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Home Page Chess Life Magazine 2014 January The January Check is in the Mail
|The January Check is in the Mail
|By Alex Dunne
|January 3, 2014
Selecting the winners of the 2013 Game of the Year Awards was particularly difficult this year because there were so many excellent candidates.
For the winner of the $100 prize in the non-Master section five games stood out: Hensley-McCartney from January. Reaves-Miller and Funston-Hiber from February, Hoefdraad-Buhan from June and Ferguson-Hodina from October. The winner (appended below) was Reaves-Miller for an excellent positional win. Congratulations, Wade Reaves ! Contact Joan DuBois at USCF, Tennessee, for your prize.
In the Master category there were also some excellent games. Topping the list were Tseng-Vaughan, January, Wilson-Woodard. July, and Siefring-Bonatti, October. The winner and 2013 Game of the Year and January 2014 Game of the Month, Wilson-Woodard. Congratulations Daniel Woodard! (who should also contact Joan DuBois!)
Black's attack concentrates an amazing amount of energy on a1, b1, and a2.
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6
In reviewing the database of this opening two things stand out -- First: at the top of the ratings there are great numbers of 1-0 and 1/2-1/2 results, and Second: The exception is if Black is played by Daniel Woodard when the results are many 0-1 scores.
After 3. c4 c6 4. d4 cxd6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bg5 we are in the Panov-Botvinnik attack of the Caro Kann
3...Bg4 4.f3
The challenge is on after this play. The battle will be between development (Black) and material (White). An alternative struggle was seen in Ellis-Woodard, 2011 Electronic Knights semifinal when White played the safer but less ambitious 4. Be2 Bxe2 5. Qxe2 Qxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nc3 Qh5 8. Nb5 Na6 9. Bf4 Na6 10. Bf4 Qf5!
4...Bf5 5.Bb5+
An absolutely stunning game was seen in Katrein-Woodard, 1999 Golden Knights semifinal with more sacrifices per square inch than you may have ever seen: 5. c4 e6 6. dxe6 Nc6 7. exf7+ Kxf7 8. Be3 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Kf2 Rxe3 11. Kxe3 Bc2 12. Qd2 Ng4+ 13. Kf4 Bd6+ 14. Kxg4 Bf5+ 0-1
5...Nbd7 6.c4 e6
An alternative line is 6...a6 Tiviakov-Dias, Division 1 Final 2013: 7. Ba4 e6 8. dxe6 Bxe6 9. Nd2 Bb4 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Ne2 000 12. 00 with a slight plus to White.
7.dxe6 Bxe6
Also tried here has been 7...fxe6. Poulos-Vafiadis, Isthmnia Open 2012 continued 8. Ne2 c6 9. Ba4 Qa5+ 10. Nbc3 000 11. e6 e5 with a small edge to White.
The ambitious 8. c5 leads to equal chances after 8...c6 9. Bd3 b6 Kotsur-Eid, 12th Asian Cities Ch. 2000
8...Bf5 9.Be3 ?
This natural-looking move is the cause of White's woes. White has a better choice with 9. Nc3 Bc5 10. Qe2+ Kf8! 11. Be3 Qe7 12. Bf4 when 12...a6 was about even in Degerhammar-Corbat, ICCF 2007 Black has also tried 12...Re8 in Jobe-Perez, Swiss CC 2000 when, Pawn hungry, White played 13. Bxc7? and lost after 13...Bd6!
9...Bb4+ 10.Nc3
White can still apply some damage control here with 10. Bd2 but Black remains on top.
10...Qe7 11.Qe2 0-0
Black was also better after 11...000 12. Kf2 Rhe8 as in Olson-Henson, Winnepeg 1997
12.Bd4 Qd6 13.0-0-0
At last the King leaves the e-file where to avoid the pin after Re8, but there is a breeze sweeping over the White King from f5 to b1.
Another Black piece moves toward the King and the threat of ...a6 is of concern. White now exchanges the dangerous Knight, but at the cost of removing the defender on c3.
14.g4 Bg6 15.Be5 Qb6 16.Na4 Qa5 17.Nxc5 Bxc5 18.h4
The a-Pawn is doomed: 18. a3 a6 19. Bc3 Qb6 20. Ba4 Be3+ 21. Bd2 Rfe8! 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23. Bxe3 Rxe3 24. Qd2 Rxa3! ends it all.
18...Qxa2 19.h5 Bb1! 20.Rh2
Playing 20. Bxf6 just removes another valuable defensive piece for a Knight that is not in the attack. The game could continue 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Ba4 Qa1 22. Bc2 Ba2+ 23. Kd2 Qxb2 24. Ke2 Rfe8 25. Be4 Qc3+ 26. Qd2 Rxe4+ 27. fxe4 Qg3+ 28. Kf1 Bxc4+ and mate follows.
The King is confined.
21.c5 Rad8 22.Bc4 Qa1!
Black now threatens mate by ...Bd3. This threat forces a weakening of the fragile King's defenses.
23.b3 Ba3+ 24.Kd2 Bb2!
There is no defense by 25. Bxb2 Qxb2+ 26. Ke1 Rfe8.
25.Bxc7 Bc3+ 26.Ke3 Rde8+ 27.Kf4
There is no relief with 27. Kf2 Rxe2+ 28. Nxe2 Qb2 29. Rxb1 Qxb1 30. Nxc3 Qc2+ 31. Ne2 Nxd5! 32. Bd6 Re8.
