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The 5 Least Romantic Keys to a Happy Relationship
Any old talk show psychologist can give you the business about date nights and fetish gear to keep the spark alive. That's Talk Show Psychologist Tips For Romance 101. But it takes a ballsy renegade to have the guts to let you know that saving a relationship might be about imagining the most romantic solutions possible -- then doing the opposite.
That ballsy renegade is us.
#5. Spend Less Time Together
So it's been a long week at work, both of you are stressed out and when you do see each other, you end up fighting like rabid monkeys. But now it's the weekend! You can relax and spend your free time playing tennis (which he loves) and taking pictures of each other with ironic finger mustaches (which she loves). But you have to do these things together because you are a couple, dammit, and you love each other.
No line to the women's toilets will ever come between you!
Or not.
Wait, What?
This one sounds painfully obvious when explained, but we'll be damned if we can't think of a couple who doesn't make this mistake.
Studies show that it is actually better to keep your fun time separate, especially when it involves a hobby that one partner likes and the other just tolerates. A 10 year study showed that short of murder, the absolute worst thing a couple can do is engage in activities that only one partner enjoyed.
Like sleeping with other people.
All other things being equal, those couples reported the least satisfaction with their marriages. And the couples with the cojones to admit they have more fun keeping hobby time separate report greater happiness with their marriages than the fools who forced each other to co-enjoy their crap hobbies.
"Wait, how did I get on this boat? I'm trying to raid here!"
Some relationship experts even recommend that couples take separate vacations to fan the flames of romance. After all, taking a vacation is a big undertaking and a huge luxury. So what happens when you really want to go to the beach but your girlfriend likes the snake zoo? There isn't all that much room to compromise -- someone is going to end up brooding and blubbering like a baby in the gift shop. The answer is simple, if a bit shocking: Go to the places you love alone or with like-minded friends. As long as your co-vacationer isn't your hot ex-lover, you're likely to come home relaxed and happy. And your spouse is likely to have enjoyed her alone time as well. WIN-WIN!
"Hey, honey. Glad you're not here."
And on a similar note ...
#4. Sleep Apart
As anyone who's ever watched a sitcom in the last 60 years knows, getting sent to the couch is a pretty obvious sign that someone in the relationship (the husband) has screwed up. In other words, in our minds, sleeping apart = unhappy relationship. So the idea of sleeping apart from your significant other, every night, on purpose, seems like a sure pit stop on the highway to Splitsville.
Splitsville, twinned with Bitter-Recriminationsprings.
But in reality, it might be the best thing for your relationship.
Wait, What?
You're probably already aware that a big chunk of your quality of life depends on how much and how well you sleep. Well, there is almost no way those slumber hours are going to be improved on by adding another person into the mix. On average, people are woken up six times a night by their partner. Everything from hogging the sheets, to rolling over, to jimmy legs, to the sweats and night terrors can ruin the quality of your partner's rest, night after night, week after week. Not to mention the estimated 90 million Americans who snore. If you're one of them, you might be robbing your bed buddy of up to two hours of sleep a night.
"That's one Ambien for me, and as many as it takes for him to make sure he never wakes up."
And yes, this can lead to a breakup. Marriage counselors have known for years that, for instance, morning people married to night people have higher divorce rates due to the all around grumpiness that ensues because of their inability to mesh their schedules. With more people working jobs with irregular hours, as well as bringing bright, loud gadgets to bed, some of the happiest couples are intentionally splitting up to catch their Z's.
"You don't have an alarm in your room, yet, so it'll be dick-slaps from here on out."
In fact, the idea is proving so popular that the National Association of Home Builders predicted that by 2015, 60 percent of custom built houses will have two master bedrooms. Of course, that prediction was made in 2007, before the economy went to shit and people started moving back in with their parents.
"Like hell you're taking up another room, Junior. Go sleep with your wife."
#3. Marry an Ugly, Stupid Man
It's not surprising that some studies show that the happiest and most successful relationships are between people with a huge number of similarities. Which probably explains why so many old couples thank their mutual love of racial slurs and neck-baring haircuts for their long marriages.
"Our hatred of Mexicans is what makes us strong!"
For the rest of us, everything from similar economic and religious backgrounds, to having the same friends, to both being the oldest sibling can contribute to a happy, long-term relationship. However, there seems to be two very big, very glaring exceptions. You want to hook up with someone who is both less smart and uglier than you ...
Wait, What?
... if you are a woman. Guys, keep on trying to nail those supermodel-geophysicists. Ladies, lower your standards -- apparently it will make you much happier in the long run.
Especially you, Nobel Prize-winning hot girl!
Sure, an Angelina could snag a Brad with her looks, but studies show that the happiest relationships are the ones where the woman is noticeably more attractive than the man. And it doesn't matter if the couple is gorgeous or average looking, the woman just needs to be hotter than the man.
One study assessed the level of attractiveness of recently married couples, then quizzed them on their level of happiness with the relationship. While observing the couples discuss a marriage problem together, scientists found that more attractive husbands tended to be less happy in the marriage and less engaged in problem solving with their wives. Additionally, in relationships where the men were more attractive, the women seemed to treat them with less respect. Meanwhile, less attractive men were more attentive and positive with their wives, which resulted in better problem solving between the couples.
"Problem: You hate me. Solution: I will worship you as a God."
In other words, uglier husbands had nicer wives. Why? Researchers speculated that "attractive men have available to them more short-term mating opportunities which may make them less satisfied and less committed to maintain the marital relationship through their behavior." Soooo, hotter guys resent their ugly wives because they're horny dicks? Meanwhile, women are apparently less concerned about appearance, so the only time attractiveness matters is when their bastard husbands resent them for not being hot? Is that what you're saying, science?
Why do you hate men, science?
A different group of scientists who came up with the "ideal marriage formula" decided the wife should be a bit younger, couples should come from similar backgrounds and that the wife should be at least 27 percent smarter than her husband for maximum marriage happiness.
"Is that drool? Get your coat, my man -- you're pulled."
The reason, according to them, is that women are going to be more invested in the relationship. Back in caveman days, men were biologically pre-wired for spreading their juice around. Women, on the other hand, were more likely to put their heart, soul and brains into preserving the marriage bond, so she'd need her wits to keep her male whore husband from running off with the trollop from the cave next door.


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I have difficulty understanding exercise 24 in this document:
Two parallel wires I and II that are near each other carry currents i and 3i both in the same direction. Compare the forces that the two wires exert on each other.
(a) Wire I exerts a stronger force on wire II than II exerts on I.
(b) Wire II exerts a stronger force on wire I than I exerts on II.
(c) The wires exert equal magnitude attractive forces on each other.
(d) The wires exert equal magnitude repulsive forces on each other.
(e) The wires exert no forces on each other.
I think - if you use $F_m=IlB\sin \alpha$, which is Force on electric wire in uniform magnetic field - that $F_{II}=IlB\sin \alpha = 3IlB\sin \alpha > IlB\sin \alpha =F_{I}$ So answer would be b), but how is it possible because you have Newton's third law( the forces should be equal, but does it apply here) and there is not any magnetic field here. So do I use this Lorentz's law or which law do I use?

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WEIRTON - Though the new consolidated elementary school at Preston and Pennsylvania Avenue is more than a year away from opening, city officials already are worried that a traffic signal isn't part of the plans.
City officials say they've been told the traffic count in that area doesn't justify a signal at this time and that they should consider assigning a police officer to the intersection at peak times - something they're loathe to do because the new school is near the crest of a hill, affording drivers very little time to brake.
Eleven years ago crossing guard Mindy Cassella was struck by a sport utility vehicle and killed while trying to stop traffic for a school bus turning onto Pennsylvania Avenue. Cassella was wearing her safety vest and holding a stop sign at the time. Her family subsequently sued the city and state, claiming the intersection was unsafe.
