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While my son was home from college over break, he and his roommates received a citation and clearing charge for snow on the sidewalk in front of the house they rent at school.
As a frustrated runner and walker in Columbus, it was refreshing for me to witness the actual enforcement of such ordinances, but I prepared myself to field the protests of a 22-year-old getting a real life lesson in citizenship.
I understand they dutifully shoveled all semester and nobody was there over break. Alas, we receive no "shoveling credits" for past efforts, and he should have made arrangements for someone to take care of his responsibilities to the community while he was away.
I also understand their flat is in a neighborhood several blocks from campus and relatively few people walk past their house.
Maintaining sidewalks for safe passage is the responsibility of every property owner (or tenant in this case) regardless of the number of people who actually use them.
I even understand that it wasn't much snow and that it might melt soon. Or it might not. It might get packed down and become treacherously slick.
It might snow again and make the whole mess 100 times harder to clean up.
I'm proud to say my 22-year-old didn't use any of these lame excuses. He knew he messed up and paid his fine (out of his own pocket) when he returned to school.
But since I didn't get to share my snow shoveling thoughts with him, I decided to share them with you.
As I struggle to navigate the sidewalks of Columbus these days, I am astounded by the number of properties where the driveways are cleared edge to edge but the sidewalks are completely covered with snow and ice.
Some people even put an exclamation point on their bad behavior by piling the snow from their driveway onto the sidewalk. What kind of a friend or neighbor so obviously takes care of their own interests and ignores their responsibility to others? What goes through the head of a citizen as they deliberately add barriers to the community?
I would be remiss if I failed to point out that homeowners are not the only demographic worthy of shame on this matter.
Businesses, churches, schools and government agencies usually clear their parking lots and entryways within hours of the end of a storm, but I have seen piles on their public sidewalks that won't disappear until spring.
Of course there are citizens who are physically incapable of maintaining their property in the winter, and it is up to us as friends and neighbors to help them out.
But the vast majority of impassable sidewalks in Columbus are owned by people, or organizations run by people, who obviously have the ability to maintain them and choose not to. Surely, a couple of rounds of municipal citations would help these folks expand their scope of concern.


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Gerry has been with UMUC for 24 years. He started on the switchboard with the UMUC European Division in January 1983. He worked for a total of seven years in Europe spending time in Transcripts, the Print Shop, and Textbooks. Prior to working with UMUC in Europe, Gerry had spent four years on active duty with the U.S. Army and was a social science research assistant during his Army years in Germany. In January 1990 Gerry returned to the United States and went back to his native Maine. After a brief stint as a substitute teacher, Gerry made his way down to Maryland and found employment in the Market Research field and in desktop publishing. In 1993, Gerry returned to UMUC working part-time at the Information Desk. As the only employee on the phone in the evenings he learned a great deal about the University overall. He eventually moved to the Graduate School, and as the Marketing Coordinator was instrumental in assisting with the rapid growth of its programs. Gerry now works with Degree Audit as the Assistant Director of the Tentative Evaluation and Special Clearance Team.
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Moving Knowledge into Action: Applying Social Marketing Principles to Crime Prevention
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This paper considers the potential application of social marketing principles to crime prevention. Social marketing has been a significant force in the public health field in Australia for more than two decades. It is a key component in the promotion of engagement in health protection behaviours, early detection programs and the promotion of individual health behaviour change. It is built on the application of evidence-based strategies and often, dual consumer/provider communication strategies. The process works to translate evidence-based knowledge about effective practice for key target groups in a way that enables them to take action to modify their own behaviour to achieve the most efficacious outcomes. The approach places a strong focus on formative research to gain a thorough understanding of the audience's perspective on the issue being addressed and to frame what is being promoted in a way that engages this audience and meets their needs. Careful consideration of environmental mediators and potential facilitators of the promoted behaviour are also strong features of social marketing strategies. The potential for the social marketing approach to be applied to crime prevention is examined through examples of older people and crime, and online grooming of young people using social networking sites.
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During the late 1 990s and early 2000s, Britain undertook a large-scale project to reduce the rate of crime on a number of key indicators such as domestic burglary, motor vehicle theft and domestic violence, among other crime types. As part of this major national initiative, researchers were also carefully studying the effectiveness of the interventions that were being used in order to improve the repertoire of effective strategies (Homel et al 2004).
One of the intervention streams for the UK program was called the Reducing Burglary Initiative (RBI). The RBI involved around 60 demonstration projects in the three areas of England and Wales with the highest rates of domestic burglary (Hamilton-Smith 2004). A significant number of those projects (around 21) included at least some form of publicity designed to promote participation by householders in the planned schemes as well as some presumed deterrent message for potential burglars (Kodz & Pease 2003).
When analysing the impacts of the demonstration projects, the researchers found that publicising local crime prevention activity could, in itself, reduce burglaries (Johnson & Bowers 2003). Further, they noted that in 42 of the 60 schemes there was evidence suggesting that there had been a significant reduction in burglary in the three months immediately preceding actual implementation.
Johnson and Bowers (2003) attributed this reduction to the impact of the pre-publicity schemes associated with the introduction of the interventions and referred to it as an 'anticipatory benefit' effect. This interpretation was based on an earlier analysis by some other British researchers, Smith, Clarke and Pease (2002), who suggested that publicity about upcoming interventions impacted on offenders' perceptions of the availability of suitable opportunities to offend. In turn, this analysis was derived from an interpretation of the theories of offender behaviour such as Cornish and Clarke's (1986) Rational Choice Perspective and the crime triangle (Cohen & Felson 1979) that posits that a crime opportunity is a function of the presence of a suitable victim and a motivated offender, as well as the absence of capable guardian.
However, these explanations were focused on the behaviour of real and potential offenders, not their victims. An equally plausible explanation, the mechanisms of which are explored here, is that it was the householders who were motivated by the pre-program publicity to begin to think more actively about their circumstances as potential burglary victims and to undertake actions to prevent victimisation based on what they already knew they could and should do, but simply hadn't done already. …


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If there's one lesson I've learned through blogging, it's this…
This is my blog. I chose the address, I selected the design, and I write the content for it when I feel as though I have something useful to say (tonight's post notwithstanding). With all that being said, this blog is not about me, it's about you. When I started writing for this site in August of 2012 it was to help get more people on board with technology. I was also hoping I could help people unlock their phones and their computers to help them do things they didn't know where possible, and to some extent I think I've done that. It's pretty cool when I run into someone or receive an email that says "thanks, I didn't know you could _____". Every time I hear something along those lines it helps keep me writing about things that will help you, and not about things like my dog, my disgusting Movember moustache, or the fact that my most successful post of all time is something I wrote over a year ago.
With all of that being said, I thought I'd take a moment tonight to throw out some random November thoughts…
– The Walking Dead on AMC is getting a bit boring and they need to kill off the Govenor. His character is getting tired and it's time he moved on. Also, how the hell could someone with an eye patch be such a good shot?
– The Apple Bluetooth keyboard is "meh" at best. The fact that it's lacking a number pad may be a reflection of my age but…it's also missing a numberpad. I also didn't care for the fact it wobbled while typing the first day I used it as it clearly did not sit flat on my table. The fact I was able to simply bend it back to being straight; well, I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing. Either way, consider any typos I've made within this post to be the result of said wobbling.