27...Rxe2 28.Rxe2 Qa3 29.Bd6
Worse is 29. Rxb1 Qxc5 30. d6 b5 31. Bxb5 Qxb5.
29...Ba2 30.Bxf8 Kxf8 31.c6
There is no relief with 31. Re3 Bxb3! 32. Rxc3 Qb4 33. Rb1 Nxd5+
31...Qd6+ 0-1
The mop up is 32. Ke3 b5 33. Rxa2 bxc4 34. bxc4 Qe5+ 35. Kd3 Qd4+ 36. Kc2 Qxc4 37. Ne2 Qxe2+ 38. Kxc3 Qxd1.
Quote: I play correspondence chess because I am a perfectionist - Tunc Hamarat
Winner of the non-Master Best Game Award
Wade Reaves
With fewer and fewer people using the mail, Canada is planning on doing away with most door-to-door deliveries within the next five years. There is a planned raise in postal rates to $1 for a letter. In urban centers mail will be sent and picked up at central locations. Email has become the dominant form of communication. Even in the US, the pony express retired its horses. As Canada goes, will the US follow ?
In USCF CC play Bussom stands undefeated playing the White side of the Two Knights Defense with 4. Ng5. In this book, listed on Amazon and eBay, there are 202 pages dedicated to the analysis of the Two Knights Defense with emphasis on 4. Ng5 backed up with lots of international correspondence games.
I did not review the contents of this book as I believe that if you do not play that opening (I am a Ruy Lopez fan) you probably should not review a book on that opening.
But if you are a Two Knights fan, you should probably look into this book to sharpen your play.
Walter Muir
David Wright 13W35 6-0
Errol Acosta 13W35 6-0
Jonathan Allen 13W16 5 ½-½\
Wade Reaves 13W04 4-2
Thomas Hooper 13W41 5-1
Michael Giordano 13W36 6-0
Joseph :Luna 13W30 6-0
John Collins
Jack Shaw 11C19 4 ½-1½
Swift Quad
Ralph Vecchio 13SQ12 5-1
Vincent Sereni 13SQ13 6-0
If you are rated 2200+ and would like to play in the 2014 Absolute Championship, now is the time to send in your bid. There is no entry fee and the 13 top-rated players will be accepted for the 2014 event.
Seldom has a Pawn ever been so powerful - after eating a Knight, it captures another Pawn threatening to win two Rooks and a Queen.
William J. Morris of Saegertown, PA born on August 30, 1948, died on November 24, 2013. William was a CC Master.
Sharp, aggressive play cements this draw against a strong opponent.
Do you have an unusual correspondence chess artifact ? A CC game played under strange circumstances ? A unique experience playing CC ? I'd like to hear from you for a future issue of "The Check Is in the Mail".
LEARN CHESS BY MAIL ! Lessons given mail, telephone, ICC - many different ways. I specialize in players rated 800-2100 who would like to improve their game. Contact me for information. Alex Dunne, 324 West Lockhart St., Sayre, PA 18840 or [email protected]
Chess booklet for sale: 2004 Golden Knights Championship -- booklet of the 57th USCF CC Championship -- $10.00 postage paid. 35 pages, 90+ games
is now available at McFarland Publishers and Amazon for $45.00 and also Kindle at $16.49
NEW! 2006 Electronic Knights Championship ebook. 190 games some annotated, all the crosstables, bios of the top three, list of all the finalists, ChessBase format, .pgn notation and Microsoft .pdf format. $4.00 postage paid for the disk, $2.00 sent to you via email. Hard copy $10 postage included.
An exciting draw is worth more than twenty dull wins.
Some games have an outstanding motif or moment -- this one has two.
The final position is worth a diagram
Happy New Year to all !


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Thread: Planning for Denver road trip
04-21-2013, 12:57 PM #1Rookie Poster
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Planning for Denver road trip
Staying at Westin downtown. Appears I should be able to take the light rail to the stadium from Union station. Has anyone done this? Wondering if there is a better way to get to the stadium...TD
Re: Planning for Denver road trip
I would stick with their Light Rail. The lines to get on the trains appeared to be no worse than those in Baltimore.
There used to be an octagonal hotel within a long stone's throw of the stadium. I can't recall the the name -- it had been part of a decent chain of hotels found in most large & mid-sized cities in the West. The hotel at that time (2001 season) was about a 3 star, with lounge & restaurant on-site - not to be confused with a Westin. They were very amenable to our group, including allowing us to tailgate party on their front lawn. The Hotel has since changed hands to become the Hotel VQ, appearing to have gone somewhat downhill from guests ratings. If you are going to Denver prior to the game, it would be worth checking out because of its proximity to the stadium.
Other stadium area hotels were dumps in 2001. I don't recall the Hampton Inn being there, so you may want to check that out.
We have been to all subsequent games at Invesco whatever field, parking at a remote cash lot for tailgating. No problems with entry or egress.In a 2003 BBC poll that asked Brits to name the "Greatest American Ever", Mr. T came in fourth, behind ML King (3rd), Abe Lincoln (2nd) and Homer Simpson (1st).