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A WORRY — Weirton officials are concerned that, to date, there are no plans for a stop light at the entrance to the new elementary school being built along Pennsylvania Avenue. -- Linda Harris
"This is going to be the single largest elementary school in the state and we're not going to have any type of traffic control," Ward 3 Councilman Fred Marsh said during Thursday's finance committee meeting. "I've made my position very clear - I'm not putting an officer out there (so we can) put another name on the wall."
Marsh pointed out the new school will have 950 students, with 15 or more school buses and a significant number of teachers, support personnel and parents trying to get in and out of the school on a daily basis.
"Mindy was killed in a similar situation, the driver was coming over a hill," City Manager Valerie Means said. "There wasn't a good line of site where she was hit. This is (the same thing). It's at the peak of a hill, one way in and one way out."
Access to the new school "is in a very dangerous (place), especially when the sun is shining," she said. "It's too dangerous there."
Fire Chief Jerry Shumate, who's lived on Colliers Way all his life, said drivers also struggle to see in the morning hours, when the sun shines directly into the eyes of eastbound drivers. "Every morning the sun is in your eyes if you're going eastbound, you can't see a thing," he said.
From December to February, "it's like you're in heaven because all you can see is white," added Marsh, who complained that thousands of dollars are spent on projects throughout the state for which there is little oversight, such as $100,000 for limestone for the Panhandle Trail, or thousands here and there in state funding to assist fraternal organizations and civic groups with special projects "yet we're fighting for traffic lights for a school."
"For safety, I feel there needs to be a stop light, even if it doesn't run 24 hours a day," Ward 5 Councilman George Gaughenbaugh said.
Mayor George Kondik said a traffic signal is "a more effective solution" than assigning an officer to stand in the street to direct traffic.
"Their rationale that there's not a high enough traffic count is beyond comprehension," Kondik said. "The number of parents, teachers and students who will be going in and out every day needs to be considered. We, the city, will do all that is necessary to make sure that the proper signaling device is in place. We're very concerned with the safety of the children."
District 6 Acting Engineer Dan Sikora could not be reached for comment.
But Marsh called it a "political quagmire" and said people are "going to want to know why the city didn't put a light there."
Marsh, meanwhile, also called for stricter oversight of grants for which the city acts as pass through, saying those organizations should be required to show proof that the funds are being used for the purpose for which they were intended. He cited as an example a 2012 post-legislative audit that identified more than $24,000 in state funds that a group of ex-volunteer firefighters spent after their squad was decertified in 2007.
"I'm not bashing the organizations that took time to (apply for) the grants," he said. "But at the same time, especially when they're running through our books, it makes us responsible and if something happens, it comes back to us."
Means said they could put a more stringent policy in place to require groups asking the city to vouch for them on grant applications to appear in person to answer questions and potential concerns.


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MARTINS FERRY - During the Belmont County commissioners' meeting Tuesday, a delegation of senior citizens, representing the 21 individuals who drive to the St. Clairsville Senior Center, presented a petition regarding a lack of parking spaces.
Judy Briggs, spokesperson, said there were only three parking sites and the only permits that were given to the center were for the director, the driver and two CAC employees.
"We did not get one for any of us. So when we come in there's no place to park," Briggs said. "That's why our attendance is so low, because no one can find a place to park."
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presented a petition to Belmont County commissioners Tuesday concerning a lack of convenient parking spaces. Commissioner Matt Coffland points out parking spaces on one of the maps available at the office. Pictured with Coffland are Mary Hirauk and Rosalee Harris.
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Commissioner Ginny Favede noted that the 21 parking passes came in that day and suggested giving them to the seniors.
Commissioner Matt Coffland said one parking lot has been designated for county employees and 150 employee passes have been passed out, not counting occurrences of jury duty or trials, which call for 12 spaces to be marked off.
He added that 50 spots have been secured for employees and some of them must search for lots.
"I understand the problem," he said, adding that there were two public blocks nearby, one below the senior center and one across the street.
"I feel that our employees deserve a place to park. We can only accommodate one third of what works here," he said, adding that the county could mark off or expand parking in the other lots. He also noted the importance of making parking maps available.
Seniors and commissioners discussed the convenience of the seniors visiting the center. Other plans include looking into the construction of a new senior center. Also, the job description for a new coordinator to oversee the ongoing projects and transitions has been completed. Commissioners are gathering financial information and looking into transportation issues and will send the position out for advertisement.
Favede was authorized to execute an invoice for Centennial Preservation Group for the OUE Brick Tavern roof and roof drainage system project. The ODOT/Federal share totals $16,055.28, or 80 percent, while the local share is $4,013.82, or 20 percent.
Favede was authorized to execute invoices for Chambers, Murphy & Burge, Ltd for the adaptive reuse of the Belmont County Sheriff's Residence. The federal share is $2,718.96 or 80 percent, with a local share of $679.73, or 20 percent.
Commissioners approved hiring Clayton Kleevic as intern clerk for Belmont County Western Division Court at a rate of $7.85 per hour, 35 hours per week, commencing May 3, 2013. This is a temporary position to be paid from the court's Special Projects Fund.
Commissioners approved a permanent transfer of the cash advance dated July 20, 2011 from the general fund to the S77 Community Based Correction Act Grant in the amount of $2,894.62.
Commissioners motioned to award the bid for the Belmont County Engineer's Department project for pavement marking of various county highways to the low bidder, Oglesby Construction, Inc. Work will include 119.81 miles of centerline at a unit price of $1,022.73 in the total amount of $122,533.28. A total of $120,000 will be funded by the commissioners and $2,533.28 by MVGT.
Commissioners motioned to enter into emergency medical service contracts with 23 providers for a one-year term beginning April 9, 2013. They will provide services to their jurisdictions. The county will pay for services rendered the sum of $6,500 each.
Commissioners remind everyone that next Wednesday's council meeting is set for 9 a.m.
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Please keep all your thoughts and feedback in regards to the 11.3 patch in here.
Patch can be downloaded from links found here - http://community.sigames.com/showthr...-Patch-OUT-NOW!
Please keep all your thoughts and feedback in regards to the 11.3 patch in here.
Patch can be downloaded from links found here - http://community.sigames.com/showthr...-Patch-OUT-NOW!
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I loaded up Steam for it to update Football Manager 2011 with a 396mb update! Is this the patch?
I played FM only yesterday so it's not an older patch incase your wondering.
Thanks SI, and thanks sega. We love us.
Cheers from Spain.
Hallelujiah!!!!!! Finally!!!
Yes, it is. I wonder how it is possible. Miles told yesterday that they would be testing the patch for 3 days... Did they skip this procedure?
PATCHCAKE DAY! THANKS, love you SI, when I didn't expect, here comes the patch... It's the only game for PC that I buy, later I will post a review
Yes!!! Finally we got it!!!
Suddenly my steam updated. Great news!
Here its 271.3 MB
How long until the patch is out for non steam users?
Mines a smaller size? Never mind i can't wait Didn't expect it today so thank you very much SI!
Yeah! Steam and SI FTW! Thanks for the thread, looking forward to playing without the 'Current' tactic bug.
will test a bit later, cheers
And yeah, that's why i love steam!
Dubbelpost sorry
wooooo i got my predictions right patch out on pancake day
can you play a 11.2/1 save game on the 11.3.0 patch???
I see nothing in the patch notes about direct free kicks. Is it still virtually impossible for players to score from DIRECT free kicks?
Mine is also 271mb
i hope sega don't take too long releasing this patch... im dieing inside xD
Can't wait for the download patches to come out, damn you steam users getting it before the rest!! :P
Yay! Will the changelist be posted soon?
YAY downloading now
and @Darth Bodde, it's in a sticky in this section
yay patchcake day!
