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Sony Ericsson's first Android phone has been a long time coming. First spotted back in July 2009, the Xperia X10 is finally ready to bring its unique 'Mediascape' and 'Timescape' powers to the smartphone mêlée.
An early disappointment with the X10 is that it's running the old version of Android (1.6, or 'Donut'). Until an update arrives (sometime in the second half of 2010) that means the X10 misses out on interface and browser improvements, better keyboard, camera flash and built-in support for Exchange email – although the pre-loaded Moxier Mail offers this.
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But where the Xperia X10 stands out is in its handling of social networking and media. Mediscape improvement on the standard Android media player, allowing quick access to music, movies and photos stored on the phone or online.
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The X10's killer feature, though, is Timescape, an animated pile of 3D tiles. Each represents a specific event from you or your friends – such as a new Tweet, Facebook update, photo or email. It's a neat trick, and useful too.
To Infinity…
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The X10 ditches the standard Android browser in favour of Dolphin, which has multitouch support plus the ability to share pages over Twitter. Crucially, it also feels faster and more responsive – but it's not a Sony Ericsson exclusive and can be downloaded for any Android phone.
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Sony Ericsson has a great track record when it comes to cameras, and the X10's 8MP snapper, with its 4in screen, certainly trounces all other Android smartphones.
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The X10's screen and snapper deliver the wow factor and it's a strong addition to the smartphone ranks. Google's own smartphone, the Nexus One, can't boast the same spec but it's armed with the same 1Ghz brain and a more recent version of Android – and its hardware and software works in harmony, making it the leader of the pack, for now.


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It all began with a sign. Posted on telephone poles, park benches, community centers, and a Woolworth's, Executive Order No. 9066—issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt—sought to prevent "espionage and sabotage" by citizens of Japanese descent in the wake of the 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor. Japanese Americans were arrested, rounded up, and transported to detention centers across the United States, where in some cases they were held for several years.
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Applications for funding from three community grants schemes administered by Horowhenua District Council are now open.
The Horowhenua Community Development Grant, Horowhenua Community Consultation Grant and the Creative Communities Grant invites funding applications for round one of the 2014/2015 financial year, closing at 5pm on Friday 29 August.
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This post addresses two things: (a) Who is Manfredonia persons in Newtown area; (b) Federal involvements with Newtown area police force(s) in the month prior to the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.
(a) Who is Manfredonia
There are two people of interest named Manfredonia in the Newtown area. One of the is an athletic director at a school about 25 miles from Sandy Hook Elementary School (SHES). The other is a retired principal of the Newtown High School and presumably the father of the athletic director. It is presumed in this post that all Manfredonias are innocent of SHES massacre active participation. Here's the documentation:
a) Athletic director Manfredonia: His name is Christopher Manfredonia. He lives 500 yards from the Lanza's house. In this URL of Google maps, you will see "A" is the Lanza property and "B" is the Manfredonia property:
link to maps.google.com
It is interesting that Manfredonia would live so close to Lanza and that Christopher Manfredonia be alleged to be one of the two people found in the woods by police at SHES immediately after the massacre. More on the athletic director Manfredonia:
link to www.youtube.com
"smelled sulphur" and "heard shots" in the school... he was detained and released. Christopher Rodia and Christopher Manfredonia names were confused/confabulated in media. Rodia is a different situation and is not covered in this post.
Chris M Manfredonia
Home (203) 304-9451
35 Charter Ridge Dr
Sandy Hook, CT 06482-1573
Associated: Christopher M Manfredo, George A Manfredonia, Georgeann Manfredonia
link to www.whitepages.com
link to www.latimes.com
Proof he is an athletic director:
link to www.fciac.net
link to www.zoominfo.com
Now, on to the former Newtown High School Principal, William Manfredonia:
link to www.manta.com
link to www.zoominfo.com
link to articles.courant.com
William Manfredonia retired from being the Principal of Newtown High School in about 2004:
link to www.newstimes.com
Another Manfredonia, Fred, is now doing hard time:
"A former trusted Stamford employee, Fred Manfredonia, was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison for stealing more than $350,000 from the city when Dannel P. Malloy was mayor.
Manfredonia was one of three Stamford employees in different departments who were arrested last year in embezzlement cases that were uncovered by the administration of the new Republican mayor who took office in December 2009."
"Until Manfredonia's arrest, he had been deemed as a solid employee in Stamford as the human resources director, Russell said.
In his job, Manfredonia handled employee benefits and had the authority to reimburse city workers for the tuition that they had paid after taking courses at various colleges. The situation was uncovered when Manfredonia was away on vacation, and a city employee complained that she had never gotten reimbursed for her tuition. As a result, another city employee starting looking into the situation about the tuition reimbursements, and an investigation began that raised more questions."
link to blogs.courant.com
Fred A Manfredonia
Home (203) 264-8604
15 Declaration Rd
Southbury, CT 06488-3012
Age: 65+
Associated: Joan A Manfredonia, Chris J Manfredonia, Fre Manfredonia
So, this "Chris J Manfredonia" who has Fred A. Manfredonia as a father has a convicted felon as a father -- for embezzling.