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Re: Planning for Denver road trip
There is a website (http://www.meetup.com/ravens52/) with a couple hundred Ravens fans that live in and around the Denver area. As they did for the playoff game, I expect they will coordinate a Baltimore Ravens tailgate somewhere near to the stadium. They normally watch the game at Choppers, which is probably where they will meet up again after the game.
Re: Planning for Denver road trip
Round trip flight (direct) $300
Doubletree Hotel Wed-Sat (deapart).$475
Travelocity discount package ($175)
Game ticket approx $250
Total $850
Thinking about going. Appreciate any ways to do it even cheaper. Of course splitting the hotel is the first way. (Mine was based on double occupancy)Baltimore Football Championships
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Re: Planning for Denver road trip
So where is everyone sitting? I'm probably going- but staying with friends who are Denver fans- and think I'd rather hang with them the night and morning before, but then sit with a group of Ravens fans for the game. They are in nose bleeds too.
What sections/rows everyone in??"Sorry officer, nothing wrong here. I'm just watching the Ravens game!"
Re: Planning for Denver road trip
I'm arriving the day of the game due to my class schedule. Probably leaving Saturday. Not even sure if i will have time tailgate. I don't know my section yet.
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Re: Planning for Denver road trip
It cost me affordable rates, I flew from Pittsburgh and stayed at the hotel "Glasgow". Pittsburgh to Denver, nonstop. United Airlines. $181.
Re: Planning for Denver road trip
Southwest for BWI-DEN. United is the only other to offer non-stops, at about the same fare -- however, be very careful when flying airlines other than Southwest: they all tack on nickel + dime extra charges, such as luggage fees and flight change fees, which can double your actual cost. US Air currently offers the cheapest fare, but that's going to require change of planes at the Charlotte zoo, which will double your transit time and triple your stress rating.
I don't know if any airline has yet announced Fall fares.In a 2003 BBC poll that asked Brits to name the "Greatest American Ever", Mr. T came in fourth, behind ML King (3rd), Abe Lincoln (2nd) and Homer Simpson (1st).


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But fuck, dude, when you've made some weird commitment to the internet to post every day, there's no such thing as keeping it to yourself. Ahoy, my precious intertubes.
But seriously, I almost didn't post. Because some people are going to get mad. And think I'm talking about them specifically. And I'm not. I am not talking about you. If I didn't have love in my heart I would just look at the trainwrecks that come through my inbox and cry lollerskates for honor and glory. But I do know love, humanity, and puppies and kittens and everything. And I can't stand by. This is a greater issue, one I've been quietly observing for years, in workshops, in anthologies. But now I'm an editor, and it's my job to witness this thing, and if it's my job to suffer for poetry, by god, y'all are going to suffer with me.
What the hell is wrong with science fiction poetry?
Now, I'm a card-carrying member of the Science Fiction Poetry Association (I actually don't think we have cards) and I've won a Rhysling Award. It's not like I'm not invested here. Everything I am about to say is because I want SF poetry to grow up and mature and be good, so good it breaks your heart. I want it to be awesome. But I went through my entire poetry slushpile last night, and it was 90% SF poetry, and 100% the same as all the SF poetry I've had to read in workshops and in anthologies for quite some time. It's that heartbreaking sameness that deeply creeps me out. It worries me, because I don't think anyone is conferring on the rules of SF poetry. And yet, the vast majority of the SF poetry I've seen seems to think that simply explaining an oft-used science fictional concept and putting those words in a column is sufficient to create poetry and access the great profit and literary respect available to science fiction poets everywhere. And since haiku is for some inexplicable reason SUPER POPULAR among the SF set, they're also often extremely short. And/or have puns. In fact, almost all the SF poetry I have ever read goes a lot like this:
That is not a poem. That is not even content. And I am not actually exaggerating. Now, of course, there are some exceptions--please do not list for me all the amazing SF poetry I am ignorant of in the comments. There are always exceptions. And obviously, your poetry is wonderful and delicate and perfect. It's those other guys, the vast majority of SF poetry that has ever burned my eyeballs, that I'm talking about. If I didn't see this 900 times more often than I didn't, I'd be having breakfast right now instead of writing this. I've had to come up with positive things to say about poems of this kind for years in workshops, and I can't take it anymore.
Time travel.
You know?
I know that a lot of people in the SFPA hate fantasy poetry and think fantasy poets like myself should not be allowed in the SFPA. But I find that at least when I'm presented with a fantasy poem, there is more effort involved than just using a big Science!Word and taking a Lovitz-style bow. They're trying to say something about the fantasy concept, or how fantasy and real life come together, or something, anything, beyond: elves man. WTF? And I look at an SF poem and think: this is your cry to heaven, your expression of your deepest self, what you are desperate and aching to say, what you must say, because it burns you not to, and you could not find it expressed anywhere else the way it sparks and flames in your soul?
Wouldn't it be awesome
if the world ended?
I'm so there.
I feel like this has something to do with the whole "SF stories are IDEA STORIES and shouldn't have, like CHARACTERS or FEELINGS because those are GAY and also for GIRLS." Because poetry, despite having been written by straight white dudes for many eons without any problem, falls into the category of things that are gay and for girls, at least in the minds of people who make statements of that kind on forums and private email lists and such. So maybe there's a defensiveness about the very act of writing an SF poem--poems almost always deal in emotion and rich images, it's kind of poetry's thing. So obviously, the way to make these poems Proper SF is to strip away any feeling, or adjectives, or speakers which might be characters, and to put in a pun because Douglas Adams made that ok, and poems have to have wordplay, right? (Puns are arguably never funny. But puns in SF poetry are definitely never funny.)
