Nakayama is unsure of whether or not they will resume development of new properties by then.
Marvelous have been experimenting with ways to streamline their business for some time now. Earlier in the year, the company sold its 50% stake in European subsidiary Rising Star Games to Intergrow, a Japanese game publisher, and switched to an overseas licensing model by which publishers would be required to bid for publishing rights to Marvelous games. Several of MMV's top executives also took deep salary cuts in response to a disappointing earnings forecast. In march, they parted ways with company director and Harvest Moon creator Yasuhiro Wada, who is now an advisor to MMV.
The important point to take away here, though, is that Marvelous are determined not to go out of business and are open to doing whatever it takes to remain in the business of developing games. While I have to admit it's a little unnerving to see a publisher that Siliconera holds so dear — just look at the number of links in this write-up alone — going through a financial crisis, it's good to see that Marvelous aren't giving up.


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So today I am sure many of you are baking and cooking away, not to mention shopping.
It is hard during these days to think about not eating those tempting goodies that you are slaving away on, right?
I am sure you are standing there right now saying, "how am I going to stay away?" or "how am I going to be good on my diet when there is so much good food?"
Well, you don't have to be perfect you know. It is the holidays after all.
But, you don't have to gorge either!
Just because, the recipe says to cut the pie into 6-8 slices doesn't mean that you can't slim that down and say cut the pie into 10 slices. Or maybe instead of making muffins, you can make mini-muffins instead. Or what about making smaller cookies. Your in control you know.
Just because you are looking to get fit, doesn't mean that you have to deprive yourself. What good will that do anyway? You will just end up binging and gorging anyway. And, oh the next morning feeling, like "I shouldn't have done that…"
Make smaller slices and cookies…and indulge and enjoy. Just don't go overboard.
And, don't forget to get your water in. Keeps the hunger at bay.
So, go back to cooking, baking, and shopping. But remember, just because it's the holiday season, your fitness goals do not have to go down the drain.
Don't say, "I can start January 1st…" Your better than that!
I will be back tomorrow with another tip to help you get through the holidays!
P.S. – If you missed yesterday's tip, head over here!


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Many famous artists have been playing my instruments for many years and are enthusiastic about their quality. They are played in countries such as Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, England, France, Austria, Russia, Switzerland, Slovenia, Spain, Thailand and the USA.
Internationally renowned soloists, professional musicians in orchestras and chamber ensembles, professors, and students as well as ambitious amateur musicians (whose notable listing would go too far) own an instrument made by me.
Frans Helmerson, David Geringas, Alexander Baillie, Alban Gerhardt, Mischa Maisky, Johannes Degen and many other musicians have personally confirmed the high tonal quality of the instruments.
Jens Peter Maintz
"It is a pleasure to own the miraculous Schnabl/Montagnana and perform on it. Congratulations to the creator"
Jens Peter Maintz has owned the model Montagnana "Pergamenschikow" since the beginning of 2006. On the 9th February he played a solo recital in the Nuremberg Meistersinger's hall on the 4 month "young" cello, but in the program it stated he was playing his "Italian" instrument. In the following critique of the "NN" on 11th February 2006:
"...Maintz allows himself no breathing space, takes many risks, pushes his Ruggeri of 1696 beyond normal limits, and nevertheless, never loses control. A sensational luxururious sound which was received by the fascinated audience with rapturous applause".
Another concert criticism from the "Westfaelischer Anzeiger", dated from the 28.11.2006:
"The climax of the evening was the performance of the Kodaly sonata for solo cello. Maintz explored the full sonorities of his cello (built 1696) whilst including brilliant displays of double stops, flageolet and pizzicato. The full and penetrating tone of the cello enhanced the perfect technique of one of the leading cellists of his generation."
The cello shown above is my new model Montagnana 'Grande', it was developed in collaboration with JP Maintz.
Since October 2010, he plays it on a regular basis, the cello from 2006 is now in the possession of his former pupil Nadja Reich.
Amit Peled
Amit Peled plays this cello since May 2010:
"It is my delight to write about Wolfgang Schnabl's fantastic work and the beautiful cello that he made for me in 2010. The cello is Schnabl's Opus136 or the way I like to call it - "MontagSchnabl". It is a magnificent example of his mastery!
I love performing with it, and even though I have a beautiful A. Guarnerius cello, I find myself using mostly my "MontagSchnabl" on stage.
I salute Wolfgang for making such an instrument and encourage cellists around the world to try out his cellos."
Cellistically yours,
Amit Peled
Raphael Wallfisch
"For Wolfgang, with best wishes and admiration for a beautiful Cello"
Raphael Wallfisch, London. I have known Raphael since 1994, when he was a tone juror at the cello making competition in Manchester. Out of 56 submitted cellos he liked mine best, which received 5th place in the final ranking. Some months later he purchased the instrument, and since that time has owned several of my cellos. One is now played by his son Simon. Since the summer of 2016 he owns the cello, model Grancino 'Schucan', depicted here.
