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The Xue Long becomes visible to the Aurora Australis for the first time. Photo: Colin Cosier
Australian icebreaker the Aurora Australis has spotted the stricken Akademik Shokalskiy on the horizon for the first time since it was asked to rescue the Russian vessel on Christmas Day.
The Aurora has spent most of New Year's Day ploughing through pack ice towards Chinese ship the Xue Long, which has also been waiting in the pack.
It is now 3.1 miles from the Xue Long and has made slow but steady progress through the ice, which has been broken up by the wind and is more flexible in places.
Heavy fog that has hampered rescue efforts for the past two days finally lifted on Wednesday mid-morning.
Watt Bay, near the Mertz Glacier, has been shrouded in low-hanging fog, preventing the helicopter on the Xue Long from flying because without a horizion pilots find it difficult to distinguish between ice floes and clouds.
The first part of the rescue will be carried out by the Chinese, who will use their helicopter to transport the 52 passengers from the Shokalskiy, which has been hired by a group of Australian scientists and tourists, to the Xue Long.
The Aurora will co-ordinate the second phase of the evacuation by shipping the Shokalskiy passengers from the Xue Long to the Aurora, using its barge.
The Australian ship spent Tuesday and Wednesday morning navigating a path through thick pack ice towards the Xue Long, which has been sitting within the pack for several days.
"We went in to see how far we could get in close to the Xue Long and let them know where some easy ice was," Aurora captain Murray Doyle said.
The Xue Long is within about 18 kilometres of pack ice, which is needed so it can operate its helicopter when the rescue begins.
"[Captain Wang] has been sitting there because his helicopter doesn't have floats, so it can't fly over water."
But to avoid getting caught in the pack itself, the Xue Long has been slowly moving back towards open water, Captain Doyle said.
Crew on board the Aurora, which is owned by P&O Maritime and leased to the Australian Antarctic Division, have been preparing a selection of dried food items to transfer to the Shokalskiy for the crew, who will remain on the beset vessel.
The Shokalskiy has been trapped by thick sea ice since Christmas Day. There is now about 22 kilometres of ice between the ship and open water.
Pack ice moves at the mercy of the wind and because the Shokalskiy is surrounded by pack ice, it moves with the ice. Over the past two days the ship has moved 1.3 nautical miles - about 2.4 kilometres.
Nicky Phillips and Colin Cosier are travelling in Antarctica as part of the Australian Antarctic Division's media program.


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Aspects of Mike Poole's game have changed over the past couple of months.
The senior has been working religiously on developing a dependable mid-range game, erasing his tendency to barrel to the bucket every trip down the floor. Poole has made some progress, some footsteps, though the high-riser is hell-bent on adding rich range and accuracy to his offensive repertoire. Slim refuses to rest until that happens.
Supplementing his forays to the cup and trademark explosiveness with a medium-range game he can extend to beyond the arc has been a commitment of highest order, Poole told BOUNCE on Wednesday.

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Natalie Portman got married in a tea-length Rodarte gown with sheer sleeves this past weekend. While I plan to get married in a full length gown at my (pretty traditional) wedding this coming October, if I were eloping or heading to City Hall, I'd probably opt for an above-the-knee style.
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This just in! Cutting a homeowner's mortgage payment in half can reduce the likelihood of delinquency and foreclosure.
That sounds like a no-brainer, but it's a conclusion in a recent report by researchers at the Boston and New York branches of the Federal Reserve.
In fact, the question of what makes homeowners stop paying their mortgage — being unable to afford the payments or being too far underwater — has been a matter of some debate through the foreclosure crisis.
The answer could help us understand what did or didn't work in the current housing mess, and minimize foreclosures when future housing bubbles pop. We may also rethink what kind of lending makes the most sense in any housing market — fixed-rate or adjustable-rate.
Everyone working on the problem agrees that both the size of the monthly payment and negative equity affect a distressed homeowner's decision to stay and pay or to default and run. Early in the crash, conventional wisdom favored reducing payments, but as the crisis deepened the argument swung toward principal reduction, or lowering the amount of debt.
Nearly five years into the crash, which is the better course depends on whom you ask.
One group of economists reads classical economic theory to say that underwater homeowners will make a cold calculation about their unpaid balance and walk away, because doing so immediately saves them the amount they still owe. This logic argues for attacking mass foreclosures by bargaining with banks to reduce the homeowners' debt.
Others, including the authors of the Fed report, say homeowners have other inducements to keep paying even if they don't think they can recover their equity — most significantly, what it would cost them to live elsewhere.
"If the payment is less than what you'd pay in rent, you keep making the payment," said Paul Willen, an economist with the Boston Fed who co-authored the report with Andreas Fuster of the New York Fed.
The two studied default rates on adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMS) written during the boom years, which brought much needed hard data into what had been a largely theoretical debate. The data on defaults had been cloudy, since the information was drawn from programs that divided already delinquent borrowers from those who were still healthy.
Because interest rates fell as the crisis set in, both financially healthy borrowers and unhealthy borrowers had reason to stick with their ARMs. Looking at loans whose rates reset in 2010 and 2011, the researchers got a broader, cleaner set of figures.
The effect of lower payments, they found, turned out to be powerful. Their results showed that cutting a mortgage payment in half would be equivalent to reducing the borrower's loan-to-value ratio from 145 to 95. For the owner of an underwater home worth $200,000, this would be the equivalent of reducing the outstanding mortgage balance from $289,500 to $190,000.
Also recommending lowered payments is the relative lack of friction. Getting a bank to recalibrate an interest payment, in addition, may be an easier task than persuading them to forgive some of the debt entirely.
"You can keep people in the house with even a temporary reduction in the payment," said Willen, as they fight through a job loss or other financial shock.
Homeowners may be more comfortable with this approach, too. The federal government's HARP program has been overwhelmed since it relaunched with fewer limitations last spring, as underwater homeowners rushed to reduce their monthly payments.
Willen notes that there are easier ways than creaky government programs to keep payments fluid through a housing crash. Namely, adjustable-rate mortgages, which Willen says got an undeservedly bad reputation during the crisis.
In fact, he said, "ARMs' role in causing the crisis is quite small." Because ARMs drop, interest rates go down when times are bad and up when life is good, they provide an automatic mechanism for preventing foreclosures, providing stability to the real estate market.
