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Tim MurphyDec. 21, 2012 3:08 PM
Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.)
Sen. John Kerry got his wish. On Friday, one week after United Nations ambassador Susan Rice withdrew from consideration, President Barack Obama nominated the Massachusetts Democrat for secretary of state. If confirmed, he'll replace the retiring Hillary Clinton in January.
Kerry, a decorated Vietnam veteran and former presidential nominee whose name has been floated as a candidate for the top Foggy Bottom job for years, has been a loyal soldier for the administration's international priorities as chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He whipped Republican colleagues to support the New START Treaty during the 2010 lame duck session, and most recently led the fight—albeit unsuccessfully—for the ratification of the United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons With Disabilities. In a 2011 New York Times Magazine profile, James Traub described Kerry as "a kind of ex-officio member of Obama's national security team, which has dispatched him to face one crisis after another in danger zones like Afghanistan, Pakistan and Sudan."
In brief remarks at the White House, Obama cited Kerry's work with Sen John McCain to restore relations with Vietnam in the 1990s—a notable shout-out given the Arizona Republican's role in squashing Rice's candidacy for secretary of state. "John has earned the respect and confidence of leaders around the world," Obama said. "He is not going to need a lot of on the job training."
But Kerry's nomination comes with a potential consequence for Democrats. Although Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick will choose an interim replacement, Kerry's seat will be filled by special election—and the most likely candidate to replace him is Republican Sen. Scott Brown, who was defeated at the polls in November. As Nate Silver points out at the New York Times, Brown, a moderate, leads his prospective Democratic challengers in head-to-head matchups. Brown, who has not ruled out another bid, has played his hand carefully since November, most recently coming out in support of an assault weapons ban post-Sandy Hook.
Tim MurphyDec. 21, 2012 2:42 PM
A still from the 2006 game, NRA Gun Club.
A still from the 2006 game, NRA Gun Club.
In his first public comments since last Friday's shooting at a Newtown, Connecticut elementary school, National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre sought to place the blame for gun violence where it truly belonged: the makers of video games. "There exists in this country a callous, corrupt and corrupting shadow industry that sells, and sows, violence against its own people through vicious, violent video games with names like Bulletstorm, Grand Theft Auto, Mortal Kombat and Splatterhouse," LaPierre said.
But LaPierre's speech left out a key detail: His own organization has a video game, too. It's called NRA Gun Club, it was released in 2006 for PlayStation 2, and according to the top-ranked review on Amazon, it "could very well be the single worst game in the history of games." The game, which was rated "E" for kids 10 and older, featured a handgun on the cover with four bullets and consisted entirely of various target-shooting exercises. Gamers can shoot inanimate objects like watermelons, bottles, and clay pigeons, using one of over 100 different kinds of brand-name, licensed firearms like Beretta.
NRA Gun Club didn't have the kind of blood-and-guts violence LaPierre specifically attacked in his speech—but it was made by a company that makes its money off exactly that. Crave Entertainment, which produced NRA Gun Club, also released a game called Trigger Man, which, as the name suggests, is about a mob hit-man. IGN notes that as part of the game, players "will need to outfit themselves with the tools of the trade from body armor and over 14 weapons, to silencers to make the 'hit.'" Another release from Crave is Bad Boys: Miami Takedown. As you could probably guess from the Will Smith movie that inspired it, there's a lot of shooting—and not of the clay pigeon variety:
On the other hand, if the reviews were any indication, NRA Gun Club may have been its own form a gun control. As Ed Lewis wrote for the gaming website IGN, "The only time that this game inspired me to want a real gun was when I took the disc out of my PS2. Seeing this digitized crap explode into a hundred silvery slivers would have been the only bit of satisfaction it could ever deliver." Or as Game Spot's Jeff Gerstmann put it, "you're bound to rip the disc out of your PlayStation 2 and fling it across the room almost immediately after putting it in."
Adam SerwerDec. 21, 2012 2:20 PM
At the National Rifle Association's first press conference since the Newtown massacre that killed 27 people, most of them elementary school children, the gun lobby's CEO Wayne LaPierre said the solution is more guns.
"There exists in this country a callous, corrupt and corrupting shadow industry that sells, and sows, violence against its own people," said LaPierre. He was talking about the entertainment industry, not groups such as the NRA that lobby for laws that allow people to get away with murder. Rolling out a list of 1990s-era conservative cultural shibboleths, LaPierre blamed a coarsening culture, and violence in movies, video games, and music for mass shootings—that is, everything but the deadly weapons the killers have used to slaughter people.
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LaPierre's "solution" is for Americans to arm themselves, and for the government to place armed guards at every public school in the country: "I call on Congress today to act immediately, to appropriate whatever is necessary to put armed police officers in every school—and to do it now, to make sure that blanket of safety is in place when our children return to school in January." LaPierre did not note that Columbine High School had an armed guard when two students went on a murderous shooting rampage there in 1999, and that Virginia Tech had an armed police force with its own SWAT team equivalent when one of its students killed 33 people in 2007.
The head of the nation's most powerful gun rights organization laid out a vision of a paramilitary America, where citizens are protected by armed guards until they are old enough to walk around with their own firearms on the off-chance they might need to pump a few rounds into a fellow citizen. "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," said LaPierre. "Would you rather have your 911 call bring a good guy with a gun from a mile away ... or a minute away?" Yet outside of video games, civilians rarely stop mass shooters.
While encouraging Americans to buy more guns—which would enrich the companies that fund the NRA—and station gun-toting guards at all schools, LaPierre declined to support any compromise on gun restrictions. And he engaged in a brazen act of hypocrisy. He warned of a society "populated by an unknown number of genuine monsters—people so deranged, so evil, so possessed by voices and driven by demons that no sane person can possibly ever comprehend them." He went on:
They walk among us every day. And does anybody really believe that the next Adam Lanza isn't planning his attack on a school he's already identified at this very moment? How many more copycats are waiting in the wings for their moment of fame—from a national media machine that rewards them with the wall-to-wall attention and sense of identity that they crave—while provoking others to try to make their mark? A dozen more killers? A hundred? More? How can we possibly even guess how many, given our nation's refusal to create an active national database of the mentally ill?
They walk among us every day. And does anybody really believe that the next Adam Lanza isn't planning his attack on a school he's already identified at this very moment? How many more copycats are waiting in the wings for their moment of fame—from a national media machine that rewards them with the wall-to-wall attention and sense of identity that they crave—while provoking others to try to make their mark? A dozen more killers? A hundred? More? How can we possibly even guess how many, given our nation's refusal to create an active national database of the mentally ill?
Brushing aside the disturbing implications of a national database of the "mentally ill," LaPierre and the NRA have done everything in their power to ensure that people who might be credibly identified as "deranged" can easily purchase guns without a background check. The gun lobby has fiercely opposed vetting private sales of firearms outside of licensed gun stores. Creating a national database of "monsters" would mean little if mentally ill people could still acquire guns by other means without undergoing checks. It seems unlikely that LaPierre, having thwarted basic background checks, sincerely supports the much more intrusive approach of a national database. Given that he refused to take questions at the press conference, none of the reporters there could call him out.
LaPierre also neglected to mention the high-powered, military-like rifles that three spree killers have used this year or the high-capacity magazines that have allowed these criminals to murder large numbers of people without having to stop to reload.
This press conference was bizarre. LaPierre was defiant and defensive in attacking straw men, and he refused to engage with the national debate concerning the availability of guns of tremendous lethality. He showed no signs of any willingness to engage in compromise or even a discussion with those who are now questioning US gun policies—signalling to Republicans in Congress that they shouldn't either.
As LaPierre was speaking, there were reports of another shooting spree.
Dec. 21, 2012 11:51 AM
Andy KrollDec. 20, 2012 2:10 PM
For years, the National Rifle Association, the nation's mighty gun lobby, has pushed legislation that would ban doctors from asking their patients about guns in the home. Just as a pediatrician might ask a young patient about how much he or she exercises or what's going on in school or in his or her social life, that doctor might also ask about a patient's home life and if there are guns in the home. The NRA's "Firearms Owners' Privacy Act" would block that, despite the obvious First Amendment problems such a bill raises. Critics of the NRA-authored ban have dubbed the fight "Docs vs. Glocks."
The killing of 26 people, including 20 first graders, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., by 20-year-old Adam Lanza has reinvigorated the debate about the presence of guns in American life. Who should be allowed to own guns? How should guns be stored? What types should be available to the average consumer? How many guns should one person be able to own? You've heard these question before: They were raised after the Columbine killings in 1999, the Virginia Tech killings in 2007, the Aurora, Colo., movie theater killings in July, and on and on.