And this property sale for March 3, 2011: "11 Farview Dr: Fred A. and William F. Manfredonia to Christopher M. Blakey, $315,000"
link to www.ctbulletin.com
The sale actually occurred on Jan 3, 2011:
11 Farview Drive: Fred A. and William F. Manfredonia to Christopher M. Blakey, $315,000 on Jan. 3
link to www.theday.com
So Fred A. and William F. Manfredonia were co-property owners. Relatives?
link to blog.ctnews.com
William F Manfredonia (64 years old) has lived in Sandy Hook here:
link to www.lookupanyone.com
Relatives of William F. Manfredonia (is/was Sandy Hook resident):
Daisha Manfredonia
Devon Manfredonia
Leslie Manfredonia
William Manfredonia
Relatives of Fred A. Manfredonia (is/was Sandy Hook resident):
Christine Manfredonia
Kimberly Manfredonia
Joan Manfredonia
Christopher Manfredonia
Relatives of Christopher M Manfredonia (who has lived in Sandy Hook):
Frederick Manfredonia
George Manfredonia
Kimberly Manfredonia
Joan Manfredonia
Fred A Manfredonia
Georgeann Manfredonia
Joan A Manfredonia
Kimberly J Manfredonia
So, the Chris Manfredonia, caught at the scene of the SHES massacre, has a relative who was busted for embezzlement in Stamford... it appears to be his father, Frederick Manfredonia. The former principal at Newtown High School, William F. Manfredonia is not the father of Christopher Manfredonia.
link to articles.courant.com
However Chris is related to William F. as William F. and Frederick A. have been co-property owners and must, therefore, be likely relatives. Perhaps William F. is Chris Manfredonia's uncle?
So... the guy who was found in the woods at the SHES massacre at the time of the massacre has an uncle, Frederick A. Manfredonia who is now doing hard time for embezzlement while he was an accountant-type for Stamford, CT. Moreover, Frederick A. Manfredonia and former principal of Newtown High School, Willam F. Manfredonia, were co-property owners, selling properties in the area. Interestingly, there was a William F. Manfredonia on the payroll of another school in 12/2004 here:
link to data.newsday.com
William F Manfredonia
Carmel Central School District
Earning: $176,334.56
Hire date: 2004-12-01
link to www.123people.us
So, William F. Manfredonia (who is 64 now) retired from Newtown High School principal position and hired on at Carmel Central School District in NY at Putnam and has been there since; making $176,334.56 a year. William F. is not the father of Christopher M. Manfredonia. Frederick A. is the father of Christopher M. Manfredonia.
So -- the very close neighbor of Lanza, Christopher M. Manfredonia, who is an athletic director in a town south of Newtown area, has a father, Frederick A. who is a convicted felon for embezzlement. This same Christopher M. is found wandering the woods of Sandy Hook Elementary School at the very time of the massacre. He has a child there, a 6 year old daughter, he claimed; he claimed he smelled sulfur and saw smoke from the shootings; he had to have been in close range both physically and temporally to see/smell gun smoke yet he was found in the woods after police did a search.
Now comes George Manfredonia:
George A Manfredonia
Home (203) 304-9451
35 Charter Ridge Dr
Sandy Hook, CT 06482-1573
Age: 35-39
Associated: Christopher M Manfredo, Chris M Manfredonia, George Ann Manfredonia
Apparently the wife? "George Ann" of Chris M. She was a Sabino (maiden name, I believe).
So -- the very close neighbor of Lanza, Christopher M. Manfredonia, who is an athletic director in a town south of Newtown area, has a father, Frederick A. who is a convicted felon for embezzlement. This same Christopher M. is found wandering the woods of Sandy Hook Elementary School at the very time of the massacre. He has a child there, a 6 year old daughter, he claimed; he claimed he smelled sulfur and saw smoke from the shootings; he had to have been in close range both physically and temporally to see/smell gun smoke yet he was found in the woods after police did a search.
Picture of this Chris Manfredonia -- the athletic director who's dad appears to be a convicted embezzler -- and who was found at the SHES massacre in the woods -- here:
link to www.ctpost.com
Fairfield Warde Athletic Director Chris Manfredonia. 3/03/09 Photo: Christian Abraham / Connecticut Post
Well, this investigation has gotten so long, I will not do (b) in this post.
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I think maven needs to fix this problem in general... I was thinking about suggesting they add dependencyGroups to dependencies, which can be used to share config between dependencies: <dependencyManagement> <dependencyGroups> <dependencyGroup> <groupId>org.apache.openejb</groupId> <version>2.2-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version> <dependencies> <dependency> <artifactId>openejb-core</artifactId> </dependency> <dependency> <artifactId>openejb-builder</artifactId> </dependency> <dependency> <artifactId>openejb-pkgen-builder</artifactId> </dependency> <dependency> <artifactId>openejb-yoko</artifactId> </dependency> <dependency> <artifactId>openejb-sunorb</artifactId> </dependency> </dependencies> </dependencyGroups> </dependencyGroups> </dependencyManagement> Dunno about the exact syntax, but the general idea is to allow more config to be shared between deps. --jason On Oct 4, 2006, at 11:38 AM, Dain Sundstrom wrote: > On Oct 4, 2006, at 11:13 AM, Jason Dillon wrote: > >> I have been trying to remove the need for all of those >> properties. I think a few of these are fine... just as long as >> those properties are never used in child modules. But most people >> copy past the deps, so these properties are bound to leak. > > I agree but the alternative is some pretty ugly perl code to find > the correct version numbers to change. > > -dain
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Psalms 22:22-23
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Proverbs 2: (HNV)
1 My son, if you will receive my words, And store up my mitzvot within you;
2 So as to turn your ear to wisdom, And apply your heart to understanding;
3 Yes, if you call out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding;
4 If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures:
5 Then you will understand the fear of the LORD, And find the knowledge of God.
6 For the LORD gives wisdom. Out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
7 He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity;
8 That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his holy ones.
9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice, Equity and every good path.
10 For wisdom will enter into your heart. Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11 Discretion will watch over you. Understanding will keep you.
Psalms 119: (KJV)
1 Blessed [are] the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
2 Blessed [are] they that keep his testimonies, [and that] seek him with the whole heart.
3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
4 Thou hast commanded [us] to keep thy precepts diligently.
5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed [thereto] according to thy word.
10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
12 Blessed [art] thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.
13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as [much as] in all riches.
