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Solution Finish Black Trim Restorer
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Product Information
- Restore black surfaces to a deep, rich black!
- No greasy residue or "wet look"
- Silicone-free and VOC compliant
- Easy to apply
- Product Codes: cb-1-24, cb-12-12, b-12 DIY
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Customer Reviews80% of customers said that they would buy this item again
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Product DescriptionSolution Finish Black Trim Restorer restores black surfaces to a deep, rich finish, without any "wet look" or shine. This unique formula combines ancient ingredients with advanced polymer technology to provide a spectacular, long-lasting, black, protective finish. Use it to restore, condition, and protect bumpers, pads, trim, mirrors, mud flaps, window trim, seals, running boards, truck bed caps and covers, handles, wiper blades, etc. For best results apply to a clean cool surface, wearing gloves and eye protection. Apply a small amount of Solution Finish to an applicator pad, spread thin, and allow the solution to dwell for 1-2 minutes. Then using a clean microfiber sponge or foam pad buff off the excess product off glass and paint. Another big plus with Solution Finish is that it is formulated for professional use, meaning it is a silicone-free solution that uses all natural oils and is VOC compliant. If you are looking for a great product to help restore faded trim, look no further then Solution Finish Black Trim Restorer!
Kit Includes:
- 1oz Solution Finish Black Trim Restorer
- 4oz Denatured Alcohol
- 2 Latex Gloves
- 2 Microfiber Applicator Pads
- Microfiber Towel (16 x 16)
- Applicator Brush
Professional Detailer Reviews
It was extremely easy to use and provided fantastic results. A little product goes a very long way, so even the smaller 1oz bottle would be enough to cover quite a lot of trim. If you're looking for a quick and easy way to protect your trim, consider giving Solution Finish a try. I was very pleased with the results that I got!
- Product Review: Solution Finish Trim Restorer by Zach McGovern
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Product Description
Solution Finish Trim Black restores faded, discolored and oxidized surfaces back to a deep, rich black "better than new" finish.
Solution Finish is ideal for restoring, conditioning and protecting any originally black surfaces.
Use it on anything:
If it's made of black plastic or vinyl, Solution Finish will make it look better than new!
The Solution Finish Do it Yourself Kit includes:
- Until now this product has only been available to professional detailers and body shops.
- Now you can get the same spectacular, long-lasting results as the pros!
Solution Finish is ideal for restoring, conditioning and protecting any originally black surfaces.
Use it on anything:
- Cars and trucks
- Boats
- Recreational vehicles
- Window trim
- Gold carts
- Motorcycles
- Snowmobiles
- All types of equipment
If it's made of black plastic or vinyl, Solution Finish will make it look better than new!
The Solution Finish Do it Yourself Kit includes:
- 1oz bottle of Solution Finish
- 4oz bottle of cleaning solution
- 1 microfiber applicator
- 1 16"x16" detailing towel
- Latex gloves and instructions
Please read instructions carefully before using.
- For best results, apply to a clean, cool surface.
- Wear gloves and eye protection.
- Shake Solution Finish bottle well and apply small amount to microfiber applicator pad.
- Spread a thin coat over area in an even motion, covering area completely.
- Use the microfiber buffing pad to wipe off excess
- Use the detailing towel to wipe off glass and paint (will stain unsealed paint).
Customer Reviews
Reviewed by William L. on 6/10/2017
Would they buy this item again? Yes
It's been about a week since I applied this to my 2004 Subaru Forester. We have had 3 heavy thunderstorms and this product still looks good! No streaking or running. I have used plenty of other products ie. Back to Black and Black Again to name just two, and while they actually produce a deeper black during the application, they both fade quickly and streak when rained upon. So far, this is by far the best trim enhancer I have ever used, and the most expensive, but truly, a little goes a long way! I'll bet I could re-apply this product 10 - 15 times before using up the small bottle. Follow the instructions and use IPA to clean the trim before applying. I tried it both ways and it does make a difference. They also suggest buffing it with a paper towel after applying. I tried that too, and found no real difference, so I saved myself the time and skipped this optional step. Don't let the price scare you away. And the best price I found anywhere was from Detailed Image.
Reviewed by Paul W. on 3/14/2017
Would they buy this item again? Yes
Awesome product and easy to use!!
Reviewed by Robert D. on 12/31/2016
Would they buy this item again? Yes
I had to park my car in a valet parking garage of course when I got home I noticed the back bumper had a wall rash and it freaked me out so I used a heat gun to level the trim then I used the trim restorer and I'm amazed that it looks great like it never happened .
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Review: Reloop Jockey 3 Remix
The Reloop Jockey 3 Remix is that rarest of things nowadays: A new DJ controller for Traktor made by someone other than Native Instruments itself. In today's review, we'll look at the journey from Jockey 3 to Jockey 3 Remix, what this particular controller sets out to do differently to Native's own controllers like the Kontrol S2 and Kontrol S4, and how well the Jockey 3 Remix ultimately succeeds as a Traktor controller.
This unit is, hardware-wise, similar to the Reloop Jockey 3. A controller that itself only came out last year, the Jockey 3 came at a time when Traktor was changing, with Remix Decks suddenly all the rage, and all controllers - the Jockey 3 included - instantly looked out of date, not least because to fully control Traktor's Remix Decks, you need to use the Traktor Kontrol F1.
Maybe unsurprisingly, all went quiet on the third-party Traktor controller front, and the Jockey 3 Remix is the first major-brand controller released for Traktor since then. Or at least, it's the first one released with a version of Traktor actually in the box. That means it's possible for a beginner to buy this and without any further purchases, set up and start DJing with Traktor.
The version of Traktor the box is LE ("lite" or "limited" edition), and I'd strongly advise eventually upgrading to Traktor Pro - it's necessary for all the functions of the Jockey 3 to work properly. It doesn't make much sense buying a flagship Traktor controller and not using the corresponding best version of the software, so factor the (relatively low) price of a copy of Traktor Pro 2 in when working out what this set-up will cost you. If you do choose to use the supplied Traktor 2 LE, bear in mind that you'll be limited in the number of decks you can use, the effects control available to you and hot cue use.
So what's different about the Reloop Jockey 3? In a nutshell, it is the first real attempt by any major manufacturer to rethink the way hardware should use Traktor. The Novation Twitch did it for Serato followed by others, and there are boutique customisations out there of course (maybe the DJ Tech Tools firmware / mapping / rebadging of the Vestax VCI-400 being the best known of those), but nothing from a third party designed from the ground up to offer something a little different - until now.
The Jockey 3 does this by taking a bit of what the Kontrol S2 and indeed the Kontrol Z2 mixer do well (two channel mixer, but with optimisation to control two two track decks plus two channels of samples). It then adds a dose of extreme controller mapping, with a special control layer that turns pedestrian jogs, faders and buttons into performance controls for pre-set combinations of effects - "macro effects" if you will. Basically the controller tries to pack some pretty cool performance features in, that work "out of the box" (although you can remap them to your heart's content should you desire).