Marcio Botelho
"From the first time I played it, with the varnish not quite dry, this instrument had great power and showed a depth and variety of color usually associated with much older instruments. In the past year, I have been constantly amazed at this cello's evolution: how it reveals more and greater possibilities every time I play it. Every day I spend with my Schnabl cello is a joy; when I hear the sound of it, and when I admire Wolfgang's exquisite craftsmanship and artistry, I know this is the last cello I will ever need to own."
Marcio Botelho
Principal Cellist,
"The President's Own"
United States Marine Chamber Orchestra
Marcio Botelho and Charlie Powers, with their cellos purchased in February and June of 2010, while both were members of the the US Marine Chamber Orchestra at the White House, in Washington, DC, USA.
Boris Pergamenschikow
The late Boris Pergamenschikow owned a copy from 1999 until his death in April 2004 of his Italian cello from D. Montagnana, Venice, which I built at his request. Amongst other performances, Boris Pergamenschikow played this cello with great success in a performance of the Dvorak concerto Op.104 on 13.05.99 in Jena. He then lent the instrument to his pupil Sebastian Klinger, who subsequently won a cello competition and recorded his 1st CD. Sebastian Klinger played all concerts during this time on the cello. After the death of Boris Pergamenschikow the instrument remained at his explicit wish in the possession of the family, and was lent by his widow Tanya to the Kronberg "Pergamenschikow foundation". It was subsequently made available to Danjulo Ishizaka who plays it now in alternating with the Stradivari cello "Emanuel Feuermann" (1730).
Natalia Gutman
"Dear Wolfgang! With best wishes and enthusiasm for your talent"
Natalia Gutman has been in possession of a 5-string cello, which I built upon her request, since 1997. I exhibited this instrument at the Kronberg cello festival in autumn this year. David Geringas played the cello during the exhibiton.


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After writing about my problem with a dead graphics card yesterday I had a PC with a 12 year old Matrox mystique PCI card proving everything else worked. Surely something that old couldn't handle Leopard? Only one way to find out. The Kalyway 10.5.1 disc went in, and to my amazement twenty minutes later I had a working hackintosh. Sure, the display was stuck at 1024×768 and windows had some corrupted menu bars, but it worked. Does a Core 2 Quad and a Matrox Mystique win any awards for the biggest age gap between PC components? Read more…
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The United States Air Force flew its supersonic B1-B nuclear-capable bomber over the Korean peninsula on Wednesday; sending a clear message of American strength in the region as North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un continues to threaten the US with all-out nuclear war.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff confirmed the maneuver this week, saying the US warships "simulated land strikes" off the east coast of the peninsula to show America's resolve to "punish" Kim should he continue to expand his nuclear and missile programs.
The strikes were part of a five-day massive military drill, code-named Vigilant Ace, between the US and South Korea.
"Through the drill, the South Korean and U.S. air forces displayed the allies' strong intent and ability to punish North Korea when threatened by nuclear weapons and missiles," said one South Korean official.
The joint military exercise includes the B1-B bombers, F-22 fighters, F-35 fighters, support aircraft, and over 10,000 American service members.
Kim Jong Un lashed-out at the US exercise earlier this week, saying the drill may inadvertently start World War 3.


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Frances Renault highlights obstacles to reshoring industries
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The Covid-19 crisis has highlighted the Western world's dependence on Asian countries for manufactured goods. But trying to reshore industries is difficult to put into practice – as shown by the case of French carmaker Renault, which is cutting jobs at home.
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In a speech at the end of March as the coronavirus crisis raged, French President Emmanuel Macron argued that the pandemic calls for economic sovereignty: "We must produce more in France, on our soil" and "rebuild our national and European sovereignty." This chimes with the centrists rhetoric before the crisis about a "Europe that protects", tempering the effects of globalisation through the barrier of the EU single market.
Like many other world leaders, Macron has unleashed massive state intervention in the economy to manage the crisis. He announced plans to quickly ramp up production of face masks and ventilators to address shortfalls, while his government has disbursed billions of euros to businesses affected by the virus – warning that it "wont tolerate" such companies rewarding shareholders with dividends this year – and responded to the threat of food shortages by exhorting supermarkets to "stock French products".
The French government has also been embarrassed by revelations in French daily Le Monde in early May that France was self-sufficienct in medical supplies in the 2000s, only to dismantle that system in the 2010s, leading to drastic shortfalls at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. France has been notably dependent on Chinese supplies of face masks.
For its part, Frances employers union Medef has given Macrons approach its seal of approval. In the recovery plan it presented on May 28, the organisation advocated "targeted relocation of strategic sectors in France and Europe, with healthcare a priority".