15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
17 Deal bountifully with thy servant, [that] I may live, and keep thy word.
18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
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Subject: Re: [htdig] reference count overflow
From: Geoff Hutchison (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Date: Thu Jun 15 2000 - 16:34:59 PDT
At 4:20 PM -0700 6/15/00, John Caldwell wrote:
Upgrade. It doesn't fix anything database-related, but I wouldn't
want to keep insecure software up.
See <http://www.htdig.org/RELEASE.html>
>Yes, I read that in the FAQ. This is on a Sun Netra T1 with 1gb ram, 1gb
>swap, and about 50gb of disk. The docdb file is only 184mb, and the index
>files are in the range of 15-20mb. The run of "htdig" completed just
>fine, and htmerge never bombed either.
In short, you don't worry so much about resources. :-)
>There's one message in the archive, with _no_ replies:
Funny. I seem to remember replying with a message similar to the one
I sent you. The list archives have sometimes sent messages to the
great void, unfortunately. (Especially since we've gone through a few
different MTAs...)
>My initial assumption was that it was some sort of configuration issue. I
>was not approaching this as a "bug report". I'm not trying to say "your
>software sucks, please fix it", I'm trying to say "I'm getting unepxected
>behavior with a large db". I have 3 other search indexes on the machine
>that work perfectly fine, but each of them is for 1000-2000 documents. I
>only saw this problem with the larger DB.
No, it's not a configuration issue. I also wouldn't call it "a large
db." Maybe by your standards, but 1000-2000 is the smallest size I
use for tests. I generally aim to be sure it can handle 80,000 or so
before I'm willing to release.
But *I'm* saying "if you're willing to help, I'd like to fix the problems.
>I'm willing to reindex from scratch, but how many times am I going to have
>to index 140,000 documents to get it to work? To prevent a complete and
>total DOS on the site I have the wait time set to 1 second.. at that rate
>it takes about 2 days to index all the documents. Kinda makes debugging
Do you need to go through HTTP? There's a lot less load when you use
But it's also slow to do debugging when I can't get to your machine
and try things out either. :-( Something that would help in the
meantime would be to apply the database diagnostic patch at
<ftp://sol.ccsf.cc.ca.us//htdig-patches/3.1.5/diagnostic.0> and try
running htsearch under gdb as mentioned in the comments at the
beginning of the patch. If the patch doesn't apply correctly, let me
know--I think it was garbled in the e-mail.
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"It was a very nice surprise to hear that I was on the list and I think that the success of the Nottinghamshire team last year led to the recognition."
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Household goods giant Unilever has signed the biggest advertising deal in British history, with a four-year, £320m alliance with Carlton Communications and Granada.
The deal covers advertising for Unilever's huge range of products, from Dove soap to Hellmann's mayonnaise to Wall's ice cream.
The contract exemplifies the determination of major consumer goods firms to cut costs by bundling advertising into long-term deals.
But while Unilever will effectively have negotiated a substantial discount on airtime, it also represents a shot in the arm for the two broadcasters.
Carlton and Granada have been hit hard by the advertising slump and the failure of interactive joint venture ITV Digital, and both are due to unveil dismal results this week.
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"It gives us a good deal for the money," Unilever spokesman Trevor Gorin said.
Anglo-Dutch Unilever is Britain's top advertiser, spending more than £120m on promoting its brands.
This is the first time it has signed a multi-year deal, replacing a previous system of renewable annual contracts with the broadcasters.
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Subject: Vachon
Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2000 21:20:59 -0800
I am searching for John Vachon who was in Paris, KY in 1940. I believe
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The idea is to stampede others into pledging their money, too.
And I think in the stampede of people to buy his book, some will now accidentally buy my book [laughs].
They are unleashed into the narrow streets of old Pamplona and forced to stampede, pursued by crazy guys in red scarfs.
As more self-anointed cool kids join, this will turn into a stampede.
But in the stampede to safety, fortune hunters are leaving behind a heavy footprint.
A stampede to our cabins would follow, and a hasty upgathering of such literature as we could lay our hands upon.
There was a stampede of the unoccupied in the back of the room.
He saw nothing of the stampede of workmen, but soon was aroused by the yell of the Indians.
The only glance we're permitted is at a stampede following the wrecking of a termitary.
Then the guards with the ponies called out and warned the Cheyennes that the frightened animals were threatening to stampede.
1828, from Mexican Spanish estampida, from Spanish, "an uproar," from estamper "to stamp, press, pound," from the same Germanic root that yielded English stamp (v.). The political sense is first recorded 1846. As the name of an annual exhibition of cowboy skills in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, it is attested from 1912.
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On Sunday, I think I might trek out to beautiful metropolitan Reddington NJ for the Quick Chek Festival of Ballooning. Joan Jett is playing, and it's her only area appearance. Now the festival is going on all weekend, with America and Three Doors Down playing as well.
Shelli said she's would be going up in one this year
On Long Island, in Manhasset there's a summer fair happening, and a Singles Pizza Mingle in Huntington. Oh one at Jones Beach too.
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Peaceful and Ethereal Music mixes
Hi all
I am very passionate about music and create soothing music mixes as a hobby in genres like: relaxation, oriental, Japanese, world, ethnic fusion, piano, minimalism, modern classical, ambient.
What kind of music brings yourself "back to the roots"?
I will share some with you as well. Maybe somebody else enjoys this also and the music would be a good companion for you in relaxing/doing yoga/drinking tea/using public transportation/working etc.
The mix is called "Taste Zen In Tea"
#japanese #traditional #ethnic #meditation #world
1. F.A.B. - Hannya Shingyo 7:50
2. Zhang Wei-Liang - Taste Zen In Tea 8:15
3. Hae - After the Rain 5:07
4. Sorma - Miyabi 6:30
5. Jalan Jalan - Wari 6:35
6. Kokin Gumi - Dawn 6:25
7. Eri Sugai – Konjaku Monogatari 6:00
8. Weave – Sei 12:10
How do you like it? Do you have any similar song/artist recommendations that might fit the same style? : )
Best wishes,
Potere Infinito
Re: Peaceful and Ethereal Music mixes
Yes, they are peaceful yet I like them in the movies more when it fit.