The way this effects layer and indeed the sample layer are controlled is designed for easy switching between them, and the presence of rotary master volume controls for the sample decks (that therefore won't always require you switch the line channel to their deck in order to control them) is what makes the unit similar to the Traktor Kontrol S2 or Z2; in that respect it's kind of a "2+2" channel controller. So - all good on paper. how is it in use?
First impressions
Straight out of the rather stylish box, this controller looks and feels lovely. Compact but not cramped, it's heavy, being all-metal cased. In black and silver with flashes of blue, it sports two medium-sized, low-profile, weighted jogwheels that spin smoothly and have mechanical jog drag adjusters. The knobs and buttons are all rubberised and feel of high quality, and the replaceable crossfader is nice and loose.
The line faders feel great, although the pitch faders are rather short. Both the jogs and the faders are smaller / shorter than the Terminal Mix 2 and Terminal Mix 4 , for instance. There are old-school toggle switches for inputs above each of the two channels, and a big, stepped, weighted track selector knob dead centre, at the top. The four rotary encoders for FX etc at the top of each deck are ringed with 16 LEDs each.
The front of the unit has microphone (1/4" jack) and headphone sockets plus a few configuration controls including crossfader curve, and round the back are a pair of line/phono RCA-ins with ground terminal, master (jack balanced and RCA unbalanced) and booth outs, a few more configuration controls (including an LED dimmer pot), and the usual power on/off, power input and USB input sockets.
Overall, the impression is of a professional, portable, well-built DJ controller, that ought to last for a long time, and that contains all the essentials you need for straight-up DJing in a pro environment. The only thing against it in my mind is the weight: it's great that it's all metal, but truly, you wouldn't want to carry it too far in a backpack. It feels almost too heavy! Aluminium would have kept it sturdy, but made it a lot lighter.
Setting up
Often with Macs, you don't need drivers, just installing the software itself, but in this case you need to install a Reloop driver for both Mac and PC. So, from the CD the new user will first install the driver (follow the instructions in the instruction booklet if you're on a PC; no such luck if you're on a Mac - you're on your own there), then install Traktor 2 LE.
I won't go on about installing Traktor and getting everything going too much, but it's usually a pain and it didn't disappoint this time. Two hours later I am ready to start putting this thing through its paces, but that's two hours I'll never get back, and I've been doing this stuff a long time.
Once you get past the buggy, mandatory Traktor "helper" software (the Native Instruments "Service Center"), you can then have a go with the software/hardware integration. Despite a wizard to make things easier, you'll still probably have to manually configure the audio routing, which was only actually possible for me after restarting the Traktor program (you couldn't select the right options first time).
This single step alone generates more "how do I do this?" emails to us here at Digital DJ Tips than any other technical problem, and we can only hope at some point Traktor's installation process becomes as easy as Serato's, which is as close to plug and play as we're ever likely to get on computer-based DJing systems.
So, set-up hurdles jumped, and we're ready to go! Load the first track and... Traktor won't load it because it's "missing, corrupted or DRM protected". Turns out installing Apple Quicktime and rebooting fixes this extra, final hurdle which is an issue with .m4a (AAC) files. Finally, finally we're at first base.
In use
Basic functions
So first things first, most of the basic functions work fine here. More than fine, in fact; it's nicely laid out, the controls are all high quality, and my only real concerns that I had before testing it were the pitch fader and the jogwheels. I thought the relatively short pitch fader might not offer a fine level of adjustment, but actually, it's really good; 1/100th of a BPM is easy to achieve, and you can't ask for more than that. Not quite such good news with the jogwheels though; I've yet to come across any Traktor controller not made by Native Instruments that has 100% perfect jogwheel control of the software, and this one is no different.
Don't get me wrong; with the latency set low on a decently powered PC (which is what we tested it on), you can get very close to perfect, but there's still just a little bit of wooliness, a little bit of lag. You notice it most when stopping a track dead using the jog; the music takes a fraction of a second more to actually stop. It's like driving an SUV against a car with sports suspension; the sports car simply hogs the road that much better. Traktor is definitely in the SUV category when used with all non-Native Instruments controllers we've ever tested. Our Scratching for Controller DJs tutor Steve says it's perfectly possible to scratch on it and adapt to it, but it's something to bear in mind for the scratch pros who may be considering this.
Another niggle is the inability to get the VU meters to show anything other than the output level. They're useful for making sure you're not pushing a distorted signal out of the unit post-mix, but that's all, as you can't also use them to set the gains on individual tracks when cueing. What often happens when controllers have only one set of VUs is that when you press the headphones cue button for a channel that's out of the mix, the VUs switch to monitoring that channel instead, allowing you to quickly visually check the gain. I would have liked to have seen something similar implemented here. The good news, though, is that i spoke to Reloop about it and they promised to make this improvement in a forthcoming update, that will be downloadable from their website for all users.
So far then, it's a good controller for basic DJing. Individual channel filters are good to have, the EQs kill to nothing (they call them "intelligent kills", not sure what's intelligent about that...), sound quality is excellent, the toggle switches at the top of each channel to switch jogwheel control between four decks or two external sources are of high quality, and the main transport controls manage to be highly responsive and pleasingly textured, finished in rubber rather than plastic.
Backlighting across the unit is excellent, with brightness adjustable via a small control on the rear of the unit, that adjusts the "off" brightness, which makes sense in that it ensures the controls that aren't turned on are still visible to you in a dark booth. The microphone and two external inputs can be set to feed through software if you wish, using Traktor's third and fourth decks as "live decks", but also set to come through the Jockey 3 Remix as standard, standalone analogue sources.
In this instance, the two external sources can be controlled by the two channels of the unit, while the microphone goes straight through to master (it has its own small volume control). All work without a laptop attached, although obviously you need to leave the power on; in this set-up, the Jockey 3 is basically acting as a standalone mixer. That means it would be perfect for analogue DJs wanting to switch to Traktor but wanting also to keep their decks for playing vinyl on. (If you wanted to use it as a DVS, ie digital vinyl, controller, you'd still need an Audio 6 or Audio 10 Traktor box though.)
There are lots of useful extra controls for mixing. The four small buttons above the main four pads let you jump forwards and backwards through a track by 1, 4 or 16 beats depending on how you use them with "shift"; looping includes a loop shift function and is done well using encoders, shift functions and push-to-click; the FX encoders are exactly as you'd expect with a Traktor controller, (in this mode anyway...) but have four useful presets that you can quickly select and redefine as you wish. There are even a pair of old-school CDJ-style nudge buttons for the jogwheel-wary - or, as we'll see, for when you're using your jogwheels for more exciting things...
Roll, mash and sample modes
There are six little buttons top left and top right of the left and right jogs respectively. Two of these are for track scrubbing and engaging scratch mode. There's no nudge vs nudge/scratch choice here, by the way - disengaging the scratch button seems to turn the jogwheel off totally, while engaging it gives you scratch on top of the jog, nudge on the edge. Normally, there's a way of making the whole wheel a nudge-only control.