Job cuts at Renault
The French government has tried to implement this agenda with carmaker Renault, in which it owns a 15 percent stake. In return for a €5 billion bailout for the company, Macron asked for a "strong commitment" to "relocating value-added production" to France.
But contrary to the governments wishes, Renault announced on May 29 that it would cut 4,600 jobs in France, out of 48,000 posts, as part of a savings plan.
Industries like car manufacturing may pose limitations to what government reshoring agendas can do. Automotive firms are struggling; production in Europe and North America is estimated at 50 to 70 percent less than it was a year ago, as employees were asked to stay at home during lockdowns and people are buying fewer cars amid the economic crisis.
As The Economist headlined in April: "The car industry is facing a short-term crisis and long-term decline." Concerns over climate change herald the looming death of its speciality – the internal combustion engine – and innovators like Tesla threaten creative destruction by mastering new, green technologies.
While stocks in companies like Amazon – seen as more than capable of weathering the current economic storms with impressive long-term prospects – have continued to rise during the Covid-19 pandemic, Renaults share price has more than halved since the start of the year. Its current price to book value (the total worth of its assets) ratio is a paltry 0.17 percent – suggesting that investors have low expectations for its performance over theRead More – Source


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What you'll need:
In order to receive an aliyah, you must know your Hebrew name and your father's Hebrew name. (They will both be used to call you up to the Torah.) You also need to know whether you are a Kohen, Levi or Yisrael (this will determine which aliyah you will receive). Depending on the custom in your synagogue, you may need to don a tallit before your aliyah.
Step 1: Get called up
The gabbai (beadle) announces in Hebrew: "Arise, (your name) son of (your father's name)!" Upon hearing your Hebrew name called, rise and walk over to the bimah (reading platform) and stand to the right of the reader, facing the Torah scroll. It is customary to take the shortest route to get there, expressing an eagerness to approach the Torah.
Step 2: Prepare to bless
The reader will show you where the Torah reading begins and ends. Touch the beginning and end of the Torah reading with the corner of your tallit (or the Torah's sash) and kiss it. Close the Torah and hold both handles while reciting the blessing.
Step 3: The blessings
The blessings recited over the Torah thank G‑d for choosing us as His nation and for giving us the Torah, His covenant with us.
Start by saying the following:
This is what it sounds like:
Ba-r'chu et a-do-nai ha-m'vo-rach.
This is what it means:
Bless the L‑rd who is blessed.
The congregation responds:
Repeat after the congregation:
This is what it sounds like:
Ba-ruch a-do-nai ha-m'vo-rach l'o-lahm va-ed.
This is what it means:
Blessed be the L‑rd who is blessed for all eternity.
Now recite the following blessing:
This is what it sounds like:
Ba-ruch a-tah A-do-nai Eh-lo-hay-nu meh-lech ha-o-lahm, a-sher ba-char ba-nu mi-kol ha-a-meem, v'na-tahn la-nu et Torah-toh. Ba-ruch a-tah A-do-nai, no-tayn ha-Torah.
This is what it means:
Blessed are You, L‑rd our G‑d, King of the universe, who has chosen us from among all the nations and given us His Torah. Blessed are You, L‑rd, who gives the Torah.
The congregation will respond "Amen."
Step 4: The reading
While the Torah is being read, hold the handle of the scroll nearest you. If possible, follow the Hebrew words inside the scroll and read along silently.
When the reader concludes, touch first the end and then the beginning of the reading with the corner of your tallit (or the Torah's sash) and kiss it. Close the Torah, and holding both handles, recite the second blessing.
Step 5: The second blessing
This is what it sounds like:
Ba-ruch a-tah A-do-nai Eh-lo-hay-nu meh-lech ha-o-lahm, a-sher na-tan la-nu toh-raht e-met, v'cha-yay o-lahm na-ta b'toe-chay-nu. Ba-ruch a-tah A-do-nai, no-tayn ha-Torah.
This is what it means:
Blessed are You, L‑rd our G‑d, King of the universe, who has given us the Torah of truth and planted eternal life within us. Blessed are You, L‑rd, who gives the Torah.
Mazal tov!
During the bar mitzvah boy's aliyah, his family will distribute candies (preferably soft jelly candies) to the congregation. When the second blessing is concluded, the bar mitzvah boy is showered with candies, representing a shower of sweet blessings, as the congregation sings Mazal Tov. He has now officially become a bar mitzvah.
Step 6: After the aliyah
After the aliyah, stand on the right side of the bimah until the end of the following aliyah (or, if it was the last aliyah, until the Torah is raised). When returning to your seat, do not use the shortest route.
Note: To ensure that you're well prepared, it is advisable to review the procedure with your rabbi, and to attend synagogue services in the months leading up to the bar mitzvah.
The father's blessing
The father of the bar mitzvah boy should accompany him to the bimah for his aliyah, and stand to one side as the blessings are being recited. Following the aliyah, the father recites a special blessing thanking G‑d for reaching this auspicious moment.