Follow White
Re: Peaceful and Ethereal Music mixes
Mind is changing do I changing?
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Emmanuel Pahud | Debussy · Syrinx
Ripple in still water
When there is no pebble tossed
Nor wind to blow --R.H.
Re: Peaceful and Ethereal Music mixes
Elevator music.
I believe it is known as 'lounge'.
Re: Peaceful and Ethereal Music mixes
It depends on the day or the task but normally downtempo or ambient will do the trick. However, my favorite is an artist named Trevor Hall. He is a practitioner and his music just resonates with me.
Re: Peaceful and Ethereal Music mixes
organizational, yes, movie soundtracks are nice and atmospheric
Spike, thanks! Debussy is good indeed, like many other classical composers. Didn't know the song that you posted before though.
lobster, hehe, good answer, elevator music can be lounge music indeed, sometimes also ambient, classical (like in my company), chillout etc.
anka, thank you for introducing Trevor Hall! I will give it a listen, didn't know him before
Re: Peaceful and Ethereal Music mixes
For Trevor I would recommend starting with the cd KALA.
You could also check out.
Maggie Rogers
Phillip Glass
Burial (Untrue CD)
Volor Flex
Zoe Keating (awesome solo cello)
Steve Halperin
Ryan Farish
Pause and play nature
Pause and play karma
Michael whalen
Hang massive
Club root
Brian Eno
All of the above are fantastic ambientish music.
Happy listening
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New mix today!
Name "The Call to Awaken"
https://www.mixcloud.com/potereinfinito ... pisode-80/
Genres: Guitar, Instrumental, World Music, Chill, Sitar
1. Estas Tonne - Internal Flight (guitar version) (21:00)
2. Crimson Circle - Awaken (14:20)
3. Shastro - Dikara (6:45)
4. Rasa - Gopinatha (6:50)
5. Chinmaya Dunster - Full Moon (13:45)
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Hello guys!
New mix "Evening Lotus"
https://www.mixcloud.com/potereinfinito ... pisode-81/
Genres: Tibetan, Nature, World Music, Chill, Healing
1. Choying Drolma & Steve Tibbetts - Kyamdro Semkye (3:15)
2. Deuter - Lovesong from The Mountains (7:55)
3. Ben Leinbach – Khumjung (12:15)
4. Bishwo Shahi - Boudha Stupa (10:50)
5. Reiki - Inner Healing (2:15)
6. Reiki - Evening Lotus (3:10)
7. Terry Oldfield & Soraya Saraswati - Healing Sound Meditation (18:30)
Nice listening!
Re: Peaceful and Ethereal Music mixes
Hi all!
Today I present a new mix "Eternal OM"
https://www.mixcloud.com/potereinfinito ... pisode-82/
Genres: Meditation, Instrumental, World Music, Mantra, Chill
1. Dick Sutphen & Robert Slap - Eternal OM (11:30)
2. Devakant - Hari Om (8:35)
3. Steve Roach, Byron Metcalf & Mark Seelig - Six (11:30)
4. Al Gromer Khan - A Strange Kind of Peace (7:55)
5. Krishna Das - Hanuman Puja (3:45)
6. Krishna Das - Hanuman Chaleesa (8:30)
7. Deuter - Seven Sacred Pools (9:15)
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New mix today "Mind Over Matter"
https://www.mixcloud.com/potereinfinito ... pisode-83/
Genres: Meditation, Instrumental, World Music, Chill, Healing
1. Mind over Matter - La Vie (11:10)
2. Reiki - Singing Bowls (10:20)
3. Akshara Weave – Ko (16:45)
4. Alpha Wave Movement & Jim Cole - Satari (4:40)
5. Artista Desconhecido - Faixa de audio 22 (5:10)
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Finally, a squad of reinforcements arrived and they were able to retreat.
Browne tells the story of a Sergeant Leigh Ann Hester and squad leader Timothy Nein who came under attack in Iraq.
In Pervomayskoye village, eight men from a Crimean "self-defense" squad intimidated local Tatar activist Ilyas Ibrahimov.
One officer, later identified as Sam Lenda, fired what is described as a "squad rifle" and Page fell mortally wounded.
Yet Bruno, who was not on the Brazilian World Cup squad, is married to Dayane Souza, with whom he has two children.
The other day the first sergeant, a theologian of a wholly unsuspected bellicosity, called upon the squad leaders to report.
Nothing but to continue to the front with his squad would do.
She saw a squad of brigandish-looking stragglers at her mare's head.
"squad, forward—march," said Nevers, as he explained how the command was to be executed.
Sergeant Terry, without a command, followed what remained of the first squad in its search for Rawdon.
1640s, "small number of military men detailed for some purpose," from French esquade, from Middle French escadre, from Spanish escuadra or Italian squadra "battalion," literally "square," from Vulgar Latin *exquadra (see square). Until the introduction of automatic weapons, infantry troops tended to fight in a square formation to repel cavalry or superior forces. Sports sense is recorded from 1902.
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Lussini, Vanessa C., Fairfull-Smith, Kathryn E., Colwell, John M., & Bottle, Steven (2016) Profluorescent nitroxide sensors for monitoring photo-induced degradation in polymer films. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 241, pp. 199-209.
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Colwell, John, Wentrup-Byrne, Edeline, George, Graeme, & Schue, Francois (2015) A pragmatic calcium-based initiator for the synthesis of polycaprolactone copolymers. Polymer International, 64(5), pp. 654-660.
Trueman, Antony, Knight, Steven, Colwell, John, Hashimoto, Teruo, Carr, James, Skeldon, Peter, et al. (2013) 3-D tomography by automated in situ block face ultramicrotome imaging using an FEG-SEM to study complex corrosion protective paint coatings. Corrosion Science: the journal on environmental degradation of materials and its control, pp. 376-385.