The other four buttons are for more interesting stuff. We'll cover Remix Modde below, and the other three here, the first of which is "Roll". Roll turns the four big pads into loop roll control pads; "1" loops a single beat, "2" half a beat, "3" a quarter and "4" an 1/8th. It works in the flux/slip style, so the track carries on playing underneath, ready to kick back in when you've finished. It's fast, intuitive and fun.
"Mash" meanwhile is like a slicer on some other controllers. It drops a marker when you activate it, and splits the next bar into four beats that can be individually triggered with the four pads. As far as I could work out, you're stuck with this length of affected area, and thus the length of the four "samples". When activated, the track plays as normal; as soon as you "play" the pads, it jumps back to the part of the track that pad corresponds to. It's good, but not as good as, say, the slicer mode on the Novation Twitch, which has far more options (and has been widely copied).
Both the above modes turn the pads purple to show you one of them is engaged. "Sample" mode, though, turns the pads blue whenever a sample is loaded into one of the slots, and also lights the buttons under the FX rotaries to indicate their function in this mode. (This use of lighting to indicate the buttons and functions available in the mode you're in is carried throughout the mapping; it's well thought out and is useful in a performance situation to keep you on track and suggest improvements to your mix on the fly.)
Anyway, sample mode basically offers decent control over the "sample decks" of Traktor (ie the first slot in each of the deck's four sample banks, as opposed to the full multi-sample control of the the "Remix Decks", which are still the sole preserve of the Traktor Kontrol F1). You can select, play, pause, mute, filter, etc, with controls over individual samples and the whole deck. There's a master volume per sample deck, so you don't have to engage the sample deck with the toggle switch at the top of its line channel if you don't want to to alter its overall level. If you do, though, you also get access to the EQ, line fader and - crucially - the jogwheel so you can scratch the deck (plus, you can then use the crossfader for those sample deck transformer scratches). This stuff has been shoehorned into non-NI Traktor controllers since the sample decks first appeared, but the Jockey 3 Remix maps it properly from the ground up.
Remix mode
This is the mode that the big fuss has been made about. There are two elements to what it offers. The first is the spreading out of FX, traditionally controlled by the four FX knobs top left and right, out to different areas of the controller. The second is making those new FX "macro FX" - or a number of effects tied together on one control. So you get a stutter effect by moving the pitch fader, that gets quicker the lower the fader is. It's great fun, and the thing to note is it's more than just a gater (as it gets faster it gets more extreme too). It's really expressive for things like acappellas and breaks, and works well. I found myself using it a lot.
By holding down the loop encoder for your desired deck, you get a "freeze" effect (where the track stops playing and you get an echo of the last beat). In slip-mode fashion, this cuts out when you take your hand off the push-down encoder, the track then playing on (you can adjust the length of the freeze with the other loop encoder) - nice for instant transitions.
Meanwhile, down on the mixer the line faders give you a crusher/distortion effect. Starting from the top (dry), it gets progressively more intense towards the bottom (wet), where there's some high pass filter to keep things scratchy rather than overpowering. Finally, there's a preset jogwheel effect chain, that's pre-determined - a mix of Traktor's LoFi, Delay and Filter92LO. It would be good if this could be switched for your choice of the four presets available when you're not in Remix mode.
So is all of this just gimmicky? Maybe to some, but the point is they're all there, they're all pre-mapped, they're all one button away at any one time, and they save having to go through the usual process of selecting an effect, selecting a deck, turning the effect on, modulating the effect, etc - just click and hit the knob, fader or jog and you've got a bit of extra something. Of course, there's absolutely nothing stopping you from getting your shirt sleeves rolled up and mapping your own favourite combos - the point is, that this layer has been put aside for this kind of stuff, and dedicated to fun! The concept is a good one, and it will be interesting to see if Reloop develops the idea further in future mappings, or if the user base comes up with its own.
No amount of stardust would rescue the Jockey 3 Remix were it a bad controller. Luckily, it isn't. It's a solid, professional, great sounding DJ controller that covers most of the basics excellently. Sure it's got its imperfections (better VU metering is coming, but unless they can improve the jogwheel mapping it will never be perfect for hardcore scratch diehards), but it's fun to DJ on and I think most Traktor DJs would take to it very well.
Past the basics, it implements samples well, albeit in the Sample Decks flavour, not full-blown Remix Decks (the latter still being proprietary to NI), but then again if you never bought into the Remix Decks thing lock, stock and barrel but would still like to take a step in this direction, this will do you fine. Roll mode is again a simple, well implemented performance mode that I suspect you'd find yourself using a lot - less so Mash mode, which I found a bit restrictive due to the inability to alter the length of the area coveredand lack of decent visual feedback on the waveform.
And Remix Mode - while not massively groundbreaking (after all, this stuff has been done since DJ Tech Tools's VCI-100 mappings years ago, and mapping effects to controls is hardly new anyway - it's kind of what mapping were invented to achieve, after all) is nonetheless well implemented here, with the distortion/filter combo and the gater on the line faders my particular favourites. I could see myself using those a lot - as well, in fact, as the "freeze" mode for getting out of one track and into others fast. Combine some of these effects with a few loops and acappellas and you'd soon be building up a nice little live remix show all of your own.
Against the competition? Compared to the Traktor Kontrol S2 and S4 it is solid metal for a start, although it lacks the loop recorder and extra channels of the S4. Compared to say the Denon DJ MC3000, it is less cramped, and implements advanced features better. The MC3000 would be a better mobile DJ controller, but this would have the edge for controllerists. And compared to the Novation Twitch, some of the loop and slice stuff isn't so good here, and the Twitch somehow feels overall a bit more fun for controllerism, but it's not as well made, and is limited to two decks (and, currently, to Serato ITCH if you want an excellent mapping, as the Traktor mappings are not the best for that controller). None of these except the Kontrol S4 and this can take two standalone external decks like the Jockey 3 Remix can.
Overall, if you're looking for a solid, dependable, professional, versatile controller that can handle external decks, work as a standalone mixer, exploit most of the power of Traktor, and have enough up its sleeve to keep you happy if and when you want to start introducing some "live remixing" into your sets, you should have the Jockey 3 Remix on your list. It's that rarest of things, nowadays: A Traktor controller not made by NI that's manages to pack some surprises.
Product Summary
Review Summary:
This well built controller introduced a lot of fun in its Remix layer, and the mapping has lots of depth overall. Unless you edit the mapping, you're tied to the preset FX combos in Remix mode, and you'll need to upgrade Traktor LE to unlock full potential. Plus, it does need the promised VU meter upgrade. Overall, though, it's a winner.
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Video Review
• There are some Reloop training videos for the Jockey 3 here.