Here's another question worth asking: In the wake of the Newtown killings, as advocates and lawmakers search for ways to stop future gun violence, will the NRA keep up its fight to block doctors from asking about guns? The NRA broke its silence after the Newtown killings with a statement saying it was "prepared to offer meaningful contributions to help make sure this never happens again." The group did not offer specifics, and NRA spokesman Andrew Arulanandam did not immediately respond to a request for comment. (We'll update this post if he does.)
There is a real health issue here: As Mother Jones' Adam Weinstein points out, research shows that even law-abiding citizens and their families who keep guns in the home are at a greater risk for getting killed by gunshot. And according to the American Academy of Pediatrics, in 2009, one in five deaths among people under the age of 20 was caused by a firearm-related injury.
With the NRA's help, six states—Alabama, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and West Virginia—have tried to pass the Firearms Owners' Privacy Act. None have succeeded. Florida's GOP Gov. Rick Scott and Republican-controlled legislature have brought the NRA the closest to victory in the Docs vs. Glocks fight.
The NRA launched Docs vs. Glocks in Florida after hearing of an Ocala resident had asked a young patient's mother whether she owned any guns; the mother wouldn't answer, and so the doctor declined to treat her kid. The NRA and its Florida-based super-lobbyist, Marion Hammer, then crafted the Firearms Owners' Privacy Act, allowing doctors to ask about guns in the home only when they deeply believe such questions matter to "the patient's medical care or safety, or the safety of others."
Scott signed the bill in early June 2011, on one of the first days of National Home Safety Month.
The state's pediatricians soon sued to stop the law, which a Miami circuit judge did months later, saying the law violated doctors' First Amendment rights. The state of Florida has appealed the decision.
The NRA also features the Docs vs. Glocks fight in its political candidate questionnaires. A July 2011 NRA questionnaire for Virginia candidates for office includes this question:
The American Academy of Pediatrics encourages its members to ask many intrusive questions of their patients under the ruse of preventing "gun violence." In doing so, doctors—particularly pediatricians—have been questioning patients about the presence of firearms in one's home. Do you believe firearm ownership is your personal matter and doctors should stop questioning patients about firearm ownership?"
Thomas Julin, a South Florida attorney who represented several doctors' associations in fighting the Firearms Owners' Privacy Act, wrote in a July op-ed that the law's real intent was to "censor doctors who might advocate gun control legislation the NRA opposes." But the NRA's politically motivated attack on doctors' free speech rights, Julin writes, misses the benefit of a simple question or two. "Doctors who see children bearing bullet holes on a regular basis," he writes, "can be very powerful advocates."
Dec. 20, 2012 1:08 PM
Erika EichelbergerDec. 20, 2012 11:52 AM
On Monday, President Obama rolled out his latest deficit deal compromise, which would reauthorize the Bush tax cuts for those making under $400,000, extend unemployment benefits, and cut Social Security spending. It's pretty close to the deal House Speaker John Boehner offered last Friday. But on Tuesday, Boehner pulled out a not-so-fun sounding "Plan B," which involves letting tax cuts expire for those with income above $1 million...and then just not really dealing with the rest of that fiscal cliff thing.
Democrats say Plan B is a signal that Boehner has backed out of negotiations over the fiscal cliff. And now the center-left Center for American Progress has taken a look at Plan B, and found it wanting.
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Kate SheppardDec. 19, 2012 5:20 PM
Lawmakers have produced a conference report reconciling the House and Senate versions of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2013. The report indicates that the final bill will retain a measure that will allow women in the military to use their Defense Department health insurance to pay for abortions for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest.
The measure, which was introduced by New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D), allows military women to use their government-issued health care to pay for an abortion if they are raped, just like any other woman who works for the federal goverment is already allowed to do. For years, military women have had tight restrictions on their ability to use their health benefits for abortions, and were only allowed to do so if their lives were in danger. That this provision made it into the final bill is a big deal, as House Republicans were expected to block it.
Reproductive rights groups praised the change. "For too long, servicewomen and military dependents have been denied an important aspect of health care coverage," said Marcia Greenberger, co-president of the National Women's Law Center. "It was unconscionable that women who survived rape or incest were forced to pay out-of-pocket for an abortion."
Adam SerwerDec. 19, 2012 4:41 PM
In a closed-door negotiation, top Republican and Democratic lawmakers have killed a ban on detaining American citizens without trial.
The Senate approved the ban, a bipartisan effort led by Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah), as an amendment to the 2013 defense spending bill in a vote last month. But once the House and Senate met to negotiate the differences between their versions of the bill, the ban was scrapped.
Of the four main negotiators on the defense bill, only one of the Democrats, Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), opposes domestic indefinite detention of Americans. The Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator Carl Levin (D-Mich.), believes detaining Americans without charge or trial is constitutional, and only voted for the Feinstein amendment because he and some of his Republican colleagues in the Senate convinced themselves through a convoluted legal rationale that Feinstein's proposal didn't actually ban the practice. Both of the main Republican negotiators, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard "Buck" McKeon (R-Calif) and Senator John McCain (R-Ariz) believe it's constitutional to lock up American citizens suspected of terrorism without ever proving they're guilty.
Civil liberties groups aren't shedding any tears over the demise of the Feinstein-Lee amendment, either, though. They believed that because Feinstein's proposal only guaranteed due process for US citizens and legal residents, instead of all persons within the United States, that it was ultimately unconstitutional anyway.
"I was saddened and disappointed that we could not take a step forward to ensure at the very least American citizens and legal residents could not be held in detention without charge or trial," Feinstein said in a statement to Mother Jones. "To me that was a no-brainer."
The demise of the Feinstein-Lee proposal doesn't necessarily mean that Americans suspected of terrorism in the US can be locked up forever without a trial. But it ensures that the next time a president tries to lock up an American citizen without trial—as President George W. Bush previously tried—it will be left up to the courts to decide whether or not it's legal.
Dana LiebelsonDec. 19, 2012 2:32 PM
One important part of the US reconstruction effort in Afghanistan is beefing up the country's power grid, run by the state-owned utilities company, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat. As of July 2012, only a third of Afghanistan had access to regular power, and a former UN advisor for Afghanistan told NPR that "energy remains a huge constraint for development of the country."
The United States is pouring tens of millions of dollars into the country to help the country commercialize its electricity, but a portion of that money is being squandered. A new report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), released on Tuesday, shows that expensive electrical equipment purchased by the Pentagon is sitting unused in a warehouse near Kandahar. SIGAR also found that USAID paid a contractor $5.76 million contractor for a contract that was never completed.
SIGAR John F. Sopko wrote that both of these issues "warrant immediate attention." Here's the breakdown of the numbers:
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Futures Flat After Jobs Data; Newfield Rising, ConAgra Falling
Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Standard & Poor's 500 index were essentially flat Wednesday morning, after disappointing jobs data left investors slightly deflated:
ADP said the economy added 158,000 private-sector jobs in March.
Economists surveyed by MarketWatch forecast ADP to show private payrolls rose by 215,000 in March after a 198,000 rise in February.
Economists warn against reading too much into the ADP figures, however. While the data has a strong long-term correlation with the Labor Department's private-payroll series, it can be at odds with government data on a monthly basis. In February, ADP private payrolls undershot the government's estimate by 246,000 jobs.
Newfield Exploration (NFX) is leading big-cap stocks premarket, up 7% after delivering some very good news late yesterday:
Newfield Exploration said it has made a significant natural-gas discovery off Sarawak, Malaysia, and said it is looking to sell its international business...
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Lee K. Boothby said the latest find was the largest conventional exploratory success that Newfield had made in its 25-year history. He cited recent amendments to gas terms in Malaysia that made natural-gas developments economically competitive with oil developments.
Newfield also said that it plans open a data room, which will allow potential acquirers to conduct due diligence, for its international businesses in the second quarter. The company said in February that its board approved the evaluation of strategic alternatives for the businesses, which consist of offshore developments and related projects in Malaysia and China.
Tesla Motors (TSLA) stock is off about 2.5% this morning -- it seems that after the expectation triggered by Elon Musk's Twitter feed which had helped the stock rise about 20% and hit record highs in the past week, some investors were underwhelmed when yesterday's big news was simply that the company will offer financing to buy its electric cars.
Shares of ConAgra Foods (CAG) are off 2% after its quarterly earnings missed Wall Street expectations:
For the quarter ended Feb. 24, ConAgra reported a profit of $120 million, or 29 cents a share, down from $280.1 million, or 67 cents, a year earlier. The latest period included 16 cents a share in acquisition-related costs. Excluding those and other special items, per-share earnings from continuing operations rose to 55 cents from 53 cents.
Sales grew 13% to $3.85 billion.
Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had most recently forecast adjusted earnings of 56 cents a share on revenue of $3.87 billion.