For market watchers, the most interesting part of the report's argument is in framing mortgage payments as call options. When you use a bank loan to take possession of a house, he says, you don't really buy the house; you buy an option to purchase the house from the bank. If you believe that the house will regain its equity, walking away from a mortgage, the authors argue, will always be worth less than exercising this option.
"With the monthly payment, the borrower is paying rent and getting an option to participate in the upside of the house. To induce him or her to make the payment, you can either lower the payment, or increase the potential upside," Willen said.
"In trying to prevent foreclosures, either will work," he said. "But in favor of payment help is that people are not forward looking. If they can make the payment, they will."
For simpler minds, it may be easier to say that houses are sticky investments. "The homeowner values the home more than the market does," Willen said. Houses become repositories for our identity, our memories, and our stuff. And we have hopes that our bet on its value will match our dreams.


text: In recent years, it's become commonplace for baseball teams from such large universities as Notre Dame, Ohio State and Michigan State to visit Jacksonville and play the University of North Florida Ospreys. While the northern teams enjoy coming to a warmer climate early in the season to play a few games, there is another factor in play that some baseball enthusiasts might fail to notice.The annual Kennel Club Classic, soon to be known as the bestbet Classic, is the name of the tournament drawing these high-profile college baseball teams to UNF's Harmon Stadium. The tournament was made possible through an endowment created in 1993 by Jacksonville Greyhound Racing, Inc., which operates the three bestbet poker, simulcast and racing facilities in North Florida. The endowment defrays some of the costs associated with staging the tournament and provides visiting teams with reimbursement for a portion of their lodging and meals costs.Howard Korman, president of Jacksonville Greyhound Racing, Inc., said the idea was born in discussions with UNF's first baseball coach, Dusty Rhodes, and Doug Harmon, first president and founding member of the Osprey Club, the Athletics booster organization."In those early days, UNF was a wonderful university with a beautiful campus, but it was hidden behind trees," Korman recalled. "I discussed a way with Dusty and Doug that we might be able to bring some top name schools to Jacksonville to increase the exposure for UNF, both nationally and within our Northeast Florida community."Korman said the idea of financing an annual tournament was akin to professional baseball teams coming to Florida for spring training. "We knew there would be northern teams anxious to get out of the cold and snow that time of year to play a little baseball."The tournament has succeeded in doing what Korman, Rhodes and Harmon set out to accomplish. Since the first game in 1997, it has attracted more than a dozen teams from major college athletics programs to play at UNF.Current baseball coach Smoke Laval praised the tournament because it helps to stretch tight budgets. "The endowment comes in very handy because we don't have the finances to guarantee money when these top teams come to UNF," Laval said. "Not only are minimum payments guaranteed, but additional assistance can be provided for travel and meal expenses."Another benefit Laval said is the help the endowment provides with defraying the costs of baseballs and umpires during the tournament. "Our regular budget doesn't cover these expenses that most people don't think about," he said.The Ospreys also benefit from the opportunity to play some of the top teams in the nation.Laval said he could use more dedicated boosters who might be willing to underwrite the costs associated with taking the Ospreys to an out-of-state tournament at least once a year.The tournament isn't the only beneficiary of funding from the Jacksonville area kennel clubs and poker facilities. In 1994, the University unveiled the James J. Patton Osprey Nest, which was made possible through a six-figure gift from Jacksonville Greyhound Racing, Inc. The fully enclosed seating area is available for use by groups for special functions and is used for alumni or postgame gatherings. Patton was the president of the Jacksonville Kennel Club until 1987 and continued to lead the kennel clubs as chairman of the board of directors. Patton's daughter, Mary Carr Patton, has continued the Patton leadership as the current chairman of the board.While Jacksonville Greyhound Racing, Inc. has made donations to a number of Jacksonville charities, Korman said the UNF gift is the organization's lone contribution in the athletics arena. "We wanted to create some exposure for UNF, and I'm thrilled we were able to do that."


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2/19/12, Boston, Mass.: Northeastern 61, JMU 50
♦ The Huskies were the preseason No. 6 selection of the Colonial Athletic Association by league coaches. Northeastern brings a 9-4 record and a 2-0 CAA record to Harrisonburg, but the Huskies are 2-4 away from Solomon Court.
♦ Sophomore guard A'lece Mark was named conference Co-Player of the Week (Jan. 6) as she paced the Huskies with an average of 18.0 points per game and 3.5 rebounds per game. On the year, Mark is fourth in scoring (9.5) and second in assists (3.2).
♦ Northeastern's leading rebounder is junior center Jewel Tunstull, who is averaging 8.2 boards per game and pulled down nine in the Huskies' CAA-opener against George Mason on Jan. 6. Tunstull has also made 61.2 percent of her attempted field goals to lead the conference.
♦ Deanna Kerkhof, a senior guard, leads Northeastern with an average 15.4 points per game and 2.2 steals per game, as well as sinking 80.0 percent of her free-throw attempts. She also accounts for 37.4 percent of the team's made 3-pointers, making 45.1 percent of her 3-point attempts, which leads the CAA and is the 13th-highest percentage in the nation.
♦ As a team, the Huskies are sinking 8.2 shots from beyond the arc, which is tied for the 12th-most made 3-pointers in the nation. They also boast the highest scoring offense in the CAA, posting an average of 69.5 points per game.
♦ The Huskies defeated the Dukes in their lone match-up last season, winning in Boston 61-50 on Feb. 19, 2012. It was the first Northeastern win over JMU in 12 games, dating back to Dec. 27, 1986 (JMU win, 64-61).
♦ Junior guard Kirby Burkholder earned conference Co-Player of the Week honors for the week ending Jan. 6 after posting a career-high 27 points against Georgia Southern (Dec. 31) and a game-high 15 points at UNCW. She finished the week shooting 60.9 percent from the field and 83.3 percent from the charity stripe as well as grabbing 8.5 rebounds per game and committing 3.5 thefts per game. Burkholder also added a season-high three assists at UNCW.