Colwell, John, Nikolic, Melissa, Bottle, Steven, & George, Graeme (2013) Sensitive luminescence techniques to study the early stages of polymer oxidation. Polymer Degradation and Stability, 98(12), pp. 2436-2444.
Moghaddam, Lalehvash, Blinco, James, Colwell, John, Halley, Peter, Bottle, Steven, Fredericks, Peter, et al. (2011) Investigation of polypropylene degradation during melt processing using a profluorescent nitroxide probe: A laboratory-scale study. Polymer Degradation and Stability, 96(4), pp. 455-461.
Colwell, John M., Blinco, James P., Hulbert, Courtney, Fairfull-Smith, Kathryn E., & Bottle, Steven E (2011) A profluorescent azaphenalene nitroxide for nitroxide-mediated polymerization. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 64(4), pp. 426-432.
Colwell, John, Walker, James, Blinco, James, Micallef, Aaron, George, Graeme, & Bottle, Steven (2010) Profluorescent nitroxides: Thermo-oxidation sensors for stabilised polypropylene. Polymer Degradation and Stability, 95(10), pp. 2101-2109.
Colwell, John, Khan, Javaid, Will, Geoffrey, Fairfull-Smith, Kathryn, Bottle, Steven, George, Graeme, et al. (2010) Prognostic tools for lifetime prediction of aircraft coatings: Paint degradation. Advanced Materials Research, 138, pp. 137-149.
Bell, John, Colwell, John, Wentrup-Byrne, Edeline, & Wielunski, Leszek (2003) A Study of the Chemical and Physical Effects of Ion Implantation of Micro-Porous and Nonporous PTFE. Surface & Coatings Technology, 168, pp. 216-222.
Conference Paper
George, Graeme A., Colwell, John M., Trueman, Tony, & Will, Geoffrey (2013) Sensitive methods for studying the environmental performance of protective coatings. In Corrosion & Prevention 2013, 10-13 November 2013, Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, QLD.
Colwell, John, Khan, Javaid, Harman, Alex, Trueman, Antony, McAdam, Grant, George, Graeme, et al. (2011) Further developments in the use of portable FTIR for analysis of aircraft coating degradation. In Proceedings of the 18th International Corrosion Congress 2011, Volume 2, 20 - 24 November, 2011, Australia.
QUT Thesis
Colwell, John Michael (2006) Synthesis of polycaprolactone polymers for bone tissue repair. PhD thesis, Queensland University of Technology.


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When one talks about confidence, a quiet knowing, what exactly does that mean?
I can only deduce that this confidence comes with fore-knowledge of a particular course of action leading to a predictable outcome.
In chess, this translates to knowledge - in fact, GMs have about 100,000 bits of this knowledge in the form of principles of the 3 phases of the game, plus other patterns of chess tactics such as mating patterns, even endgame patterns where 1 look at the arrangement of pawns can determine the course of action to take. It is this knowledge that players need to seek, whether through the study of games, or by deduction in the course of analysing his/her own game.
There will always be some positions where it will be impossible to calculate owing to the many ramifications of the variations pending on the player's understanding of the game. In fact, some of the correct moves may not even be discovered during the course of the game as that possibility may not have existed owing to the player's ignorance of the pattern / know-how. Hence, a strong player ought to have good erudition of what's been uncovered by past masters and how they are applied in today's competitive context.
Though computers can be a big help in terms of charting the variations from the opening to the middlegame, I don't think they can be of much help in the endgame as we all know, they do not reason the same way as humans do here. Countless examples have been found where the computer can actually derive nonsensical plans based purely on calculation whereas the human has better bearings based on heuristics derived from past experience.
Ultimately, the study of chess will be rewarded if one focuses on the relevant bits pertaining to his/her playing level and reinforces it in attempting to apply them in competitive games.
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Friday, October 29, 2010
What are they? I am afraid some of these names below may be alien to young chess players, who may not have even known who I am talking about. Let me just flash out the titles first, then I will go in depth on my next posting. I own most of them by the way.
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Books that teach yourself are abound in the 80's and I present some of the well written ones, such as Zak's "Improve Your Chess Results".
I chanced upon this book while playing in the Merdeka tournament in 1990 at the Times bookstore in KL. The title attracted me so I started to pore over its contents. It was a revelation. Zak is a famous Russian chess trainer having coached many top players, such as Boris Spassky the 10th World Champion, Yermolinsky among others. He was a believer in the attack from the first move and advocated a thorough study of the Two Knight's Defence for young players.
The major topics covered were: How Skill Develops, Typical Mistakes by Young Players, Developing a Repertoire which are relevant to the chess coaching nature in me. Let expand on the topic Typical mistakes by Young Players. The main sub-title under this chapter was " Playing openings without understanding the ideas". I quote:
" If a player learns variations without understanding the basic ideas of an opening and its characteristic type of middlegame, the result is that when he encounters something unexpected he loses confidence in himself., commits errors, defends weakly. Once in an unfamiliar situation, he is unable to think independently, racks his brains trying to remember book line. In such cases his alertness is abruptly diminished; this, as a rule, leads to mistakes and defeat".
Under Developing a repertoire, this is what Zak has to say: " Whereas in ordinary systems the basis of a correct approach is not the the learning of variations but an understanding of opening ideas, in gambit systems a precise knowledge of variations is quite indispensable...This is illustrated when we consider how to build an opening repertoire to 1 e4. There are 2 ways of solving this problem. One is to select some half-open system and study its hidden possibilities thoroughly enough to remove any fear of surprises by the opponent. Granted a certain rationale in this method, a more purposeful approach from the point of view of improving your play most rapidly is to opt for 1..e5!. Admittedly, this entails much more work."