Space elevator, man.
So weird
I mean, there's a reason that fantasy poetry has dominated the Rhysling Awards for the last several years. No one wants to be the one to say this, but when you put contemporary fantasy poetry next to contemporary SF poetry, there's just no comparison at all. And perhaps it's possible that there's a reason we don't get to play with the big poetry kids. And I'm not sayig fantasy rules, SF drools. SF can be awesome. I've been an SF reader my whole life. But somehow, the idea has gotten into a whole lot of people's head that the IDEA of SF is enough. You don't need sophisticated language or passion or a connection to human experience. Just say the idea, then go on break.
Humanity is a virus.
I am so deep.
I mean, maybe this is it. This is the ultimate SF. All idea, nothing else. Pure. Unvarnished. Unadulterated. The ultimate proof of that horrible meme that says that SF is better than all the rules of literature.
You know, this one time when I was in college, I had this idea that meaning in literature was like, the man getting me down or something. (Don't even smirk like that.) I had a reasoning at the time, that language could be beautiful on its own and perfect logic from one image to another wasn't strictly the most important thing ever, and emotional meaning could arise from non-meaning. Dude, whatever, I was in college, and it's not that dumb. But then my professor told me about the language poets, and how they had this idea before me (SHOCKING) and he gave me some of their work to read and it was all green/czechoslovakia/cumulus and it was terrible. And I thought: oh, it sucks. That's the part I wasn't understanding. Surrealism is fine but we need some meaning. And I went on to be a mildly famous genre writer who posts stuff on the internet.
I wish that lesson on all of us. If you take away everything but the OMG IDEA of SF, it sucks. You need something else, some meaning, some feeling, some voice, some beauty, some ugliness, some violence, some pain, some apotheosis, some damnation, some glory, some putrescence, some desire, some need, some disappointment, some loss, some girls, some gays, some love, some sacrifice, some ambition--some point.
Singularity, dude.
Like, whoa.
Like, Turing, and stuff.
I can be on BoingBoing now?


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i thought team guy's team competed in the Chunin exams? tenten fought temari, rock lee fought gaara and neji fought hinata. or is this a whole different thing?im sorry its been a while i dont remember.Shelldone (talk) 07:59, February 11, 2010 (UTC)
- Yes, team guy competed in the chunin exam. What is the problem? Jacce | Talk 16:27, February 11, 2010 (UTC)
Is this article really needed? the Konoha 11 group only exists in the minds of fans. iIt has never been named in the manga and the members have done practically nothing together as a group. --ShounenSuki (talk | contribs) 19:01, May 9, 2010 (UTC)
- It's got anime cred. And it's easier to refer to the group than it is to list all the "members" by name whenever it comes up. ~SnapperTo 19:08, May 9, 2010 (UTC)
- How does it have anime cred? --ShounenSuki (talk | contribs) 19:34, May 9, 2010 (UTC)
- 大ピンチ! 木の葉の11人全員集合. Though I wonder if the first の is a typo, and if so on whose part. ~SnapperTo 19:46, May 9, 2010 (UTC)
- In a similar vain, Rookie Nine is also referred to in the anime. 蹴散らせライバル!新人9人全員集 Like here.--TheUltimate3 (talk) 22:54, May 9, 2010 (UTC)
- I really should stop forgetting about the anime... --ShounenSuki (talk | contribs) 10:09, May 10, 2010 (UTC)
In Chapter 459 starting on page 4, it implies there is a Konoha 11 which is a clique. They are seen discussing what to do with Sasuke, the only members of that clique not present is Sakura, Naruto, and Shikamaru (who is heading to Sakura to relay the groups decision). Each of these members are eventually notified of the groups decision. The Manga only implies that this group exists through their constant interaction between each other. Also the naming of this group is mainly made for the convenience of the fans, stated in Snapper's post.--Alastar 89 (talk) 08:38, May 23, 2011 (UTC)
- They're basically classmates. A group of people who've gone through a lot together, merely by virtue of being practically the same age and starting their journey through life at the same time. This doesn't make them a special group with their own name. —ShounenSuki (talk | contribs | translations) 13:13, May 23, 2011 (UTC)
- I assume it's needed. It's like the rookie nine's respective teams though. --NejiLoverr26 (Ilnarutoanime) 14:21, May 23, 2011 (UTC)
Writer forgot Shino as a member of Konohoa 11. You know the bug guy. The writer gave Kiba's dog his own link, making him the 11th member of Konoha. —This unsigned comment was made by 184.108.40.206 (talk • contribs) .
- Shino is listed. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 15:34, June 12, 2011 (UTC)
Should it be noted that every Sensei seems to have their favorite team members. Kurenai has Hinata, Asuma has Shikamaru, Guy has Rock Lee, Kakashi had Sasuke then had Naruto.Scott sswagg 02:06, October 24, 2010 (UTC)
Other teams?