♦ The Dukes' opening CAA game at UNCW on Jan. 6 also marked personal bests for sophomore forward Toia Giggetts and redshirt senior guard Jasmine Gill. Giggetts sank a season-high 11 points against the Seahawks, going 4-of-6 from the floor and 3-of-5 from the charity stripe. She also contributed five rebounds and one each of an assist, block and steal. Gill pulled down a career-high 12 rebounds in the meeting, with eight coming on the offensive end, and added three steals of her own.
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Today's mailbag contains rants, raves and one of the wackiest e-mails I've received in a long time — one featuring a $1,000 bet.
Dear Scott: When I read the article on the airport expansion plans ['OIA may expand, despite closed, little-used gates'], I got this instinctive urge to reach for my wallet and hold it tight. — Joe
Trust your instincts, Joe.
Scott: I agree with your basic premise. A south terminal now would be a bridge too far. However, I do favor a transit center connecting the various train systems. — Jon
I hear ya, Jon. But can we make sure the trains at the airport actually exist first? Right now, none do. Call me crazy, but I'd like to know we have trains before we build train stations.
Scott: I couldn't believe my eyes when I read your column today. How in the world can a 71-year-old woman be on the exact same page as a young Sentinel reporter? — Barbara
Barbara, I don't know who this "young Sentinel reporter" is. But I know a middle-aged columnist who's now ready to kiss a 71-year-old woman flush on her cheek.
Scott: I agree with you about dropping the lieutenant governor position. And isn't the Republican Party dedicated, loudly and publicly, to reducing government? Here's a perfect opportunity to put that policy statement into action. — Lou
Amen, Lou. This would be the perfect campaign for conservative Rick Scott. He could push to follow the lead of other states that use succession plans involving existing officers — and save taxpayers plenty.
Scott: You seem to dislike everything related to the lieutenant governor. — Sandy
Not true. I dig Toni Jennings. But I do dislike wasting money on bodyguards, international travel and personal aides for a do-nothing position.
Mr. Maxwell: Are you saying the lieutenant governor has no duties? — Annie
No, our state Constitution says that. So did Lt. Gov. Frank Brogan, who described his own position as "the person down the hall who has little or nothing to do."
Thanks for the column Sunday about the distribution of tourist taxes. ["In Vegas, tourist taxes help pay for cops — Orlando should follow suit"] How can we rectify it? — Michael
Call your state legislator at 850-488-4371.
I completely agree with you that tourist taxes should help pay for police services. I think they should also pay for corrections as well. We process quite a few tourists through the jail each year. — Laura
And I thought bad weather could ruin a vacation.
The $1,000 bet
The wackiest letter comes from a guy who calls himself simply "Nicole's husband" — who wrote in to call me a "two-bit hack."
That part's fine. (Though I think I'm worth at least three bits.) But I did suggest that the next time he wanted to critique a newspaper writer, he shouldn't boast about being a nonsubscriber. I mean, if you're not a subscriber, why do I care what you think?
Well, Nicole's husband didn't like that response. But it apparently took him a while to let me know … like two years.
Yes, Nicole's husband responded this month to my email — from Feb. 27, 2011. In it, he said I'm still a hack (shucks), but that he'd like to continue emailing me (the writer at the paper he doesn't read) so that he could teach me to "think like a man."
He then followed with this challenge: "I would bet 1,000 bucks you are not married with kids."
Nicole's husband, you've got yourself a deal!
And since I am (great kids, patient wife), here's what we'll do: You take the $1,000 you owe me and donate it to the Adult Literacy League, which seems appropriate. And then we can continue our lively email exchange … in 2015.


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Bought a ticket :)
Bought a ticket :)
I bought a ticket :) Although, how do I know if I am within the first 50?
Edit: nvm, I know now!
Would love to come!... I remember the awesomeness of the Prague workshop. If I did transfer the early bird money, what happens if I don't make the first 50?
I was thinking the same. I went for the VIP package but I'm not sure if I was in the first five? I'm sure when Jason gets a chance he might clarify how the early regisiteration limits work. I should think also if you didn't get in that there would be the option to either pay more or get a refund.
Ticket purchased at the first 50 rate. Hope i got it, but going regardless. =^D
I bought the ticket!!!:rocker:
It would be nice to know if what we're about to pay for (limited VIP places and limited early discount registrations) is still available... And what happens if we pay and it turns out it isn't. How about an update on that?
Wish I could go. Stuck in upper New England :nohope:. Was hoping Boston was one of the choices for the workshop since it's a few hours closer. So, no $$ and no passport. But I hope the event goes well at the UK!
Hey Guys. I've been having issues with paypal deciding that my attempt to buy a ticket is 'illicit' in some way. Been trying for 2 days now.... any advice? Paypal has stated that they can only help if I get a proper invoice. That, or presumably some form of alternative to Paypal itself, would be useful. Are there any provisions for people having issues with paypal? I was quite keen on getting an early bird ticket, but I'm not sure how feasible that will be as of now..
Thanks for any help.
Other than that, you should'nt have problems with PayPal since it's international?
The money isn't coming through my UK bank account; rather, it's already present in my verified paypal account (they have it). They've told me that their security system has decided that the payment is dodgy, and that it thinks I'm up to something... and they've also told me (twice) that even if they think differently, they can do absolutely nothing about that, as it remains an 'internal' security issue.... which might be the result of me having not using paypal for quite a while, and then suspiciously moving some money into it to send overseas... or something to that effect. Either way, I've tried multiple times since the announcement of the offer - with no luck.
What sort of different methods exist? I've no idea about this sort of thing, and have used paypal only very minimally... thanks for your help.
Ticket buyed! See you there guys!
This is going to be awesome! I've sent an email asking if it's possible to use VISA or not.
I am not gonna miss this one. Its a costry trip for me but i hope i can get the low price ticket. See you there :)
I'm only bloody going Woot!
Yo mark you are also going!!! See you there
Bought a ticket, can't wait to see you all in London!! :)
And we're through! Awesome.
See you all soon.
um yay! will be there too ;)
Well, I just bought a ticket, but Im not sure this will actually work.... I really do hope so!
I am looking forward to meet all of you!!!
Oh god. I'm even going to be in london at the time. Not much chance of getting the fee together by then but by god I'll try.
bought my ticket.
I've been waiting for this for ages.
This is going to be EPIC :)
cant bloody wait!!
do you have to be like... idk.. can anyone go to these?