Tisdall's pioneering work runs along the same lines as John Nunn's Secrets of Practical Chess below. They both deal with the problems of self-improvement, such as calculating ability, learning how to learn from reading chess books, the necessary endgame knowledge one needs to know etc. Tisdall deals with the topic of calculation better, as he explains how to go about it in detail. Nunn gives more examples, even expanding on the role of computers in today's chess preparation.
Of the 2, in terms of advice on how to improve, my vote goes to Tisdall as his 2 chapters on the calculation are already worth more than Nunn's material. There is also the chapter on Pattern Training which I find most fulfilling as it stresses the need for the student to accumulate 'patterns' (whether tactical ones like mating patterns or
positional ones like play against the different opening pawn structures) and group their study under these patterns.
By accumulating these bits of knowledge, it makes a lot easier in contemplating a plan and backing it up with analysis. Interestingly, this is the same approach advocated by Karpov in his latest book " Finding the Right Plan".
Some of the above books are meant for adults, but for those aged14 and under, try this book. It was recommended reading for the Australian women's Olympiad team by the then-coach GM Ian Rogers! I love the approach by Simon Webb when he deals with how to play the man, trapping Heffalumps (or stronger players) or catching Rabbits (how to play weaker players) and most of all, how to swindle! Very entertaining in its approach and you'd learn in a fun way. Sadly, Webb was brutally murdered by his own son while retiring in Sweden some years ago. The man should not deserve such a fate for having brought this wonderful book to us.
Hope that suffices for the time being.
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
I've engaged someone across the Causeway in his postings about the process of creating a GM or grandmaster. Though he approaches it from the motivational speaker point of view, it is laughable ignorance on his part perhaps that several bloggers have tried to dispel his thoughts which they think will only serve to misguide. So I guess its time to prove myself in what I know about his area of expertise (motivation and mind training) when it comes to chess players.
He is not wrong in that there are components in chess by listing the 2 player's minds, the chessboard, the clock. So I shall attempt to recommend the various books below which can help him understand the subject of chess better.
Having been around the chess training scene since 1982, although a volunteer then, I have researched quite a bit on the thinking process of the chess player and how it affects his/her game. 2 landmark books come to mind:
Adrian De Groot's classic thesis on the thinking of chess players (from club player to World Champion) gives us an insight of the workings of the different class of chess players. What is interesting is his experiments by getting Grandmasters and World Champions to talk out loud what's in their heads as they see a position. We then realise that Grandmasters calculate not much different from the standard way of Check, Capture then Threat but they also are very good at grasping relationships between pieces while thinking. These bits of information (called chunks) allow them to orientate themselves in any position and find solutions to the problem at hand. A updated version of this book is Dan Heisman's the Improving Chess Thinker.
I have the utmost respect for Mr Heisman, who is only a National Master but speaks wealth of chess instructional knowledge in his Novice Nook articles found on Chesscafe.com. NM Heisman further continues the experiment by Dr DeGroot and expands on the peculiarities of chess players when analysing the same positions set by DeGroot 70 years ago. Not much has changed apparently, but it does give valuable information to chess coaches on how to work on the player's thought processes according to their playing strength. If you know how to think, you will play better moves. Not by shutting down 'noise' which should not exist if you concentrate on the what to think.
In the realm of chess psychology, nobody beats GM Nikolai Krogius. A GM himself, he set upon the task of defining the different aspects of the chess mind and how it operates when pondering positions on the chessboard. Some of the topics like Time Trouble and its causes/cures, nerves, visualising, the chess image are very relevant to the tournament player in that there are methods given to correcting such weaknesses. A good book to understanding how to deal with competition variables.
As a chess coach, one must learn and continue to receive good inputs from others. We certainly do not bury our heads in the sand as someone pointed. The 2 authors have given wonderful insights on a training method that has yielded results. I urge anyone who wants to task himself on creating a GM to sincerely read what they have to say, because they have a training system that works. No need to join dots, imagine fears and what not.
Knowledge is what sets us free from ill-conceived notions of delusion, so I hope I have answered the sceptics who have doubts about my understanding about in the area of chess training.
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Here are some of my recommendations for good endgame books to read. This covers the area of exact or theoretical endgames. You need only to study the 30 that I have outlined from the huge lot.
What I like about these books is that they have lots of explanations in how the winning method is achieved. Some are even directed towards the level of players and what they should know - eg Silman.
Basic Chess Endings has been around for years as the 1st encyclopedia of chess endgames. Though there are quite a few errors, what I like about this book is that it gives sound advice on what to do when you have no definite idea how to proceed. Take for example pawn endings. So you have 1 pawn more than your opponent. Fine's advice?
" The winning process in endings with a pawn ahead as follows:
1 Force a passed pawn
2 Sacrifice the pawn at a moment to get either
a a pawn that queens by force
b a sufficient proponderence (means more) of material
c a win in one of the basic positions"
So its good to just get the advice. The analysis in the other books below are more trusted.
For the post beginner about P1 or 2, this is quite a good book to read as Silman carefully divides the material to what you should learn at the level you are playing. The exercises are good and easy to understand.
This book is the most concise for the primary school player. It covers many of the methods with an explanation, but you will need to sit down and play over quite a few examples to understand how it works. It is like a cookbook - with recipes but you need the basic skills first. The book is not quite written for children so it does take a little motivation to read.
For the more serious player who's playing for school competition, you should own 1 of the few below:
Grivas's book is known as the textbook of endgames for the FIDE trainers today, rightfully so as he's the main man in planning materials for the FIDE training course for endgames. It is well-explained, but needs a level of 1300 to understand it. Definitely not for those just starting to play chess.