So when Team Kakashi, Team Kurenai, and Team Asuma members graduated from the academy and went on to squads, there were more students in their class with them. Were those other guys not picked for teams? And they weren't seen like the Rookie 9 at the Chūnin Exams. I guess those others guys just didn't stick. And I am also wondering about Team Guy, like they were the only ones on their level to be seen. 22.214.171.124 (talk) 23:32, December 1, 2010 (UTC)
- I remember Kakashi explaining that out of their class, which had about 30 people, only a few would actually graduate and become genin, it's something about the system. Some may have graduated, but simply weren't deemed as prepared by their sensei to go into the chūnin exams. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 23:45, December 1, 2010 (UTC)
Image ?
Does anyone know what specific episode the infobox image actually came from ? The rationale does not seem to be very specific, and I was looking at uploading a slightly higher quality one if it was from Shippuden. --Speysider (Talk Page) 19:04, May 9, 2012 (UTC)
- I don't know for sure, but I think it was from the arc with the Four Celestial Symbols Men. Skitts (talk) 19:06, May 9, 2012 (UTC)
Why isn't Chōji in the list? Jacce | Talk | Contributions 15:26, July 10, 2012 (UTC)
- I tried refreshing his infobox and the article but I still don't see him listed there either.--Cerez365™(talk) 15:34, July 10, 2012 (UTC)
Now he is listed. Jacce | Talk | Contributions 19:00, July 10, 2012 (UTC)
Where's Tenten
Why is Tenten not on the list? I mean even Akamaru is there! Nobody shows Tenten any love. Leyviur (talk) 05:38, September 14, 2012 (UTC)
- It is probably due to the bugs after the last system upgrade. Jacce | Talk | Contributions 06:00, September 14, 2012 (UTC)
New Mugshots
Besides Sakura, Kiba, Akamaru and Chouji - Members of the Konoha 11 Team Needs Some New Mugshots, Cause the Mugshots that Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata and Shikamaru have, have been there for who knows how long. Just a Suggestion is 'all... Kieronrob | (talk) 02:47, September 30, 2012 (UTC)
- Is unnecessary unless there's an issue with them.--Cerez365™(talk) 14:45, September 30, 2012 (UTC)
- An Issue with them he Says... ¬¬ --Kieronrob 02:31, October 10 2012 (UTC)
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Is this picture really suited for this side? I can't find Neji and Lee on it.Norleon (talk) 14:31, November 28, 2012 (UTC)
- Again, now that the picture was removed from Lee's page too, should we remove it from this article as well? I mean, two current members are missing on it.Norleon (talk) 14:32, December 4, 2012 (UTC)
Neji Hyuuga's death regarding the K11.
I was just wondering, if it is worth noting that Neji is the first of Konoha 11 to die, regarding the recent chapter 614. --AkasunaNoJade (talk) 04:13, December 19, 2012 (UTC)
- No that is what this wiki considers junk trivia. — SimAnt 04:27, December 19, 2012 (UTC)
Konoha 11 Members
Should it be Konoha 13, since Akamaru, Sai and formerly Sasuke Uchiha were also part of the group? --Kieronrob (talk) 13:12, December 26, 2012 (UTC)
- Sasuke and Sai were never part of the group. Akamaru comes with Kiba.--Cerez365™(talk) 13:14, December 26, 2012 (UTC)
Manga and Canon
Even though this team is named in the Anime, Shouldn't it be named in the games and even more so, in the Manga and Canon-Storyline despite them appearing together as a group in the Five Kage Summit and Shinobi world war arcs? --Kieronrob (talk) 13:12, December 26, 2012 (UTC)
Why is not the debut Manga, and they appear in the World War? Rafael Uchiha (talk) 16:34, June 5, 2013 (UTC)
- They have not been referred to as Konoha 11 in the manga, just in the anime. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 23:18, June 5, 2013 (UTC)
fix the memeber roster, please? Justin Holland (talk) 21:41, June 13, 2013 (UTC)
Hinata Hyuuga is not listed as a member. i would change it but i can not for the life of me find how to edit team members.Dlord9630 (talk) 01:20, July 9, 2013 (UTC) Dlord9630
- I can see her there. You might need to clear your cache/purge the page. ~ UltimateSupreme 02:09, July 9, 2013 (UTC)
They forgot to add Sakura Haruno to the 'members' on the info tab... —This unsigned comment was made by FatimaUchiha (talk • contribs) .
- Someone had moved Sakura's article by accident over not knowing how to edit. Moving articles resets some listings in infoboxes. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 21:31, September 22, 2013 (UTC)
Rookie 9
Since that is actually, ya know canon shouldn't the page be renamed to that or a separate page? manga>anime--AskinNakkLeVaar (talk) 22:27, March 27, 2016 (UTC)
Shouldn't it be pointed out that Shikamaru Nara is the leader of this team? --†_JuαиPα™_† a message? File:Forum new.gif 02:48, April 11, 2018 (UTC)
- Shikamaru led the Sasuke Recovery Team. Konoha 11 is the name for the collective.—Cerez365(talk) 04:46, April 11, 2018 (UTC)


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Speech of Senator John F. Kennedy, American Legion Convention, Miami Beach, FL
Senator KENNEDY. Thank you. Commander McKneally, Mr. Gray, Mr. Drummey, Commander McGuiness of my own native Massachusetts, member of the executive committee, Gabriel Ottoer, fellow Legionnaires, I am proud as the nominee of my party, to come here to this convention. I have been a member of the American Legion for 15 years. [Applause.] And I have learned a good deal about the Legion, especially since 1949; about the work that this organization has done for national defense, for the youth of America, for the strengthening of our country, for its concern about those Americans who have borne the burden of battle in the defense of their country, and I am proud to be here today. [Applause.]