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its you! <3
I can attend this and afford it to boot wooo!
I hope I'm not dreaming, I seem to have purchased a ticket and actually be going to this thing...
Now I just need to work like crazy between now and June.
I am overwhelmed by awesome.
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By Thomas Beaumont / The Associated Press
CHICAGO — He has never been elected to anything, not even "student council in high school," as he boasts. He has little patience for schmoozing. In dealing with people, he admits to being "pretty blunt" - more suited to running a large private equity firm, which Bruce Rauner did successfully for 30 years, than seeking votes for governor, which he intends to do in Illinois next year.
Illinois Republican gubernatorial hopeful Bruce Rauner speaks to a gathering Republicans and business leaders at a stop on his Bring Back Illinois Tour in Quincy, Ill., in this July 9, 2013, photo. Rauner, a former finance executive who's worth close to $1 billion, is the star of a class of wealthy Republicans who take inspiration from Gov. Rick Snyder of Michigan and Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, who left the business world in 2010 to beat established Democrats in Democratic strongholds.
But the traits that might once have made Rauner a bust in politics are beginning to look like possible assets for a Republican in Illinois and for underdogs elsewhere across the increasingly polarized American political landscape. With three quarters of the states now dominated by one party or the other — the highest ratio in recent history — candidates from the other side often seem to have little chance on election day. In this environment, a handful of outsiders are gambling that the time is ripe for challengers who can break out of normal party mold.
Instead of political skills or experience, they have chutzpah – and a lot of money.
"I come from business. I don't come from the political world, so I call it as I see it. And I think we need a lot more of that down in Springfield," Rauner, a Republican, declared to an audience of businessmen in overwhelmingly Democratic Illinois. "I can't be bribed. I can't be intimidated."
Rauner, a tall, big-voiced executive who's worth close to $1 billion, is the star of a class of wealthy Republicans who take inspiration from Gov. Rick Snyder of Michigan and Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, who left the business world in 2010 to beat established Democrats in Democratic strongholds. While technically Republicans, they ran as problem-solving CEOs.
Tom Foley, a former venture capitalist, is expected to run as a Republican for governor of Connecticut. After losing by less than a percentage point in 2010, he hopes to take advantage of Democrat Dan Malloy's low approval ratings this time. Scott Honour, who made his fortune in private equity and investment banking, plans to challenge Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton in solidly Democratic Minnesota. And Charlie Baker, former chief executive of a hospital group, is running for governor in Massachusetts.
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The model is Mark Warner, a cell-phone tycoon who took the governorship away from the GOP in Virginia in 2001. In Wisconsin, they have their eye on Mary Burke, a former executive at the company her father founded, Trek Bicycles, to challenge Republican Gov. Scott Walker.
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It's still tough to buck the dominant party trend. In Democratic-leaning California, Republican Meg Whitman, who built a fortune as CEO of eBay, resoundingly lost the 2010 governor's race despite spending $140 million of her own money.
For the first time since 1952, the one party holds the governor's office and both houses of the legislature in 37 states; Democrats command the Northeast and West Coast and Republicans the South and Midwest. For outside challengers, the goal is to run as something other than standard bearer of the party in eclipse. Successful businessmen poll well with independent voters and can project an expertise in economics, which is especially attractive in states with battered public finances and high unemployment.
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Tal Memorial participants announced; poll winner McShane confirmed
The Russian Chess Federation has announced the line-up for the next Tal Memorial. Luke McShane, who won an online poll, has confirmed his participation.
The 7th edition of the Tal Memorial will take place 7-19 June, 2012 in Moscow, Russia. As always it will be a 10-player round roubin. The full list of participants of this year's Tal Memorial is as follows:
|Magnus Carlsen
|Levon Aronian
|Vladimir Kramnik
|Teimour Radjabov
|Hikaru Nakamura
|Fabiano Caruana
|Alexander Morozevich
|Alexander Grischuk
|Evgeny Tomashevsky
|Luke McShane
Early March six players had confirmed their participation: Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik, Levon Aronian, Teimour Radjabov, Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana. Three participants would be determined later, and for number ten the Russian Chess Federation used an original method: an online poll.
In the lower right corner on all pages of the RCF website a poll was put up with the names of thirteen pre-selected players. With the text "Whom do you want to see among Tal Memorial – 2012 participants?" the follow names were given:
- Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
- Wang Hao
- Gata Kamsky
- Ruslan Ponomariov
- Mickey Adams
- Anish Giri
- Le Quang Liem
- Judit Polgar
- Alexei Shirov
- Baadur Jobava
- Emil Sutovsky
- Luke McShane
- Hou Yifan
As we more or less predicted, the poll encountered problems. After a few days, the Russian Chess Federation decided to remove Le Quang Liem from the poll,
as his supporters have violated the rules of fair play and used computer generated votes.
As mishanp commented on our site,
(...) Le Quang Liem voters got a little over "enthusiastic" and he seems to have been dropped from the race. I don't know... on the one hand, people definitely were voting multiple times (techniques for how to do it were being discussed on at least one Vietnamese forum), but on the other hand, it's just the nature of such votes.
And so against his will Le Quang Liem was punished for his popularity in his home country, and the many votes had the opposite effect.
The poll ended on Thursday, March 15th when the RCF brought the news that English grandmaster Luke McShane won the poll.
The fight was very hard, and until the end the three leaders went head to head. In the end, Luke McShane (England) won, receiving 3860 votes. Second place went to the Latvian grandmaster Alexei Shirov - 3732 votes, while third came Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) - 3682 votes. They left behind the Women's World Champion, Chinese Hou Yifan, who was supported by 1646 people, and the leader of the Georgian team Baadur Jobava, who got 720 votes.
Now, about a month later, the Russian Chess Federation could finally report that McShane has confirmed his participation. We double-checked with McShane, who replied to us that indeed he will play.
I think the poll was an imaginative idea, and was pleased to be included amongst a group of excellent candidates for the last spot. I hope I'll contribute to some exciting games in Moscow!
Besides McShane, the last three unknown names were revealed: the Russian players Alexander Morozevich, Alexander Grischuk and Evgeny Tomashevsky. For unknown reasons Sergey Karjakin and Peter Svidler will not play this year. RCF President Ilya Levitov supported the decision to include Tomashevsky to rsport:
He is a young and talented player with almost 2750, but never played in such a strong tournament. Why shouldn't he be given a chance?