Is there a reason my Steam isn't updating? Is there a way to tell it 'there's an update, please download?'
THanks for all your hardwork SI
I go nearly 3 months without playing FM... and you bring it out on the two days I take off college to do assignments Damn you, no assignments for me!
miles taken a breather from the pancakes to comment on the thread :o
Thats what happened to me drhay53, load up football manager and it does it
Can someone From SI tell me has the transfer system been made better
I've just told my aunty to cook the pancakes, i've a patch to download !!!!
Couldn't have waited a day so it was a birthday present for your seventh favourite moderator?
The improvement conversations have undergone across all the patches is startling. I imagine they'll be fantastic in FM2012.
loading up a long term save now any ideas who i should be ?
A question, i know players get transferred, but have players ratings gone up? e.g Alex Chamberlain has been brilliant in real life so his FM ratings should rise?
Thanks. Looking forward to see if there's any difference on transfer flow.
Yay, the portuguese translations errors have been fixed!
Free-kicks are broken. If you've somehow scored "tons" of free-kicks, you are seriously in a minority. I have multiple saves showing that the total number of DFKs scored across all divisions and many countries and multiple seasons is around 1 per team per season on average. That's clearly broken.
In fact someone from SI even said they were broken in another thread, but that since the fault was due to the ball physics engine, it was too big a problem to fix in a patch and wouild need to wait til the next edition. I wasn't sure this was true, but apparently it was true. A shame.
I just found it, and FM11 IS set to 'keep this game up to date', but I am still not seeing any patch on Steam.
Steam downloads if you have it set up to do so. It's already downloaded in the background, so just need to fire up FM.
Pleeeeeeeeeeeeese tell me current tactics has been fixed.
Coaches from previous clubs still appear in the training section, is this still being looked into?
That's yabba-dabba-brilliant news! Thanks alot SI and SEGA!
I know you've all taken alot of (often ridiculous) stick from folks on here about this patch release, it's appreciated by us all. I'll be back later to get the download version when the forums don't resemble rush hour.
Is it possible to use a 11.1 edtior data file with later patches now? Couldn't find anything about it in the list.
As raised by one of my members at FM-Base, the Irish leagues have some errors, Fingal have folded which isn't refelcted in the new patch, and some transfers are missing.
All nighter ahead!! Woooo
Just two small errors, that don't affect almost nothing, but José Eduardo Bettencourt, chairman of Sporting, should be unhappy (He has resigned) and Nuno Coelho hasn't been confirmed on a future transfer to Benfica (And Matic came for free, but that's alright)... But I'm happy with the patch, I will test some more...
Laugh at non steam users Tuesday
Before anyone starts a long term save, it might be worth adding to the the opening post of this and the patch announcement thread that there will be an official xml file with changes made after datalock.
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I'm not aware when they folded to be honest, if thats the case then obviously i don't expect it to be in the new patch. But according to this member, there are a few transfers, particularly related to Shelbourne (his favourite club) that haven't been reflected in the new patch.
paul konchesky still at liverpool and not on loan, not that im complaining because now i can get money for him now. just letting use know
Here is the version DVD????
I broke down and finally downloaded a FM11 database (literally 10 minutes ago!). 20Mill transfer budget for the Toon! Happy days!!!
I was merrily playing Civilization when I glanced to see Steam had finished loading something for FM. I thought surely not, but upon loading FM found it had indeed loaded up the new patch. Like others the size on Steam says 271.3 & not 390.8, so I presume this is correct.
Bleh, no change to staff wages.
Having a £110.000 wage budget, and not being able to offer more than ~£500 in wages to coaches is a bit silly.
Help, my game has gone all weird looking!
As you can see there seems to be two backgrounds competing here, and I can't see half the buttions I should, like the FM button.
I'm on the steam version.
Steam version: Fired up the game, all backgrounds were gone (using BaseDark) -the background was white, the white font unreadable. I closed the game and tried to restart it via Steam, got the message 'please try again later'. I closed Steam and manually tried to open the game and I got a message saying 'not a Win32 application'.
Woop cheers guys for releasing it a few days earlier than hinted!
I think someone has been a bit generous with Ipswich's flair rating. Highest in the league? Not a chance...
Just looking through the change list and i can't see the fix for the tactics changing to 'Current', has this been fixed SI ?
Will the patch for disk users be available soon?
Windows XP:
1. Open "My Computer"
2. Navigate to : "Documents and Settings\
\Application Data\
3. Go into the "Sports Interactive" Folder.
4. Go to the "Football Manager 2011" Folder.
5. Delete the 'cache' Folder found inside here.
Windows Vista and Windows 7:
1. Click "Start"
2. Click your username on the start Menu
3. Click on "AppData" and then "Roaming"
4. Go into the "Sports Interactive" Folder
5. Go to the "Football Manager 2011" Folder.
6. Delete the 'cache' Folder found inside here.


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Martin's Advice: Even if you have never been a powerful speaker, you can practice and learn to discuss autism with authority at school meetings, medical appointments, and other settings. Remember, you are absolutely the best person to frame your child's situation in the most compassionate way. Even if you don't consider yourself to be courageous, you can become an outspoken advocate when it comes down to your child's best interest.
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Excellent job!!!
Just one question: What is the magic behind the VM physical boot without injecting the boot critical drivers of the host machine ? Is there something like auto driver scan/injection in Windows 8 or are the VM already preloaded with the host drivers ?
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Painting A 1967 AMC Rambler On A Budget - Paint Your Car for $1,016Written by Douglas Glad on May 17, 2007 Contributors: Wes Allison, John McGann Sand it yourself, tape it off, buy a gun, and paint your Car
The truth seared when we went to the local insurance-funded body shop to pick up a staff commuter that had been hit hard by a driver who had been both texting and eating when she drilled her Honda into its back seat. The car had been fixed, sure, but there was orange peel, drips in the jambs, a series of scratches that had been simply fogged over, and a bill for $8,500. Days like those prove bodywork can be expensive, and you don't always get what you pay for.
The resulting migraine cemented our decision to paint our '67 Rambler project ourselves, from prep to the actual spraying of the color, to allow ourselves the kind of control needed to really get the whole job looking the way we wanted it at a price we could afford. We'll admit it's a lot of work and there is some science involved, but we're not diving into this without a little experience. We've built a foundation of knowledge over the last few years by prepping the Disco Nova in the May '05 issue and having it sprayed by 1-Day Paint & Body and by sanding and prepping the '65 El Camino in the Apr. '06 issue and getting it partially painted before Tech Editor Smith's kid drove it into a ditch. We also recently practiced on the Rambler in unseen corners of the trunk and engine bay to get our technique and tools sharpened.
All the mistakes, endless questioning of local paint guys, and some pointers from a paint-and-body class that John McGann took at a local college have prepared us to possibly ruin a perfectly good AMC just to show you what it's like to tackle an entire car. Just remember, drips are OK if you're the one who put them there.
|3/4-inch masking tape
|Adhesive remover
|3/4-inch metal Bondo spreaders
|Mixing board
|DuPont V-4904S primer/filler, 1 gallon
|DuPont V-4975S activator, 1 quart
|DuPont HC2300S clear, 1 gallon
|DuPont HC2305S activator, 1 quart
|Eastwood six-piece sanding kit
|Eastwood 21-inch adjustable flexible sander
|Eastwood 320-grit adhesive-back sandpaper roll
|Eastwood 120-grit adhesive-back sandpaper roll
|Eastwood three-piece door-panel and trim-removal set
|Eastwood auto paint and priming system
|Evercoat metal glaze
|Inline air filter
|Overspray sheeting
|Painters' masking paper
|Sharpe air regulator
|SEM self-etching primer, 1 can
|SEM high-build primer, 1 can
|Tack cloth, box of 12
|Nason Barbados Blue Metallic basecoat, 1/2 gallon
|Nason activator, 1 qt.
|Quart pails, 6
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The original color for the Rambler was a metallic called Barbados Blue. We chose to use a two-stage metallic urethane paint, meaning the color is sprayed and then a clearcoat is sprayed on top of it. Single-stage means all the elements of the paint go on in one coat. Single-stage paint is cheaper and is good for a project that will be kept indoors or as a show car because the paint is simply not as durable. If you are using a metallic paint like we are, the clearcoat will protect the integrity of the paint through the years of washing and buffing. The same goes for metalflake, flame jobs, and pearls.