Before Grivas what do we have? Paul Keres's classic of course. This book is out of print I believe, but if you have friends or relatives who used to play chess in the 80's they may own this book. We carry it to tournaments often as it contains most of what you need to know when you need to win a particular position. Very concise, but again not many like its approach - Keres tests your patience by giving you the same arrangement of pieces in the centre, then shifts it 1 file to the left, 1 rank up toward the last rank just to prove a point. Some of my peers hated this. But Keres is trying to make a point in that not all the methods work everywhere on the board - you need to pay attention to the contours of the board too, as some manoeuvres cannot be executed owing to lack of squares either on the side or up front.
Finally, the KING of theoretical endgames books - the author needs no introduction as he is currently acclaimed as THE chess trainer, having produced world class players like Dolmatov, Dreev and Yusupov. He wrote this to correct the number of ghastly produced encyclopedias from the past 40 years which he feels has no relevance in todays competitive context. Selecting 200 positions which he believes a serious FIDE-rated player should master, he gives you all the necessary methods and exercises (very tricky ones) to test you. This is a workbook - you should have to read it, practice the examples until you understand the material and then watch your endgame grow.
Endgame Strategy books are rather hard to come by these days, not many are good. I have these 2 to recommend.
I enjoyed this book a lot - it teaches by the student asking questions and the master answering them (and your questions too) on what to focus on endgames. Most players see the endgame as the need to memorise many winning methods and are unsure about how to conduct them. Reading this book will at least remove that fear and give you a new set of eyes when looking at any endgame.
For those who have started playing chess competitions, this is the best book I can find that introduces the strategems of chess endgames to the reader. When this book was first published, it sold out really well as it was the only 1 of its kind - explaining the mysteries of the champions when it comes to endgames. Many of the topics covered are so relevant to the competitive player in that by just knowing them, you've gained so much understanding in how the top-players work during endgame play. Sit through 1 example, read the notes, then try to guess the moves of the winner. This is the best way to work through the book.
LB Hansen's book was about 20 years late but he makes up by expanding the number of strategems and added more later examples. The later examples may not necessary mean better instructive ones though. Some of them are quite complicated to follow so primary school children I feel should not attempt this one.
If you are already FIDE-rated and want to go for the FM,IM or GM titles, this book will be a good investment. You should arm yourself with the full arsenal of endgame weapons given in this book.
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
As promised, I shall now dwell on the business of chess improvement based on my experience.
Most players, weak or strong, fear and respect the endgame respectively. Unlike opening variations where one can devote time to learn 'tricks' to catch the opponent off-guard to snare a piece, a queen or even mate, the endgame does not reward the student in this manner.
I agree with Andy Soltis when he says the chief phobia about endgames is chiefly caused by the chess authors way of presenting the subject. Tons of exact endgames knowledge (where if you know the moves you can win) in the form of encyclopedic information about how if your pieces lie within the zone you win, if not you draw, or who wins if he has the move etc. Too much of such information is utterly useless as the when the time does come to apply such information over the board, much of it would have been forgotten.
On the other hand, there's the other area of practical endgame strategems such as the fortress, creating 2 weaknessess, widening the beachead, centralising the King etc that would need to be understood before one can conduct a decent endgame.
So with limted time on our hands, how should one go about apportioning time for the endgame? It depends greatly on the level of the player. The stronger the player, the more emphasis on knowing theoretical endgames and less on strategy. As for the primary school chess player at school level, learning 30 theoretical endgames and knowing about the 10 main strategems should suffice.
Where to get this knowledge? Of course, coaches will know where but for those who do not have them, the internet is abound with such information. What I would do is list the necessary endgames for the student to go do reasearch on.
1 Checkmate with K and Q vs K
2 Checkmate with K and R vs K
3 Checkmate with 2Bs vs K
Pawn Endgames
4 Opposition
5 Key Squares
6 Square of the Pawn
7 Floating Square rule
8 Outflanking
9 Shouldering
10 Outside and protected passed pawns
Pieces (and K) vs Pawn (and K)
11 Q vs b,d,e,g pawn on 2nd or 7th rank
12 Q vs a,b,c,f pawn on 7th rank
13 R vs P on 4th, 5th rank pawn
Rook Endgames
14 R and a,h pawn vs R
15 R and b,c,f,g P vs R
16 R and a,h pawn after 5 rank
17 R and b,c,f,g pawn after 5 rank
18 R and central pawn d,e vs R
19 Lucena's position
20 Philidor's position
21 Back rank defence
22 Short side for K, long side for R
23 Using pawn as Shelter for the King
24 Checking distance
25 Rooks behind passed pawns
26 Active Rook and its importance
Bishop vs Knight ending
27 B and pawn vs N
28 N and pawn vs B
29 Good N vs Bad B
30 B vs N and pawns on both sides
1 Centralise the King
2 Activate pieces
3 Pawn structure and weaknesses to avoid - isolated, doubled,pawn islands
4 Principle of 2 weaknesses
5 Creating a passed pawn
6 Playing with the whole army
7 Widening the beachead
8 Zugswang
9 Creating pawn weaknesses by attacking pawns
10 Gaining critical tempo (esp in pawn endgames)
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Quite a big word, subliminal. I had just learnt it from reading Andy Soltis's STUDYING CHESS MADE EASY.
I would recommend this book for the serious player wanting answers on how to improve his/her chess through the various ways of studying chess. There are many methods which I find I had in common with the ones he explained in his book.
The one I liked best was Subliminal learning - using methods to input chess knowledge to the mind subconsciously. How can this be done? Reading chess books and analysing every diagram one comes across. In his book he gives countless examples of top players doing that, Each time the book is read, different thoughts and perceptions are picked up by the player. One such book I find which does this is Nimzowitsch's MY SYSTEM. You can read this book at different phases and it tells you different things.
The other way which Soltis does not talk about and is my own invention, is Chess Game watching. You will need a game-viewer or Chess database like chessbase to do this. This manner of learning I find is applicable to learning openings and middlegame plans right out of the opening, particularly useful in theoretical openings like the Ruy Lopez and Sicilian.