– As some of you may have heard I traded in my HTC One last week for an iPhone 5S (white). I'm loving the white, I'm amazed everyday by the speed increase, and I know I made the right choice. Still though, that big screen & those speakers were awesome. If anyone has $600 they'd like to throw me I'd gladly use an HTC One in conjunction with my iPhone. I also have to admit the Mailbox & Tweetbot apps played a major factor in my decision to stick with iOS.
– I still maintain James Reimer is not the man to be leading the Leafs goaltending situation. It seems to me that for every save he makes, he lets in one that I myself could have saved – and that's saying A LOT.
– I'm toying with the idea of joining a 10 kilometer race in May of 2014. I put this one deep in the post thinking that most of you would miss it and therefore not hold me accountable. We shall see.
– I've all but ditched Flipboard in place of Feedly. I know they need to make money somewhere but throwing an add on every third page of my RSS feed isn't the way to do it. I still have the app installed on my iPad, but it's days are numbered.
– If you're on a corporate email system like Outlook, please don't send me an email that says "can you meet on ____". Look in my calendar please – it's up to date and sending 42 emails back and fourth only serves to waste time.
– I watched the documentary called "Blackfish" last week. It's the story of ex-trainers from SeaWorld and the whales they trained. Quite an eye-opening "tail" I guess you could say.
Don't worry, I won't make such posts a regular feature. I just thought I'd take a moment to inject some spelling & grammatical errors into the site. God help me if this becomes my most popular post of all time.
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Of all the boisterous weekends at notoriously boisterous Lake of the Ozarks in central Missouri, this one out-louds them all. Rumbles bounce off the high rock walls on both sides of the water, emanating from Bajas and Fountains and Checkmates and Eliminators muscling one at a time down a straight-line race course. It's as if they're pleading for attention from the 30,000 spectators at the annual Lake of the Ozarks Shootout, billed as the largest unsanctioned boat race in the United States. Then the noise softens. A 28-foot Powertoon Xtreme with a 430-horse MerCruiser 8.2-liter Magnum HO eases toward the course's threshold, not exactly a greyhound behind the gate, but more of an unusually athletic Saint Bernard. A pontoon! Instead of performance-style bolsters and chicken straps on board, there are couches and drink holders - lots of them. At the helm, 60-year-old Carolyn Dorris, wife of PlayCraft founder Jim Dorris, massages the throttle. The spectators have turned their eyes in unison to watch. This is what they've been waiting for.
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Article By: Nicky SmithWed, 05 Dec 2012 10:24 AM
Low-cost African carrier Fastjet is in negotiations to buy 1time and bring the popular, no-frills airline back into operation for the busy festive season.
The Lonrho subsidiary aims to become the first pan-African low-cost carrier, and has been in talks with 1time since last month.
This was before the airline's business rescue plans failed and it was placed in provisional liquidation, Ed Winter, Fastjet's CEO, said on Tuesday.
Fastjet has raised £16m since December last year to establish itself in Africa. Last week, it established a base for its operations in Tanzania.
"If this transaction goes ahead … we would hope to get 1time flying again in time for the Christmas holiday period," Mr Winter said.
" Many customers have had their plans dashed by the cessation of 1time's services and the subsequent huge increases in fares by competitors ." He warned that the "time scales are extremely challenging" for the transaction as there was a court return date of December 11 on which the liquidation of 1time could be made final.
Aviwe Ndyamara, 1time's provisional liquidator, said it might be possible to push out the court return date if there was sufficient progress made with Fastjet's negotiations. He could motivate for the m aster's office to extend the return date for the liquidation.
"It is likely that we will apply to postpone the return date in order to keep the air service licences in order while we are still in negotiations," Mr Ndyamara said.
"We could make an application to postpone the return date for a couple of months."
Fastjet was not the only company that has expressed interest in 1time. "We are not limiting proposals from other investors, we have received proposals from other investors," Mr Ndyamara said. He declined to name the other interested parties.
1time was placed in provisional liquidation last month after it amassed more than R450m in debt. It had sought protection from its creditors in August, when it entered business rescue proceedings.
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The Discovery Centre receives heaps of enquiries from budding enthusiasts eager to learn the art of taxidermy – it's no surprise because Museum Victoria holds the largest collection of taxidermy mounts in the state.
Rows of taxidermy mounts hidden behind the scenes of the Melbourne Museum.Image: Alice GibbonsSource: Museum Victoria
Taxidermy is but one of many tasks performed by the multi-talented members of our preparation department. The preparators work purely on museum projects, combining skills in taxidermy, moulding, casting and model-making to enhance the state's collections and research.
Reptile moulds and casts hand made by the preparation department.Image: Alice GibbonsSource: Museum Victoria
Sculpting and modelling a seal for permanent display.Image: Alice GibbonsSource: Museum Victoria
Only a fraction of the work that the preparation department performs makes its way to the public displays, with the majority of their work residing behind the scenes. Most animals coming into the museum join the research collections and don't need to be prepared as life-like mounts; 90 per cent of the specimens prepared at the museum have data and tissue samples collected and are preserved as study skins and skeletons. These specimens become priceless tools in assisting scientists identify and compare new species, better understand the evolution of species over time, and research how we can conserve our fauna into the future.
Study skins used in the research collection.Image: Alice GibbonsSource: Museum Victoria
Skeletons prepared for the research collection with the assistance of dermestid beetles. Image: Alice GibbonsSource: Museum Victoria
Due to the busy workload of our preparators, we are unable to provide personal advice to individuals about taxidermy. We are, however, bringing out our experts for the next Smart Bar to focus on the history, methods and tools of the craft. On Thursday 20 August 2015, from 6-9pm our experts will explore the inside story of taxidermy with pop up talks and demonstrations.
Tools and measurements used in making a koala cast.Image: Alice GibbonsSource: Museum Victoria
Ongoing maintenance of exhibition material such as this interactive component from Think Ahead is a large part of the preparation departments workload.Image: Alice GibbonsSource: Museum Victoria
For those unable to attend, there is plenty of information available online through supply websites, online tutorials and forums. Commercial taxidermists can also be found in the Yellow Pages, and you may be lucky enough to find one who is willing to discuss their tricks of the trade. Formal tutelage in taxidermy is almost non-existent in Australia but getting involved in online forums and clubs is a great starting point to meet likeminded people and gain expert advice. Most of our preparators started out reading taxidermy books for beginners, many of which can still be found in local libraries.
Keep in mind that in Australia there are strict licencing protocols surrounding practicing taxidermy on native animals. For more information visit the Department of Environment and Primary Industries website.
Smart Bar: Stuffed
So many specimens
It's clear that the old penguin specimen needs a lot of work. Age or accident has detached the bird's head from its body, and preparator Steven Sparrey is carefully working PVA glue into the break in the neck. This will consolidate the edge and provide a sound surface for reattachment. Eventually, preened feathers will conceal the join and the penguin will be whole again.
Detail of damaged taxidermied penguin specimen. Source: Museum Victoria
We're at a workshop for people in the business of preserving natural history specimens – collection managers, preparators and conservators – led by visiting UK expert Simon Moore. The museum's conservation laboratory is busy with people transforming elderly and damaged collection objects into exhibition-ready specimens, using specialist techniques that are very rarely taught in this country.