There are a few variations of the blessing. Here is the Chabad version:
This is what it sounds like:
Ba-ruch she-p'ta-ra-nee mei-o-nesh ha-la-zeh.
This is what it means:
Blessed be He who has released me from being punishable for this [boy].
The bar mitzvah boy is now a full-fledged member of the Jewish people, and as such, he is responsible for his own actions. Until this point, his parents could claim credit for his accomplishments, but they also had to take responsibility for his mistakes. Now that he is officially an adult, they are relieved of that responsibility. This blessing expresses that transition.


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Film Connection Letter | Dixon Cain Productions
December 24, 1999
Dear Jim,
I first want to thank you for the opportunity to work with your program. This experience has been wonderful. I have had the opportunity to give back to and industry I have come to love so much. As a filmmaker and entrepenuer who graduated from film school, I appreciate having a chance to share my knowledge and my growth as a filmmaker with other who share the same passion.
I have worked with a number of people and you offer them a chance to obtain hands-on experience and guidance from industry professionals — an inside track where they may not otherwise have it. That is invaluable.
I hope to continue working with you and the TV & Film Connection for many years to come.
Tyrone D. Dixon
20147 Acre St.* Winnetka, CA 91306
[email protected] * www.dixon-cain.com


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hold (one's) temper(redirected from you hold your temper)
hold (one's) temper
To refrain from becoming angered, enraged, or upset due to some provocation; to maintain control of one's composure despite being angry or upset. You're a good driver, but if you don't do a better job of holding your temper when other drivers make mistakes, you're going to end up causing a crash some day. It's hard to hold my temper with the kids after being kept awake by them all night long.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2022 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
hold one's temper
Also, keep one's temper. Refrain from expressing violent anger, maintain composure or poise. For example, Billy has to learn to hold his temper when he's frustrated, or If the chairman can keep his temper, the matter will get settled. [c. 1700] For an antonym, see lose one's temper.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.


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beneficial, good for you, healthful, Healthy, hygienic, invigorating, salutary, sanitary, wholesome
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B&B La Vignaredda
Natural granite artworksLocated in the cozy village of Aggius, at 550 metres above sea level and in the very heart of the Gallura area, La Vignaredda is an ancient manor house with attention to details and antique furniture. Close to the Valle della Luna, the Moon Valley, an incredible place with massive granite boulders creating a magical atmosphere.
The Hotel
The house has a good location, right in the little historical centre with easy access to shops and services (bank, markets, pharmacy), with a large garden overlooking the wide valley and the granite mountains in the distance. A careful and conservative restoration work has transformed the house into a comfortable residence for holidays, creating 4 differently sized and fully furnished apartments, and 2 rooms with private bathrooms. It's possible to book a rich Breakfast, including traditional bread, butter, fresh squeeze orange juice, milk, traditional yogurt, tea, coffee, honey, homemade marmalade, traditional cookies and homemade cake, seasonal fruit and vegetables.
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Asking Questions
Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him." Matthew 2:2 (ESV)
Consider: The wise men had very little fear. They ask questions because they are learners and not afraid of looking dumb. We have a saying at North Valley: the leaders are the learners. Learners ask questions. Matthew tells us that the wise men came to ask King Herod where the King of the Jews was. Herod could have responded, "He is right here. I'm the King of the Jews." King Herod had indeed been put into power by Caesar Augustus as a client king in Judea to maintain Roman peace. But everyone around Herod knew that he was dangerous, like a crazy man with a gun. He had way too much power and way too many insecurities. When these Magi asked Herod such a bold question, didn't they know his reputation, or didn't they care? Having come to Herod's palace in Jerusalem, they had to know Herod was the King of Judea. Herod would have considered any other claimant to the throne a threat to him and a threat to Romel.
Because of the magi's question, we can plainly see that, though the Magi aced astrology class, they skipped Jewish theology. The men had wisdom enough to know when to ask for help but not enough to study the scriptures. What is to be noted about these men is there boldness to ask questions. Too many times we fail to ask questions. The answers could be within reach.
Remember that Joseph too asked questions (Matthew 1:18-25). He didn't understand how in the world Mary was pregnant, so he asked the Angel questions concerning his fiancée's pregnancy!
Remember that Mary asked questions of the angel Gabriel about how she was supposed to give birth to Jesus since she was a virgin (Luke 1:34). In each of these instances we find a patient and loving God, more than glad to answer them.
Remember that doubting Thomas—who spent more than three years with Jesus as He preached incredible sermons and performed incredible miracles, heard him predict His own death, burial and resurrection—saw Jesus after that first Easter Sunday and asked, "Can you prove you are really Jesus? Can you show me your scars? If it's you, show me!" The Lord responded, "Yes, I can prove it" (John 20:24-29). God doesn't cower from questions; he answers. He has no one to impress and nothing to prove. He is simply God.