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"Delegitimization" of Israel: The New Buzzword of Pro-Israel Activism
"The charge of "delegitimization," it is clear, is simply a well-coordinated campaign to avoid a real discussion of the Israeli policies which have led to a rift with the U.S. and are contrary to any movement toward real place. Just as the repeated charge of "anti-Semitism" has failed to silence critics, so will the robotic use of the term "delegitimization." The stakes are too high--for the U.S., for the Palestinians, for the real best interests of Israel--to permit any such effort to stifle free and open discussion to succeed."
The new buzzword in the world of pro-Israel activism is "delegitimization." This term, used to describe an array of criticisms of Israel and its policies, such as the continuing construction of settlements in occupied territories, has become a major rallying point for established Jewish organizations.
Supporters of this emerging strategy point to the campaign to boycott, divest from and sanction (BDS) Israel as a marker distinguishing "delegitimizers" from genuine critics.
"The delegitimization and BDS movement is nationally coordinated, and it requires a national response," said William Daroff, vice president for public policy of the Jewish Federations of North America. "We need to move forward as a community to counter this cancerous growth."
In fact, the campaign against "delegitimization" is an effort to ignore the fact that criticism of Israel is based on specific policies of the Israeli government, which increasingly are at odds with both international law and U.S. interests in the Middle East. "To be frank, the 'delegitimization' issue is a fraud," declares historian Tony Judt, director of New York University's Remarque Institute. "I know no one in the professional world of political commentary, however angry about Israel's behavior, who thinks that the country has no right to exist...'Delegitimization' is just another way to invoke anti-Semitism as a silencer, but sounds better because it's less exploitative of emotional pain."
The very idea of "delegitimization" came from a report issued by the Reut Institute, an Israeli think tank, entitled "The Delegitimization Challenge." According to this report—which is now the basis for the activism by American Jewish groups—the main global threat facing Israel is not Iranian military nuclear capability or Palestinian terrorism, but the international campaign in the West, including on American campuses, aimed at boycotting Israel through divestment and sanctions. In response, the Israeli government has not only mobilized American Jewish groups on its behalf but has initiated a campaign to turn every Israeli into a traveling public relations officer, with the Information and Diaspora Ministry issuing pamphlets to passengers on Israeli airlines, coaching them on how to counter the alleged anti-Israel campaign.
"I think it is puerile," Prof. Shlomo Avineri told The New York Times. "Some of the information is ridiculous, and behind it I find a Bolshevik mentality—to make every citizen an unpaid civil servant for the policy of the government. There is never any intimation that some of our problems have to do with actual policies."
The fact is, of course, that it is Israel's policies which have led to its increasing isolation, not only in the world, but among the majority of American Jews as well. While Jewish organizations speak of "delegitimization," and are highly critical of the policies of the Obama administration, they are hardly representative of American Jewish opinion.
In March, in the aftermath of the impasse exposed during Vice President Joe Biden's visit to Israel (see May/June 2010 Washington Report, p. 10), J Street commissioned a poll of American Jews and their views on the Middle East conflict, including America's role in resolving the conflict. We learn that American Jews, by a 4-1 margin (82 percent-18 percent) support Washington playing an active role in helping the parties to resolve the conflict; and by a 63 percent to 37 percent margin, those who support American activism say they would continue their support even "if it means the U.S. exerting pressure on Israel to make the compromises necessary to achieve peace."
To charge that the mounting criticism of Israel is part of a campaign of "delegitimization" is to ignore reality.
Nevertheless, American Jewish opinion is sharply divided. At AIPAC's annual meeting in Washington, DC, reported The Washington Post's Dana Milbank on March 23, "The crowd got...raucous when Netanyahu...took a shot at the Obama administration. 'Jerusalem is not a settlement—it's our capital,' he said. The unrepentant prime minister nodded, waved and thanked the crowd for the extended applause...The audience was rather less enthusiastic as Hillary Clinton defended her criticism of Israel...It remained quiet as she called for a settlement 'based on the '67 lines with agreed swaps of territory'...In the audience, the majority just sat and stared at their old friend."
In contrast, the new Jewish lobbying group J Street urged the administration to "turn this crisis into an opportunity for progress on two states" by addressing the need to establish a border between Israel and the future Palestinian state. "Bold American leadership is needed now to turn this crisis into a real opportunity to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict," declared J Street.
According to Newsweek, one recent study found that only 54 percent of non-Orthodox Jews under 35 are "comfortable with the idea of a Jewish state" (as compared with more than 80 percent of those over 65). "If you want examples of the shift in sentiment," wrote columnist Jacob Weisberg in the magazine's March 29, 2010 issue, "read just about any Jewish columnist for a major newspaper. Thomas Friedman of The New York Times spent last week arguing that Biden underreacted to Israel's announcement about the new housing units in East Jerusalem, comparing Israel's policies to drunken driving. Richard Cohen of The Washington Post is writing a book that argues that the founding of Israel was a well-intentioned mistake. One might fill a book with the possible explanations for rising liberal—and, in particular, Jewish liberal—qualms about Israel. But it has to start with Israel's occupation of Arab lands and its settlements policy—Decades of harsh occupation have made dispossessed Palestinians, the majority of whom have long favored a two-state solution, the sympathetic victims in the conflict."
In Weisberg's view, "Revisionist Zionism—the biblically based claim that Israel has a right to the territories—has wrought tremendous damage to Israel's moral standing. Encouraging religious and political extremists to settle in those territories set a wedge between Israel and its liberal supporters, who see annexation as both impractical and immoral...American liberals are an external part of Israel's conscience, and when it disdains them, it becomes a harder and more isolated place."
A New Mantra
In the face of all of this, it is unusual to see the word "delegitimization" being used as a new mantra to discount the widespread criticism of very specific Israeli policies and actions. In an open letter to President Obama from Ronald Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, published as a full page advertisement in the April 15 Washington Post, it is stated that, "Jews around the world are concerned today...We are concerned that the Jewish state is being isolated and delegitimized."
Around the world, Israel's defenders, ignoring the very legitimate criticisms of Israeli policies which are widespread, particularly within the Jewish community itself, repeatedly use the Israeli-coined term of "delegitimization."
South African Jewish leaders, for example, initially threatened disruptions to the May bar mitzvah ceremony of the grandson of Judge Richard Goldstone if the author of the Goldstone Report and currently visiting professor at Georgetown University Law Center were to attend. Mooneyeen Castle, chairwoman of the South African Zionist Federation's Western Cape Council, said that the anger at Goldstone was so great that it would "result in an almost certain barrage of protestors" on the day of the ceremony. Using the officially approved language, Warren Goldstein, the chief rabbi of South Africa, stated that the U.N. has an "anti-Israel agenda," and the investigation of war crimes in Gaza was "merely a cover for a political strategy of delegitimizing Israel."
Goldstone's friends rushed to his defense. Justice Arthur Chaskalson, who served with him on South Africa's Constitutional Court, said the threats "reveal a level of bigotry and intolerance meant to shut down any diversity of opinion."