Taxidermy conservation workshop in the conservation lab at Melbourne Museum.Source: Museum Victoria
Sometimes the damage occurs from wear and tear, especially where specimens have done time in the museum's interpretive collection. Other times it's inadequate preparation at time of taxidermy – overstuffed specimens tend to split as the skin shrinks with age. Simon explains, "many of the specimens are decades old, and materials just become more brittle with time. "A small bump when handling can have drastic results on a fragile specimen, and the head is often the first to go. We turn back to Steven's penguin. "The skin on birds in particular is very thin and vulnerable to tearing," says Simon. "In this case, the neck was overstuffed. As the skin dries out and retracts back onto the underlying material, it starts to split."
The penguin also needs a wing reattached, so Steven drills a fine hole for a galvanised steel rod to hold the wing on a natural angle. Next to him, Michael Pennell is finishing work on a mounted Regent Bowerbird, freshly reunited with its tail and perch. "He's a little bit cleaner than he was this morning and I've filled a few little holes and splits."
Preparator Michael Pennell working on a Regent Bowerbird mount.Source: Museum Victoria
Elsewhere in the room, people are creating supporting armature for rabbit ears, cleaning feathers and mending tears in batwings with Japanese tissue. This tissue, says conservator Dani Measday, has unusually long fibres and resists tearing. "It means that it's really strong and you can do all kinds of things with it. We use it to repair paper and books , but you can use it as fill, to strengthen and replicate fibres , or as a consolidating surface. What we're doing with it here is making replacement skin. With adhesive, it has a tightness and tautness just like skin."
Careful repairs to a bat specimen using Japanese tissue.Source: Museum Victoria
Karen Roberts and Brendon Taylor are restoring tiny bat specimens. It's painstaking work; they have pinned out the fragile wing membranes and patched the holes with Japanese tissue. The purpose of the specimen dictates the treatment from here. "A scientific collection item can have warts and all, with minimal intervention," says Simon. "Here we could put a gentle lacquer to hide the tissue, but obviously for display you've got to colour them in." The extent of treatment for exhibition work can be deceptive, as the conservation treatments aim to draw the eye away from repairs so the specimen can be read as a whole.
L-R: Preparator Dean Smith with Simon Moore, looking at a damaged King Penguin mount.Source: Museum Victoria
Simon's own knowledge comes from decades of experimentation and consulting with natural history collections around the globe. "I've learned lots myself throughout the years and I'm trying to advance the technology, giving credit where it's due. There aren't many people doing taxidermy conservation and they keep trade secrets." The techniques that Simon shares in workshops like this will help keep scientific and display specimens in good nick for study, research and exhibitions in years to come.
Your Question: ...but is it real?
"I love the Discovery Centre at Melbourne Museum and wanted to know more about the animals and fossils on display. Are they all real? "
Not all of the displayed material is 100% 'real', but a surprisingly large percentage of the displays are certainly real...although it depends on how you would define reality! Let me explain with a few examples:
Dinosaur Skulls
The two dinosaur skulls in the Discovery Centre (of Tarbosaurus and Centrosaurus) are both casts from real specimens, but aren't themselves 'real'. For many reasons, casts of dinosaur remains outnumber the real dinosaur fossils on display here at Melbourne Museum, but you can see real dinosaur fossils in the Dinosaur Walk and 600 Million Years exhibitions in the Science and Life Gallery.
The cast skull from the Cretaceous dinosaur CentrosaurusImage: Wayne GerdtzSource: Museum Victoria
Cephalopod slab
Yes, this is also real, but it has had some enhancement – the fossils themselves have been cut and polished in contrast to the rough, unpolished rock in which they are embedded. It looks quite different to what the slab looked like originally, but it is certainly real – just a bit more polished, literally!
A slab of ancient sea bed sediemnts with cephalopod shells embedded.Image: Wayne GerdtzSource: Museum Victoria
Mammal and Bird Mounts
We have a variety of these in the Discovery Centre, ranging from small local Honeyeater species to the impressive Jaguar mount. These are all real in the sense that the skins/hides are preserved from the original animals, but the remaining soft tissue such as eyes and muscles, are not real – just as you would expect for taxidermy animals.
The Discovery Centre's mounted Jaguar specimenImage: Wayne GerdtzSource: Museum Victoria
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You can see the work of MV's preparation department before you even walk in the door of Melbourne Museum. Hanging in the front window there is a food chain of predators chasing a school of fish. Our preparators created over one thousand individually painted fish for the school and the brilliant prehistoric animal models in the Science and Life Gallery are their work, too.
One of specialist tasks of the preparators is taxidermy: preserving the skin of an animal specimen and preparing a mount that records exactly how the animal looked in life. Taxidermy is truly an art that takes many years to learn and even longer to master. At Museum Victoria, our master taxidermist is Senior Preparator Dean Smith.
I paid him a visit as he was putting the finishing touches on a taxidermy mount of a male koala. This individual was the unfortunate victim of a road accident; Dean reported that its skull and jaw were fractured from the impact. It's a reminder for all of us to drive carefully in areas where animals roam, but this koala will now have a second life as a teaching aid in the museum's Discovery Program, our mobile outreach service. Says Dean, 'it will go to the elderly, the disabled, little kids... they will be able to touch a koala.'
Senior Preparator Dean Smith with his handiwork.Source: Museum Victoria
Dean learned how to prepare mounts from a former taxidermist who worked at the museum for 40 years. He's now passing on his skills to other staff in the Preparation Department, describing it as 'the cycle of learning'.
This beautifully prepared koala specimen will join the Discovery Program in 2012.Source: Museum Victoria
From start to finish, a specimen like this takes several weeks. First Dean removed and tanned the skin. He cast an exact copy of the koala's body and stretched the skin over the cast, pinning it it place. He recreated the fine structure of its head beneath the skin. After three weeks of drying, he cleaned the fur and airbrushed the fleshy details of its ears and mouth. The result is an exquisite specimen that is incredibly lifelike.
Close-up of the koala specimen, showing Dean's amazing attention to detail.Source: Museum Victoria
Later this month, Dean will be working on a Wedge-tailed Eagle for the Discovery Program. He says that birds are much more difficult to prepare than mammals because their feathers lose their structure. 'You have to sit for hours and comb the feathers.' We'll cover the process here on the MV Blog.
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Tales from the Motherhood: An ode to parenthood – remember to enjoy the ride
My kids had their physicals the other day. You know, the annual once-over to be sure everything's in working order. I knew it was, but Noah needed working papers to begin his job as a soccer referee, so off we went.
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So my poor daddy was in town last week, getting some grocery shopping and feeding his DVD addiction with yet another purchase. He was on his way home and spotted a bus ready to leave so he did what any 71 year old would do. No, he didn't curse his bad timing and decide to let the bus go and wait 15 minutes or so for the next one to come along. Instead he decided with hands full with bags of shopping that he would run for said bus. And so he broke into a mild jog and set about his mission happy in the knowledge he would be sitting on the bus in a flash and home in a matter of minutes.