Apply: Do you have a question for God? Or maybe one for a pastor? Feel free to ask. God isn't opposed to asking questions. In fact, it's key part of the learning process for most of the prominent men and women of the faith.
Pray: Lord, help me be bold enough to ask question when I don't know the answers. I have nothing to prove and no one to impress. Christ in me is enough. I depend on you. Help me to always be a learner. In Jesus' name, amen.
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Coal for 'naughty', Candy-cane for 'nice'. Simples? I was tagged by Liam at Bookworm Hole. He's sent me a list of bookish things, and I have to tell you whether I've been naughty or nice.
Received an advanced review copy and not reviewed it –
NAUGHTY. The first time I did this, the book touched on a subject I was unhappy to read about. There are good reasons people don't finish books. I review most books I'm sent. It is difficult to know what to do when we just plain don't get on with a book. Most bloggers start out as reviewers – people who want to talk about the books they have read with other bookish people. What is not apparent from the outside is the degree to which some people look for us to be promoters. Book reviews can and do affect a book's sales, and authors are very real people who see negative reviews. When I don't get on with a book, I feel the conflict between those two identities. Not reviewing is one solution which can suit all parties.
Have less than 60% feedback rating on Netgalley –
NICE … I think. My suggested feedback averages around 80%. The trouble is when we get click-happy and are accepted for five at once. I have some to work through at the moment, but also have a large physical TBR pile. It might be worth a bit of time on Netgalley, before the damage is irreversible.
Rated a book on Goodreads, promised a full-review on your blog, then failed to keep your promise –
NICE … Never promise. Never, ever promise. Failing to keep my Goodreads updated would be a fat lump of coal, but nobody asked me that. I find Goodreads time-consuming for what comes back from it. I believe it used to be about online book groups, but now it seems to be more about sales. Twitter has a nicer balance.
Folded down the page of a book, spilled liquid on a book or otherwise blemished, blighted or marred a book –
The adjectives say it all. I should become a librarian. NICE.
Failed to finish a book –
Well, if they award lumps of coal for that, they deserve to have coal rammed down their throats. **QUESTION VOID**
Bought a book purely because it was pretty with no intention of reading it –
Intention? I probably intended to read it … but we'll call that NAUGHTY. Strange the Dreamer and A Place Called Perfect come to mind. Their covers are striking. They were all over my Twitter feed and I *needed* them. Did I make any serious effort towards reading them. Nadda. Other books came along.
Read when you were meant to be doing something else –
NAUGHTY. My hair is a constant mess and my handbag is always disorganised. It's a choice between getting ready or the next chapter. There is no contest.
Borrowed a book and not returned it –
NICE. I have done this in the past, but it came about because the person in question failed to realise I hadn't clicked with the book. Keep hold of it, keep hold of it … you know what happens. You can't say no, you can't read it. It sifts down the book pile and festers at the bottom.
Broke a book buying ban –
NAUGHTY. I succeeded second time around, and went beyond my four week stipulation. The fact I stocked up ahead possibly helped.
Started a review, left it for ages then forgotten what the book was about –
The elf-jury would be split on this one. There have been times when I could have done a better job if I'd written it within 24 hours, but I've never failed to review as a result.
Wrote in a book you were reading – NICE. 2017 is the year I discovered stationery, or more specifically the year I got addicted to Paperchase. There is no need to write in books when you have a draw full of notebooks. I did annotate books as a student. It might be cute to read my Undergrad. copy of Wuthering Heights to see what I wrote in the margins.
Finished a book and not added it to your Goodreads –
We spoke about this earlier … and I thought I'd got away with it. NAUGHTY.
The Final Count –
One question drawn, and one discounted. These aside the final count is:
A close call, but the survey says I'm nice enough. Does that mean I get a Book Token in my stocking? It's a bit late in the season to tag anyone, but if you answer please let me know and I'll leave a comment.


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There is a school of thought out there that suggests you shouldn't ask people to follow you on Twitter. They think if people want to follow you, they will just magically find you and follow you; or if you're tweets are cool enough they will follow you. There is even a school of thought that says you should tweet often and if what you tweet is interesting enough, the people you want to follow you will follow you. There's an old Asian saying, "Starving man wait long time for roast duck to fly in mouth." This could not be more true. The idea that if you tweet it they will come from a business aspect is asinine, if not just plain reckless.
From time to time I get people that ask me to follow them on Twitter. And usually I do. Now if these people didn't ask me, not only would I not have followed them, I wouldn't have even known they existed. To take the position that it is wrong, silly, or desperate to ask someone to follow you is either pride or ego; neither of those is profitable. There is NOTHING about NOT asking someone you want to follow you to do so, that makes sense. It's the basic equivalent to wanting to take a girl out, but instead of just asking her for her number, you dress nice everyday, make sure you are in her vicinity, and have random conversations around her in hopes of saying something she finds interesting, and then she just gives you her number. If we did that the population would shrink by 70% in my lifetime.