And finally, if you're an avid investor but not a social media maven it may be time to rethink one or the other -- a new rule yesterday means that social media is likely to play a much bigger role in corporate new announcements:
In a ruling that portends changes to how companies communicate with investors, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday that postings on sites such as Facebook and Twitter are just as good as news releases and company websites as long as the companies have told investors which outlets they intend to use...
In 2008, the SEC said that companies could use their corporate home pages, under certain circumstances, to disseminate sensitive information.
In its Tuesday ruling, the agency said social-media sites would also suffice—in some circumstances. It blessed sites as long as companies make clear to investors they plan to use them.
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Repertoire for White with 1.d4. The tentacles of the Trompowski now reach out to 1...d5, keeping those Slav and Queen's Gambit players off balance. Independent theory developed by super-grandmasters that you will struggle to find in opening books!
FOXY OPENINGS - VOLUME 53 - Trompowski-Pseudo
As played by Nigel Short against Garry Kasparov - 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4 is a relatively new system with some high-class adherents. Completely sound, it leads to dynamic and unbalanced middlegames. The defense has the considerable merit of sidestepping standard theory, and is a favorite of Anand and Speelman. GM James Plaskett analyses Black's best plans against all possible White set-ups.
FOXY OPENINGS - VOLUME 47 - Sidestep
On this DVD, Roman will bring to you 13 of the most incredible tactical endgames ever. Some of these tactical shockers will come out of nowhere demonstrating that regardless how bad a position may look, there still may be a hidden win or saving draw. Enlightened by these examples, you will be able to apply these ideas to your own games.
ROMAN'S LAB - VOLUME 46 - Most Incredible Tactics and Combinations Ever in the Endgame
New and deadly ways to disrupt all known Sicilian schemes. Create no end of confusion as you nonchalantly develop your knights with 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 & 3.Nc3 and get ready to wrong-foot Dragon and Najdorf players. Check out a full range of little known anti-Sicilian executions. Death to the Sicilian! Long live 1.e4!
FOXY OPENINGS - VOLUME 46 - Sicilicide
On this DVD, Roman recommends the Accelerated Dragon for Black against e4. Roman has achieved great success at the highest level using the Accelerated Dragon and now he brings you his unplublished updates, new ideas and novelties. This is a great follow up to Romans earlier coverage of the Accelerated Dragon & King's Indian Defense.
ROMAN'S LAB - VOLUME 45 - New Lines & Novelties for Black in the Accelerated Dragon and King's Indian
England's most dedicated Dragon warrior - GM Chris Ward - presents his complete up-to-date Dragon repertoire including antidotes to the topical white systems. No other defense can match the Dragon for thrills and spills. A highly entertaining two hour plus epic.
FOXY OPENINGS - VOLUME 45 - Sicilian Dragon
On this instructional DVD Roman will teach you how to get an advantage in the opening against passive, and unsound openings by not trying to refute these inferior openings quickly but to play active, logical chess. Roman will show you by following the basic principles of chess you will be able to take advantage of your opponents anti-positional play giving you the winning edge.
ROMAN'S LAB - VOLUME 44 - New Lines & Novelties for White in Grand Prix, Hippo, Latvian & Philidor
Tired of the Spanish Torture? Then bite back with the Moller Defence! Once favored by Alekhine, the Moller has been revived with some dynamic new ideas. GM Nigel Davies presents coverage which includes many of Alekhine's forgotten ideas and much original analysis.
FOXY OPENINGS - VOLUME 44 - Ruy Lopez - Moller Defence
Hosted by: Grandmaster Roman DzinzichashviliRunning Time: Over 82 Minutes On this DVD, Roman will teach you new lines & Novelities for White against the Caro-Kann, Alekhine & French Defense. Roman gives you ideas and concepts taken from his own games by following what Roman tells you on this DVD you will be able to get the the edge in your own games.Item Returns - Computer Software and DVDsComputer Software and DVDs can only be returned or exchanged if the product is in its original, shrinkwrapped packaging and has not been installed or used in any way. Once you open the packaging of a Computer Software or DVD title, it can only be exchanged for the same title if the original media is defective. There are NO exceptions to this rule.If you wish to return a Computer Software or DVD title that is eligible for return (as defined above), please refer to the Item Returns - All Other Items on our Return Policy page.
ROMAN'S LAB - VOLUME 43 - New Lines & Novelties for White against the Caro Kann, Alekhine & French Defense
On this DVD, Roman will show you brilliant positional squeezes in the endgame. These highly instructional endgames were played on the highest level but are very easy to understand, so you can apply these ideas and concepts to your own games. Some examples will cover good versus bad Knights, opposite color Bishops, the ''passive'' Rook and more.
ROMAN'S LAB - VOLUME 47 - The Most Brilliant Squeezes Ever in the Endgame
New modern treatment of the Stonewall Dutch, Kramnik-style! Also featuring the antidote to all the Anti-Dutch lines such as the Staunton Gambit and 2.Bg5.
FOXY OPENINGS - VOLUME 48 - Stonewall Dutch
On this DVD Roman guarantees you very playable positions and some advantages for White against the Sicilian Defense. Roman will show you easy-to-learn universal plans and ideas in the opening and middle game. Roman shows you easy-to-remember setups and themes that will leave you well prepared to meet the Sicilian and get an advantage over your opponent!
ROMAN'S LAB - VOLUME 48 - Complete Universal f3 Systems for White Against the Sicilian Fianchetto
Tactics and Combinations are the essentials of every chess game and are easier to find when you know and recognize tactical themes such as example mate in 3, pins, forks etc. On this DVD Roman explains how to find tactics and combinations over the board by recognizing weakness in your opponents position and with logical thinking you will be able to exploit these weakness.
ROMAN'S LAB - VOLUME 52 - Finding Tactical Solutions in Overwhelming Positions
Red-hot material for those who enjoy original and attacking lines. GM Julian Hodgson continues to terrorize super-GMs with his own Trompowski theory. Here he gives away his secrets in the critical main line 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5! Ne4 3.Bf4. These new main lines of the Tromp are as weird and wonderful as ever. Fun to play and extremely potent!
FOXY OPENINGS - VOLUME 52 - Trompowski-Main Line
On this DVD, Roman will demonstrate through several games how to dominate your opponent through piece coordination. You will see how cohesive piece coordination will double or even triple the value of your pieces. This DVD will also show you the quick demise of your position if your pieces are not working together.
ROMAN'S LAB - VOLUME 51 - Building Powerful Attacks by Learning Piece Coordination
A survey of the modern Trompowski. GM James Plaskett assesses the development of theory in this system and explains new plans that the top players are now adopting. His favorite variations frequently involve gambit play by White.
FOXY OPENINGS - VOLUME 51 - Trompowski
On this DVD, Roman will show you how to play against Bad Openings and how to exploit them. Roman will take you through several very instructional bad openings for black and by taking a logical and simple approach you can achieve an advantage. This dvd not only provides excellent lines against the Elephant Gambit , Budapest, Baker Defense, French, Sicilian, Englund and Marshall Gambits but will show you basic ideas behind getting an edge against inferior opening play this will help you to never get caught off guard again
ROMAN'S LAB - VOLUME 50 - Unsound Openings and How to Exploit Them
The Torre Attack gives White the opportunity to build up a promising position with terrific latent attacking potential. White dictates the play from move 3 with this positionally well-motivated system. Even players like Karpov and Anand have been caught off guard by surprise Torre onslaughts!
FOXY OPENINGS - VOLUME 50 - Torre Attack
On this DVD, Roman will explain, move by move, highly instructional and amazing King's Indian games played by some of the world's greatest players.
ROMAN'S LAB - VOLUME 49 - Magnificent Instructional Masterpieces in the King's Indian Defense
Why fall victim to your opponent's pet Sicilian line when you can out-fox him with the cunning 2.d3? GM Nigel Davies, the pioneer of this new and vital system, explains exactly how you can squash those booked-up Sicilian-ites! Transpositions to King's Indian Attack formations for White are noted and explored.
FOXY OPENINGS - VOLUME 49 - Strangling The Sicilian with 2.d3
FOXY OPENINGS - VOLUME 43 - Ruy Lopez
On this DVD, Roman gives you new ideas on how to take a logical approach to opening positons that you have not encounter before. Roman will also give you new unplublish lines for White against the Pirc and Center Counter Qd6 & Qd8 variations. He also covers new lines for Black - playing the Scandinavian Defense and improved lines in the Accelerated Dragon against the f4 Grand Prix Attack and the Closed Scilian. These new lines and additions will put the winning edge back in your game.