So there he was striding along, an adveritsement for clean living, years of eating oily fish and doing daily sit ups paying off in his twilight years. Then, oops, what the …? He was sailing through the air, watching as the pavement grew closer and closer to his face, shopping bags gone akimbo. You see my lovely little daddy had become a victim of badly maintained public walkways in Dublins fair city and his foot unfortunately found a sunken paving stone which menacingly tripped him and brought him crashing to the ground.
Now my daddy is a very independent little fecker and sometimes forgets that he is no longer 21 and so up he got and brushed himself down, retrieved his shopping thanks to the help of a friendly passer by, and toddled on home without a word to anyone. Had I been the poor unfortunate I would have immediatley got on the blower to my husband, then my sister, my dad and then the national papers to ensure everyone was aware of my tumble and much sympathy was dispatched in my direction post haste, but not my daddy. He sat at home in quite a bit of pain and uttered not a word until his phone rang and then he relayed the story to my sister who of course wanted to go straight down to check on him as did my other sister and as did I when we heard. We were under strict instructions not to go down as he was fine and only had a bit of bruising.
Two days later at a previously scheduled doctors appointment he was informed he had a cracked rib and a sprained wrist but still banned all visits, this time conceding he would not be up to much as it was quite painful for him to move about. We all agreed we would not bother him but I secretly planned to drop down and check on him and stock up his fridge to ensure he could remain house bound for the week without the risk of scurvy or starvation. He got wind of my evil plan and insisted I did not come down which I had to agree to, fingers crossed behind my back naturally. So I popped in against his wishes and lasted all of two minutes(just enough time to fill the fridge and the fruit bowl) before I was sent packing.
So if you, like my daddy, have had any little accidents lately I prescribe a large slice of Lemon Posset Cake. It is guaranteed to put a smile on even the most bruised and battered face and heal all ouwies, well maybe not heal but it will make you forget about them for a little while at least. If you haven't had an accident, sure have a slice anyway and pretend you need the vitamins to keep you healthy. Everyones a winner with this little lovely.
Lemon Posset Cake
for the lemon posset:
300ml Double Cream
75g Caster Sugar
Juice of 1-2 Lemons
1. Pour the cream into a saucepan and add the sugar.
2. Slowly bring to the boil ensuring to stir constantly to dissolve the sugar.
3. Once it comes to the boil allow it to bubble for a further 3 minutes while continuing to stir.
4. After the 3 minutes remove from the heat and pour in the juice of 1 lemon while stirring. The mixture will thicken once the juice is added. Taste and add more lemon juice if it is not tart enough (the posset should have a sweet, tangy, creamy flavour).
5. Leave to cool for approximately 5 minutes before transferring to a bowl. Cover the bowl with clingfilm and refrigerate over night. (if you are short on time 3 hrs chilling should be sufficient)
for the cake:
175g/6oz Unsalted Butter (softened, plus a little extra to grease the tin)
175g/6oz Sugar
3 Eggs
1tsp Vanilla Extract
225g/8oz Plain Flour
1tsp Baking Powder
2tbsp Milk
2 lemons
100g/3&1/2oz Caster Sugar
1. Preheat the oven to 170°C/325°F/Gas 3. Line the bottom of a 18cm/7″ cake tin with grease proof paper and grease the sides with butter.
2. In a bowl cream the butter with the grated zest of 2 lemons.
3. Add the sugar and beat for 1 minute.
4. Add the eggs one at a time while continuing to beat, then add the vanilla.
5. Fold in the sieved flour and baking powder, then add the milk.
6. Transfer the mixture to the prepared tin and smooth the top.
7. Bake in the preheated oven for 55-65 minutes or until a metal skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.
8. While the cake is baking pour the juice of 2 lemons over the caster sugar and mix to dissolve.
9. Once the cake is removed from the oven and while it is still hot pierce all over with a skewer and pour over the caster sugar mixture. Set the cake aside to cool.
10. Serve with generous dollops of lemon possett. Yum!
* lemon posset also makes a deliciously light dessert served in individual tall shot glasses with some almond biscuits, the above recipe will serve four. Transfer from the saucepan to the shot glasses and chill. *


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NXPI, AVGO And TXN, Pushing Electronics Industry Downward
Dow Jones Industrial Average ( ^DJI) trading down 77 points (-0.5%) at 16,791 as of Thursday, June 26, 2014, 12:55 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,231 issues advancing vs. 1,744 declining with 167 unchanged. The Electronics industry currently sits down 0.4% versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.4%. On the negative front, top decliners within the industry include STMicroelectronics ( STM), down 2.4%, Applied Materials ( AMAT), down 1.7%, Corning ( GLW), down 1.4%, Ametek ( AME), down 1.3% and Microchip Technology ( MCHP), down 1.2%. Top gainers within the industry include AU Optronics ( AUO), up 5.5%, SolarCity ( SCTY), up 3.7% and Semiconductor Manufacturing International C ( SMI), up 3.5%. TheStreet would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the industry lower today: 3. NXP Semiconductors ( NXPI) is one of the companies pushing the Electronics industry lower today. As of noon trading, NXP Semiconductors is down $0.85 (-1.3%) to $63.73 on light volume. Thus far, 867,668 shares of NXP Semiconductors exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.1 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $62.92-$64.67 after having opened the day at $64.67 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $64.58. NXP Semiconductors N.V. provides high performance mixed signal and standard product solutions for radio frequency (RF), analog, power management, interface, security, and digital processing products worldwide. NXP Semiconductors has a market cap of $15.6 billion and is part of the technology sector. Shares are up 40.6% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 11 analysts that rate NXP Semiconductors a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 1 rates it a hold. TheStreet Ratings rates NXP Semiconductors as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, notable return on equity, solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth and compelling growth in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally high debt management risk by most measures that we evaluated. Get the full NXP Semiconductors Ratings Report now. STOCKS TO BUY: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12 months. Learn more.Editor's Note: Any reference to TheStreet Ratings and its underlying recommendation does not reflect the opinion of TheStreet, Inc. or any of its contributors including Jim Cramer or Stephanie Link. All three major indices are trading down today with the
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Best Zombie Game EverAkeche | April 14, 2012 | Review of Dead Island - PC
To put it simply I've never enjoyed a zombie themed game more than this. The graphics were excellent, especially with the close-to-realism body damage for the enemies. Varied amount of weapons and the four 'classes' gives decent replayability. A lot of the biggest gripes I had about this game were at release and since then they've all more or less ben ironed out. If you want a game that gives you the loot whoring of a Diablo game, the feel of a Fallout or Elder Scrolls game for combat, then this is a definite buy.


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Fog is like a diving plane
Twisting, turning, changing shape
Then Crash into our eyes, like a train,
Wearing a wispy, full-body cape.
With its big, gaping mane
It swallows light and dark alike,
Sometimes it seems totally insane
For it knocks the air out of your lungs as it strikes.
Fog is like a deep power nap
It awakes, then rests back into its place
Just like a deadly booby trap.
And you shall always lose the race
No matter how hastily you run
For fog is faster yet, it has already won.
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Box Turtle Podcast 2/13/2010
Gabriel Arana
February 13th, 2010
BTB contributors talk about the new "gay couples study" showing over half of participants are in "open" relationships — and the DADT repeal. Listen below or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes (click here, then click "subscribe" in the iTunes window).