Big Blocks
The job would have taken a lot longer without the huge sanding blocks from Eastwood. The 21-inch green flexible sander has a metal backing plate onto which we slapped long strips of adhesive-backed 320 for the big panels. We also used an assortment of EVA rubber sanding blocks from a six-piece set for sanding odd shapes and tight areas.
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This is the Rambler before we started the project. It doesn't look too bad, but upon close scrutiny, things here and there stand out. The car was covered with small dents and dings, as well as a fender that needed some attention. (see February 2007 issue of Car Craft)The paint job was inexpensive, mostly because it is a scuff-and-shoot, meaning you don't change the color, are OK with the jambs, and don't have to do any bodywork besides fixing minor dents, scratches, and cracked filler from previous repairs. There are no rear wheels because we exploded the differential on the dragstrip and sent the axles to Moser.We removed the body trim with the Eastwood door-panel and trim-removal set and left the windshield alone. You can get away with it if the windshield gasket rubber butts against the paint instead of the trim.Paint prefers to stick to a solid foundation of old paint rather than to filler or bare metal. The only time you should start grinding it away is when cracks in the paint indicate problems lurking at the filler level. In this area, we had to dig to fix the problems.We sanded with 80-grit paper on a DA to assess the situation. It is not necessary to go all the way to metal, just sand until the cracks are gone then switch to 150 to get the area level before adding filler.Since we left the majority of the original filler in place, we used Evercoat metal glaze that we mixed on a Bondo board to level out the surface. The more cream hardener you add, the faster it dries, so we just added a "bird turd"-sized glop to the glaze and mixed it.A light skim coat of metal glaze provides a better surface than heavyweight filler, goes on evenly, is easier to sand, and leaves virtually zero pinholes. It's more like a topcoat for regular filler that you can sand and prime. We used metal spreader to pull the glaze across the middle of the old filler. If you are working with an edge, start at the body line and work away from it to help keep it intact.After 20 minutes of drying time, we roughed out high spots in the glaze with 120-grit on a round Dura-Block and then dry block-sanded it with 320-grit paper. If you need to, you can clean the area with 3M Adhesive Remover, add more glaze, and repeat the process until you can't feel any bumps or waves.
We taped off the area and used DuPont primer-filler that we shot from a gun. When working with several small repair areas, it's better to fill the entire panel with one even coat. It's quicker and easier to build up the primer this way than with an aerosol can, and it makes block-sanding easier.There is a difference between fixing rock chips and scratches on an existing paint job and doing it during a total repaint. The former is covered on page 50 and works with topcoats and buffers instead of primer and sandpaper. We used metal glaze for chips or scratches with dings and high-build primer where there was no damage to the surrounding sheetmetal. The scratch on the door had damaged the paint only, so we used the primer method to make it disappear.Using SEM high-build primer, we added four coats with 2-3 minutes between coats to build up the area in and around the scratch. The primer needs one hour to dry before sanding and topcoating, so move around the car and build up all the paint nicks at once to save time later.Using a blocking board and 320-grit paper, we dry-sanded in a crosshatch pattern until the scratch simply disappeared.We sanded and shot the area twice to take out several small scratches and chips at the same time. When sanding, never do it in a straight line; always move diagonally to avoid digging a trench.To fix a dent, you can pull it with a unispotter, hammer it out from the backside, or fill it in. Since this one wasn't very deep, we decided to use more of the metal glaze to repair it.Because there was a heavy coat of primer under the original paint job, the DA and 80-grit disc ground a canyon into the area. We used 150-grit to feather the transition from bare metal to the original paint and eliminate the rough edge.You can see the different layers under the topcoat. Working from the center out, you can see a factory corrosion-protection layer, the lighter gray is original primer, the first blue is the original paint, and finally, a respray build-up primer, the newest old Barbados Blue, and a clearcoat. These layers create quite a ledge between the repair area and the topcoat, requiring the feathering with the 150. A light skim of metal glaze must be applied directly to the dent and carried out beyond the edge of the topcoat. Otherwise, you get a dip between where the paint ends and the glaze begins. The glaze on the original paint will sand off easily.
We gunned each area of major repair with two coats of primer. It's OK to spray a larger area than the original repair because when you wet-sand later, the primer over the repair and the original paint will be sanded to the same level.The Rambler actually had a good side that required no dent or scratch repair. It did have some small waves from the last repaint, so we knocked those down with 320 paper on a long board. The idea is to scuff the surface so the new paint can be applied directly over the old stuff.In the Feb. '07 issue, Russ Stevenson used a hammer, dolly, and fire to straighten the passenger fender. The area was left in black primer for rust protection, but that was all. We put a skim coat on the transition between the repaired area and the original paint and blocked the black primer down to the coat of filler that was added during the dent repair.After block-sanding, the high spots will end up being straight sheetmetal. The idea is to avoid applying primer or topcoats to any bare metal, so we added a light coat of SEM self-etching primer to cover the holes. The alternative is skimming the entire area with filler and blocking it down, which will eliminate any waviness but is a lot more work.We performed major glaze and primer work to fix the cracks in the rear quarter-panel and managed to blur the killer Rambler body line. To get it back, we used 320 on a sanding board and sanded toward the line going up and toward the line going down the body. To make it easier, you can add a line of tape as a guide.Now that the entire car has been either repaired and primed or block-sanded with 320, it is a good time to search every inch of the car for any dings and add some glaze or high-build primer. The next step is wet-sanding.Up until this step, we had been dry block-sanding with either 150-grit to knock down primer or 320 to smooth transitions. The final step was wet-sanding the entire car with 400 and a palm-sanding block. The idea is to sand in a crosshatch pattern to scuff the surfaces so the topcoat will stick and take out sanding scratches from the 150 and 320 that could show up in the final finish. The water keeps the fine-grit paper from clogging and dragging.Before taping the car and preparing it for the topcoat, we dragged it outside and thoroughly washed it to remove the sandpaper grit and slurry from the nooks and crannies.In the past, we endorsed using cheapo tape to cover taillights and things we didn't want to spray in the trunk and under the hood. For the trim taping job, we recommend using 3M or a similar brand of yellow tape that will actually stick to the car and stay there. Our tape cost $2.44 per roll and stayed put when we blasted it with a gun full of color.
To get paint low on the quarter-panels, into the driprails, and onto the small edges, we were going to blast paint directly at portions of the car that we didn't want painted. To ensure there is a minimum of overspray where you don't want it, e.g., windshield, door glass, interior, a good tape job is critical. We bought a 100-foot roll of masking paper, taped the jambs inside the car, and used the metal Bondo spreader to tuck the tape underneath the weatherstripping.After the car was washed and taped, we pulled it back indoors and cleaned the entire body with 3M general-purpose adhesive cleaner or wax and silicone remover. Silicone is what causes fisheyes in the topcoat. The final step is to remove any dust or fine fibers with a tack cloth.Since we planned to repaint the wheelwells with black undercoating, we didn't worry about masking those areas. But to keep overspray off the chassis, we created a skirt around the bottom of the car. A good tape job will take about two hours with two people working on it.The Nason brand is made by DuPont, and we've found it to be inexpensive and reliable. It needs an activator and a reducer and mixes at eight parts basecoat, four parts reducer, and 1/2 part activator. Because this job is large, we filled the mixing bucket to the top line so we could get a full cup on top of the gun.We applied three coats with about 15 minutes between coats. We used a new DeVilbiss FinishLine HVLP gun that Eastwood sells in a kit with a primer gun included. We used a disposable filter and set the cheater valve regulator to 30 psi. We used slightly less than 1/2 gallon of basecoat to cover the car.After the basecoat dried flat, we found a few dings we had missed. We hadn't yet sprayed the clear and bronzed our mistakes, so we decided to let the basecoat totally dry for at least 24 hours then fix the problems. At this point, dirt and fisheyes can be wet-sanded with 1,200-grit, and small repair areas can be repainted with a jamb gun. Had we used single-stage paint, we would have had to repaint the entire panel that needed repairs. Coming next, details to go from average to show car.