James 4:2 states"…Ye have not because ye ask not." If you want something ask for it. If they say no, so be it. But at least you know. Now I have given you the common sense reasons why you should ask for people to follow you. Now I'm going to give you the fiduciary reasons. I asked a person to follow me, and a friend of mine had the audacity to tweet a smart remark about it. That's cool. They have that right. Well that person followed me, and one of their followers found me also. They both became clients. Since then I have sold them about $15,000 worth of clothing, and it has led to 3 speaking engagements, paying my standard day rate. So all in all, had I took my friends position, I would have made over $25,000 less money in 2 months, and had 4 less target market contacts in my cell phone.Now maybe her position makes since in a social environment. But when you are an entrepreneur, everything is about business and everything is about your brand.
I don't expect her or other non-entrepreneurs to understand that. By the things some business owners tweet, there are some entrepreneurs that don't fully grasp personal branding themselves. She is very, very good at her job and doesn't rely on social media as part of her brand marketing for financial gain.
Until next time,
God Bless and dress well
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Fear of Abandonment Has Driven My Life into the Ground
Six months ago, if I had been tied to a very uncomfortable chair and tortured for weeks while interrogators screamed, "What is your greatest fear?" the only things I could have come up with would have been maybe … centipedes. Or dying in a hospital bed. Or maybe that the next "Star Wars" film will suck.
But then I read a book and realized something big: My greatest fear is abandonment. If I hadn't read that book, I doubt I would have ever been able to name my fear. Yet abandonment insecurities have corrupted much in my life: friendships, romance, familial relations, my self-esteem, the way I (ab)use my energy.
Subconscious fears are odd things, yeah? When I was younger, I felt a trusted person abandoned me during an extreme situation. It was so traumatizing that my mind edited the event. Recently, I read an essay from college in which I described that life season. I wrote the narrative as if the person who'd abandoned me had instead stood by my side all along. Heck, the entire theme of the essay was how supportive that person was.
I felt most afraid in those cold hospitals when alone at night or on the surgery table surrounded by unfamiliar faces. More than once, I was broken up with because my medical crises scared girlfriends. I frequently had weekslong hospitalizations without having visitors my age. It was common for friends to distance themselves once I was released — I didn't know the latest inside jokes and drama. Plus, people fear closeness with a dying person: Friends deleted me on social media while I was in end-stage cystic fibrosis only to add me back once my lung transplant had saved me.
Once, I had a meltdown when I revealed my fear of abandonment to an incredible friend. He said he'd always be there for me. I felt a ball of anger rise behind the tears in my eyes as I told him that he was a liar and didn't even realize it. I was so sure that I was "just another friend" to him. Closer friends had abandoned me in the past. So I decided I had to become more valuable to those friends.
It seemed logical to me that to prevent people from leaving when I got in a spot of trouble, I had to become "valuable."
How does one grow value? In my head, it's by being the most helpful, optimistic, inspiring, energetic, nonconfrontational, hilarious, never-needs-help, dependable person possible. So I wring myself dry, burn myself out, obliterate my tire treads. I push relentlessly to be superhuman when the reality is that my disease makes me weaker than the average person. I strive to outdo the strongest of my peers in social output when instead I should pursue extra rest, extra self-care, extra mental guards, extra help.
I drive myself so brutally that my vision goes blurry and I get migraines; that I can barely stand and I forget to eat; that "no" deletes itself from my dictionary; that I despise myself when I realize that my goals are unobtainable.
One might say this is a little unhealthy. Matter of fact, more than "one": Teenagers I mentor, elders who mentor me, relatives, and friends have staged interventions to tell me that I need to rest. They advise me to stay home and be still. They see the bags beneath my eyes and hear the fumble in my words and smell my stress sweat and feel the tension in our hugs. (I don't think they taste anything.)
Many in the cystic fibrosis community can relate to burning out to impress others, and not only because of abandonment issues. Don't we feel like we need to "catch up" when we get out of the hospital? That we have to prove ourselves to be more than our disease? Many with a transplant, like me, suffer from survivor's guilt that drives us to justify our lives. It all sucks.
You know what? I don't have wise solutions for us. My fear of abandonment continues to orchestrate my life. Really, this column was written as a space to vent and to make loved ones aware of this problem that I know many other CFers suffer from.
I've rested in solitude for a week, and people are still checking in on me, offering to order me food delivery (I still can't accept help, but thanks), sending affirming words by text. Resting makes me feel more sane, more secure, more in control than when I'm destroying myself by serving only others. The fear dulls.
Why are people still caring for me while I'm isolated? I don't know what's different between now and back when I constantly felt abandoned. Whatever.