(One of our users suggested that we provide a direct link to the podcast audio. For those of you who want to download the audio directly, here it is.)
Box Turtle Bulletin Podcast, Listen In!
Gabriel Arana
January 12th, 2010
This is the inaugural episode of what we hope will be a regular podcast at Box Turtle Bulletin. The format we've tentatively agreed upon is a discussion of three topics that are prominent in the news. If our readers can think of topics they'd like to hear about, or have any other suggestions or comments, please let us know.
We are also working on making the podcast available on iTunes so that you can subscribe to the feed and have the episodes downloaded automatically on your mp3 player.
For this installment, you have Timothy, Jim and me (Gabriel) discussing the Prop. 8 trial, the Uganda situation, and the Portugal marriage decision:
Peterson Toscano Debates Memphis Pastor on Christian Radio
Jim Burroway
February 26th, 2008
Peterson Toscano went on the Info Radio Network to debate pastor Bill Bellican from Memphis' Central Church, which hosted the Love Won Out ex-gay conference this weekend. It's a very long program and difficult to listen to at times. It is definitely not for the faint of heart.
But I love how host Larry Bates suddenly rushed to commercial when Peterson vigorously challenged him on the story of Sodom and Ghomorrah (that's at about the 20 minute mark). Also, at the 34 minute mark the host went straight to the usual Paul Cameron statistics. At the one hour mark, he very adroitly and compassionately handled the alcoholism analogy. And at the 1:32 mark, Peterson was able to reveal to that audience what the Jones and Yarhouse ex-gay study really found — something that very few ex-gay proponents are willing to acknowledge.
But the worst is at the 1:36 minute mark when the host said, "The reason that a lot of homosexuals are upset with programs like Love Won Out, the ex-gays getting out of the gay lifestyle is, quite frankly, is they're raiding the meat market, in other words you're just simply are losing propects, because the average gay man and gay woman has multiple partners and you're running out of prospects."
At times, the program appeared to be two-against one, with the host and pastor on one side against Peterson. And yet Peterson seemed to retain the upper hand through it all. I'm amazed at how well he was able to keep his cool throughout the two hour program. I really don't think I could have done it.
A Gay Man's Experience Attending Love Won Out – Part III
Daniel Gonzales
May 30th, 2007
Today's podcast the final segment in my interview of Jim Burroway, a gay man who attended Love Won Out. Jim says of Nancy Heche's presentation "She left them, at the end of her talk, praying for their children to change." Jim also discusses Alan Chambers' presentation in which Alan tells the audience "expect a life of denial."
TVC's And NARTH's Use Of The Derogatory Term 'Shemale'
Daniel Gonzales
May 23rd, 2007
Daniel talks with Autumn (a trans contributor at Ex-Gay Watch) about the TVC's and NARTH's use of the derogatory term "shemale." Most recently the TVC used the term in a political cartoon attacking the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, currently in Congress. Autumn notes the term is used almost exclusively in either pornography or by anti-gay/trans activists.
TVC cartoon
NARTH's use of "shemale"
GoodAsYou.Org's analysis of cartoon
Activist Groups React To Falwell's Death
Daniel Gonzales
May 16th, 2007
In today's show Daniel examines some of the gay and ex-gay activist groups that sent out press releases today regarding the passing of Jerry Falwell as well as a clip of NPR asking tough questions of Paul Weyrich, a friend of Falwell.
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A Gay Man's Experience Attending Love Won Out – Part II
Daniel Gonzales
May 9th, 2007
Today's podcast is a continuation of my interview with Jim Burroway who attended Love Won Out. Jim discusses "ex-lesbian" Melissa Fryrear's talk and the shocking effect it had on parents who took her outrageous statements literally.
A Gay Man's Experience Attending Love Won Out – Part I
Daniel Gonzales
May 3rd, 2007
It's Thursday night and here's this week's episode, a chat with Jim Burroway about his experience attending Love Won Out in Phoenix. This podcast is part I and focuses on Joseph Nicolosi's speech.
Why There's No Podcast Today
Daniel Gonzales
May 1st, 2007
Hey this is Daniel, my first two ideas for guests fell through and then I had to work overtime on Tuesday night so I haven't got a show ready just yet but check back in the next couple days when I'll be putting up an interview with Jim Burroway who attended Love Won Out Phoenix to talk about his experience.
A Chat With Peterson Toscano On "The Ex-Gay Survivor's Conference"
Daniel Gonzales
April 24th, 2007
In today's broadcast Daniel chats with Peterson Toscano about the Beyond Ex-Gay conference planned for Irvine, CA in July. Daniel also highlights an upcoming PBS special on the Mormon church which includes exgay issues. Lastly learn about the host church for the recently announced Love Won Out conference to be held in Portland, OR in August.
Premiere Broadcast/Podcast of "If It's Wednesday, It's Exgay"
Daniel Gonzales
April 18th, 2007
Learn about my trip to Phoenix Pride, my first boyfriend (during the Nicolosi years) and an interview with Wayne about LWO Omaha. Download MP3.
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GM Dzindzichashvili was once one of the top players in the world. Born in Georgia, his chess first developed in the USSR. While still an International Master, he defeated opponents like Botvinnik and Bronstein before emigrating, first to Israel where he became a Grandmaster, and then to the United States. His accomplishments in the U.S. include two U.S. Championship first places, and one World Open. He has not played actively in tournaments recently, but has become even more famous perhaps in the U.S. for quality instructional materials, in particular chess videos! Roman Dzindzichashvili now teaches chess classes and seminars for Chess.com University. Feel free to contact him for more information!
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Grandmaster Judit Polgar is the strongest female chess player of all time. Ranked #1 in the world for just shy of 25 years, Judit's contributions to chess both on and off the chess board are many. Besides being one of the best chess players in history, she serves as an ambassador for the game through the Judit Polgar Chess Foundation for Education Benefits, is the recipient of the prestigious Hungarian "Order of Merit" award, and is an author of multiple chess books. Judit's program, "Chess Palace" has been adopted as a part of the National Curriculum for Hungarian Schools, and she is also the author of the series, Judit Polgar Teaches Chess.
Born June 13th 1968, Ivan learned chess from his father in 1974 (age 6). He achieved his peak FIDE rating of 2706 in January 2004, and hung around the top twenty in the world for numerous years, including a high spot of number 12 in the world. A Grandmaster since 1987, Ivan has authored 7 chess books, out of which 'Winning Chess Middlegames' and 'Sacrifice & Initiative' were acclaimed best sellers.
Melik began playing chess at the age of 8, won the Baku Junior Championship two years later and became a Soviet Candidate Master two years after that. He began coaching early in his career and has brought up three Junior World Champions (among them Levon Aronian). In 2001, he immigrated to the US, where he qualified to play in the U.S. Championship several times. He earned his Grandmaster title in 2006.
A "true" chess professional, Grandmaster Alex Lenderman learned to play the game at the age of ten, was an expert at twelve, National Master at thirteen, International Master at sixteen and a Grandmaster at nineteen years old. A gold medalist, scoring an incredible 9-of-11 score, at the World Youth Championship Under-16 in 2005. A US Chess League MVP in 2008, Alex is also the winner of multiple prestigious events in the "American Chess Scene", including: the Philadelphia International; US Open; Marshall Club Championship, Eastern Open and the National Chess Congress. Alex's peak FIDE rating was 2601 and he currently trains hard with his coach, GM Giorgi Kacheishvili.