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#2. Paraphilias
A paraphilia is kind of like an OCD sexual fantasy, which isn't to say you want to have sex and wash your hands three times while watching People's Court; rather you're hit with about a six month frenzy of intense sexual fantasies and urges based upon a specific act or fetish. Six months of all encompassing fantasies involving life-size cutouts of a Swedish bikini team and a turkey baster? How bad could that be?
The condition is experienced by a very small portion of the population, and of those the vast majority are male. We'd like to pretend to be shocked by that fact, but really who are we kidding?
Why it Would Suck:
Having a rich fantasy life is one thing, but paraphilias aren't just thoughts that lead your hand below the belt while you're busy reading or writing Internet comedy articles. These fantasies come with urges, and just like Sister Mary Merciless told us back in Sunday school, nothing good comes from following your urges.
Kenneth Pinyan, who has arguably one of the worst legacies a human can have, decided to act on his impulses and take a horse for a ride. So far, not traumatic. In his quest for gratification he indulged in some horseplay (see what we did there?) with a stallion at what the media dubbed a local bestiality farm, which is like Pepperidge Farm only slightly more disgusting.
Unfortunately for Kenneth, the old adage "hung like a horse" is not just colorful hyperbole, especially when you're spit-roasting yourself on a pack animal's wang.
We assume at some point during the event, Pinyan paused and thought "uh oh" and pondered if he might have done some lasting internal damage seeing as he was attempting the sexual equivalent of filling a five-pound bag with 10-pounds of horse kebob. This concern was trumped by his probably correct belief that his interspecies love affair might just raise a few eyebrows. Fearing for his job and reputation, he refused to go for medical aid and later died of complications from a perforated colon because, like mom always said, fuck a horse and you'll die from a perforated colon.
Beastiality, of course, is only one of the many horrifyingly uncomfortable paraphilias one can be afflicted with, which range from seemingly harmless if ridiculous ones like dendrophilia (a sexual attraction to trees) to nightmarish ones like coprophilia (a sexual attraction to feces) or necrophilia for you corpse lovers and emetophilia for the puke fans out there. They sound bad enough in print, but are probably even worse after your compulsion forces you to act on them and then face the family for Thanksgiving dinner after you wind up on the news for fucking a poplar.
#1. Permanent Sexual Arousal Syndrome
Only recently documented, this condition can result in a near constant state of arousal for every waking moment of your day. So you're just really, really horny, right? As long as you keep a bottle of water or two handy to prevent you from withering away to a sticky husk, it doesn't really sound so bad at all.
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When we say you're turned on all the time, we mean to the point that at the drop of a hat, you have an orgasm. The phone rings? Orgasm. White socks today? Orgasm. Caught your parents having sex? Goddamnit, orgasm.
"Oh, I am just all about this fucking sewer grate."
While a select few amongst us pride ourselves on our ability to orgasm in public (if you've ever been on a city bus you probably sat next to one at some point) most of us prefer to keep it on the down low. PSAs, on the other hand, will not. Every moment of your life could potentially be a re-enactment of the restaurant scene from When Harry Met Sally and God knows no one wants to see that shit again.
Only 22 cases have been described so far and the condition has only been on the books since 2001. For those who do have it, it comes prepackaged with restless leg syndrome, as well as what polite doctors call "a frequent urge to void" as well as pelvic varicosis. So you piss a lot and you have horrifying, purple crotch veins.
The constant need to orgasm doesn't come with the usual feelings of being turned on or kick ass fantasies about Jessica Alba with a loofah either. Instead, it's just there while you're trying to go about your day. So it's more like having sudden, random coughing fits or a never-ending case of the hiccups. The difference being you can actually tell people about the last two without having them either laugh or accuse you of using the world's lamest pickup line.
For more downsides to stuff that otherwise sounds awesome, check out 9 Awesome Places to Have Sex (And the Horrific Consequences) and 6 Ridiculous Sex Myths (That Are Actually True).
And stop by Cracked.com's Top Picks to see which columnist suffers from priapism (it's Brockway).


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Let $N_3$ be the genus three non orientable surface. Do we have an analogous 3d manifold as the solid torus and the solid Klein bottle for $N_3$? I don't see how to extend the ideas related to the 3d lens spaces. Any feedback would be super-welcome
It is a general fact that a closed manifold of odd Euler characteristic cannot bound a compact manifold. This can be deduced pretty easily from the fact that a closed manifold of odd dimension has Euler characteristic zero (a consequence of Poincaré duality) as follows. Suppose N is the boundary of a compact manifold P. Let M be the double of P, the union of two copies of P glued along N. Then the Euler characteristics of M, N, and P are related by:
Thus $\chi(M)$ and $\chi(N)$ are congruent mod 2. If the dimension of N is even, then M is a closed manifold of odd dimension so $\chi(M)=0$, hence $\chi(N)$ is even. And if the dimension of N is odd then $\chi(N)=0$ anyhow.
I should have put this in my book!
$N_k$ is the connect sum of $k$ copies of the real projective plane, so it has Euler characteristic $2 - k$. For $k$ even $N_k$ bounds a connect sum of $k/2$ copies of the solid Klein bottle, as in Henry's comment. When $k$ is odd the rank of $H_1$ (with $Z/2Z$ coefficients) is odd. Because of "half lives, half dies" the boundary of a three-manifold must have even rank in $H_1$. So $N_k$, for $k$ odd, does not bound.
Half lives, half dies can be found in Hatcher's three-manifold notes as Lemma 3.5, but you'll need to use $Z/2Z$ coefficients. My copy of the universal coefficient theorem is all rusty, so if I've made a mistake, it is here.
Alternatively, the characteristic number $\langle w_2, [N_k] \rangle$ is just the mod 2 reduction of the Euler characteristic (as $w_2$ is the mod 2 reduction of the Euler class) so is -k modulo 2. Thus if k is odd this characteristic number is nontrivial, and $N_k$ cannot bound.


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I will try to keep this fun and lighthearted, and at the very least, do the best I can. However, there's an undercurrent of seriousness which must be addressed. It would be, well, unmanly of me not to.
The question before us is "Who's the manliest man in town ?" From what I've seen on Facebook so far, Kentuckiana has a lot of manly men, but what makes a man manly in the first place?
You can point to the easy traditional answers like physical traits, drive, confidence, sex appeal, and even the way he treats his mother. Throughout history, there are several examples of those we perceived as "manly men," such as John Wayne (for the old school), Denzel Washington and any number of professional athletes.
The answers have changed as we've evolved, and there are those we now consider "manly" for different reasons. President Obama comes to mind, mainly because of the way he deals with his family; he has no problem with PDA (Public Displays Of Affection) with the First Lady, and scores of Americans recognize that. Malcolm X falls into that category for me as well, because of the complete transformation he underwent, and the power he held to influence the lives of so many people. He wasn't afraid to fight fire with fire, and that scared a lot of people. He was perfect for his time because there were a lot of people who needed to be afraid.