Distinguished guests, Members of Congress, the fundamental problem of our time is the critical situation which has been created by the steady erosion of American power relative to that of the Communists in recent years. That is the fundamental problem which we face as Americans in 1960.
We have heard many general claims and boasts, we have heard how we are first in every area of international competition. We have heard about what must be done to stand firm and to stand up to Khrushchev and all the rest. But no amount of oratory, no amount of oratory, no amount of claims, no unjustified charges, can hide the harsh facts behind the rhetoric, behind the soothing words that our prestige has never been higher and that of the Communists never lower. They cannot hide the basic facts that American strength in relation to that of the Sino-Soviet bloc relatively has been slipping, and communism has been steadily advancing until now it rests 90 miles from this city of Miami. [Applause.]
The implacable Communist drive for power takes many forms and works in many ways, but behind it all, behind every weapon that they have in their arsenal is one basic fact, and that is the military power of the Communist bloc, for it is here that the Communist advance and relative American decline can be most sharply seen, and it is here that the danger to our survival is the greatest.
The development in 1953 of a relatively small hydrogen warhead made missiles the key to future military power. The Soviet Union decided then to go all out in missile development. But here in the United States we cut back our funds for missile development and in our race for outer space. We slowed up the modernization of our conventional forces. We will not have, for example, the new rifle to replace the M-1, which was used by you in World War II and Korea, for 5 years, before there is a complete replacement. [Applause.] And still today the Soviet Union is rapidly building up a striking force that endangers our power to retaliate and our survival itself.
For the harsh facts of the matter are that our relative military strength has not increased as fast as the Russians in ground forces, submarines, and missiles, and our 17 ground divisions are opposed to more than 150 Soviet armored and infantry divisions.
Two, that our ability to meet our commitments to more than 50 countries around the globe has been critically impaired by our failure to develop a jet airlift capacity. Have you seen the pictures of the planes that flew the United Nations forces to the Congo, or to the Lebanon? How many of them were jets? And how long did they take to fly from Western Germany to the Congo and back; that we are moving into a period where the Soviet Union will be outproducing us 2 to 3 to 1, according to the administration's own testimony before the Armed Services Committee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on which I serve; that this dangerous deterioration in our military strength has been the result of our willingness to cut our budget, to bear a much lower burden which is not large enough if we are going to maintain our freedom, and words are not a substitute for strength. [Applause.]
These are the facts behind our speaking louder and louder while we carry a smaller and smaller stick. But I do not ask you to take my word for it, for it is your responsibility as members of the American Legion and as citizens of the United States to make your own judgment. That record shows, after you examine it, that every objective expert, every study commission, official or unofficial, Republican or Democratic, came to the same conclusion. We have been slipping and we are moving into a period of danger. The Gaither Committee report prepared in 1957, has been best summed up as portraying this Nation and I quote, "moving in frightening course to the status of a second-class power."
The Rockefeller brothers reported in 1958, and I quote, "The United States is rapidly losing its lead over the U.S.S.R. in the military race."
Governor Rockefeller himself has said, and I quote him, "I believe that our position is dramatically weaker than it was 15 years ago."
Robert A. Lovett, lifelong Republican, former Secretary of Defense, testified before a Senate committee this year, and I quote, "We are doing something short of our best."
Robert Sprague, Republican, consultant to the National Security Council, testifying before the same committee: "Our military program is inadequate, and its inadequacy," and I quote him, "is a danger to our survival."
Lt. Gen. James Gavin - these are the questions that you must decide, not only as Legionnaires, but as citizens of this country in the next few weeks. Lt. Gen. James Gavin, who jumped in Normandy, who was Director of Army Research and Development, said, and I quote him accurately: "We are in mortal danger. The missile lag portends serious trouble."
Gen. Maxwell Taylor in 1959: "We are now threatened with a missile gap that leaves us in a position of potentially grave danger." And the American Legion, itself, only last year, urged that our conventional forces be maintained at a higher level, and it has not been done. [Applause.]
Talk is cheap, words are not enough, waving our finger under Khrushchev's face does not increase the strength of the United States, especially when you say to him [applause] - especially when you say, as you wave your finger, "You may be ahead of us in rockets, but we are ahead of you in color television." I will take my television black and white. [Applause.]
The question is, What must we do to regain our strength? In my judgment, in January 1961, the next President of the United States, whoever he may be, should do the following things:
First, we must take immediate steps to protect our present nuclear striking force from surprise attack. Today, more than 90 percent of our retaliatory force is made up of aircraft and missiles which move from unprotectable bases, whose location is known to the Russians.
Second, we must step up crash programs on the ultimate weapon. The Polaris submarine, the Minuteman missile, which will eventually close the missile gap.
Third, we must modernize, and I think especially give an airlift capacity to the armed services, particularly the Army. It does not do any good to have 17 divisions stationed here if you can't move them around the world within 24 or 48 hours. I would put that near the top, to move them by jet all around the globe to increase our forces substantially. [Applause.] But I want to make it clear that this is only the background to the struggle of power. Not one Soviet soldier in the last 8 years has crossed the frontiers of the free world. Not one Soviet bomb has dropped from missiles or from airplanes. And yet the Soviet power has steadily increased. Cuba has been lost for the time being, I hope, to the Communists. Laos has begun to slip behind the Iron Curtain and may in the next 7 or 8 days. Ghana and Guinea in Africa have moved toward the Soviet bloc. A revolution in Iraq destroyed the Middle Eastern Pact. The Communists have captured control of one of the key factions in the fight for power in the Congo. And Communist influence, propaganda, and subversion, are moving in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. I believe the American Legion should consider carefully the present technique which the Soviet Union and the Chinese Communists are employing in order to increase their power.