Considered one of "the" premier chess trainers in America for more than ten years, Chess.com is very proud to add Grandmaster Gregory Kaidanov to its list of prestigious Video Authors. Arguably one of the strongest GMs never to have won the US Championship, GM Kaidanov's list of accomplishments does however include first place finishes in many other major events, including first place at both the World Open and US Open in 1992. A certified FIDE Senior Trainer, his reputation as a chess coach precedes him internationally. Gregory currently resides in Lexington, Kentucky with his wife Valeria and their three children.
Sam learned chess at age 11 from the Berkeley Chess School program. Within four years, he had become a National Master, and two years later, he became an International Master when he tied for first in the world u-18 championship, a result unmatched in the last decade of international play by American players. At 20, he has already played in several U.S. Championships, placing 3rd in 2011.
Simon has been playing chess for 28 years. He reached the rank of IM when he was 18 and GM at 28. Some of his major successes on the board include jointly winning the London Chess Classic in 2010, becoming British Blitz Champion and finishing 2nd in the main British Championship on two occasions. Simon's pupil's have been wildly successful at the scholastic level in England. Affectionately known to the chess world as "The Ginger GM" - Simon is also the accomplished author of more than 10 books and DVD series.
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In 2004 Timur became the youngest-ever chess grandmaster from Asia at age 16( originally from Uzbekistan). Timur was a part of the University of Texas at Brownsville's Chess Team from August 2005 to August 2006 where he helped the University obtain its first National Collegiate Chess Championship. He is the winner of many International chess events. Timur is a regular feature of Chess.com/TV - where he trains using our Blindfold Chess Pieces, with hopes of eventually breaking the world record for most "Blindfold Chess" games played simultaneously.
Grandmaster Maxim Dlugy is well known as a Rapid Chess specialist. Formerly ranked #1 by the World Blitz Chess Association, he is regarded by many as one of the best blitz (both over the board and online) players of all time. The World Junior Champion in 1985, Dlugy's accomplishments are many both as a player and trainer.
GM Perelshteyn learned chess from his father, a professional chess coach. His record of accomplishments is long; some of his honors include: 2000 US Junior Champion, represented the U.S. in 5 World Jr. Championships, led UMBC to 5 national college titles, and first place in 2003 Generation Chess Invitational, 2006 Foxwoods Open, and 2007 Spice Cup. As a chess teacher, he is the author of two bestsellers: Chess Openings for Black, Explained and Chess Openings for White, Explained (with GMs Dzindzihashvili and Alburt).
Maurice Ashley is the first and only Jamaican born Grandmaster. A celebrated chess author, commentator and motivational speaker - Ashley is known world wide as a true ambassador for the game. Recently, his efforts involve co-founding the Millionaire Chess tournaments being held in Las Vegas, and he currently serves as a Director's Fellow at the Media Lab at MIT
Josh grew up in New Hampshire under the tutelage of NM Hal Terrie. He never improved very fast, but he never stopped either. At this date, Josh has passed 2500 fide and earned the GM title. In 2008, Josh had several strong results in top US events: shared fourth in the US Champs (last GM norm), shared fourth in the Chicago Open, shared first in the National Open, and second in the Continental Championship.
He started to play chess at the early age of 4! He was coached by his brother, IM Alex Mikhalevski. While in school, he won innumerable championships of Belarus for his age group, and played not less than five Soviet Junior championships with world famous players Kramnik, Svidler, Shirov and many others taking part. In the beginning of 1991 Victor immigrated to Israel, where he won two Israel Junior Chess Championships in 1991 and 1992. Skipping ahead of many great accomplishments to January 2008, Victor achieved his peak rating of 2632 and was placed 92nd in the world and fourth in Israel. In 1989 Victor started coaching and his students won medals in the World and European Youth chess championships. Mikhalevski was awarded the IM title in 1993 and the GM title in 1996. In 2013 Victor published his first book Grandmaster Repertoire 13- The Open Spanish.
Since his arrival in the United States in 1989, Alex Yermolinsky has won numerous major swiss events including the World Open and U.S. Open multiple times. He was the U.S. Champion in 1993 and 1996. Alex cherishes his recollections of the glory days of the now aging, but underrated U.S. Olympic Team of the 1990's. Alex is the author of "The Road to Chess Improvement", his magnum opus that threatens to become the most sought after out of print chess book on EBay.
Other authors need not worry, Alex has left chess writing behind him. These days he's more interested in online chess media. His "What Every Russian Schoolboy Knows" instructional weekly show on the Internet Chess Club has a large following. Alex is hoping to further his online presence here on Chess.com.
Rashad was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, the same city as Garry Kasparov. He has won many international tournaments and he obtained the title of International Grandmaster in 2007. He was champion of Azerbaijan in 2009. Rashad trained the Azerbaijan Youth Chess Team for more than six years. He also worked with many famous grandmasters and helped them to improve opening lines, including Vugar Gashimov. Since 2009 he lives in New York. Most of the teams that he has trained took first and second places at National Championships .
Tania Sachdev is an International Master and plays for India. She has won over 20 medals for the country in the junior categories. She has won the national women's championship twice, is a former Asian Women's Championship champion and a bronze medalist at the Olympiad in 2012. She has been conferred with the prestigious civilian award for Sports in India, the Arjuna Award. She's well known for her chess commentary work from the World Championship and Millionaire Chess events.
With numerous "scholastic chess accomplishments" to boast of, both as a player and a coach, Danny has been a "chess professional" since his early teens. He was ranked in the Top 10 for his age in the U.S. every year from the age of 12 - 21years old, and at one point he was the highest rated 19-year old in the country. He earned the IM title at age 23. A part owner and full time Staff Member for Chess.com LLC, Danny is our Vice President of Content and Professional Operations, managing the products and "team of contributors" you enjoy here, as well as for our scholastic extension site, ChessKid.com.
International Master Jacek Stopa, originally from Poland, started playing chess at the age of 8 after randomly buying a chess set on a winter vacation. His father taught him how to play and he soon became addicted. Jacek earned his International Master title at age 18 and was the European Team Chess Champion in Solving Chess Problems in 2008. He has developed into a very effective chess instructor over the last six years, helping many young chess players reach their maximum potential.
International Master Anna Zatonskih's list of accomplishments is long. She represented the USA in five chess Olympiads (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012), and helped lead the team to the Silver Medal in 2004 and the Bronze in 2008. She was the Ukraine Women's Champion in 2001, and Co-champion 2002. Anna is a four time US Women's Champion (2006, 2008, 2009, 2011). She brings years of teaching experience to all levels of chess players to the Chess.com Video Author team.
International Master Mackenzie Molner is one of the rising young stars in America. He has been ranked amongst the top juniors in the United States for more than ten years. Originally, from New Jersey, "Mac" recently graduated from NYU with a Bachelor's Degree in Romance Languages, with a specialty in Spanish (he also speaks German, French and Russian). Mac considers himself a Professional Chess Player/Coach.