Actor Samuel L. Jackson could also be considered a "manly man" due to the successful acting career he's had and his status as the highest-grossing thespian in Hollywood. Anyone who can go from playing "Nick Fury" in "The Avengers" to reading the tongue-in-cheek instant classic, "Go The F*** To Sleep," gets my vote.
When asked if I would put myself in that category, I hesitated. I would be apprehensive about doing so because it would call for an inventory of who I am and what I'm about. Frankly, that would take far too long – but that's the point. Men, manly or otherwise, are complicated. There are a lot of ways to be "manly."
In my case, at 5'9" and 200 pounds, I'm not exactly a physically imposing figure, but I've been told that I give off a vibe that implies that I don't need to be. My friends and family would tell you that I'm very outspoken, especially about things that make others uncomfortable. At the very least, I'm "kinda cute," according to my wife, Tracey, and my running joke has always been, "The hair. Chicks dig the hair."
Personally, I think a "manly man" is someone who is as close to being one with himself as he can be, without getting lost. He's not hung up on the clichés that we traditionally have about men. He's very much aware of his masculine and feminine sides. A "manly man" is as comfortable reading 50 Shades of Grey as he would be reading Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Issue. He might be someone who is well-trained in the art of combat, but spends more time finding reasons not to use that knowledge. NFL Hall-of-Famer and former Los Angeles Ram, Rosey Grier, comes to mind. He was a bear of a man who made his reputation by nearly decapitating opposing players, and yet, he did needlepoint.
The other side of this coin is a symptom of many of the problems we have with young black men. (Remember that serious undercurrent I mentioned earlier in this piece?) Some of us have an almost pathologically distorted view of what being a man actually means. We've been inundated with examples of so-called "men" who father lots of children by several different women, and then aren't man enough to take responsibility for them. The cycle continues when these kids grow up to believe that this is the way women are supposed to be treated. The problem has gotten so bad that you don't really hear the "I don't need no man to raise my son" refrain anymore. Black men are needed, now more than ever!
Images of black manhood have been further distorted by the entertainment industry, and its continuing effort to dumb everything down. For some, being a pimp, playa, hustla or a "G" has become the status quo of black manliness. Materialism has become the insidious trap of that status quo.
There's a song by Ice Cube on his "Death Certificate" CD, called "Us," in which you can hear a little boy using grown up language to talk about the things he wants when he becomes an adult. The older man with him tries to set him straight, but is summarily dismissed. The rest of the song is a serious indictment of the black community and how this twisted pathology plays a role.
The most dangerous aspect of the black male's distorted view of manliness quite often comes in the form of a handgun. We have little boys thinking that carrying a weapon makes them a man.
It doesn't.
It makes them a little boy carrying a weapon.
It also makes them a potential threat to real men who are on their daily grind, trying to feed and protect their families. What these little boys don't understand is that they're dealing with grown man consequences. If the justice system doesn't get them, street justice surely will. Real "manly men" are the ones trying to save the rest of us, and these fools, from themselves.
"Manly men" are as diverse as women are beautiful. By the way, "manly men" will always find a way to slip in a compliment about the opposite sex. While it may be fun to have a fantasized version of what that is, let's not lose sight of the fact that we're surrounded by "manly men" every day. I'm proud to be one of them.


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The lively cultural life in Căpreşti
by Att. Baruch Yanowitz
Translated by Sara Mages
The Jewish settlement in Capresti was young, and for most of the years of its existence it was in a difficult process of striking roots. This fact left its mark on the spiritual life of this Jewry, and on its educational institutions.
By the end of the eighties, of the last century, the Jews of Capresti, as all the Jews of Bessarabia, were totally immersed in everyday life. The possibilities in all the branches of industry, trade and agricultural settlement, which appeared before them when they arrived to the place, demanded a complete devotion to their pursuits, and didn't leave free time for other activities. Not only that they devoted themselves, with all their might, to establish their material existence, they also recruited their wives and children. After several years of study in the Heder, the teenagers worked together with their parents, at home and in the field, and anything above that was foreign to them.
This situation bred generations of na?ve Jews with a warm Jewish heart and true to their faith, but they were limited culturally and were uninspired in their aspirations. The Jewry of Bessarabia looked like a primitive nest alongside the culturally vibrant Jewry of Russia, the scholarly Jewry of Lita, and the warm and sentimental Jewry of Poland. This saying was popular in those days: The Lithuanian Jewry is the head, the Polish - the heart, and the Bessarabian - the arms.
Capresti's Jews were mostly tall and burly, but their hearts didnt follow the innovations that have occurred in the big world. They kept the tradition of their ancestors religiously, prayed
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every morning and evening, and observed the Sabbath and the holidays. However, their secular life shifted their spiritual life to a siding and turned them over to a religion of rote. They drew their main spiritual inspiration from the visits of the Admorim [1] (the good Jews in their language). The Admorim stayed, for a week or two, with one of the community leaders, and not just the Hassidim flocked to their table but also the masses. The highlight of these visits was the Sabbath meal, when the rabbi, who sat at the head of the table, uttered words of the Torah while the listeners drank his words with thirst. To grab leftovers from the rabbi's table was an experience that nourished them until the rabbi's next visit to the town. In their eyes, the Admor was a representative of God on earth. They presented their worries before him by way of a Kvitel, [2] which was written by the rabbi's Gabbai who received redemption (a gift for the rabbi) from them. They believed the rabbi with all their hearts, and were grateful that he saved them and their daily income in time of trouble.
In addition to the visits of the Admorim, Capresti's Jews also enjoyed the sermons of the Megidim [preachers] from the Yeshivot in Lita, who lectured them from the synagogue's stage and aroused them for repentance.
In those years, the primary educators of the young generation were the Melamdim, the teachers of the small children. Usually, they didnt excel in extensive knowledge, their methods were primitive, and they didnt shy away from physical punishment by using a Kanzik (a stick with thin leather straps on both ends) on the bare buttocks of the student. Somehow, they managed to instill the first knowledge in Judaism to their students - the order of the prayers, the weekly Torah portion and some Mishnayoth. Most of the parents were satisfied with that. They didnt aspire that their sons will be rabbis or Torah scholars, and immediately after they finished their studies in the Heder they sent them to work as apprentices in a workshop or as helpers in a shop. Only a few parents that their sons were talented (with a good head in their language) and also those who were financially secure, allowed their children to continue their studies with a Gemara and Tosafot teacher. These Melamdim bestowed the knowledge in the Talmud, especially in the Masechtot - Bava Metzia, Baba Kama and Baba Batra, taught them the weekly Torah portions with Rashi's commentary, the first book of the Prophets and chapters from Tehillim. There were also gifted Yeshiva students who continued their studies in Batei Midrash, alone or in a team, from early morning to late at night.
During its first years as a settlement, and later as a town, Capresti existed without a Chief Rabbi. Its first rabbi, R' Yona Kaplivatski ztl, started to serve as the town's rabbi at the end of the last century, and after his death, his son, R' Duvid Kaplivatski ztl, rose to the rabbinate chair.
The portrayal of Capresti's Jews as people, who were immersed in everyday life, wouldnt be completed if we dont add that they valued the study of the Torah and the scholars. We saw it in their relationship to the Admorim and the Megidim, but they saw themselves as if they werent fit for that, and the few who devoted themselves to the spiritual life were honored.
The cultural revival of Bessarabia's Jewry accrued at the end of the First World War, and after the annexation of Bessarabia to Romania in 1918. Russian refugees, who arrived to Capresti and settled in it, contributed to it. Among the refugees were poets and writers, teachers and public figures, who found a fertile ground for cultural and social activities within this healthy Jewish community.