ROMAN'S LAB - VOLUME 42 - New Lines & Novelties for White against the Pirc and Center Counter, and Black side of Scandinavian Defense & Accelerated Dragon
On this DVD, Roman will teach you the Art of Defense. Using four highly instructional games, Roman will demonstrate the importance of knowing how to defend in order to anticipate your opponent's counter chances.
ROMAN'S LAB - VOLUME 36 - The Art of the Defense
Sweep Black off the board! With IM Andrew Martin's latest recommendations, you can be ready for all those book answers to the Morra!
FOXY OPENINGS - VOLUME 36 - Morra Gambit Accepted
This DVD features... * Blunting the d4 Dagger GM Dzindzichashvili completes his new Black repertoire against 1.d4 by providing the viewer with methods for combating various White systems such as the Trompowsky, the London, the Torre and the Colle. * Butchering the Gruenfeld In his new White repertoire for the 1.d4 player, GM Dzindzichashvili provides the viewer with a number of methods for meeting the Gruenfeld. He offers the player with the White pieces the option of meeting the Gruenfeld with a kingside fianchetto (g2-g3, followed by Bf1-g2) or playing systems involving Bc1-g5 or Bc1-f4. * Queen's Gambit Guillotined In this video, GM Dzindzichashvili prepares the viewer to handle the White side of the Queen's Gambit. The primary focus of his investigations are the Exchange Variation and his recommendations for meeting the Tarrasch Defense.
ROMAN'S LAB - VOLUME 35 - Mastering The Opening Forum Series - Romans Original d4 Repertoire for White
GM David Norwood has personally pioneered novel ideas and move orders in the Modern Defense which trick opponents into unfamiliar territory. He outlines an aggressive repertoire involving an early ...c6. Throughout the video he concentrates on explaining the plans and strategic aims in the uncharted positions that arise.
FOXY OPENINGS - VOLUME 35 - Modern Modern
This DVD features.. * The Contemporary Shield of the Nimzo Indian GM Dzindzichashvili continues his coverage of the Nimzo-Indian Defense from Black's perspective, examining systems such as the Saemich Variation (4.a3), the 4.f3 Variation, and important ''anti-Huebner'' systems such as the Rubenstein (4.e3 c5 5.Nge2), and the Petrosian (4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nge2). * The Legendary Shield of the Nimzo Indian GM Dzindzichashvili provides the viewer with a solid Black repertoire based on the Huebner variation of the Nimzo-Indian Defense. In this video he also covers (from Black's perspective) coverage of the 4.Nf3 Variation (followed by g2-g3) and the Leningrad Variation (4.Bg5). * Ambushed by the Bogo Indian GM Dzindzichashvili provides the viewer with a compliment to his Nimzo-Indian repertoire as he shows the viewer how to deal with 3.Nf3 by employing the Bogo Indian (3...Bb4+).
ROMAN'S LAB - VOLUME 34 - Mastering The Opening Forum Series - A Repertoire for Black to meet The Queen's Gambit
The Dragon variation is considered to be one of the sharpest openings in chess. Made popular due to its aggressive nature, it is little wonder that the Dragon has attracted the likes of world number one Magnus Carlsen as one of its enthusiasts.
Killer Dragon - DVD 2 with Grandmaster Simon Williams
Benoni expert GM Chris Ward reveals plenty of secret home preparation as he presents Black's best lines after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5. There's nothing quite like the high stakes Benoni to knock 1. d4 players off-balance. The perfect choice for those who like action-packed chess.
FOXY OPENINGS - VOLUME 34 - Modern Benoni
An Original System For Grinding the Sicilian Defense Tired of losing your way in all of the theory of the Open Sicilian?? Let GM Dzindzichashvili introduce you to a sound positional method of combatting this most fearsome of Black's answers to 1.e4. Play centers around the line 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 and a Black doubled c-pawn complex.
ROMAN'S LAB - VOLUME 33 - Mastering The Opening Forum Series - Crushing Lines for White
IM Andrew Martin presents potentially deadly set-ups for White when the Morra Gambit is declined.
FOXY OPENINGS - VOLUME 37 - Morra Gambit Declined
Roman's Encyclopedia of 40 Essential Chess Openings. The core ideas and principles of play of 40 openings are presented and explained in almost 11 hours on 4 DVDs. Roman gives you his preferred lines for white and black, allowing you to play your chosen lines and venture into unfamiliar territory with confidence.
ROMAN'S LAB - VOLUME 37 - Encyclopedia of Chess Openings - PART 1
Get on board the Cadillac of Sicilians with GM Nigel Davies without having to learn reams of theory. The best defense to 1.e4 as played by Fischer and Kasparov
FOXY OPENINGS - VOLUME 38 - Najdorf
An enterprising repertoire for White against the QGD, Slav and Tarrasch. Based on dangerous attacking schemes in the Exchange Variation. White's clear-cut strategy makes these lines unique in their effectiveness at both GM and club level.
FOXY OPENINGS - VOLUME 42 - Queen's Gambit
On this DVD, Roman brings to you his own orginal unpublished new additions to the Scotch and f4 Sicilian. These updates will help you get an edge on counter-improvements made by black. This is a great companion to Roman's earlier DVDs Vol. 22 on the Scotch and Vol. 23 on the f4 Scillian
ROMAN'S LAB - VOLUME 41 - New Lines & Novelties in the Scotch and f4 Sicilian
1.e4 e5 2.Bb5! Look forward to the wicked Portuguese Gambit or a super-charged King's Gambit position. A shock opening that is eminently sound. Part 1: Main Line 2...c6 3.Ba4
FOXY OPENINGS - VOLUME 41 - Portuguese (1. e4 e5 2. Bb5)


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Beautiful quilt!!!!
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
Congrats on your finish!! I'm still working on mine..
Be a blessing to others, as you may entertain angels unaware!
Awesome quilt!
Wayne & Gabriele, the married quilters.
Thanks so much, everyone!
Lynda in OH
I beg to differ. I really like the effect of the B&W in this quilt. So happy and jumpin'. Love it.
no act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. Aesop
I like it!!!!
Alcyone group: http://www.quiltingboard.com/members...bums18449.html
Electra group: http://www.quiltingboard.com/members...bums18446.html
I like it! I think that the black and white just "adds to it."
I made Easy Street also and posted pictures in that thread. Also was not sure about the lime green and using that black and white. I thought it was too busy, but I stayed the course - made me work outside my comfort zone color wise. What I really like now is seeing the other colors used. Shows me that any colors would have looked good, just like Bonnie said and next time (yes, I am hooked and will participate again) I will work from my stash and choose colors I am more comfortable with.
Other pluses, I learned to use the easy angle and companion angle and I had never worked with flying geese that small.
Also, I like seeing yours done without borders. I think I am going to have to go that route. Otherwise, it will be too wide for my quilt frame. I have learned that I am one who thinks a quilt is not complete without a border so I am struggling with this. Seeing yours confirms that this one does not need that border so I just need to "git-r-done" so that I can mark it off my list. Thanks for sharing!
WOW - Gorgeous, terrific job and thank you for sharing
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Movie Review: The Campaign
The Campaign is a low, crude, hit-or-miss comedy, although a sometimes funny one.
Director: Jay Roach MPAA Rating: R Studio: Gary Sanchez Productions
Jay Roach directed Game Change and Recount, so it's safe to say the guy has a thing or two to say about the American landscape of guns, outsourcing, Super PACs, dirty political tricks, attack ads and the best democracy money can buy. No one's going to confuse his new comedy The Campaign, from a Chris Henchy-Shawn Harwell (Eastbound and Down) script, for a sharp, blistering satire of a political system in which candidates will do or say whatever their biggest donors want them to. This one's a low, crude, hit-or-miss comedy, although a sometimes funny one.
It's about the bitter fight between a pair of North Carolina congressional rivals, a four-term incumbent played by Will Ferrell (a rich, dim-witted, smug, womanizing empty suit) and the dark horse played by Zach Galifianakis (a middle-class, sweet spirited, mincing, bad sweater–wearing "family man"). A mistakenly rerouted obscene phone call to a mistress and Ferrell's general inability to keep it in his trousers panics his billionaire backers, the shadowy, election-manipulating Motch brothers, played by John Lithgow and Dan Ackroyd – although someone on the movie must know that the real-life kingmakers pronounce their names like Coke, not Kotch. Scrambling to find a new candidate to front for them, the brothers pluck out of obscurity the feckless, Bible-spouting tour guide and least favorite son of a nasty former political strategist (Brian Cox). For its first 45 minutes or so, the movie isn't much more than a loose-limbed, anything-for-a-laugh series of skits involving the candidates brawling way too close to a poor little infant, Ferrell on the stump trail spewing his tired mantra of "America, freedom and Jesus!", failing to properly recite The Lord's Prayer (despite Charades-style prompting from campaign manager Jason Sudeikis) and trolling for the evangelical vote by messing around with snakes. But at least all of it is stupidly funny, with an occasionally well aimed satiric slam at know-nothing political hucksters to liven things up. Even though the movie runs only 87 minutes, a potentially good, nasty satiric premise runs out of steam about halfway through.