Normally the Tal Memorial takes place in November, but it was moved to June when FIDE announced that they would organize the Candidates Tournament in October-November. Later this tournament was moved to March 2013.
Update: in an interview after the Russian Team Championship, Sergey Karjakin reacted to the question whether he was invited for the Tal Memorial:
No, they didn't invite me. I don't know. Perhaps it's connected to the fact that I played there twice in a row before that, though in general I didn't play badly: on the first occasion I shared first place and on the second I shared third. Therefore results-wise I've got nothing to be embarrassed about. Well, and their not picking me is of course disappointing, but I don't think it's my fault.
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Again my sister Polgar and the futur world champion are not playing.
Great to see moro again.
2 years 1 day ago
"...future world champion are not playing." What are you talking about! Magnus is playing!
Right, Magnus is the unofficial world champion and everybody agree on that.
2 years 19 hours ago
There is only one world champion, and that is the official one.
2 years 2 hours ago
Wrong. The idea of an un-official world champion died with the Kasparov epidemic. We've noticed some new school semantics cropping up like unkraut. weeds. e.i. Legitimate world champion, legitimate challenger both used in a way to belittle the upcoming match between Anand and Gelfand. The haters never quit hating but they do quit competing. Wimps.
2 years 1 day ago
They don't want to invite future king Gelfand because that takes away all the suspense, he would score at least +7 or +8 and the tournament would be decided already after 4-5 rounds.
2 years 1 day ago
Odd to see Svidler left out. Anybody know why? I think he is a fantastic and exciting player!
2 years 23 hours ago
Svidler is a great player but he has played the Tal Memorial three times before and finished bottom half every time. For example Radjabov has never been invited to the Tal Memorial before and has a much higher rating, so players like Svidler are just bound to be left out once in a while.
2 years 1 day ago
From a British point of view I think it's great that Luke McShane has leave to go to this tournament, it adds so much interest for us. One might expect the other players to target him as the lowest-rated player, but in the London Classic Luke has shown he can hold his own with the best!
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2 years 1 day ago
Also, Nepomniachtchi's not playing again, although he did very well last year, beating Kramnik with Black in the first round and drawing the rest, to finish among the leaders. Anyone know why he wasn't invited? Or did he decline to play?
2 years 23 hours ago
And what about European champion Jakovenko? Simply, Russia has too many 2700+ players to accomodate all of them in a single event (some will also miss the Russian Championship). IMO the only surprise off the list is Karjakin (who would fit by rating among the other non-Russians and the only surprise on the list is Tomashevsky - but the reason given by Levitov makes perfect sense.
What a truly great field! Carlsen, Aronian, and Kramnik go without saying; these incredible players are a treat to watch and are justifiably the top three in the world. The trifecta of those young players threatening 2800/top 10 spots (Caruana, Radjabov, Nakamura) are all combative and very strong, it will be interesting to see what form they are all in. Morozevich is always a tough wildcard ... he could finish in first or last, there is no telling until it happens! Much the same for Grischuk. Finally, Tomashevsky will have a chance against the world's best after his rating skyrocketed last year, and McShane will show what level of player he truly is. I am very glad he won the spot, it is impressive that he is now a 2700+ player despite having a non-chess "day job".
2 years 23 hours ago
The real surprise for me is that the organizers didn't include Vassily Ivanchuk.
2 years 20 hours ago
And ANAND was not invited because of his retirement from chess after successfully defending his title ?
2 years 19 hours ago
By this moment, people have mentioned seven great players left out (plus an unnamed future world champion). I sure miss the 20-player tournaments but I don't expect them to return anymore.
2 years 14 hours ago
Finally a top event is back, great to feel some chess excitement again!
2 years 11 hours ago
i can't believe grischuk and nakamura were both invited. they have performed rather poorly in this event, particularly last year for the american gm and two years ago for sasha. i think karjakin got shafted for no good reason. he has as much of a claim to be there as anyone else, including aronian, kramnik, and carlsen.
2 years 6 hours ago
Anand won't play that soon after his WCh match, which the Tal Memorial organizers actually regretted. As to Nakamura, there were actually discussions on a Russian chess forum (mishanp had given the link, Google translation did the rest for me) on why he was re-invited. The argument of the organizers was his high Elo - but this also applies to Karjakin, no matter who of them is a few points ahead on the (live) rating list at any given moment.
For those who miss their favorite player in Tal Memorial, the Kings Chess Tournament starts a few days later (23rd June) with the following field according to Chessdom: Carlsen, Anand, Radjabov, Karjakin, Ivanchuk and a Romanian player to be announced. Next would be Dortmund, still little known about the field - apparently this time a 10-player single round robin, "London-style" with several German participants.
2 years 5 hours ago
Maybe the fact that four Russian players already were invited played a role when they decided to go for an American rather than a fifth Russian. Otherwise Naka played well in 2010, when he only was that endgame blunder against Grischuk from winning the tournament. Kramnik finished 7th and 8-9th the last times he played Tal but his Elo naturally secures him an invitation anyway.
1 year 12 months ago
Another example of a selective and misleading post, as if Nakamura deserves his invitation more than Kramnik. Kramnik had a bad event last year, almost as bad as Nakamura's. The year before he scored 50% which, given the strength of the field, is neither particularly good nor extremely bad. If Nakamura had scored 1/2 point more he would have shared first place with three others - Aronian, Karjakin (who wasn't invited this time) and Mamedyarov (who was under consideration for the tenth spot but didn't pass the popularity test). Maybe Nakamura would have been first on tiebreak, but that's of secondary importance.
Going further back in time, Kramnik was clear first in 2009 and super-clear first 1.5 points ahead of the field in 2007. So he should be on the invitation list even if his current rating was 20 or 40 points lower?
"four Russian players were already invited" makes some sense but is arguably unfair towards others who would also be worthy of an invitation. Russians suffer from the fact that the country has so many strong players - at their own Tal Memorial and even more so at other supertournaments.