The charge of "delegitimization," it is clear, is simply a well-coordinated campaign to avoid a real discussion of the Israeli policies which have led to a rift with the U.S. and are contrary to any movement toward real place. Just as the repeated charge of "anti-Semitism" has failed to silence critics, so will the robotic use of the term "delegitimization." The stakes are too high--for the U.S., for the Palestinians, for the real best interests of Israel--to permit any such effort to stifle free and open discussion to succeed.
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I have seen that style of cooler mounted with the strap style of clamp. the ones that have a metal strap with rubber wrapped around them and they have holes for a bolt or screw to go through for mounting. they fully encapsulate and insulate whatever is in the clamp. you can get them at home depot or a hardware shop if not at the parts store. then just use 2 of those at each end, on the u shaped tubes of your cooler, and then some sort of a shim under the clamp mount to keep the cooler off the mounting surface so it doesn't rub. also, the parts store should be able to fix you up with a fitting that goes into the trans cooler of the rad and has a barbed hose fitting on the opposite end. or use a short piece of steel line that already has the flare on it. those are available at the parts store as well, in many different lengths. if you get the ones with the spring thing on the outside, the spring is used so when the tube is bent it doesn't kink. just push the spring together and then bend the tube. when you are done the spring goes back to it's original shape. if you talk to the tranny shop they would be able to tell you which line comes from the trans as hot fluid and which one goes back as cool fluid. then you could decide if you want the cooler before the rad cooler or after.
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The ruling body of college athletics has suffered a few body blows of late. From the bungling of the Miami (Fla.) investigation involving claims made by booster Nevin Shapiro of improper benefits to the black cloud provided by the Ed O'Bannon lawsuit that could change the entire landscape of college athletics, the big things don't appear to be going the NCAA's way right now.
On a smaller scale, the NCAA has also faced increased pressure that its current model simply doesn't work for student-athletes, who in the eyes of many are not properly compensated for providing the labor in what has become a multibillion dollar industry.
In many ways, the future of the organization is in flux, but Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith has a few suggestions about the way things should be – some of which would change the way the top level of college sports is run for good.
The main thrust of Smith's argument is that the top 60 to 70 schools in Division I should be placed into a new division that allows those schools – the top revenue producers in college sports – to play by what he considers a more sane set of rules.
Smith presented his ideas to a group of about 80 athletics directors that met a few weeks ago in California and has some support for his theory.
"We talked about a lot of different things," Smith told BSB as part of a wide-ranging interview that will run in full in the June edition of Buckeye Sports Bulletin. "It was kind of a summit to come together and talk about our issues, and one of them was governance. Out of that there's been conversations about different models, so my idea that I've had for a while and talked about out there and some of my colleagues agreed with is that we need to find a way to look at the 60 or 70 schools differently when we do legislation.
"People have been talking about moving away from the NCAA, but I am not a supporter of that. That makes no sense to me, but creating a structure within the NCAA that allows us to legislate a new division where we come up with a way to identify those 60 or 70 schools – which is pretty easy – and say, you know what, we're going to legislate them differently."
There is already a similar structure in place within the NCAA when it comes to football. There are almost 350 schools that are full Division I members in all sports, but only 120 of those played FBS football a season ago, with four more reclassifying into the division.
What Smith would like to see is the schools at the top of the food chain in the biggest conferences have the chance to address problems and situations that affect them more than others, and if that means the others are left behind, that's a reality Smith is willing to live in.
"We created this beast, and one of the flaws that we had early on in this business was having legislation to try to create a level playing field," Smith said. "Now, I was at Eastern Michigan for 10 years and being at Ohio State, I can tell you that there's no way you can legislate a level playing field between Ohio State and Eastern Michigan, or Eastern Michigan and the University of Michigan, which is 15 minutes apart.
"You can't legislate that. You can do that in some sports, but you can't do it in football, that's for doggone sure, and you can't do it financially."
One of the top issues Smith points to as an example is the proposed yearly stipend of as much as $2,000 that would be provided to some athletes, including those in football and basketball that are already on full scholarships.
The current model at the college level includes only tuition, room, board and books but no spending money, leaving some athletes short of the true cost of attendance of a university.
Some have argued that the gesture would be a pittance compared to the money college athletics generates, while others say that increased scholarships to cover the cost of attendance would increasingly professionalize the sports. Smith, however, sees it as good business sense.
"Our scholarship model is old," Smith said. "That model has been in place for 40 years, so to me, we have to go to cost of attendance. I'm fine with the $2,000 cap that has been identified. I'm fine if we just do it for need-based kids, but we have to do something. But we can't get it done because all of Division I votes on that piece of legislation.
"So the 341 schools vote on that piece of legislation, and if you're outside the 60 or 70, you can't afford it, so of course you're going to vote it down. I understand that and I accept that they can't do it, so why should we hold back Tennessee, Georgia, Michigan, Ohio State and USC – why should we hold those schools back?"
There are other proposals out there to modernize the NCAA to deal with that issue and other governance concerns, and Smith said he has an open mind. In addition, there are questions of whether the new policies would take effect only in football or in multiple Division I sports, but Smith has a clear opinion on that topic.
"That's one of the conversations," Smith said. "For me, it's all sports. For others, maybe it's just football. That's part of the conversation that is going on. I think you do it for all sports, but I'm open because some of my colleagues think we should just do it for football and some of them say just football and basketball."
Extending a newer division like that could cause major disruptions, though. There's no telling what effect it might have on the wildly popular men's basketball tournament, where a number of Cinderella entrants to the Final Four in recent years have shown a more level playing field in that sport.
Then there are Olympic sports in which schools that are mid-majors in the more popular sports can excel. One of the best examples of that is just up the road from Columbus, where the Akron men's soccer team is a national power, having won the 2010 national championship and sent a number of players to professional careers.
A new structure favoring the major conferences would make it harder for a program like that to succeed. Smith is sympathetic to that – "That's why I have to be open to listen," he said – but also sees a cold, hard reality to the situation.
"Right now, I'm kind of standing on, if I want to provide cost of attendance to soccer athletes and Akron can't, don't get in my way, you know what I mean?" he said. "Don't get in my way. So that's the issue that I deal with, so I think we need to think that through. If we want to be able to hire another coach in another sport to take it from three to four and Akron can't, let us do it, but historically it's not been a level playing field."
Smith also pointed to other issues that major Division I schools face, such as needing personnel to keep autograph hounds, unsavory characters and others away from athletes, that require funding and manpower that smaller schools can't afford.
"Our situation is unique, so if we want to put in place strategies in order to deal with that, and it requires legislation or modification or amendments to legislation, then let us do it," Smith said. "That's where I'm coming from. It'll be an interesting debate over the next 12 months."
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Don't sign on to CARS.GOV!! THey Hijack your computer.
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Seriously I saw this on another sight .
Watch the video, or go to the web site & read the Disclaimer if you are brave enuf.
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Look at the source where this is coming from, GLEN BECK. He has turned just as bad as Limbaugh if not worse.
The key phrase here is "When logged on". It doesn't say anything about tracking your computer after you leave the site.