At the age of twelve, David was lucky to be brought by his mother to a session of the Berkeley Chess School's Friday night kid's chess club, where he met NM Robert Haines, who showed him what chess was. Eighteen years later, he is still in love with the game. He has shared first in a few major tournaments, eg: American Open, North American Open, and Open Rohde (France), and played in several US Championships.
Women's Grandmaster Tatev Abrahamyan is one of the youngest top-rated women chess players in the United States. She's competed in multiple U.S. Women's Championships, with her best result coming in 2005 - tying for first place only to lose out in the playoff. Born in Yerevan, Armenia in 1988 - Tatev came to the U.S. as a young girl, and quickly rose through the ranks, eventually joining the U.S. Women's Olympic Team. An expert in the French Defense, Tatev's Debut Video Series reveals many of her personal repertoire secrets.
Mark learned chess at age 6 but only at age 13 was he informed that tournaments existed! He received the International Master title at age 22 and had a peak USCF rating of 2578 in 1993. Mark has twice been the Manhattan Chess Club Champion, and has also played quite a bit overseas in Belgium, Holland, England, and Switzerland. Mark has a PhD in Information Systems from NYU. Mark currently resides in Tucson, AZ and has been Co-State Champion of Arizona twice. Chess is a difficult proposition to teach because it combines logic and imagination, but Mark believes that if logic is applied then imaginative ideas work better. This belief comes through in his teaching style and practices...
Thomas learned chess at the age of 5 and was immediately hooked. In 1999 he won the United Kingdom Schools Chess Challenge ahead of 35,000 other competitors and remins the youngest ever winner of the event. Thomas became an International Master in 2006 and got a GM norm at the 2007 Gibtelecom Masters where he finished 5th (along with Michael Adams and Ivan Sokolov). Thomas is now a regular chess coach with England at the World and European Youth Championships.
Mike Klein began playing chess at the age of four in Charlotte, NC. In 1986, he lost to Josh Waitzkin at the National Championship featured in the movie "Searching for Bobby Fischer." A year later, Mike became the youngest member of the very first All-America Chess Team, and was on the team a total of eight times. In 1988, he won the K-3 National Championship, and eventually became North Carolina's youngest-ever master. In 1996, he won clear first for under-2250 players in the top section of the World Open. Mike has taught chess full-time for a dozen years in New York City and Charlotte, with his students and teams winning many national championships. He now works at Chess.com as the Director of Content.
IM and WGM Rusa Goletiani is a three-time World Junior Champion. She is originally from the country Georgia but has lived in the U.S. for more than a decade. Shortly after arriving in New York, she won the Continental Women's Championship, and in 2005 was U.S. Women's Champion. She has represented the U.S. three times at the Chess Olympiad. The most successful trip was in 2008, when her team won the bronze medal and she won an individual silver medal. Rusa has taught chess for 13 years and in 2006 she co-founded the Westchester Chess Academy, where she teaches kids of all ages.
Women's Grandmaster Camilla Baginskaite learned to play chess from her father ate the age of eight in her home town of Vilnius, Lithuania. She earned the title of Women's Master at the age of 15, and went onto win the Girls Under 20 World Championship. She has competed in a total of seven chess Olympiads between Lithuania and the United States. She is a former U.S. Women's Champion, and continues to play at the highest levels of chess in the U.S. for women, while maintaining her family life and teaching chess.
International Master Keaton Kiewra is a native of Lincoln, Nebraska - USA where he set multiple state records, including nine consecutive state championships. A professional chess instructor now, Keaton is a graduate of the University of Texas at Dallas, and he has trained with many of the best chess players in the United States. He offers chess lessons that you can find more about on his home profile page.
Alisa Melekhina is a FIDE master with one International Master Norm. She has represented the US in numerous World Youth and Junior Championships, frequently placing in the top 10. She won the gold medal for her performance in the 2009 Women's World Team Championships in Ningbo, China. This May, Alisa will return to compete for the US Women's Championships in St. Louis. Alisa is in her third and final year of law school at the University of Pennsylvania, and will take the NY State Bar in July. She recently wrote an article for Chess Life Online on balancing law school and chess: http://www.uschess.org/content/view/12585/757/
Valeri feels fortunate to have learned to play chess from his father when he was only three, immediately becoming seriously engaged. By the age of seven he was able to play blindfold chess in several games at the same time. At the age of eight, he achieved a record-breaking ELO of 1985, and subsequently became the European Individual School Chess Champion U10 in Moscow, Russia. He has won over 30 medals in national and international competitions, and in 2008 achieved his highest rating of 2443 and in 2013, the title of International master.
April 25 is actually "Elliott Liu Day" in San Diego County! The young FIDE Master from San Diego earned that special distinction by winning the 2005 U.S. Cadet Championship, 2006 Pan-American Games U18, 2 IM norms, and playing in one U.S. Championship and three World Youth Championships. The 19-year old is just completing his freshman year at Stanford University.
Steven Zierk won the 2010 World Under 18 Championship with 9.5/11, a full point ahead of his nearest competitor. This achievement earned him the International Master title. He has taught over half a dozen students: one achieved 5th in the 2010 World Under 10 Championship and 2nd in the 2012 World Under 12 Championship, and another later earned the IM title. Recently he has been representing Boston in the US Chess League with a performance rating over 2700 each of the last two years.
Todd's tournament experience began with a bang, winning the u1200 section of his first tournament. In one year of feverish study and play he gained an unprecedented 1000 rating points. Since establishing himself as a strong master, he has turned to teaching, and found it extremely rewarding as well. He has also been quite successful: his students have won national championships.
Kostya Kavutskiy earned his FM title in 2011 and has been teaching chess, semi-professionally, for several years now. Apart from video lessons, he can be seen all over chess.com working on Chess Mentor, Chess TV, and more! Before joining the "official author team" on the main site, he's been making video lectures for Chess.com's YouTube Channel for sometime. He's also done quite a bit of writing for publications such as Chess Life Online and Chessbase, and even co-authored a chess book expected to be released Fall 2013.
Charles picked up chess in middle school after his mother bought him what was then Chessmaster 7000. The one and only chess club in town was in an establishment previously owned by his father so needless to say he felt right at home. Locally, he excelled at the scholastic level going on to become Florida's K-12 Champion and Denker representative. He currently attends College where he plays Board two for one of our coutry's top chess teams.
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text: When asked by my uncle to describe the week that I've had I could only think of one phrase: controlled chaos. I've known my general school/work/practicum schedule for some time now but this was a random week. Because of other peoples' schedules I ended up revamping my entire schedule. I was fully aware of what the week was going to contain. I am also usually good at dealing with this sort of unexpected craziness. I just had no idea how intense and exhausting it would be. Interestingly enough... I love the feeling.


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I weighed myself before bed last night and it said 169.4. I weighed myself this morning and it said 161.8. Apparently I lost 7+ lbs while sleeping!!!! LOL
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008
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This is a saying from my deceased grandmother, so if you find it a little crude, forgive me. "Every Little Bit Helps" said the man who peed in the ocean!