When President Roosevelt was President, when President Truman was President, in the early part of the 1950's, the struggle was to build sufficient military power to prevent the Soviet Union from crossing national frontiers. But now they move in and begin to capture the nationalist movement in Nigeria. They captured the movement of Lumumba in Congo. They captured the Castro movement in Cuba. They are working to capture other movements in South America. And without a soldier crossing into those countries, without a shot being fired, by the change of mind of a paratroop commander in Laos, a country which we spent more money in per capita than any other country in the world, a country where we spent $300 million, where we have been paying the army for the last 2 years, they are about to seize control of Laos, and not a Communist soldier or a Russian soldier has crossed the boundary of Laos.
How do we stop this kind of conquest in the sixties? This is the kind of conquest that we are going to have to face, the kind that puts heat on in the United Nations, the kind that puts the pressure on, the kind that compels the countries of Africa to vote against us on the admission of Red China, the kind of heat that causes a candidate for President of Brazil to come up and call on Castro in order to secure his support in the fight in Brazil. They work in Venezuela. They work in Mexico. Russian soldiers do not move and yet their power increases. They could, by 1970, control great sections of the earth without ever advancing their armies beyond their present frontiers. So we have to concern ourselves with building up our military power because their military power is behind their expansion, but that is not enough, if we are going to stop the Communist advance in the 1960's. [Applause.]
Basically they believe that the United States lacks the nerve, the will, and the determination for a long, long hard fight. It is one thing to stand up to a military invasion, it is one thing to go to war and defeat the Japanese and Hitler. It is quite another thing, year after year, decade after decade, to be engaged in struggles all around the world, in countries which we did not know anything about 10 years ago, but where we and the Communists are now locked in deadly embrace.
If they capture more countries of Latin America, if they increase their influence in Africa, if India should begin to move in another direction, if they are successful this week, this month, or this fall, in Iran, in taking Iran away from its Western ties, they have gained a great victory, and we sit back. That is my dispute with this administration. That is the issue which this country has to face. Are we doing enough? I don't think we are. [Applause.] I want to make it very clear to Mr. Khrushchev and to anyone else who wonders, I will not cut our present commitments to the cause of freedom if I am elected President of the United States anywhere in the world - the Formosa Straits, Latin America, Africa, Asia - I support our present effort to build strength, not merely to hold the line but to expand freedom all around the globe. [Applause.]
I have never believed in retreating under any kind of fire. [Applause.] And although I do not want to get into any comparison of military experience, I believe it clear that anyone who says the reverse is guilty of a malicious distortion. [Applause.] And I want Mr. Khrushchev and anyone else to understand that if the Democratic Party wins this election, he will confront in the 1960's an America which is not only militarily strong, but which is waging the offensive for freedom all over the globe. [Applause.]
And I want to make it clear that if the Democratic Party is not successful in this campaign, we will continue to fight for the maintenance of freedom around the globe. [Applause.]
We will rebuild our diplomatic corps so we don't send ambassadors and others out because they have contributed to a campaign, who can't even speak the language, who can't even pronounce the names [applause] who can't even pronounce the names of the heads of the countries, who have never been there, who want to stay there for a year while the Communists stay there day after day, speaking the dialect, working subversion, attempting to win control of the country.
There are four countries in Africa which are independent which are members of the United Nations, and there is not an American diplomatic member of our Foreign Service in residence in any of the four. When Guinea became independent it took us 2 months to recognize its independence. It took us 8 months to send an ambassador ------------------------- was there the day they got independence, and Guinea now supports the Communist foreign policy.
We brought more students from Africa 10 years ago than we do today. From all over the world, we brought more foreign students by the U.S. Government a decade ago than we do today. We had more diplomatic personnel in Western Germany in 1957 than we did in all of Africa. We offered 300 scholarships to the Congo in June. That is more scholarships than we offered to all of Africa the year before. Do you know how many Congolese are studying here? Six. I don't think it is good enough. I don't think this is good enough. I don't think we have never been stronger. I don't think our prestige is so high that we can't do better. I don't think the Communists are about to collapse. I believe we have to build strength, we have to stand for freedom, we have to demonstrate some vigor in our foreign policy. [Applause.]
Do you know how many Voice of America programs in Spanish we have had to Latin America in the last 8 years? None, except for the 3 months of the Hungarian crisis. Do we have a Voice of America program to Cuba today to tell them that Castro is lying, when he speaks about us? To tell them that we want them to be free, that we believe in the democracy, that we are telling them our story? Do you think we have a Government sponsored Voice of America program in Spanish to Cuba today? No, let us come back from the mainland of China for a minute and worry about what is happening right off the mainland of the United States. [Applause.]