I work for the federal government and the web site I use to check my pay checks (www.dfas.mil) has a nearly identical disclaimer. As does nearly every application I use on my computer at work. It's not a big deal and these two people are blowing it way out of proportion. And before anybody blames this on Barack Obama, they used the same disclaimers when Bush was president and probably also used them when Clinton was president too. People are already making those comments on that YouTube video. It's pretty much a standard disclaimer the federal government uses and they do have a right to protect their computer systems.
I'm on Linux, so i'm pretty safe. cars.gov seems logged down down due curiouse people
Tell someone not to do something, and the first thing they will do is what? LOL
lol.. very true
Glen beck may be another Rush Limbaugh, but he is informing us of some of the crap our government is trying to do to us, and it's scary.
First how many of us are going to use the website, may 1% of the population. I never heard both nutcases (Rush and Beck) complain that the prior administration was illegally wire tapping the American public. Also since this is run by the DOT how long has this site been up, it maybe a relic of the bush legacy
FWIW, if "they" want you- or to know where you've been or what you've been viewing or typing- "they" have you. Make no mistake about that fact.
I treat the internet just like the old "party lines" (and I'm not talking about a singles chat room here)- I don't "say" anything or go anywhere I wouldn't repeat or show to my Mother ;) .
BTW, Obama, on 7-03-09, added more power to the NSA to snoop around, in the name of national security, of course. :rolleyes:
From the Online Journal: In a continuation of a Bush program, "they are going ahead with a Bush-era plan to allow the NSA even more power to invade, intercept and analyze the data of anyone visiting a government website, ostensibly to help prevent a major cyberattack."
George Orwell has nothing on these guys.
You must be logged into the dealer part of the website (which you can see in the Glenn Beck segment) for them to be able to read anything, and even then it's just that they have the right to read it, not that they automatically download your hard drive to some mainframe in the Pentagon.
Basically, if you're a dealer logging onto their system, they have access to your computer. Luckily, not only are few of us here car dealers, but few car dealer computers have anything of value to the government that you don't submit at tax time anyway.
What a surprise, another far-right-wing nutjob telling us the newest thing to be scared of. The real trick here isn't the stupid website, its using fear to control people and get them to listen to the things you say! Sounds surprisingly similar to how cults are started! :rolleyes:
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On Friday, August 17th there will be a Free concert at theLake Mirror Promenade from 6 p.m.-9:00 p.m. featuring live music from twobands, the eclectic Brian Sutherland Trio and the folksy Americana act BillyNeeds a Beard.
Brian Sutherland is a local favorite and his trio consists of three individuals whobecame friends while attending Florida Southern College where Sutherland graduated with a degree in Cello Performance. The band has a uniqueability to craft great pop/folk/rock songs and the band uses cello, doublebass, ukulele, and even the odd kazoo. They play melodic and interesting originals influenced by artists like Ray LaMontagne, Damien Rice and Jason Mraz. The trio is rounded out with vocalist Adrienne Kneebone and bassist Zachary Rogers. Kneebone possesses a distinctive quality in her voicethat is reminiscent of 60's and early 70's Rhythm & Blues singers. Roger's solid tempo anchors the Brian Sutherland Trio but don't be surprised to hear him take a distinctive solo every now and again.
The music series takes placeat the Lake Mirror amphitheater which is between Hollis Garden and the LakeMirror Center. The event is FREE to the public and families are encouraged toattend so bring a blanket and enjoy the lake setting with music under thestars. Music on the Promenade is proudly sponsored by the City ofLakeland. Parking is available at the Lake Mirror Center's parking lot and in the Iowa Avenue parking garage. No glass bottles within the park please. For more information regarding the series, contact Kevin Cook at863/834-6264.
Two homicide cases from the Lakeland Police Department case files will be highlighted on the Discovery Channel "Show Stolen Voices, Buried Secrets". This is a true crime show where a murder is described in first person of the victim. Viewers must piece together the who-dunnit based on clues from investigators and family/friends. The first local case featured is the homicide of Teresa Comfort. Her story will be retold in the episode "Hook, Line and Sinker".
Hook, Line, And Sinker – Air date – July 16th at 10:00pm
For Teresa Comfort, growing up in a small Florida town was ideal. Teresa just knew she would live in her hometown all her life. The sunshine, beaches and getting together with friends made her smile. But after one night on the town with friends, her life is cut short. The next morning, Teresa's body was found in her car, submerged in a lake. She has been brutally attacked. Immediately family and friends suspected Teresa's boyfriend. However, when his alibi checked out, investigators were left fishing for clues. Then an unexpected tip came in, leading investigators to their biggest catch of the day.
The second episode, "Morning Ambush", retells the story of Robert Taylor.
Morning Ambush - Air Date - September 10th at 10:00pm
Growing up in the North Carolina countryside, Robert Taylor loved nothing more than being outdoors and working with his hands. But when work dried up, Robert headed to sunny Florida and made a whole new life for himself.
But his life was cut short during his routine bike ride to work. Robert was ambushed and shot multiple times. Weeks passed in the investigation as detectives followed up on all tips, but they lead nowhere. Two years later, family and friends wondered if they would ever find out who killed Robert, until a guilty conscience drove his killer to make a shocking confession.
Police Captain John Thomason and Sargent Gary Gross served as liaisons to the producers of the show while they were shooting episodes here in Lakeland. They along with several other members from the Lakeland Police Department will appear in both episodes.
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Sweden, The Local: "Parents Fined For Nameless Child"
Why not call him, "Nameless?"
Denmark, Copenhagen Post: "Bring On Clauses"
Yo, ho, ho.
Saudi Arabia, Saudi Gazette: "9 Months, 300 Lashes"
If it is nine months jail and 300 lashes, it has to be Saudi Arabia.
Qatar, Gulf Times: "Police Steal From Child Charity"
They simply wanted to steal from the poor and give to the rich.
South Africa, Argus: "Cop Fined For Raping Sister"
"Rapist Gets Two Life Sentences"
No comment.
China, China Daily: "China Holds MIlitary Drill In Yellow Sea"
Did China get permission from the Yellow Sea to hold a military drill?
Australia, Brisbane Times: "Sex And Crash"
Don't you know it is not safe to f–k and drive?
Canada, Toronto Star: "Recession Proof Business"
I can name two– gambling and prostitution.
USA, NY Post: 'Naked Cowboy In Wrangle With Naked Cowgirl"
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I moved into the White House, Old Road, Buckland with my parents Fred and Peggy Jennings and my two brothers Tony and Richard. I remember friends who lived in Buckland, Janet Oxley, Liz Boyes. Gillian Reynolds (lived next door), Barbara Smith (who I am still in contact with). The Seagars and Wade familys lived nearby. I married ...Read full memory
Om my first day at the little school on the green I carried around my neck a box illustrated with Mickey Mouse. It contained a mask smelling horribly of rubber and talcum chalk. I was left in tiny classroom dominated by a very 'tall' woman called Miss Owden. A door led into a cloakroom and on into the ...Read full memory
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Savar deaths hurtle towards 100
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Published: 2013-04-24 13:20:49.0 BdST Updated: 2013-04-24 16:27:05.0 BdST
The death counts in the eight-story building collapse in Savar continue to rise as rescue operation is set to run through the night.