1 year 12 months ago
If the idea is that Nakamura shouldn't be invited because of last year's result the same reasoning could be used for Kramnik who has scored the same -2 total as Nakamura over the last two years. However both obviously deserve their invitation because of their rating, which was the point. Anyway, I don't think one should see it as if it was a "Nakamura or Karjakin" situation, it was more a question of which four Russian players that would be invited. As world #6 Nakamura deserve an invitation in spite of last year's result.
2 years 46 min ago
RCF President Ilya Levitov supported the decision to include Tomashevsky ... "He is a young and talented player with almost 2750 but never played in such a strong tournament. Why shouldn't he be given a chance?"
Perhaps Malcolm Pein should take the same attitude and give Gawain Jones his chance at the London Chess Classic. After an excellent 12 months I think he more than deserves his chance. After all Nigel Short's performances at the LLC have been pretty bad on all three occasions. I like the fact that the Russians are giving new players a chance to prove themselves. It's about time Malcolm took the same attitude and did the same for the new breed of young UK players. How are they going to progress to the top level if they aren't given the chance in the UK's only premier chess event? Perhaps next year there should be a groups (C) and (B) at the LCC just like at the Tata Steel so that new young talent will have the chance to be promoted to the group above. But this year I think Gawain Jones should be given a place at the LCC.
As for the Tal memorial I just hope we don't get lots of boring draws and that the tournament is played in the spirit of the great Misha! Attacking chess!
Good luck to Luke McShane!! Go for it. Hope you do well.
1 year 12 months ago
Nigel has told Malcolm that he didn't want to play in the Classic any longer because he felt it too draining. If Nigel doesn't change his mind about that, it would leave a vacancy that I expect to be filled by Gawain since he has been playing so well this year.
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Most people have heard the international tension between China and well, the rest of the world. The French, England, and the U.S. have been front runners when it comes to showing their disapproval of China as the hosts of the upcomming 2008 Summer Olympics. It started with human's rights regulations, then with Chian pretty much telling some past French citizens to get out within 3 years when they refused to renew Visas to some internationally born people. Next came the huge uproar from the international community, as if on cueue, questioning the social stability of the Chinese government. China doesn't want to budge so some countries say "lets boycott" and up until a few days ago their reasoning behind it was made up of one main thing, the fact China may be breaking Human Right's regulations (innocent until proven guilty in the world court aswell.)
Now the present, after about 2 months of all this controversey the state department finally found a reason to boycott the tradition of athletic competition that has gone way back to the Ancient Greek Empire. They figured out that China's air pollution was so high that it may even be strong enough to limit the outcome of an athlete's performance, in other words have them gagging on the floor and sneezing black ash before they finish. In fact, the U.S. athletic department which has links to the state department of course, thought it would be a good idea to look into any unusual phenomenons in sports around the Beijing area. They found out that in a pre-triathalon of the the 85 people that started the race only 18 finished which is very uncommon. They also found that boxers could not and would not jog (which is essential to every boxer's training) in the metropolitan area because they would either collapse, be sneezing black ash (pollen), or losing their breath.
China does have a plan to cut down their major emissions in fossil fuels (mainly). But what were they before? Well before they burned coal to produce energy which gave off a Sulfuric acid hense leaving the air all muggy and full of pollutants. The air was even worse than today. Actually the organization that tracks all this air pollution actually has a phrase, "blue sky days." Blue sky days are days when the air is actually clean enough for all normal human activity and when measured, the air contains below the reccommended level of pollution in the air. Before China took steps to preserve their air, and keep it clean, they had 100 blue sky days a year, but now they have around 266. Of course U.S. studies greatly contradict this report, and some studies in the U.S. have actually found that the information in China has been manipulated, and the actual number of true blue sky days is way less.
I dont know about you but 256 is not good enough for me. If we have that big a chance (109 days a year) of not having a blue sky day I would be more than just raising my hand, after all even though most people in the U.S. do not see the Olympics as a big deal, if we finished last their would be some major questioning. Also, we need to finish 1st in some catagories to keep the reknown in the corresponding national leauge of that sport strong, and enticing, enticing enough to lure international players to the U.S. and when that happens, they spend money on U.S. made products and OH LOOK the economy right there lol jk, but you get the idea. Plus, were expected to finish 1st in basketball because when we lost the international tournament a couple eyars ago, everyone in the international community looked at us with skeptic eyes.
I wrote this blog mainly to get this point across (yeah now I tell you lol) I wrote this blog with feeling that drifted to either side, weather to go or to boycott, and really I rather we compete. Be the champions we claim to be, with the players' health in the forefront of course. The U.S. has claimed they have air masks that have been regulated by the Olympics that are supposabley very effective. plus it is for the athletes that dont get alot of attention too. I mean it is unfortunate that we don't pay more attnetion to all the little sports in the Olympics on a nromal basis, and atleast at the Olympics, all the sports are weighed the same. These athletes may get only 1 try at this aswell, so good for them go and win us a gold, or finish honorably, you worked hard for years and years of your life now finish the calling, finish it.


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Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after the House voted 230 to 189 to pass the Tea Party's Continuing Resolution:
"The House Republican bill was designed and intended for the sole purpose of shutting down the government. House Democrats stood firmly against this measure for clear-cut reasons: We refuse to put insurance companies back in charge of Americans' health care. We refuse to slash the Children's Health Insurance Program, effectively eliminating a bipartisan initiative that provides health care to low-income children. We refuse to wreak havoc on health care for seniors by disrupting provider payments under Medicare.
"We will not double down on the Republicans' devastating sequester cuts that will cost Americans at least a million jobs nor we will slash crucial investments in education and biomedical research. As House Republican Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers said himself, the sequester cuts, included in the Tea Party's continuing resolution, are 'ill-conceived' and 'must be brought to an end.' House Democrats hope to stand united in opposition to this deliberate attempt to undermine the economic security of American families and to weaken the middle class.
"Shutting down the government and paving the way for a government default is a dereliction of our responsibilities, our values, and our duty to protect the prosperity of the American people. It is time for House Republicans to abandon their dangerous ideological agenda and work with Democrats to find a sensible solution to create jobs, expand the economy, and reduce the deficit in a responsible way."