I've only known of this life-corrupting psychological force for a few months now. That isn't too long. I'm confident I'll find a way to fully understand and overcome my fear of abandonment, and I'll let you know when I do.
Make me feel unabandoned (I'm joking) by following my adventures on my Instagram, @coffee.cats_.
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New Year's Day! A day of dilemmas, as I try to decide the best location / time of use for each and every one of the many lovely presents I have received this Christmas. What a lucky gal I am! Or, as we are wont to
declare, when the last gift has been unwrapped, the last greeting label read, the last piece of wrapping paper subjected to the "crunch test" to determine whether or not it can be recycled - "Didn't we do well!?"
Having retired to bed at the reasonable time of a quarter after midnight (yes, we listened to Big Ben strike and watched the fireworks) I am reasonably bright eyed and bushy-tailed
this morning, compared with New Year's Days in times gone by when Mr B and I had been out partying till the small hours. I may miss the carousing - but I don't miss feeling tired and out of sorts on the very first day of a New Year. It's
like turning to the first page of a new notebook and finding somebody has already scribbled on it.
Mr B watches in some bemusement as I carry my presents around
the house, trying them out here, or there, or wherever. No such problem, to be fair, with my Backdoor Shoes, a present from my Little Sister and her fella which are neatly positioned - yes, you've guessed it - at the back door. They are going to be so
very useful when I have to trot to the garage to (i) empty the tumble dryer; (ii) fetch a new carton of milk from the fridge; or (iii) consult the contents of the freezer. There are days when I make at least a dozen visits to the garage. Sometimes I even remember
I am not prepared to put the new DVDs we have been given - The Crown for me, Tottenham Hotspur 2016/7 for Mr B - neatly on the appropriate shelves,
just in case we forget about them. We need to watch them first. The trouble is Mr B doesn't fancy watching The Crown and I don't fancy watching football. We may need to arrive at a compromise. Or find our old DVD player which is hiding in a cupboard
somewhere, obviously not wanting to be drawn into a confrontation.
I have found the perfect places for my framed photographs of my Swift Girls, Katie and Eleanor,
and of Mr B and me with our Welsh Boys - these needed to be in full view from my armchair but not crowded out by all the other photographs dotted around our room. My new book - The Keeper Of Lost Things - is on my bedside table, all ready to be dipped into
when I go to bed tonight. I love the title - I rather think I, too, am a keeper of lost things, except that - as well you regular readers know - my lost things (of which I have many) have been swallowed up in a big, dark hole somewhere within the house, possibly
never to be seen again. Maybe my new book will give me some ideas where to look? Or, quite possibly, not.
My beautiful Seaside-themed notelets are just waiting
for me to start penning my thank you letters; my hanging bird bath and poppy bird feeder are swpaying merrily in the garden, beckoning a welcome to the birds with every swing; our new 2018 calendar is upon the wall, tantalising me with the thought of Dates
To Come. On our dining room table, it is still Christmas thanks to a sparkling new table decoration, a gift from grandchildren Jack and Hazel. Come Twelfth Night I will pack it away for safe keeping in the box which once held Katie and Eleanor's photograph
- until next Christmas.
Chocolates? Oh, yes, we have a few - but as One Who Is Always Thinking About Her Stomach, I know just where they will be going..
Driving home from KFC - Mr B's takeaway of choice (other takeaways are, of course, available) - there is yet another gift ahead of me. It's the Supermoon at its
nearest to Earth, so large, so very, very beautiful. Unlike my other gifts, there's no need for me to find a place for it.
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lovely and heartwarming - an inspiration to us all x
Love this story told as ever beautifully.x
What a super account of a special event. I loved meeting you last night and seeing your creation come together. I'm so pleased you got so much from the activity
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Mechanical overload
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Mechanical failure modes
- Buckling
- Corrosion
- Corrosion fatigue
- Creep
- Fatigue
- Fouling
- Fracture
- Hydrogen embrittlement
- Impact
- Liquid metal embrittlement
- Mechanical overload
- Metal-induced embrittlement
- Stress corrosion cracking
- Sulfide stress cracking
- Thermal shock
- Wear
- Yielding
The failure or fracture of a product or component as a result of a single event is known as mechanical overload. It is a common failure mode. The terms are used in forensic engineering and structural engineering when analysing product failure. Failure may occur because either the product is weaker than expected owing to a stress concentration, or the applied load is greater than expected and exceeds the normal tensile strength, shear strength or compressive strength of the product.
See also
- Forensic engineering
- Stress analysis
- Structural engineering
- Strength of Materials, 3rd edition, Krieger Publishing Company, 1976, by Timoshenko S.,ISBN 0-88275-420-3
- Forensic Materials Engineering: Case Studies by Peter Rhys Lewis, Colin Gagg, Ken Reynolds, CRC Press (2004).
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Our Team
– Jay Schulz
Organizes and manages all aspects of our Special Olympics team.