Zahidur Rahman, Director, Public Relations of the Enam Medical College and Hospital, where the bodies and the injured were taken, told bdnews24.com they had received 91 bodies until 4:30pm.
bdnews24.com correspondents in Savar said the bodies have been kept wrapped in plastic sheets in the mortuary. Relatives have taken away many bodies.
Law-enforcing agencies have been grappling to maintain order in the hospital as hundreds of people including relatives of those missing gathered there.
Abul Khair, a firefighter, said they had been asked to continue their search as many more are feared trapped under the rubble.
He said several holes had been dug around the debris to reach the people trapped and they had tried to provide them with oxygen and water.
Flashlights have been installed but rescuers have complained of the presence of too many people at the scene.
The Rana Plaza that housed four garments, a bank, and commercial shops including electronics, computer, cosmetics and clothes, collapsed in the morning hour after garment workers were 'forced' to join work.
Since the condition of many of those being treated in local hospitals and clinics is critical, doctors say the death toll could further rise. More than 800 have been reported injured.
Bodies and the wounded were retrieved of the heaps of flattened floors with makeshift slides made from cloth.
Fire Brigade and Civil Defence's Director General Brig Gen Ali Ahmed Khan said it would take three days to clear the debris.
It is not clear how many people were inside the building when it grounded, but estimates suggest around 6,000 workers work in the four garment factories alone.
Correspondents say the owner Mohammad Sohel Rana was warned on Tuesday to shut the building as cracks appeared. But Rana who is the Convenor of the local Jubo League, youth front of ruling Awami League, did not pay heed.
Survivors said they were hesitant to join work in the building Wednesday.
Sumi Akhter, 25, who was undergoing treatment at Enam hospital for her injuries, said she came at 8am. "I did not want to enter the building. But management told us to join."
"Hour later, it collapsed," she recalled.
Home Minister MK Alamgir, visited the scene with his many of his Cabinet colleagues and said the building did not follow 'building code' during construction.
He vowed to bring the culprit to justice.
The Bangladesh Garments Exporters' and Manufacturers' Association (BGMEA), however, blamed the building owner and sought 'capital punishment'.
President-elect Abdul Hamid, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Opposition leader Khaleda Zia mourned the deaths and expressed their condolences to the victims' families.
The Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief has announced Tk 40 million in aid for the victims.
Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali has directed Tk 20,000 in cash for each of the families of the deceased and Tk 3,000 for the injured.
The Prime Minister has ordered the local administration to carry out the rescue operation on a war footing.
The main opposition-led alliance lifted their shutdown in Dhaka three and a half hours before schedule. The government has declared a national mourning on Thursday.
The heads of European Union missions in Dhaka, US Ambassador and Transparency International of Bangladesh (TIB) expressed their condolences at the loss of lives.
The TIB demanded 'judicial probe' into the incident.
Bangladesh is the world's second-leading garment exporter behind China, but the industry has been fraught with safety concerns, angry protests over poor wages and labour-rights issues.
Bang and panic
Savar Model Police Station OC Asaduzzaman said the rear of the building suddenly started to collapse at around 8:30am. Within a short time, the whole structure, except the main pillar and parts of the front wall, caved in triggering an all-round panic.
Four army teams have joined the police, RAB, firefighters and the locals in expediting the rescue work.
Traffic on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway was disrupted after the building collapse as thousands of people came out to join the rescue.
OC Asaduzzaman said four garments factories and a bank branch located in the complex were closed on Tuesday after the building's wall showed cracks. However, some workers returned to factories on Wednesday before the collapse.
A nearby stall owner Sujon Mia told bdnews24.com the building collapsed suddenly with a loud sound.
The ground and first floors of the Plaza had shops selling electronic goods, computers, perfumes and garments, and also had a branch of the BRAC Bank.
On the second floor was New Wave Bottoms Limited, Phantom Apparels Ltd on the third floor, Phantom Tack Ltd on the fourth floor and Ethar Textile Ltd on the fifth.
Engineer Abdur Razzak had said the building needed to be examined by structural experts from BUET for risk assessment.
He had also forewarned about a possible collapse.
Building collapses are not infrequent in Bangladesh, specially in Dhaka, where construction laws are seldom enforced.
In one of the worst such incidents, at least 70 people were killed when a garment factory had collapsed outside Dhaka in 2005.
At least 14 died and 25 were injured when another high-rise building owned by a government official had collapsed on tin-roof shanties in June 2010.
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My wife and I are divorcing after 17 years of marriage (2 boys 14, 17). I'm 49 and she's 48. Her lawyer is asking for alimony till death or remarriage. I've offered it till my youngest turns 21 (6 1/2 years) with no adjustment for any income she earns. My wife has stayed at home with the kids. She had part-time job a few years ago. Two years ago she got her Real Estate Licence (with my financial and moral support). Each of those years she made about $15K, working very part time. She won the Rookie of the year for the entire company her first year, so clearly she can earn a decent income if she worked at it. I'm keeping my 401K and paying for any outstanding credit card debts. She's keeping the house and contents (about 2/3 of our assets).
Is her lawyer's request reasonable? My wife has said that she'll accept alimony for 12 years. What's a fair length of time to pay out alimony? I just want to move on with my life. Please help. Thanks
Alimony til death or remarriage is the usual in a situation like yours(long marriage), but you're free to make your agreement with her as long as it is reasonable enough for a judge to agree. It's not written in stone, but 15k is not much and real estate is a losing profession right now.
Laymans take:
I think you are nuts to listen to her views on topic and this is 2009 not 1909. Women are well part of work force--and if she earned say $1500 for a few hours work last year its quite reasonable to extrapolate her earning capacity to say 2000 hrs a year --same as court would do if you played part time games.
Alimony is more common as a temporary measure to get somebody back into workforce--and you'd be wise to get paid counsel on your side--my guess is 3 years TOPS is more common in your state.
If she keeps house be bloody sure she takes you OFF any note in about 60 days with some Draconian default language in your favor if she torpedoes that step!
And a 48 year person can bounce the sheets for a long long time w a new lover in 2009 w/o getting married --so that language to me is pure 1909
And child support typically ends about 18 or HS graduation.
You seem way to anxious to sell yourself short.
Have you considered offering her a lump sum instead.
My ex-wife, in the end, agreed to a $50,000 lump sum payment rather than alimony.
Why are you giving her 2/3 of the assets?
My advise to you is that this is not a good time to roll over and play dead. You may very well be taken advantage of. I made the initial mistake of trying to be nice. I ended up leaving many of the decisions to my lawyer because my ex was asking for the moon and stars. Be careful! My ex was asking me for things I could not have agreed to even if I had wanted to. She asked for more money than I earn and seemed to expect to get it. Divorce can change people! Be careful!