I want to make it clear that the United States is a great revolutionary country, that believes in the most extraordinary doctrine that man has ever put forward, that the Communist system is as old as Egypt, and if we give our cause dedication and vitality and energy and foresight, if we build strength here in the United States, if we get our economy moving again, if we educate our children, if we say that being second is not good enough, that being first, if first, but first when, and first maybe is not good enough. I have the greatest possible confidence that we can meet any challenges. [Applause.]
Can you tell me one good reason why the United States should have been producing twice as many scientists and engineers 10 years ago as the Soviet Union and producing half as many today? Those of you who are Legionnaires, maintain your membership in the Legion because in time of war you responded to the service of our country; you will recall that in the novel "On the Beach," the lone American survivors of World War III are standing on the beach in Australia, awaiting the inevitable end from a cloud of radioactivity. The senior officer in the group turns to the others and says, "You know, I could run for President."
That is not the Presidency for which I run. I don't want to be the President of a nation perishing under the mushroom cloud of a nuclear warhead, and I intend, if President, or if I continue in the Senate, to build the defenses which this country needs, and which freedom needs. [Applause.]
But neither do I wish to be the President of a nation which is being driven back, which is on the defensive, because of its unwillingness to face the facts of our national existence, to tell the truth, to bear the burdens which freedom demands, a nation which may be declining in relative strength, and with the world coming to an end, as T. S. Eliot said, "Not with a bang, but with a whimper."
That isn't what we are going to do. I have the greatest feeling that the 1960's can be a bright period in our national history, but in order to determine whether we are going to pick ourselves up again, we are going to have to have leadership which is willing to tell the truth, which does not run on a program of everything is being done that must be done, but says instead what other leaders have said in other times of crisis. It is time we went to work again. It is time we started our country moving again. It is time we picked ourselves up and moved ourselves into the 1960's. That is the great question that we face. [Applause.] After the Spartans were wiped out at the Battle of Thermopylae fighting against the Persians, there was carved in the rock above their graves, 300 of them, "Passerby, tell Sparta we fell faithful to her service."
Now, Legionnaires, who were willing in war to follow faithful to the service of our country, I ask you in the 1960's to live and live faithfully to the service of the cause for freedom and the cause of the United States. Thank you. [Standing ovation.]
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This print is called "Bridget" and is was part of the Girlfriends collection by Sis Boom for Free Spirit fabrics. This was one of, if not the first quilting fabric that my wife purchased when she first got her sewing machine. She made some really great bags with it. There's even a baby blanket made from this print featured in the Last Minute Patchwork + Quilted Gifts book.
I've always loved this fabric. I started getting into quilting right around the time this line was discontinued, so I've been hoarding this fabric every chance I get. It remains one of my absolute faves. I still have a pretty sizable cut of it, along with some of the blue and green versions that I found on eBay.
So why am I sharing this today? Well, because quilting bro Scott over at Blue Nickel Studios recently posted a really fun interview with its designer, Jennifer Paganelli of Sis Boom. And, you guessed it, there's a giveaway involved!! Go check it out and tell him Quilt Dad sent'cha!
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Hello Bridget!
4 comments:
Just came over to check out your blog. Nice work. See you are from Brooklyn, have a daughter there. She would wonder why anyone would leave NY. I think Cary is near UNC, another daughter went to grad school there. I envy your weather.ReplyDelete
Interested in seeing what you make with this fabric.
Look at you !!!! Thanks so much forReplyDelete
giving Scott and I a shout out!! All I want to say is real men quilt!!!!
All the best to you!!Jennifer
- AnonymousMarch 16, 2009 at 11:04 PM
You are so nice to send over competition to a giveaway that you probabaly really want to win. I am going to go check it out now...ReplyDelete
btw, I think I'm the proud owner of one of those first few bags in this fabric. I still use it EVERY DAY. :)ReplyDelete
Thanks, Mrs. Quilt Dad!!
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We are proud to have Dr. Linda Mintle in ParentLife each month answering questions submitted from readers. To submit a question for Dr. Mintle, e-mail it to firstname.lastname@example.com and include "? for Dr. Mintle" on the subject line. This month we have an extra Q&A from Dr. Mintle we wanted to share.
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Q: Our 10-year-old son has been diagnosed with ADHD. The school recommended he have counseling, but we really don't know why. Our family seems to get along and we don't have problems with our son other than his direction following and forgetfulness. Why would the school recommend counseling?
A: I would encourage you to ask the school directly as to why the recommendation for counseling was made. Without knowing your specific case, I can't say exactly why, but I can tell you the purpose of counseling in most cases.
There is a saying, "Pills don't teach skills." Too often, parents medicate their children and don't work on the management of ADHD. Counseling does not cure this disorder, but it does help kids figure out their strengths and weaknesses and how to help themselves, given their unique way of doing things. For example, counseling can help your son develop a reminder system or a tracking system for his homework.
Counseling might focus on relationship skills that help his social life at school—how to deal with frustration, impulsive behaviors, etc. Counseling reinforces a positive mindset and helps children understand that learning can take different forms and doesn't mean they aren't bright simply because they learn in less conventional ways.
Counseling is usually helpful when parents feel like they have tried things and need extra help with systems that work. Usually the counselor uses a cognitive behavioral approach in which the focus is on thoughts and behavior. This type of therapy teaches problem-solving, goal setting, new skills, and management of feelings. Finding a therapist who specializes in working with children with ADHD and understands the impact of the disorder is important.
Resource: Raising Boys with ADHD by Mary Anne Richey and James W. Forgan


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