The chuckles become repetitive as The Campaign lumbers toward a phony upbeat "redemption" finale, despite the efforts of costars like Karen Maruyama who gets laughs as the Asian housekeeper paid to bug out her eyes and spout maxims from the Old South like a domestic out of The Help. Ferrell and Galifianakis, too, are in very good form, with the latter especially skilled at finding the innate dignity and heart under the doofus. It would be hard to imagine even a Tea Partier accusing the woolly-headed movie of promoting an agenda — even the bluntest satiric arrows are tipped in Styrofoam and rose petals — but dumber, wackier things have happened. For most, The Campaign is just plain old silly summer fun.


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All, I just have to share this one I saw on the AAQI site.
The lady who made it was diagnosed in 2003 and with medication she is still holding strong at 80. She paper pieced this little jem with insets squares that were fussy cut.
The quilt measures 7.5 x 9 inches!


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New purchases;The Circular Ruins - Birth Of Tragedy. One listen so far , fantastic.
Benoît Pioulard - Hymnal Remixes - still playing this one cuz it's so good.
Tomas Weiss - ZeitlosThis just arrived in the mail two days ago and I've been listening to it practically non-stop ever since: at work, while sleeping, but not while operating heavy machinery. Zeitlos is, simply put, one of the better ambient releases I've heard in a while. The tracks are, for the most part, synth-driven soundscapes, typically leaning toward the dark side of ambient. The standout tracks, at least for me, are Alignment (particularly rewarding with headphones), Near Nothing, and Zeitlos. Each of these combines drone-inspired ambient with subtle, but lovely melodies. The last track in particular, Zeitlos, overlays some nice reverberating electric guitar with synths to create a majestic, dreamy atmosphere. Sometimes I get the urge to put that track on repeat; therefore, I'm thrilled to learn that there is an expanded release coming out soon that highlights that track in particular. Two thumbs up. I hope I'm not making Tomas blush by raving a bit here, but I think virtually everyone who participates in these forums will find something to love in this release. It is a special one.Samples/Buy: http://www.el-culto.com/artists/tomasweiss/zeitlos.html
Fields of the Nephilim: 5 CD box set. One of the best goth bands ever.
Circular: Radiating Perpetual Light. Thanks Phobos for this recommendation.
Steve Stoll: Praxis. Very nice ambient from this famous techno producer.
Today's listening;Johann Johannsson - Fordlandia. New discovery for me on spotify. Utterly beautiful music. In fact I am gobsmacked at the beauty of this. Hints of Baroque, beautiful haunting melodies, gorgeous.
Johann Johannsson - Fordlandia. New discovery for me on spotify. Utterly beautiful music. In fact I am gobsmacked at the beauty of this. Hints of Baroque, beautiful haunting melodies, gorgeous.


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2012 ASES Awards
We received many outstanding nominations for the 2012 Annual ASES Awards. We pleased to see so many talented and passionate educators, innovators and advocates who are having a big impact in the renewable energy field. We're pleased to announce the following 2012 honorees:
William Spratley, for his dedication to education resulting in widespread knowledge of renewable energy and energy efficiency to both businesses and individuals.
Frank Kreith, for his innovative thinking that spurred many technology advancements. He has publicly promoted solar energy for decades while inspiring generations of young engineers.
Trudy Forsyth, for her promotion and education of women in the renewable energy industry. She is a renowned expert in wind energy, and attributed to reinvigorating interest in its distributed applications.
Heather Andrews (posthumous), who was an unrelenting force of support and advocacy for solar energy. While her presence is dearly missed, the consequences of her work will never go unnoticed.
Edna Shaviv, who for over the last 40 years has created software, integrated ideas on community design, and initiated research in the United States and in Israel changing the way buildings perform.
Mark Chalom, for a 35-year commitment to creating a living legacy of sun dwellings, passive solar and sustainable buildings. He has influenced generations as a teacher, researcher, architect, public speaker, builder and activist.
Sara Motamedi, for her outstanding graduate work integrating energy and daylighting simulations at the first stage of architectural design.
About the Charles Greeley Abbot Award: This award is named in honor of Dr. Abbot, who was a prominent researcher in solar energy. During his lifetime of 101 years, he developed a number of instruments for measuring insolation, determined the solar constant with great accuracy, and contributed greatly to the understanding of the solar resource on earth.
About the Hoyt Clarke Hottel Award: This award is named in honor of Dr. Abbot, who was a prominent researcher in solar energy. During his lifetime of 101 years, he developed a number of instruments for measuring insolation, determined the solar constant with great accuracy, and contributed greatly to the understanding of the solar resource on earth.
Women in Solar Energy Award: This award is for woman in solar, encouraging more women to become technically involved in the field. Award winners have technical accomplishments and/or are an outstanding educator, advocate, promoter, change agent, developer, facilitator related to solar. A woman who has contributed significantly to the acceptance and advancement of women in solar by meeting one or more of the following criteria: Advocacy/ political, Educational, Technical, Contractor, Social change/developing nations.
Passive Pioneer Award: The American Solar Energy Society has established this award for passive solar pioneers. It honors those in the passive field whose pioneering work set the stage for others to follow. Honorees are men and women who developed the theories, early research efforts, new concepts, and opportunities for later researchers to develop. Their foresight, innovative thinking, and creativity opened the doors for others.
John and Barbara Yellott Award: The American Solar Energy Society is pleased to announce the John and Barbara Yellott Award, given to a graduate student concentrating on solar energy in a recognized institution of higher learning. John I. Yellott was instrumental in guiding the activities of the predecessor organization of ASES, the Association for Applied Solar Energy, in its early years during the 1950s. He was a recognized researcher in the solar energy field, a user of solar energy in his own home, and an entrepreneur participating in the growth of the solar industry. He and his wife, Barbara Yellott, were long interested in students and made gifts to ASES for the purpose of recognizing and supporting a student working in the solar energy field.
Fellows of the Society
Any member of ASES who has been a member for at least 10 consecutive years and has served with distinction in the advancement of solar energy utilization by way of research, education, public service, and/or service to ASES, is eligible for nomination to the grade of Fellow of ASES. An eligible member may be nominated by three members (at least one of which shall be a Fellow) of ASES in good standing. Each nomination will be screened by the Fellow Member Screening Committee, which shall recommend potential Fellows to the Board for final approval.
Rebecca Vories Award Nomination
In 1993, the American Solar Energy Society established this award to recognize special contributions to the Society. The name of the award was changed in 1996 to honor the memory of Rebecca Vories, one of the Society's most tireless and valuable volunteers. Criteria: The award honors those whose volunteer efforts on behalf of the society have significantly advanced ASES's ability to meet its mission. The recipient must be a member of ASES.


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Guest Speaker Chaplin Paul, will be at Mothers With a Purpose tomorrow night (1/10/2013)at 7 p.m.
Original post made by Kimmy, Mission Park, on Jan 9, 2013
Mothers With a Purpose meet from 7-8:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 10 at Foothill High School, 4375 Foothill Rd., Room C6, Pleasanton. Guest speaker Chaplin Paul from the Alameda Sheriff's Department. To raise awareness of the epidemic use of prescription and illicit drugs in our community and to involve various members of the Bay Area in our fight. Our goal is to educate and provide resources to afflicted families and to ultimately address the root cause of addiction, so we can prevent other children from falling victim to drug and alcohol use, abuse, and addiction. Visit www.motherswithapurpose.org.
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a resident of Livermore
on Jan 9, 2013 at 5:34 pm
What is the "root cause"?
Like this commentPosted by Kathleen
a resident of Mission Park
on Jan 10, 2013 at 11:05 am
This is a great organization for those who need support. I've met many wonderful parents and heard some wonderful lectures. This lecture with guest speaker Chaplin Paul is one not to me missed. Hope to see you there.


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BOONE, N.C. — News and notes regarding Appalachian State University's annual football Fan Fest, which is set for Saturday, Aug. 20 at Kidd Brewer Stadium:
4 p.m. — Gates Open
4:30 p.m. — The Mountaineers hold their final intrasquad scrimmage of the preseason
Immediately following scrimmage — The traditional family-friendly Fan Fest activities will take place on the brand-new KBS turf. As always, Mountaineer players and coaches will sign autographs and take pictures with fans during this time. Players will also lead on-field football drills, ASU cheerleaders will paint "game faces" and inflatable rides will be available for young fans to enjoy.