One of the first contributions was the establishment of a Heder Metukan [improved or reformed Heder], where they studied Hebrew in Hebrew, and modern teaching methods were used. Great teachers taught in the Heder Metukan. From them I still remember Leib Gorman, Nachman Polichuk, Mordechai Goldenberg and others,
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who revitalized the spiritual life of the town. The town's Jews expressed their understanding and enthusiasm to the change - and gave their sons to the modern teachers. In a relatively short period of time a new Jewish generation grew in Capresti. It sought knowledge, was proud of its national culture, and was aware of its future national duties. At the same time, a library was founded in the town, and many of the town's residents took a deep interest in it and supported it.
The breakthrough in the town's spiritual life was also reflected in other areas. Various parties and youth movement were established. In 1920, a chapter of HeHalutz [pioneer] movement was established in Capresti, and the town's youth flocked to it. The pioneers worked in agricultural, in the brick factory, etc. Among them were also several young people who were born in the town. Capresti excelled in its extensive Zionist activity, especially in the area of fund raising for the various funds. For example, we find that in 1928 our town took the 11th place out of 138 localities in Bessarabia who contributed to Keren Ha'Kayemet Le'Israel [Jewish National Fund]. In addition, Capresti took the 23rd place out of 66 localities, who in 5687 [1926/27], contributed during HeHalutz week. A fine activity for the Zionist funds was done by the women's association WIZO, who organized dances and bazaars. The association was headed by Suska Skoliar and Esfira Khayes.
It's worth noting the changes that occurred in the town's entertainment. The music education was developed in Capresti, mainly thanks to the talented cantor Duvid Zilberman and his son Avraham, who organized a boys' choir. The townspeople flocked in masses to the synagogue where the choir performed, and the choir's songs were sung by all, even on weekdays.
The Cantor, Duvid Zilberman also traveled with his choir for performances in the nearby towns. In addition, guest cantors appeared in evenings of Cantorial music and folk songs. Each evening was an artistic event, which left an impression and also aroused arguments about the nature of the singing.
Each wedding also provided amusement to the town's residents. The musicians were usually Gypsies from the village of Capresti, and the band was headed by the violinist Lionash. A wedding in town was an event for all the residents, big and small, and not just those who were included in it. The guests were inside the hall, while the spectators- whose number exceeded the guests - crowded for long hours next to the windows and the doors.
Capresti's Jews were known as enthusiastic theatre fans, and when a Jewish theatre troupe came to town it was a holiday for all. The troupes presented plays by Abraham Goldfaden, Jacob Gordin and others. The plays that the public liked the most were: Shulamit, Bar Kokhba, The Jewish spark, The witch, Two Kuni Lemel and others. After the visit of each troupe, the songs from the play were sung in every Jewish home in town.
On market days, people who played a special music instrument called Katerinka [barrel organ] appeared in the town. A trained bird (a parrot or a pigeon) stood on the instrument and pulled lucky notes with its beak. These notes promised the winner good news and consolation.
Lastly, we can't forget the trips, the bathing in the Răut River, the skating and the snow games in the winter.
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by Zev Skaldman
Translated by Sara Mages
In 1919/20, when Ukraine was ruled by the people of Petliura, Denikin and other hooligans, who carried out pogroms in Jewish communities, there was a mass escape from there. Of the Jews, who managed to cross the Dniester River to Bessarabia, many arrived to Căpreşti. They stayed until they managed to contact their relatives in Bessarabia, or cross secretly to Chişinău. From there they were sent to a safe place.
Among the Ukrainian Jews who arrived to Căpreşti, was a man named Zakharov who was probably a professional actor. He was the first to present the play, Die Kishufmacherin [The Witch] by Avraham Goldfaden, in the town. Presumably, there wasnt a person in Căpreşti who didn't see this play. Children sang the songs from the play in the streets - Hotsmekh iz a blinder,vu zent ir ale kinder? ot zaynen mir ale do! [Hotsmakh is blind, where are you my son? Here I am my father!], and also Yehudim rachmu, rachemu [Oh, good Jews, have mercy, mercy [.
In 1922, after the success of the The Witch, Avraham Zilberman organized an amateur theatre group and presented the play Dos Pintele Yid [The Jewish spark] by Boris Thomashefsky. Among the members of the group were: Tosha Zilberman, Isaac Okshteyn and I - Zev Skaldman. The play was performed with great success, so Shimon Yutzis presented the play, Die Fir Agentn [The Four Agents] by Sholem Aleichem, together with the amateur group. For Căpreşti, it was a surprising event. Căpreşti's residents play in the theatre? Is it easy for them? So, young and old flocked to the shows. Was there another place for recreation in the town?
When they realized that there were those who jumped on this merchandise, a new star appeared in the stage's sky in the image of Velvel Ziglboim who staged the play, Der Dorfs-Yung [The Village Youth by Leon Kabrin], with great success. Excelled - Gitel Haysiner in the role Natasha, and Arlichman in the role of Prokof, Natash's father. It can be said, to Velvel Ziglboim's credit, that in addition to his talent as an actor and director, he also had an inertial force when directed the amateur theatre group until he immigrated to the countries of South America.
Those who founded the drama group, a few years before the revolution, were: Nyoka Fidelman, Dr. Barshak, Hinda Ayvcher, Rosa Faynboym and others. Under the guidance of the teacher, Maganyezin, they presented the play Di shkhite [The Slaughter] by Yakov Gordin.
After the departure of Velvel Ziglboim from the town, an empty void remained in the activities of the amateur theater group. At that time I was asked to reorganize the group, which was directed and guided by me for ten years. At first I presented the plays Der fremder [The Foreigner] by Yakov Gorodin, and also Matti - King of the Carpenters. When the experience was crowned with success, we presented - Tsezeyt un tseshpreyt [Scattered Far and Wide], and Dos groyse gevins [The Big Lottery] by Sholem Aleichem.
As far as I remember, the following members participated in the plays: Avraham Zilberman, Nyoni Keyserman, Moshe Broytman, Avraham Burstein, Sara Ziglboim, Elka Sofer and Sara Verzub. Mina Kharkaver excelled as a comedian. I should also mention Buma Yutzis, who was an excellent prompter (Shimon Bolshteyn - filled the role before him). With the immigration of Buma to Israel, we werent able to find a prompter like him, so the actors had to learn their roles by heart
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The rumor, that there's an eager theatre audience in Căpreşti has spread, so touring theatre troupes visited the town every summer. The places, in which the amateurs and the troupes presented their plays, weren't the most suitable for this purpose. For example, Grebman's warehouse served for a long time as a place for the shows. However, when we learned that the Zigler's troupe plays in the town of Teleneşt, with Söyle Paster and Arna Zigler in the leading roles, our group decided that Mina Kharkaver and I will travel to invite them to perform in Căpreşti. Since a very respectable troupe was going to appear, it was necessary build a proper stage, better than the one in Grebman's warehouse. Well, the two of us, Velvel Ziglboim and I, have mobilized for the operation of building a stage in another hall. It was decided to build it in Meir Verzub's hostel. The local farmers, who came to Căpreşti for market days on Sunday and Thursday, stayed there.
In the nights before the days of the fair, the hostel was abuzz with the neigh of horses, the clanking of wheels and the sounds of the drunks. The work wasnt easy. After we cleaned the floor and the walls, without leaving a trace of the previous guests, we approached the construction of the stage with great energy. We built a proper stage with partitions, windows, doors, and also a makeshift screen. But, we werent able to fix the roof. Therefore, we werent surprised, that in the midst of a pleasant summer evening, when Thomashefsky appeared on the stage, a strong rain fell and the audience was forced to watch the play as raindrops dripped on him. Before each performance, an announcer walked through the streets announcing: We inform the public, that today, at nine o'clock in the evening, the troupe will present the play at Meir Verzub's warehouse. Tickets are sold on the spot. Come all, men, women and children.