Select an opening variation of say 15 moves deep. Select about 50 games where the same 15-moves were made and White wins subsequently later. Try to keep the games short, say about 35 moves max. Load them onto the viewer and get it to replay the game with an interval of 1 sec a move. Watch the game like a movie. Once the game is ended, the viewer will automatically start the next game. Sit through this 50 game movie and I assure you, your mind will pick up many useful bits of instruction as to how White went about winning his games.
Now use the same variation and select 50 wins by Black. Go through the process and now you will learn exactly how Black defended and won, subconsciously. Your eyes and mind learns at a speed way beyond your imagination.
I gathered that this is how human beings derive what and what not to do when playing computer games, not just by memorising patterns of steps but subconsciously programming and reprogramming themselves to do the right thing till it works out to perfection. Then they proudly defeat the game. However, computer gamers are now re-introducing the human element into the domain and allowing humans to pit their wits and knowledge against each other, so there is a wider dimension of plans that can counter archtypical setups and steps. The computer gamers are learning from chess after all, so why shouldn't we learn from them in how to learn ?
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Back in the last 30 years, most of what's known as theoretical chess knowledge existed purely in the form of the printed word - chess magazines, chess books, Informants. These were the main source of information one can get on the latest trends in opening theory, or the presentation of great games played by the masters with great comments from the authors.
That trend was completely changed with the Computer Age - the use of chess databases, playing programs like Fritz or Rybka and instruction videos. The poor chess student is really flooded with tons of information coming at a ridiculous rate that it is near impossible to find the time to rummage through, let alone study, the essence of the material.
With time controls of 25 mins or less per player to complete the game, one wonders why is there the need to invest time and effort to learn chess when there is hardly enough time for the student to ponder about the plans and strategies one has learnt, hoping to find some use for it in their games?? Most games I reckon would mainly be decided on either tactical blunders or loss of material given en prise. To play well in the rapid 25 min time control, would it not be enough just to practice on tactical shots and play gambits? Do you honestly think the child will be able to do something like " Oh..White has just made the same error as XX did vs YY at the 20NN tournament so the finish goes like .."? Short of the player having a photographic memory (which does help in remembering loads of opening theory), to figure such things out within the time frame of a total 50 minute game is not possible in club play. Hence it is best to have games of 1 hour per side or more per player to give him/her the luxury of recalling the chess knowledge that has been learnt to devise the right plan of action. When this happens, the satisfaction of winning a game is far greater and thereby reinforcing the notion that chess is very much a thinking game, rather than the slow-motion version of an arcade shootout.
Is it therefore any wonder that today's children know next to nothing about reading chess books for improvement, or watching a video they can get their hands on? The chess culture that we've had for the past 30 years, seems to have been eroded over the last 10. How ironical, because it is precisely the last 10 years that chess information has been mushrooming and today I would say there are relatively few secrets left in the chess world of knowledge. Books and videos explain to a T what you need to know to play a specific opening, how to handle play in specfic pawn-structures like the Isolated Queen Pawn, tactical exercises online that you can practice to sharpen your skills. The only realm where knowledge is not so clearly digestible is in the endgame. Though computers today can work out endgame solutions of any position where the number of pieces on board do not exceed 5, it is near impossible to expect the human being to play that way. I see the endgame as the last bastion where human ingenuity is still called upon to win a game rather than the reliance of total chess knowledge to dictate the play.
Sadly, learning about endgames is the bitter bit of chess that even strong players do not enjoy, because of the lack of excitement in such positions and the cold clinical accuracy one must have to execute the winning routine. It is precisely in this realm that we can teach kids about the logic of planning. As in most theoretical endgames, a clear winning solution is presented even against best play by the opponent. Learning the methods can certainly help in understanding how the pieces work together towards the strategic plan. Learning tactics acheve the same end, albeit with a lot more excitement.
Hence I will focus on bringing in useful excerpts of good books that I've had the fortune to read over the last 35 years, for the young budding player in mind of course. I will start with Basic Chess Endings by Reuben Fine. Though its an old book,Pal Benko has revised it but the instructional part of it is crafted by Fine himself. I would not vouch for the analysis of moves as it has been found to have quite a few errors, but what I like about it is the way it offers advice on how to conduct specific positions with a few pieces.
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Seat Depth:
17 In.
Back Width:
24 In.
Back Height:
20 In.
Weight Limit:
400 Lbs.
Weight & Dimensions
63 Lbs.
38 In. H x 27 In. W
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The manufacture of Office Master office furniture is conducted under the highest industry standards with careful attention to detail and individual inspection of each and every unit.
All chair frames, including metal, gas cylinders, wood, and plastic parts, and control handles are guaranteed against structural failure for 7-year or 12-year warranties under normal commercial use to the first purchaser. Casters and Office Master in-stock upholstery items have a 2-year commercial use warranty. COM/COL and grade-in fabrics are not covered under Office Master warranties. Standard commercial use is defined as the proper usage for one single shift, a total of 40 hours or less per week, by persons weighing 250lbs. or less unless otherwise specified by Office Master.
This warranty does not apply to items subjected to abuse, misuse, neglect, alteration, or damage caused by shipment, storage, accident, fire, flood, or natural disaster.
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hi again, I would like to ask you a question.
If the trustee on the bankruptcy case does take a settlement from my daughter will the settlement end at this point..Will I no longer have any obligations to repay or have any more letters coming from the trustee and do you think the settlement can be negotiated? I am scheduled monday for a heart cath///I think all this woring is killing me..thanks m. .
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That is correct. If the trustee accepts a settlement amount from your daughter to pay what he thinks is the value of your life estate, then that will be the end of his involvement with your life estate. In other words, he would then not be able to sell the life estate to anyone else, as your daughter will then own it.
should we try to negotiate ? I don't know if there is a real good market for the trustee / my health concerns..what you reason a value for this settlement...I have nothing and my daughter has a lot of obligations herself.. thanks m