8:30 p.m. — Corey Smith, one of country music's hottest young artists, takes the stage at The Rock.
• Admission to the entire Fan Fest event, including the scrimmage, on-field activities and Corey Smith concert is FREE for Appalachian football season-ticket holders and ASU students.
• General admission tickets for non-season ticket holders cost just $10 and can be purchased by clicking HERE. Tickets can also be purchased in advance by phone at (828) 262-2079 and in person at the ASU athletics ticket office, located in the Holmes Center (phone and in-person sales are available Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.).
• Walk-up sales will begin on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at the Kidd Brewer Stadium Ticket Plaza.
• Tailgating will be permitted throughout the day (including during the event) in the following parking lots: Champions, Raley, Greenwood, Stadium and Rivers Street Parking Deck.
• Fans will be permitted to come and go as they please throughout the event. When exiting Kidd Brewer Stadium, fans will receive a wristband for re-entry.
• A limited number of game-worn ASU football jerseys and team-issued travel suits will be sold during the event, while supplies last. Jerseys cost $150 apiece.
• Appalachian player autographs will be split into two sessions following the scrimmage. The Mountaineer defense will sign autographs from 6:45-7:30 p.m., followed by the ASU offense from 7:30-8:15 p.m. (times subject to change).
• Winners of the Corey Smith meet-n'-greet contest will be contacted this week with more information and instructions.


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What this Limited Warranty covers and for how long:
Orbit Baby, Inc. ("Orbit Baby") warrants that the product accompanied by this limited warranty is free from manufacturing defects in material or workmanship for a period of two (2) years from the date of original purchase. This warranty only applies to the original purchaser of the product, and only to products purchased and used in the United States of America. The limited warranty period also applies to any implied warranties that may exist under applicable law. Some States do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts, so the above limitation may not apply to you.
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If you believe the product is defective please return it to Orbit Baby in the manner described below within the limited warranty period. If Orbit Baby determines a defect is covered by this limited warranty, Orbit Baby will, at its option, repair or replace the product or components of the product. This limited warranty extends to repaired and replacement products and components only through the end of the original limited warranty period.
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On March 21, Hobbs will lead a Rhode Island Historical Society discussion at the John Brown House Museum titled "H.P. Lovecraft's 'Gods': Atheism and the Cthulhu Mythos." The lecture is the first in a series of 2013 events devoted to the man the New York Review of Books once dubbed "The King of Weird." On March 23, the RIHS will host a "literary walk" pointing out significant landmarks from Lovecraft stories. On April 7, the H.P. Lovecraft Commemorative Activities Committee will hold its annual tribute service on the lawn of Brown's Ladd Observatory, followed by a march to Swan Point Cemetery and Lovecraft's legendary "I AM PROVIDENCE" headstone.
Come late August, Providence will play host to hundreds of Lovecraft fans and scholars at NecronomiCon Providence 2013 — Hobbs & Co.'s reboot of the bygone Providence convention of the 1990s. Local venues and restaurants — like Julian's, where Hobbs and I are having lunch — will hold exhibitions of Lovecraft-inspired artwork. AS220's black box theater will host theater adaptations of the author's fiction and life story. The all-stars of the Lovecraft universe — biographer S.T. Joshi, renowned Lovecraftian filmmaker Stuart Gordon — will mingle with hordes of costumed creatures and Lovecraft lookalikes. Hobbs and his newly-christened non-profit, The Lovecraft Arts and Sciences Council, Inc., are dubbing it "The Month of Lovecraft."
And that's just the beginning. Over lunch, Hobbs excitedly reports that the Athenaeum has just agreed to provide a home for a bronze bust of Lovecraft and that plans are in the works for the rededication of streets and squares in Lovecraft's honor — and perhaps even an "H.P. Lovecraft Day" in Providence.
Our interview is edited and condensed.
THE FLYER FOR YOUR RIHS EVENT SAYS THAT LOVECRAFT'S FICTION TRACES BACK TO "A PHILOSOPHY OF COSMICISM." WHAT IS "COSMICISM," EXACTLY? For Lovecraft, cosmicism is something that came out of his understanding, of the time, of the cutting edge of astrophysics and astronomy. And it's something that certainly still stands today as expressed by Neil deGrasse Tyson or Carl Sagan, where you think of the earth as the "pale blue dot" in this vast, unforgiving black gulf. And not only is the universe this vast, cold, dark place which doesn't really care about us on our little speck of dust, we're also just a speck of dust among many billions of other specks of dust out there that are also planets that may house life. And who knows what that life actually might be like?
WHAT CAME FIRST FOR YOU, MARINE BIOLOGY OR LOVECRAFT? There's a tandem event going on in my life. I don't want to overplay it too much, but there is definitely a very strong correlation between why I live in Providence, why I'm a marine biologist, and why this convention is happening. And that really is because of an early interest in his stories and a growing fascination with Providence, with the history of New England, with creepy creatures from the sea — all of these things sort of tie in together.
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Crosslake Summer Reading Club wraps up the season
The Crosslake Area Library hosted a Summer Reading Club that just wrapped up six weeks of learning and encouraging children to read.
Each Thursday featured a new theme, including guitar music, karate, rocket launching, a magician and horseback riding.
The children were also given the opportunity every Thursday to check out books from the library. Each participant received a free book for participating, courtesy of the library, and children were offered books as an incentive for reading a certain amount each week.
Ginny Hersey, children's program director for the Summer Reading Club, said private donations fund the club, which had 80 participants this year. The club is divided into two age groups: ages 5-8 and grades three to four.
For their last day at the club, the children had a chance to ride horses and had ice cream outside the community center.


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forum: Food & Drink
#21321 Fri 02 Nov 12 8:35am
Re: Whats For Supper?
Am making "Moroccan Mussels with Tapenade Toasties" from Jamie's 15 Minute Meals.
Recipe serves 4, so I'm (vaguely) 1/4ing it as I'm home alone tonight. Am not a fan of cucumber so am skipping the cucumber salad that goes with it and substituting his "Crunch Salad" (from the same book) but without the Parmesan.
At the last moment, I decided not to do the tomato tapenade for the toasties because of the big tomato "presence" in the "Crunch Salad". Just rubbed some sourdough with cut cloves of garlic and cooked them on the grill pan.
A "do it again" meal
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#21322 Sat 03 Nov 12 8:08am
Re: Whats For Supper?
Son arrived unexpectedly today. Rush to catch butcher before they closed- osso buco ober polenta with steamed greens on the side.
Macerated oranges with toasted almond slivers for dessert to cut the richness of mains.
#21323 Sun 04 Nov 12 12:03am
- Forum champ Occupation Walking the Old Ways
- From Living in the Wild Woods
- Member since Wed 16 Jan 08
Re: Whats For Supper?
Canneloni..............haven't made it in ages, meaty & cheesey.......wonderful.
#21324 Sun 04 Nov 12 12:17am
- Forum champ
- Member since Fri 19 Nov 10
Re: Whats For Supper?
pumpkin carrot leek soup with sorprese pastina, praga ham and mushrooms crepes
#21325 Sun 04 Nov 12 2:02am
- Forum super champ
- From Melbourne Australia
- Member since Sun 12 Apr 09
Re: Whats For Supper?
My daughter and her boyfriend are now engaged (and SO happy!). His mother is visiting from Canberra and I had them all over for supper on Friday. I made a pumpkin curry, curried peas and cheese, a whole lentil dal, chicken korma, and lots of basmati rice. It all turned out well! That was supper on Friday night, and it was leftovers last night!
PS And yoghurt/cucumber salad with herbs.
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#21326 Sun 04 Nov 12 2:36am
Re: Whats For Supper?
Congrats to the happy couple, Joy
Sounds like my kinda feast :drool:
#21327 Sun 04 Nov 12 7:01am
- Member Occupation Stuff and nonsense!
- From California
- Member since Mon 07 Sep 09
Re: Whats For Supper?
Congratulations to your daughter and her boyfriend, Joy!
A late dinner for me: ramen noodles with some leftover veg and tomato-flavored olive oil (the later was found at the LA County Fair).
#21328 Sun 04 Nov 12 8:18am
Re: Whats For Supper?
My son took most of the leftovers of last night's osso buco back with him today. But I managed to snaffle enough for myself to have over rice tonight.
#21329 Sun 04 Nov 12 12:28pm
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- Member since Thu 23 Oct 08
Re: Whats For Supper?
Last night was home made sausage rolls using minced steak and veggies for filling and tonight was pasta with meat sauce, won't call it bolognaise because that could start another debate on the nature of that sauce.
#21330 Sun 04 Nov 12 12:42pm
Re: Whats For Supper?
, Birdymum.