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Donna returning seems to be the indication in Teen Titans. In fact, they just got back from a future (ten years) where there was evidence that Donna had returned. I'll be surprised if she's not back by this time next year. Also...Originally Posted by chemicalx
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Museums >New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum
724 Dumaine St, New Orleans, LA | Directions 7011629.959946 -90.063796
Neighborhoods: French Quarter - CBD, French Quarter
The best excursion of its kind, offering a history of voodoo queen Marie Laveau as an appropriate starting point. – In Short
Unlike some museums, which serve as tourist-trap gift shops pretending to historical significance, this actually functions as, well, a museum. The tour, which is not so spooky that it will scare young folks, delivers visitors through an exhibition space featuring displays on the history of the alternative religion in New Orleans, including photographs, art, maps and Laveau's magical "wishing stump," which bestows blessings on those who touch it. Further along, the brave may make ceremonial offerings to the spirits, view authentic African and Haitian art.
Essence of New Orleans – The Museum is small and, well, it is a hole in the wall. However, the experience is the essence of New orleans. Much like the Quarter, it has it charm and ambience. The staff was eager to answer our questions. Voodoo is New Orleans, so you have to make a pit stop here. Don't forget to make an offering before you leave. It made the hair on the back of my next stand up!
Avoid – I though this was the biggest rip-off of my whole holiday.
Two small rooms filled with junk.
NOT WORTH IT – This plae charged me $5 to take a less than 10 minute walk thru two junk filed rooms they claimed were a museum. I had to walk around by myself and guess what everything was. It was awful..... This is a tourist trap on the same level as those "ghost town" places out West. Don't do it!!!
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Reviewers say the Bugaboo Bee maneuvers well and folds easily. The seat is reversible, so baby can ride facing you. Based on the most recent evaluations by experts and owners, Bugaboo gets top marks for safety, maneuverability, ease of use and durability. Customer service still gets panned for its response time, but overall this stroller appears to be a good choice -- particularly for the city dweller with enough money to spend on the stroller plus accessories.
Seems safe, but multiple recalls are an issue. Seven thousand strollers were recalled in December 2011 for wheel problems and 22,500 Bees were recalled in June 2009 for brake issues, but those problems seem to have been solved. However, if you have any Bugaboo Bee stroller that was manufactured before September 2011, visit Bugaboo's website to get information on how to fix the problem.
The Bee has a five-point harness, wrist strap and one-touch linked brakes, all safety features we like on a stroller. The fact that there have been two recalls in a fairly short period is disquieting; will something else come up down the road?
Great reviews on ease of use. One thing all reviewers seem to agree on is that the Bugaboo Bee is very simple to use. This includes ease of push; maneuverability; changing the seat, bassinet and car seats out; changing the seat to front- or rear-facing; and folding/unfolding. In addition, the fabric is removable and machine washable.
Targeted to the urban lifestyle. Bugaboo calls the Bee "the complete urban stroller" that promises to be highly maneuverable, narrow enough to fit in shop aisles, easy to fold, and light enough to pick up and carry onto public transport. Reviewers say it fits all of these requirements.
At 18.5 pounds, the Bee almost fits into our lightweight category of 17 pounds or less, has a compact fold and, when folded, can be pulled along behind you like a piece of luggage. The only thing the Bee seems to be missing is good storage. Several owners complain that the basket is small and hard to access, which isn't great if you have a few errands to run. Also, it doesn't come with cup holders or a baby or parent tray, although a cup holder (*Est. $25) and organizer (*Est. $30) are sold separately.
The Bee is compatible with several popular brands of car seats, with adapters sold separately. Since it folds so compactly, it's great for small car trunks.
The upper weight rating on the Bee isn't very high, only 37.5 pounds; today the trend is much higher -- up to 45 or even 50 pounds. However, it's suitable from birth with or without the optional cocoon (*Est. $100), and the reversible seat is something parents of infants like to have. A large canopy provides full coverage, and both the canopy and seat back are adjustable up and down to fully cover smaller children. The canopy doesn't have a window, but the package does include a rain cover.
The main drawback to this stroller, lifestyle-wise, may be the expense. But if you don't need or want any extras -- such as a car seat, cocoon or cup holder -- the base price will be all you'll pay.
Good warranty, but price doesn't guarantee help. The Bugaboo Bee comes with a limited two-year warranty, but Bugaboo has a poor reputation for dealing with their customers. One respected source called the support slow and arrogant. At least one owner waited for weeks for the parts to fix her wheels for the recall. We called customer service to ask for folded dimensions after an email to the PR department went unanswered. They answered promptly and, since they didn't have folded measurements on their product sheet, the rep measured the Bee that was nearby.
This seems like a good stroller for just about anyone; however, two recalls in three years are a concern. So is the fact that the Bee gets mediocre safety ratings from one well-respected product review source.
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Excellent "Baby Bargains" is a popular and well-organized guide to baby-related products. Authors Denise and Alan Fields conduct hands-on testing as well as parent, manufacturer and retailer interviews. Their section on strollers is detailed and offers a wealth of useful information. Both the Bugaboo brand in general and the Bee are reviewed and rated against dozens of other popular strollers.
Review: Strollers, Denise and Alan Fields, Ninth edition
2. Which? magazine
Excellent Editors of Which? magazine give thorough reviews of all 32 strollers they deem to be "Best Buys," including the Bugaboo Bee. Maneuverability, ease of use, convenience and safety are taken into account. There are quite a few owner comments, as well. This review has been updated for 2012 to include the 2011 recall and Bugaboo's response to it.
Review: Pushchairs: Best Buys, Editors of Which? magazine, As of Aug. 2012
3. ConsumerReports.org
Very good The editors at ConsumerReports.org rate 35 full-featured strollers for ease of use, maneuverability and safety. While the testing is commendable, editors give virtually no written details about the strollers and the report is outdated, with several models having been discontinued. Durability and the reality of long-term, everyday use aren't taken into account.
Review: Traditional Stroller Ratings, Editors of ConsumerReports.org, As of Oct. 2010
4. Amazon.com
Very good The Bugaboo Bee doesn't get a lot of reviews here, but does earn 4.5 stars out of 5. Owners say it's highly maneuverable, opens and closes easily, fits well in smaller trunks and is very comfortable for their children. One poster complains about the wheel recall issue, saying there was a wait to get replacement parts. A couple complain about the stroller's high price, but still rate it highly.