Athletics – Michael Becker
Aquatics – Allyson Leland & Bob Leland
Basketball – Abby Baden
Bocce Ball – Jay Schulz
Bowling – Lindsay Becker
Cheerleading – Brianna Kitchings
Softball – Andy Baden
Powerlifting – Gary Tanner
Soccer – Tyler O'Neal
Tennis – Michael Becker
Volleyball – Paula Warren
Winter Games – Gary Tanner
Flag Football – Mark McMillin
Golf – Gary Tanner
Helping athletes improve in there chosen sports. We are blessed to have an abundant number of coaches with the Jayhawks, but we are always looking for more qualified people to help with coaching our athletes.
– Glenda McCleary
This position manages all finances for the team.
– Jay Schulz
Recruits and manages the volunteers involved with the team.
– Connie Warkins
This position is responsible for raising the necessary funds for the team.
– Janice Baker
This position organizes family involvement and athlete recruitment for the team.
– Laura VanAlstine
Responsible for setting up and overseeing all transportation and lodging needs.
– Elaine Seeman
This position handles all public relations and media for the team.
– Abby Baden
Coordination of all issues in regards to team uniforms and equipment.
– Kalene Sanders
Manages the Douglas County Jayhawks' website.
– April Patton
This position ensures that all athletes have up to date medicals on file with Headquarters and also that the head coach has a copy of each medical at all times.
– Michael Becker
Responsible for securing all facilities needed to fulfill the team activities.
– Tyler & Katie Naylor
Young Athletes is a sport and play program for children with and without intellectual disabilities (ID), ages 2 to 7 years old
– Susan Micka
Unified Sports gives students with and without intellectual disabilities opportunities to participate in sports activities alongside one another. to fulfill the team activities.
Other Dedicated Certified Coaches:
Jessica McMillin, Matt Cohen, Kypton O'Neal, Madison Huscher, Andy Baden, Pam & Michele Weigland, Ryan Eoannou, Kylee Kopatich, Cody Brice, Ellie Redmond, Martha Banning, Judy & Chris King, Josh Harsin, and Ellen Kyriakos.


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Asset Protection Planning Alive and Well
BAPCPA revises bankruptcy rules for better and worse
Estate Planner Jan-Feb 2006
Estate planning and asset protection planning go hand in hand. After all, strategies for minimizing transfer taxes are meaningless if you have no assets to transfer. The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA) – which applies to bankruptcy filings on or after Oct. 17, 2005 – contains a number of provisions that affect asset protection.
Spelling out BAPCPA
Contrary to what some pundits would have you believe, BAPCPA doesn't spell the end of asset protection planning as you know it – but it does change some of the rules. And even though some of these changes make it harder to protect your assets, others – most notably, new protections for IRAs and other retirement benefits – make it easier.
It's also important to recognize that BAPCPA is a bankruptcy law. Most people don't file for bankruptcy, and involuntary bankruptcies for individuals are rare. So in most cases, the act has no effect on traditional asset protection planning. But if bankruptcy is inevitable, it's worthwhile to learn the new rules.
Homesteads less steadfast
State homestead exemptions, which shield your principal residence against creditors' claims, are less effective under BAPCPA. For example, with prior bankruptcy law you were required to live in a state for only 180 days to use its homestead exemption. BAPCPA increases the residency requirement to 730 days (two years).
BAPCPA also makes it harder to take advantage of the more generous exemptions available in some states. Most states place a dollar limit on their homestead exemptions, but in some states the limits are quite high and a few states offer an unlimited exemption. Under the new law, you're generally required to live in a state for 1,215 days (three years plus 120 days) before you can exempt more than $125,000 in homestead equity.
Limitation periods less limiting
BAPCPA expands the bankruptcy court's power to set aside some fraudulent transfers – that is, transfers by a debtor with the intent to defraud creditors and certain transfers for less than "reasonably equivalent value." Under prior law, the court could recover property transferred fraudulently within one year prior to the bankruptcy filing.
The new law extends this "look-back" period to two years.
The act also creates a special 10-year look-back period for some transactions, including transfers to self-settled asset protection trusts and conversions of nonexempt assets into homestead equity.
These provisions don't make nonfraudulent asset protection planning any less effective, but they do expose debtors to potential litigation over transactions that previously would have been considered ancient history.
Should you change your plans?
Despite the changes brought by BAPCPA, most traditional asset protection planning strategies remain effective. Nevertheless, it's a good idea to review your plan and make any necessary revisions. If you're thinking about relocating to a more homestead-friendly state, for example, consider making your move sooner rather than later to satisfy BAPCPA's waiting periods. In general, taking action early is preferable, because the sooner BAPCPA's 10-year limitation periods expire, the better.
In addition, BAPCPA extends the asset protection benefits – up to a $1 million limit – enjoyed by "qualified" retirement plans, such as 401(k)s, and traditional and Roth IRAs.