"I think you are nuts to listen to her views on topic and this is 2009 not 1909. Women are well part of work force--"
Sure, but women STILL make .70 cents on the dollar compared to men, it's hardly equitable. Considering she DID raise your children (assuming with your okay) while staying mainly out of the work force, I would try for something down the middle to be fair.
While no one here can give you any type of substantive input, in situations where there is a long term marriage, alimony may be awarded until the dependent spouse is eligible for social security. ( but a major factor is how much of the marital asset the dependent spouse is receiving).
See if you can meet somewhere in the middle. I would not do the alimony until death or remarriage, she may never get married just to collect alimony. You can counter offer 10 years, or a lump sum like a previous poster suggested. Or partial lump sum now, and alimony for say....5 years or so?
I think you are rushing to give away the store.
Lets try an equally convoluted view ---A licensed professional who re enters the job force and earns say $15,000 the first year doing say 100 hours of work --has just established an earnings capacity of $150 /hr and it may be reasonable to project an annualized income of $300,000?
Lets do it backwards--suppose you were a licensed professional and your net billing rate after expenses was $150 /hr and you billed say 2100 hrs a year--but in anticipation of a divorce you cut your billable hours to say 100 hours/yr ---think that would fly? (BTW I know an attorney who cut his billable hours to near zero!)
Staying home to care for kids in diapers doesn't cut it as mandatory logic if kids are now 14, 17!
And my spouse's income soared way past mine when spouse re-entered job market at well over 50--sure first couple of years were lean--but soared soon afterwards....


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The Marsh King's Daughter (1999)
by Elizabeth Chadwick
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Another environment lush, character vivid, and story intense work from Elizabeth Chadwick! Not only does this author spin a good yarn, but she transports her readers to another world with problems, dilemmas, and battles all its own, and yet a world that is very much like our own as well. History comes alive in her hands, and that's one of the main reasons I keep coming back to her, again and again.
I loved how the author concentrated on the middle class of medieval society in this work, not the lords and ladies in their castles and keeps. We got to see how the business men and women of that era lived and worked and loved. The world of the passionate wool trade and the surprisingly-political common nunneries came alive. I think I prefer the works that concentrate on the "little people" rather than the nobles sometimes as they become more relatable to people nowadays. They're trying to earn a living, provide for their families, and get on with their lives, just like we do in our modern society. Elizabeth Chadwick just brings that struggle to vivid life.
I actually really liked her female lead in this book, as well. Unlike some of her other female characters which can be thought of a bit weak, Miriel is a woman with her own ambitions, plan, and ideals. She's not waiting for her "knight in shining armor" to come rescue her from her not-wanted-nunnery fate; heck no, she sees the opportunity the nunnery's unexpected visitor provides and negotiates her way out. And while she does periodically fall for the pitfalls of lust and passion which give some serious kinks in the road of life, Miriel rolls with the punches and eventually comes out on top with career, love, and family, all because she had the brain and wits to think for herself and not wait for life to happen.
This novel kept me reading from page to page nonstop, not wanting to stop for piddely things like sleep and food. I really enjoyed this addition to my Elizabeth Chadwick library and can't wait to dive into the rest of my collection.
Good historical novel, with characters that actually grow and learn, make mistakes, and learn some more. Plus, I got to learn about a time in history I didn't know that much about, except from what was happening to royalty. Listened to this on audio in the car, and think I may seek this author out for further ear reads. The voice actor was grand, too.
This is as well written as the rest of Chadwick's books, but as to the story, I just kept hoping for more interaction between the hero and heroine. They are separated for a large amount of the book unfortunately.
In 13th-century England, Miriel is frustrated at the lack of choices available to her as a young, unmarried woman. Her cruel stepfather frequently abuses her, and after one particularly vicious argument he decides that she must leave his household. He arranges for Miriel to go to a nearby convent, where she must take vows and live out the rest of her days as a cloistered nun. Horrified, Miriel tries to resist but is sent to the convent anyway. An opportunity to escape arises when a young sailor, Nicholas de Caen, is found close to death in a field near the convent. Miriel nurses him back to health and then follows him when he leaves the convent. Miriel and Nicholas soon find themselves drawn to each other, but they part on bad terms. When they meet again several years later, they will have to contend against both a ruthless killer and their illicit passion for each other.
I've only read one other book by Elizabeth Chadwick, Lords of the White Castle, and I remember really enjoying it. So my expectations were high, but I ended up being somewhat disappointed with this novel. I think most of my problem was with Miriel's character. The reader is clearly supposed to sympathize with her and see her as a strong, feisty woman who bravely takes on the world. However, I found her overly abrasive and bratty rather than endearing. I also didn't quite buy the romance between her and Nicholas; after being separated for years, they seem to fall in love awfully quickly. The chief villain in the book is also completely over-the-top and seems to have no redeeming qualities whatsoever. In general, while the book is definitely a page-turner, I just don't think it has very much substance. I would recommend lovers of medieval historical fiction to try Sharon Kay Penman instead.
Miriel is an unruly, headstrong girl, whose stepfather places her in the convent of St. Catherine. While there, she comes into contact with Nicholas de Caen, a rebel against King John. While still a prisoner, Nicholas rescues John's infamous treasure from the swamp, and attempts to run away—accidentally (or not) taking Miriel with him. Their adventures, together and apart, take place over the course of about five years, as hate eventually turns to love.
It's true that Elizabeth Chadwick's books, especially those about fictional characters, tend to follow a certain pattern: two would-be lovers are torn asunder by circumstances beyond their control, and they must battle against the odds to eventually return to one another. The main female character usually is very headstrong., and there's often a nails-on-a-chalkboard bad guy thrown in to complicate the plot. The Marsh King's Daughter is a little different, however; the excitement in this book lies in the fact that Nicholas and Miriel don't know that they're attracted to one another—in fact, they have every reason to hate the other! So it's this tension that gives the novel that extra excitement. I've described Elizabeth Chadwick's heroines as headstrong, which usually equates to modern; not so with Chadwick's female characters. I never get the feeling that Miriel, or even Nicholas or the other characters, never stepped out of the thirteenth century.
Elizabeth Chadwick is also extraordinarily skilled at recreating the feel of the thirteenth century. She's mostly known for her novels about the twelfth century, but she depicts this period of time just as well as she does the other. With Chadwick's novels, you're guaranteed a historically accurate read, without being bogged down in too much overwhelming detail. There's only so much that anyone can really know" about people or places from 700 years ago, but Elizabeth Chadwick really knows how to pull the pieces together. In all, this is another good, solid novel from Elizabeth Chadwick. I've only got four novels left of hers to read (including the forthcoming To Defy a King) and I'm really trying to parcel them out!
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From the author of 'The Champion' and 'Shields of Pride', this novel is set in England during the closing days of the reign of King John. Injured fighting King John's troops, Nicholas de Caen is nursed back to health by Miriel of Wisbech.
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