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Well, I decided to make a change in my life and start selling Partylite products cause I LOVE them, think it will be fun, and just want a different opportunity. I think this will dovetail nicely with my spark goals because it is all about mot... Read more
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So I'm starting to now find ways to get a little bit of exercise in when I don't have time to hit the gym. Mainly it has been walking at lunch and the fact that the weather is nicer is probably a big impetus. Nonetheless I'm very excited about... Read more
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I once heard an NPR news report that compared the food networks shows to porn and I think they are right. It's decadent, lustful, and too much is bad for you. Unfortunately for me Food Network is my husbands background channel of choice. I ca... Read more
Friday, April 04, 2008
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I've been posting my accountability journaling in the "30 Somethings with 25-50 lbs to lose" accountability thread, so I'm not slacking off there. But I had a couple of realizations over the past couple days that I wanted to share.
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Tuesday, April 01, 2008
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Ras el Hanout means head of the shop and is a spice mix that can be found online and in many larger markets. It may contain as many as 100 spices and as few as 10. I make a base substitute from spices I have on hand in my own pantry. I make batches of about 1/3 cup that I can keep on hand for several recipes before I need to make more.
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Two weeks ago I did a post highlighting Melanie Thernstrom's ode to surrogacy in which she repeatedly referred to the women who gave birth to her children as "gestational carriers." That was a first for me and at the time I said:
Sounds like something from a horror cloning movie. Well…maybe that kinda fits after all.
Yesterday I noticed a few fellow bloggers came across this rather creepy term with the news that Nicole Kidman and husband Keith Urban added a second daughter to their family via surrogacy. In a press announcement the couple said that they were "truly blessed" and thanked everyone for their support, "our gestational carrier" in particular.
Gestational carriers. Gestational carriers. I am still trying to get my mind around that. It doesn't even sound human.
I am reminded of Dune's "axlotl tanks," which are women who are lobotomized and then their bodies used as gestational carriers for clones. Now, surrogates mothers aren't lobotomized, of course. But they are being objectified.
"Gestational carrier," you should note, is just a nicer way of saying "reproductive prostitute." But it doesn't change the reality.
I don't know exactly how new this terminology is, but personally, I think it's a way to depersonalize the relationship between surrogate and child. Traditionally they are referred to as surrogate "mothers" – which is what a woman who gives birth to a child is, a mother. But that just confuses things, doesn't it? After all, she's essentially just an incubator, is she not. She's not the one who's going to be losing sleep caring for a newborn baby. It's not her child!
Oy! As if the act of surrogacy itself isn't objectifying enough (both for the woman and the child)…
"They are just the wombs"
Outsourcing Birth
Eggsploitation, Surrogacy and the Business of Making Babies
I'm sure that in a far away country (ok, the U.S.) some evil scientist is perfecting his "robo-womb" and then mothers will be obsolete just as sex is when it comes to reproduction. I just wish Nicole Kidman could see that she could be "truly blessed" if she and her husband answered their calling to become adoptive parents just as she and Tom Cruize did. I have to wonder (and this is total speculation and I know Nicole has suffered w/ infertility issues for years) how many Hollywood stars chose to abort during the youthful years of their career. Now that they're successful and established…and reaching menopause, they are left w/ few options for motherhood. Its a tragedy that a call-girl womb is even an option.
And did you know that Nicole is Catholic?
This entire scenario is wrong on every level.
She has already adopted two children, because she wanted to experience motherhood,She deserted them and left them with their father, Her adopted daughter is of age,and can choose if she wishes to live with her mother. She chose not too.. Nicole has never been a mother to those children in any form. She doesn't hold an ounce of maternal blood in her vains Then she was gifted with Sunday Rose, her very own child, At the age of 43, any normal person would be so grateful to God, to have received their own very child to love and adore, when she said she couldn't have a child of her own. I feel she uses her children as a means of getting attention and publicity, There was no photos of Sunday, until she had a movie being released, so she took a photo of Sunday to put on the Oprah show..this time she has released Rabbit hole, and was nominated for awards, but she didn't receive any, so at the after party, she deliberately speaks of Faith, in front of a reporter. Now the saddest thing which isn't being released or spoken about, is the day they made their announcement, was her adopted son (Connor) 16th Birthday! They chose the day they should have been celebrating the birth of her adopted child, to announce they payed some woman money so they could buy a new child. No matter what way I try to look at this, I feel it is wrong, for all the moral reasons. But to destroy your only sons special day, by announcing they now have taken on another child, which they brought like you would buy a pet dog . Nicole has never been a mother to Connor, I couldn't imagine a mother doing a more hurtful thing. The woman spent most of 2010 making three movies, doing award shows and attending her husbands concerts and shows how could she be pregnant and still make these movies? and parade for the camera's.. she couldn't. So she payed someone else to do that work for her.. just as you would pay a cleaner to clean your house.She has a nanny that takes care of Sunday, and how much time would she spend with Sunday? Even the week of the announcement of Faith, she was out every night, attending art Gala's, parties, awards nights. Yet she says they brought the child home, was this Nashville or LA?… because as I stated she was in LA being the party girl.
I believe we will see a photo of Faith, just when her next movie is about to be released, to ensure her face gets seen in magazines and she doesn't get over looked, so she will drag out the children, because she knows the public and press will take notice then.
To buy a child and a woman to carry a child, which she calls a gestational carrier, like she is some kind of lab rat, that doctors impregnated, all to feed Nicoles narcissistic ways. Is against God. The woman pretends to be Catholic, but uses it only when she can get publicity from it, just as she uses her husband, and her ex husband, and her children. What happens in the future?..when this child asks, why wouldn't you want to give birth to me mum?…What will her answer be?…
God knows the truth, so will she lie to her child and to God in the same breath?
The woman lies constantly, she announces one thing, but then a year or so later, she will do another interview which normally unveils the truth , and she gets caught out in the lies she had said.
As I states the woman is a narcissist, she doesn't honour God, or her religion, or her marriage, or her children.
She is also the U.N ambassador for abuse against women. I think she created one of the worst abuses against women ever. Nicole has no shame.
Check the definitions: a surrogate contributes the egg & is therefore genetically related to the embryo/fetus/baby; a gestational carrier is not the egg donor & therefore not genetically related – for example, a woman whose medical condition does not allow her to carry her own child, the biological child of her husband & herself, would be eternally grateful to a friend or sister who carries that child for her/them. In this country, no woman who has not had a healthy child of her own can become a gestational carrier or a surrogate.


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why is there fry in my tank???
so i look in my tank to see a tiny baby fish swimming around. and i'm wondering how in got there. did my dolmation molly give birth? all else i got is the one molly, a dwarf puffer, one oto, and a cory.
um well cories should be kept in bigger groups.
did you just get your molly recently?
If you got the molly recently, she was probably pregnant when you got her.
thats what I was thinking ^ :)
make sure the puffer doesn't get it!
i got the molly like a week or two ago. and i know about corys but it was given to me. i might buy more after i get more otos. does anyone know how to make alittle divider so the other fish don't get him? i dont want to spend the mony to save one fish that cost like $4 full grown.
um a tupperwear container floating in your tank should be good, just drop an airstone in it.
for feeding them i think they take finely ground flakes just make sure you change the water regularly.
sounds like she was pregnant when you got her and finely crushed flake food is what we give our fry....
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