This hall was visited by famous Jewish theater troupes like: Moshe Lipman and Heni Litton, Boris Thomashefsky, Solo Prizant with Gizi Haydn, Sidi Tulll and more. It should be noted, that not all of them were lucky. Some of them were stuck in the town's swamps for the winter,
Standing: Moshe Broytman, Zev Skladman, Buma Yutzis, Sara Ziglboim, Sara Verzub
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without money for travel expenses. Not once, we, the theater fans, collected money to enable them to continue with their journey to the nearby town
The plays that I directed were of the drama and melodrama type. From 1933 onwards, Buria Yanovich brought a new kind of a theater which included segments of singing and music, Buria presented a number of very successful plays like: The Cart Driver, The Conductor, The Hassid, The Conscription, When the Messiah Comes, The Newspaper Seller, and Dunia the Dog. He also dramatized Beside the Dying by Isaac Leib Peretz, and The Shirt by Eliezer Steinberg. Acted with great success: Buria Yanovich, Leib Froymchuk, Shunya Skilar, Dora Akerman, Bela Libstog and Buma Yutzis who also added songs from the life of the town. Avraham Zilberman and Rosenfeld participated in the musical portion. Buria Yanovich's plays were influenced by the small art theatre, which was organized in Romania by Yakov Sternberg. The revenues from the performances were allocated to support students without means, and for the expansion of the library. The last performances - People and Tevye the Milkman by Sholem Aleichem - were presented by 1940, until the Soviets entered Bessarabia.
a veteran member of the drama group
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Among all the plays that were brought to the stage in Căpreşti, the popular folk song, The balegule [cart driver], managed to endear itself to the public, so they sang it at every opportunity - at work, trips, etc.
This play was presented in the summer of 1934 by Buria Yanovich according to the style of the well known director Yakov Sternberg.
Appeared in this play: Buria Yanovich, Shunya Skliar, Dora Akerman, Bela Libstog, Sara Ziglboim, Buma Yutzis, and Leib Froymchuk.
Musical accompaniment: Avraham Zilberman and the Rosenfeld brothers.
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SPARTANBURG, SC-- Peter Andrew Drozdak, 94, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, September 29, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born June 18, 1919, in Coaldale, PA, he was the son of the late Andrew and Sophie Didick Drozdak.
A U. S. Army Air Force veteran, he earned a Bronze Star during his military service. Mr. Drozdak retired after 33 years of service with Sikorsky Aircraft in Stratford, CT as superintendent of manufacturing. He was a member of The Episcopal Church of the Advent in Spartanburg, and former member of Trinity Church in Myrtle Beach, SC. Mr. Drozdak was a portrait painter, wood carver, stained glass, and furniture maker. His hobbies were enjoyed by many different people.
Surviving is his beloved wife of 67 years, Mary Mellon Drozdak; children, Dennis P. Drozdak (Jean) of Spartanburg, SC, and Annette D. Roland (Bob) of Jamestown, NC; grandchildren, Jennifer D. Stivers (Eddie) of Montgomery, AL, and Andrew D. Drozdak (Natasha) of Columbia, SC; great-grandchildren, Edward IV and Mary Parker Stivers. In addition to his parents, he is predeceased by sisters and brothers, Helen D. Astrab, John Drozdak, Metro Drozdak, Martha D. Marshall, Sophie D. Kosa, and Vera D. Goukler.
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#3. Universal Remote Control (Click)
The Item:
A magical controller given to Adam Sandler in Click by the Angel of Death himself, Christopher Walken (playing Christopher Walken), the Universal Remote grants you power over the very fabric of the universe. The user is free to manipulate matter and time via typical remote options, like fast forwarding, muting or presumably anything a typical remote can do. Including putting bouncing titties in slow motion:
The Usage:
Sandler uses the remote to fast-forward his life when he gets bored. He forwards his life a couple of months until he gets a promotion, missing out on literally thousands of hours he could have spent boning Kate Beckinsale in a cowboy hat. Though he does pause David Hasselhoff and then farts in his mouth, so it sort of balances out.
What It Should Have Been Used For:
You know what? Screw the remote. We want to use it as an excuse to strike up a chat with Angel Walken. Once again the main character has a link to the afterlife and he uses it for what? To get his life back on track? You self-centered ass. You couldn't spare one minute to talk to Death himself and get answers to questions that have plagued humanity for centuries?
As for the remote itself, hell the language switching feature enough seems to act as a universal translator. That alone would be pretty damned useful.
And whatever combination of pause, and move people around he used for farting in mouths could have made him billions on the stock market with the least bit of imagination. Again, something that could have come in handy seeing as the entire plot of this film was Sandler trying to succeed in his job as an architect. Adam, you can manipulate the universe like it's one big tangle of puppetry. When you are a billionaire, people let you build just about anything you want.
Like a Dildo Tower.
#2. Magic Mirror (Snow White)
The Item:
Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarves equivalent to Google, the Queen's magic mirror was a powerful artifact which housed a spirit who could answer any question, locate any person and, if we understood its nature properly, narrate any erotic novel it was asked about. Holy hell, it really was Google.
The Usage:
Throughout the movie the only question the Queen offers the all-knowing mirror is whether she is pretty, reducing the powerful demon to the medieval equivalent of Hot or Not?
What It Should Have Been Used For:
We're not historical scholars, but back in the Dung Ages didn't you usually have dozens of small time royals crowning themselves kings, reigning over small portions of land and utterly slaughtering the ever loving fuck out of each other whenever a dustbowl caused them to resort to cannibalism?
With a mirror that can see across lands--and especially into other people's houses and toilets--any kingdom which possesses the artifact can more or less take over the world. You ask it where the nearest gold mines are and you mine the shit out of them. You equip your army, double check each decision with the mirror and you march on your enemies. With the spirit calculating weather patterns, strategies and alliances, you quickly find yourself as the unquestionable ruler of an entire continent in no time, free to slaughter any girl who dares to be born with symmetrical features.
Shit, we'd be speaking that kingdom's language today.
And who knows where the boundaries of the mirror end. Does it possess technological knowledge? What if we asked it about the recipe for the cure for cancer, time travel or an immortality pill? Thanks to the Queen's egocentrism we will never know.
#1. The Computer (Weird Science)
The Item:
A PC used by characters Wyatt and Gary in Weird Science, backed up with the magic of "the government's mainframe" which the boys totally hacked into with a machine that had less processing power than a modern electric dildo.
They use it to bring to life an all powerful genie by scanning pictures of hot girls and putting bras on their heads.
The Usage:
Out from their computer emerges Lisa, the smoking hot genie with the powers of God, who is used as a plot device to get the boys in a series of typical 80s-movie shenanigans. Ultimately, this results in them dealing with their bullies, getting the girls and developing some self-confidence. All of which could have been easily accomplished if she simply got them a gun.
And the movie kept going after that...?
What It Should Have Been Used For:
It is true that Lisa was not a very compliant all-powerful genie; but that's solely because Gary and Wyatt "fed her the data" of David Lee Roth--a move which, like David's choice of clothing, probably seemed like a good idea at the time.
So forget Lisa. Go hack the shit out of the Pentagon's floppy disc... drive... library processor or something again, and create an all new, sexy genie. Only this time, be sure to pump into her the personality of some docile 50s sitcom housewife. After that, the sky's the limit. You've got a damned all-powerful goddess at your side.
With your walking, giant "Fuck You!" to the Laws of Physics, the power of creation is in the palm of your hand. You can chose to make the world a place free of sickness, poverty and crime, or take over the galaxy and rule it with an iron fist from your Dong Tower on Uranus.... anything besides trying to impress a cheap high school floozy.
It doesn't take more than a mix tape of Julio Iglesias and a bottle of cheap wine to do that.
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