Review: Bugaboo Bee Base Stroller, Contributors to Amazon.com, As of Aug. 2012
5. Buzzillions.com
Very good The Bugaboo Bee earns an average of 4.3 stars out of 5 in more than 70 user reviews. Newer comments give it better ratings, saying it's comfortable and easy to use. There are complaints about the wheels in older reviews, but this is what the recall was to have fixed, and later reports indicate they were.
Review: Bugaboo Baby Lightweight Strollers: Baby Bee Stroller, Contributors to Buzzillions.com, As of Aug. 2012
6. Good Housekeeping
Good The Bugaboo Bee earns a B rating in this test of 36 strollers by the engineers at the Good Housekeeping Research Institute (GHRI). There are no safety issues noted and it gets points for ease of use, but editors say it's not easy to unfold and doesn't do well over more challenging terrain. However, the review doesn't cover the new Bee models, so it isn't as credible as it could be.
Review: Bugaboo Bee Stroller, Editors of Good Housekeeping, Nov. 2010
7. BabyGizmo.com
Good Schultz gives the Bugaboo Bee a thorough review, testing it with children of two different ages/sizes. She likes the way the seat back and canopy adjust, not only to grow with a child but to provide younger and smaller children with full coverage. She points out the lack of baby tray and cup holder, but says the stroller folds easily and can be pulled behind you like luggage. This isn't the most recent version of the Bee and it's no longer called the Bee Plus, but there haven't been a lot of changes to the model since this review.
Review: Bugaboo Bee Plus 2010 Stroller Review, Hollie Schultz, July 25, 2010
8. About.com
Fair Weiss, an About.com guide for pregnancy and childbirth, gives a brief, non-comparative review of the Bugaboo Bee. She says there's a learning curve to folding the stroller, but in the end it's worth every penny she paid. (Note: ConsumerSearch is owned by About.com, but the two don't share an editorial affiliation.)
Review: Bugaboo Bee Stroller, Robin Elise Weiss, Not dated
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I have this prolific weed in my garden. Help!
I am not keen on using Roundup and would prefer to use alternate weed control methods. I have been pulling the babies up, but can't keep up. It grows faster than I can pull. I am getting the roots each time, there are just lots of seeds. Could I hoe or till and break the roots? Or would that spread it further? I am going to do a heavy mulch this winter, but have already planted vegetables. What should I do to make it through the summer?
Tilling the young plants is one way of control...so they don't grow up to flower & set seeds. Try a google search...there are lots of sites there for pigweed control. Good luck.
Please try not to use round up, it is SO bad for the environment. Maybe a spray of vinegar would work.
"I've decided to quit my job, drop out of society, and wear live animals as hats."
Heavy dose of vinegar is suppose to just kill the top of the plant. I still am going to try it this summer.
Pigweed, "Amaranthus spp", is sometimes used as a green manure or cover crop and is known to aid in accumulating nitrates from soils. Like other members of the "Amaranthus" family these produce a lot of seeds although they sometimes have been known to regrow from bits of root left in the soil.
Is your garden soil well mulched?
The sign of a good gardener is not a green thumb, it is brown knees.
If the area is not so large that you can see yourself laying down a carpet of control, then you can try
laying down 10 pages of newspaper over the entire area. Dampen it so wind wont blow it away while you then put some weight on the edges to keep it down before you then layer 4" of soil over the area.
The aim of this is to deny sunlight to the ground the weeds are growing in.
Another method is to use in place of the newspaper--black heavy plastic which will draw the sun's rays and cook the weeds.
Another method is to use old windows (in frames) that will also draw sunlight and will fry the weeds---and anything else growing there.
All this control does make the need to remove the dead material before any planting.
You're right, if you just cut off the weed--as by mowing, it will just bring the weed back stronger than ever. It can, however, often stop the weed from producing seed.
I use cardboard. It decays also.
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Check out Kevin Avery's new web series video "Obsessed: Harry Potter vs. Twilight," which includes one of the girls from Letters To Twilight as a Twilight expert debater! I think this debate would be best if they took people who were obsessed with BOTH, then had them pick which one would be their favorite in the end.
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Ever since Ansel Adams first brought its magnificent landscape to the public eye, our neighbor to the north, Yosemite National Park, has inspired people and drawn visitors from around the globe. Less than an hour away, Mammoth is the ideal launch pad for your national park adventure. And if you just want to be within eye shot of this wonder, but away from the masses, Mammoth is your spot.
The eastern entrance to Yosemite National Park at Tioga Pass (Hwy 120) is an easy 30-minute drive north of Mammoth on Highway 395. Travel time from Mammoth Lakes to the Yosemite Valley is approximately 2 hours. Please note - Tioga Pass is open in summer months only.
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An Informed Conscience
How is your conscience? Is it saturated with Biblical wisdom, able to guide you in times of moral murk? Or is it seared, providing no direction whatsoever? If you have not done so, make a commitment today to spend regular ...Read More
Dealing with Guilt
To ask "What do we do with our guilt?" is to ask "How can we live with ourselves?" Few unbelievers want to know the truth about humanity; they prefer to live a lie than address their guilt head-on. Our task ...Read More
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Satan is called the accuser of the brethren (Rev. 12:10) because he likes to make us feel as if God has not forgiven us. But guilt is an objective reality, and if we have turned to Jesus, we have ...Read More
Guilt and Guilt Feelings
What do you feel guilty about? Can you trace these feelings to an actual violation of some rule, regulation, law, or divine commandment? If so, seek forgiveness from the proper authority. If not, your guilt feelings may be out of ...Read More
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Whether we feel guilty or not, all of us have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Rom. 3:23). Take time today to repent of your sin and acknowledge this truth. Then pray that your feelings of ...Read More
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Federalism, Boice says, is "a proof of God's grace," for while the failure of our first federal head brought terrible results, federalism "was the only way it would later be possible for God to save us once we had ...Read More
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Once we begin to understand something of the gravity of our sin and the purity of God's character, it can be easy for our knowledge of our depravity to paralyze us. This need not be the case, for the ...Read More
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The fact that God's standards were written on your heart means you knew God's law even before you knew Him. The same is true for all people. Never hesitate to proclaim the high moral standards of God. Some ...Read More
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