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V/T were amazing technically and deserve to be in first but my heart belongs to Robin and Aliona, I just love their SP.
V/T were amazing technically and deserve to be in first but my heart belongs to Robin and Aliona, I just love their SP.
1 Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR / Maxim TRANKOV
71.57 1
2 Aliona SAVCHENKO / Robin SZOLKOWY
69.82 2
3 Dan ZHANG / Hao ZHANG
63.43 3
4 Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV
61.37 4
5 Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD
61.04 5
6 Narumi TAKAHASHI / Mervin TRAN
59.54 6
S/S should really consider to throw away the idea of the 3axel and try the 4flip instead...Tonight the flip was SO high that there was enough space not only for 4 turns but for 5!! No wonder she couldn't control the landing.! It was HUGE!
Hello demarinis5, that's nice of you to say :-) I also like their programmes and they are making progress again and again ... they try something new on the ice, which I think is great :-)
How funny to see the "bowing (kudo)" icon :-)))
K/S really improved this season, I think. They deserve a medal but I think if they won a medal it would be the bronze ...
That shouldn't be a problem thy are only 2 pts out and their LP is much better that the Zhangs. K/S lost ton of points on her 2T, they may have well not done it at all. Low levels on some other elements as well.
I agree. K/S have wonderful long program, in my view much better than V/T. Tomorrow may be an interesting day.
Men are next and my favourite is, of course, Daisuke :-))) Gambatte ne! :-)
That the lp is more difficult, of course, is a double edged sword.
D/R's base value is sick - of the five leveled elements, they had four level fours, and their twist was level three.
S/S had a mistake so V/T probably deserve first place but if tomorrow V/T outscore S/S in PCS I will stop watching pairs
I was truly impressed with this pair and I think their improvement over the past 12 months is awesome! They seem to skate with great determination and heart.
I was also very impressed with the Canadian pair that came 2nd in the Juniors ? does anybody know if they can/will compete in Seniors at Canadian Nationals?


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In light of the recent revelations about the NSA's less-than-ideal behavior regarding surveillance, I feel it's important to find a silver lining in all this.
Sure, it's a shady government organization that until the 70's denied its very existence. And of course, it's violating at least three of the first ten amendments and calling those violations "trade-offs." But aren't they really just doing it for our own good?
I for one am terrible at keeping track of my digital footprint. What if I wanted to know who I had called two days ago but had deleted the call from the phone log? The NSA would know. What if by some horrible twist of fate I missed a text message from my one true love and subsequently lost my phone? The NSA could tell me what it said. And what if the worst should happen and my Facebook account should be deactivated before I knew all my friends' latest status updates? The NSA would kindly have already stored that information for me.
And really, who doesn't want an omniscient stalker?
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Teresa Lewis, a grandmother convicted of a double murder, became the first woman in nearly a century to be executed in the state of Virginia after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to block the execution.
More than 7,300 appeals to stop the execution had been made to the governor in a state second only to Texas in the number of people it executes. But despite the actions of campaigners and sympathisers around the world, she was put to death by lethal injection on 24th September 2010.
Lewis' life took a deadly turn after she married Julian Lewis. Two years later, his son Charles entered the U.S. Army Reserve. When he was called for active duty he obtained a $250,000 life insurance policy, naming his father the beneficiary and, it was said, providing temptation for Teresa Lewis.
She had admitted to her role in slaying her husband and stepson for money. That prompted the judge in the 2003 proceedings to call her "the head of this serpent" in a plot that also involved two gunmen, who had agreed to sex and cash in exchange for the murders. Lewis pleaded guilty in May 2003 to two counts of capital murder for hiring the slayings of her husband Julian Lewis and her stepson, Charles Lewis.
Her execution stirred an unusual amount of attention because of her gender, claims she lacked the intelligence to mastermind the killings and the post-conviction emergence of defence evidence that one of the triggermen manipulated her. "Nobody questions her guilt in this case. It's just whether or not she's a sympathetic figure," says David Muhlhausen, a senior policy analyst at the conservative Heritage Foundation in Washington.
Many death-row critics speaking up for Lewis say that they're calling for a commutation not because she's a woman, but because of the "injustice" of the case itself, in which the actual killers got life sentences and the admitted plotter received the death penalty.
Stories had emerged that one of the gunmen claimed he manipulated Lewis, who had a history of mental instability, in order to dupe her into believing he loved her so that he could achieve his own selfish goals. The gunmen, Matthew Shallenberger and Rodney Fuller, were sentenced to life terms. Shallenberger committed suicide whilst in prison in 2006.
With Lewis's IQ measured at just 72, both her legal team and death penalty opponents had suggested it is wrong to execute her and wrong to think she is likely to have been the driving force behind a plot. Her legal team accuses Shallenberger of being the mastermind and of manipulating Lewis, with whom he had an affair.
It had been argued that Teresa's documented level of intellectual functioning, cognition and judgment make it far more likely that she was led into the scheme … and not vice versa," writes human rights activist Bianca Jagger in an appeal to Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) on The Huffington Post website.
Out of more than 1,200 executions since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment in 1976, only 11 women have been executed. Of the more than 3,200 inmates on death row nationwide, 53 are women.
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We stay in Calibishie Lodges: last time it was very good and we wanted to see Nigel again.
And yes he still working there, nice to see him again.
Calibishie lodges is still fine: those people do a good work.
Now: you see that there start changes: cellphones on the island. Amazing.
Still dailup internet. But that's the beauty from it.
The people from the village don't changes much: still friendly.
The small bars at Friday full of people that drink there rum's.
Fishing people come inside with there fish and sell them on the street.
Men come back from the banana fields.
Everything here is so different.
I go show you now a lot of pictures, than you have a better idea, about what is Dominica.
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For instance, here in NY we didn't have such a bad Summer, but the honey crop was dismall. We should have had 20 to 40 lbs more honey per hive then we did. The second year in a row.
For instance, here in NY we didn't have such a bad Summer, but the honey crop was dismall. We should have had 20 to 40 lbs more honey per hive then we did. The second year in a row.
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Thanks sqkcrk, This is information I can use. I am not meaning to insult anyone just trying to keep this thread informational and on track. I notice many threads that have so much potential to provide information, go way off track and provide nothing. It is frustrating at times for me as someone who wishes for valuable experienced information. I am straight forward and too the point, at times people take offence to that.
Me too.
Don't be too disappointed. You may not get from this Thread what you want.
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Hello Everyone, In post #2 I offered Josh an Excel Spreadsheet for cash flow management and budgeting.
I am happy to share it with anyone, however I have been getting dozens of request though my PM I can't respond with Excel via the PM.
Please send your e mail to me at my email firstname.lastname@example.com or go to our web site www.almondbeepollination.com go to the contact area type the word "Excel" and it will be automatically sent to your email.
The spreadsheet can be modified to your specific needs but it is currently sent up with pollination services, honey sales, package sales, and queen sales.
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I wish to be honest and say I do not believe you have the right attitude or eduacation. A business mind is not what you need first to be a beekeeper. You must first be a Scientist. Understand Ecology(the interactions of different population groups), Epidemiology(spread of disease), Botany(your bees depend on plants), Meteorology(the plants depend on the weather), and last, Entomology. Most of those posting will have learned these at the School of Hard Knocks , but it sure helps to have the information handed down for generations.
Your business background has probably been discussing rather shallow subjects, with little interconnected cause an effect. Be care full, beekeeping has many more factors that interreact at different levels. Last years weather may effect next years plants, which may effect mite levels due to different plants blooming(like Basswood) and therefore effect virus levels which effect overwintering which effects your nuc survival. And then there is CCD. How does your plan factor that in?
At least you have a goal and apparent drive. Good luck, you will need it.
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Plan looks great!
My advice, be prepared to have your plans completely fall off track. Every winter I "figure it out" , and every spring I fly by the seat of my pants !
Second piece of advice, make sure the revenue keeps coming in, no matter what
I see the math. I'd place my $2 bet on splitting 10 hives into 20 and getting a big crop is a lot more likely than turning 1/2 the brood from 10 hives into 60 nucs.
That's equal to having 5 hives in the spring and expecting 60 nucs by fall. That's a 12 to 1 increase. Wow.
My first and main point is, if you're going to be a honey producer in the future then be a honey producer from the start. The money is almost even and the odds won't be stacked against you.
I like cash better than equity and insurance. :-)
I think I would just explode those ten hives 4 ways and give them all a new young queen and then build them up to a double to go 4 ways later in the summer. It just doesn't seem that the old queens kept back are going to do you justice with honey production after taking half the bees and brood away and you'd probably fair better to market 25% of the last nucs you made. In the perfect world your ten hives could go to 40 on the first splitting and then to 160 on the second splitting. this is assuming you have the equipment to do that. the nucs could make to a single box for winter too. I did something similar to that about 12 years ago.
Will Gruenwald Chilliwack BC
Here is something I learned the hard way in my early years of commercial honey production (raising bees for almond pollination the following year is a different scenario). Make spring splits based on the income you can derive from them THIS year not a year and a half down the road. If you see a yard where most of your honey is being produced by a small percentage of your hives then you are doing something wrong. All this multiplication looks really good on paper but lots of bad stuff can happen along the way when following a long term plan. I never start a year saying I plan on running x number of hives, instead I let the quality of my bees determine my final number. In short, in the beeyard you must think like a beekeeper first and foremost and not an accountant making projections. Also, categorize your expenses between "needs" and "wants" and dont ever let your bees get shorted on their needs. Needs? Health, young queens, feed, forage and lots of room to grow. Wants? The shiny stuff.
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Josh, building all these bees, what about your equipment? Is your plan to buy in some comb?
If so, that is exactly how you do it. Build your bees, buy your equipment
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My thought is to find a niche that needs filling. Here in my area it's not a great honey area. But it is a great area to sell nucs. I now specialize in selling nucs and have developed a pretty good reputation. Until I can supply all the nucs I can sell, I've developed a good supplier of quality nucs and I bring them up from FL each spring. It's turned into a good business.
Cam Bishop
all the best, these bees become a mighty strong addiction
that gets all encompassing,
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Hello I was planning to have guests over on Saturday but my son was unfortunately unwell and all was cancelled. I am now left with a large tub of double cream and I don't want to waste it.
On the tub it says i can freeze it when whipped - have you tried this does it taste ok when thawed ? And should I whip it and freeze in small "dollops" ?!!
Thanks for any advice x
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Welcome to the forum banwellks
I am sometimes given cream from a friend who has a farm , occasionally if I know I am not going to use it I whip it a little and freeze it in usable amounts. I have never used it like that from the freezer but I have added it enrich other things I have cooked , often things like rice pudding.
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Make butter, you can freeze that for quite a while.
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I am at 9 inches outside width for a 5 frame nuc. I started this way after making 3 one piece 5 frame nucs from a plan on a website - Honey Run Apiaries if I remember right. They have a built in wire mesh at the bottom for ventilation (which can be closed off) and one auger hole at the end. My experience has been that they do not meet all my requirements, as they can only be a bottom when you expand to two storeys. If they get congested there is no bottom entrance to allow more traffic. They were also a little fussy to make - at least with my woodworking abilities. If I sell 5 frame nucs next year I may sell them off to customers.
However, they did influence the rest of my nucs as I stayed with 9 inches as the outside width dimension. I have a 3/4 hole three inches from the center of the top and this winter the biggest improvement has been "OD Frank" handles - a cleat on the end of the new boxes I made with a 15 degree slope that really tucks itself into your finger tips.
I am moving to solid bottom boards as they are easier to make and other successful nuc practitioners don't seem to be using SBB's.
For tops I use FBIC's (feed bag inner covers), some solid migratory style covers or 2 inch insulation.
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I was sure you would like to play with Dynamite my loco companero!!!!
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We went to the mines with a tour. There was Amit and Brian, plus Claire the South African we had met the evening before, a couple of Aussies, a couple of Belgians and an Englishman.
At the time when London or Paris were hosting under 100.000 inhabitants, Potosi reached a population of 160.000. The Cerro Rico (Rich Mountain) was full of silver, and the Spaniards had set a huge industry to extract the ore, refine it into minerals and ultimately silver, and make coins that were shipped to the Spanish Crown. It is said that over 8 million persons died in or around the mines in the past 4 centuries: In addition to slavery and forced labour conditions, the dust and minerals present in the mines were (and still are) toxic. Add to that the extensive use of mercury as a refining agent, and you have a greater scale picture of what happened (happens) in many parts of he world.
Our guide was a local, very exited, I found him annoying at first. We took a bus up the city, towards cerro Rico mountain, and we stopped in a house to get overalls, helmets, and rubber boots. We were also given lamps and batteries, and then headed to the miner market. There we bought presents for the miners: drinks, dynamite, and coca leaves. These are useful to the miners, who do not work for a company, but really for themselves.
The guide showed us the batons of nitroglycerine, throwing them to the ground to show us how not dangerous it was. Then there was also sodium carbonate peebles, which are used to make the explosion stronger. And detonator and fuses. Ephrain, our guide, set up a detonator in a baton of nitro, added a fuse, passed it around and left it there in the sun for the other 15 minutes he was talking to us. Brian and Amit, as ex-soldiers, were not happy at all with that. Ephrain insisted that it was ok, even kids come there to buy dynamite for their parents.
The miners market gets full in the morning, as it is on the way to the mines: thousands of miners, who work independantky, stop by to buy what they need: tools, gloves, coca leaves, dynamite, etc...
Note that dynamite was invented by Alfred Nobel and that the revenues from this invention participated in the funding of the Nobel Prizes...
We also bought a couple more bombs to have our own explosion after the mine visit.
Next stop was a processing plant (smelter, called ingenio): there the ore arrives from the mines. The miners sell their ore to the ingenios, getting paid depending on quantity and quality. The ingenios are private companies, and employ men and women, whereas the free workers in the mines are men only. The ore is composed of 30-35% of minerals (lead, zinc and silver), and 65-70% of waste. The ore is crushed and washed so as to extract the minerals. In the end they get a big paste, dried into mineral mud that is exported to Chile for refining (separation of the lead - zinc - silver).
These plants are very unecological, use a lot of water, and throw away quantities of chemicals into the wild (including arsenic and copper sulfate). Everything goes to the river, and everybody knows that the fish in there are definitley not edible. Still better than the former mercury process, but that is meagre recomfort.
The women working there asked for coca leaves, which visiting tourists usually offer. The coca allows better body functionning at high alitude (ie low oxygen), but the really useful properties are more the pain and hunger suppressing ones.
Off to the mines then. There are numerous mines plunging into Cerro Rico. The one we went to is used by about 200 miners, who work in groups, usually familly. They decide how long they want to work, and extract the ore they then sell to the ingenios. They work for themselves, independently from any company, paying a tax to the government on their sales.
There used to be pure silver in this mountain, but what is extracted today is the complejo (ore), mostly waste with a mix of lead, zinc and silver. Finding ore is pure chance, they a re just digging in random directions hoping that one day they hit the jackpot: a pure silver vein. It's like lottery: same odds to win...
Lights on, we went in, hitting our heads all the time, walking on rails, wondering at what speed trolleys would come our way and break our legs... We met our first miners, sweating their way out of the mine. There was two levels above us, and 4 below. They were coming from -3, carrying 30kg of ore on heir back, more than happy to get our soda and coca leaves.
Our guide started mining when he was 15, and still goes to the mine everyday, for tourists. In the low season he sometimes goes back to work there with his group (brothers and family). He knew most of the miners in that mine.
We went further into the mountain, the heat came. Going down shafts to levels -1 and -2, we were choking wih the dust. We had to have regular breaks, to catch our breath while Ephrain talked about the mines.
Too much to relate there. I will just give the final impresion. Life in the mines is hard. The people go there cause they don't have another job. They start when they are teenagers. Education is mandatory, but nobody checks. So after going to the mine instead of going to school, what is there left for them to do? Yes: dig more. The dust and all the minerals in the air, plus the fumes from the dynamite... give them only one certainty: they will die of a lung disease. With that job they earn more than the minimum wage, so it stays attractive. And there are accidents too, of course.
But that is their life, they "choose" it, in the sense that they feel they have a choice of going or not, and they accept everything that goes with it.
They also know that they are killing their environment.They also know that in a few decades there will be nothing left, and that the city will die. What can they do? They vote, they protest, and they get lies and corruption, history repeated. Today they survive, with an acute sense of their condition, but without a choice: they survive.
And then there are fiestas and big drinking and football games opposing mine groups, TV is there and friends too and problems are forgotten for awhile... life goes on and is happy and sad like anywhere else in the world.
After exiting the mine our guides built up our bombs, lit them and passed them around as the black powder fuses were burning... then ran 30m away, burried them, and ran back.... boom! Interestingly unsafe, but also part of their everyday life.
In the evening, coming back from the internet to go have dinner with the others, at the corner of the street I randomly found Bruno who was smoking a cigarette... After spending nearly a month together in Patagonia, I had last seen him in Chile a few months before. It was good to see him again, and we went for dinner and wine with the others, also meeting up with the Swiss from the tour to Uyuni.
Upon ordering the third bottle of that relatively cheap but excellent Bolivian red, we saw the waiter rusing out and coming back 5 minutes later with the bottle he had just gone to buy.


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