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The laboured victory at Espanyol's Cornella-El Prat stadium lifted the champions, who are chasing a fifth domestic league triumph in six years, above Atletico into first place on 75 points from 31 of 38 matches. (Agencies) Latest News from Sports News Desk
Atletico have 73 in second and can reclaim top spot with a win at fourth-placed Athletic Bilbao later on Saturday. Real are three points further back in third after two straight defeats and host city neighbours Rayo Vallecano.
Barca's trip across town to face their local rivals, who are eighth on 40 points and still in with a chance of qualifying for Europe, was potentially their stiffest test remaining before their final game at home to Atletico in May.
While they were far from their dynamic best against a well-drilled and fired-up Espanyol side, the victory was a positive way to prepare for Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final, first leg at home to Atletico.
"We are now in a privileged position (in La Liga) and we are in charge of our own destiny," Barca midfielder Sergio Busquets said in an interview with Spanish TV broadcaster Canal Plus.
"Let's hope that is the case until the last game against Atletico," added the Spain international.
Barca and Espanyol each had chances in a frenetic opening with Messi and Neymar going close for the visitors and Pizzi wasting two excellent opportunities for the home side.
The decisive moment of the match came when Espanyol fullback Javi Lopez handled the ball in the area and Messi dispatched the spot kick with 13 minutes remaining, the Argentina forward's 23rd La Liga goal of an injury-disrupted season.
Espanyol goalkeeper Kiko Casilla was shown a straight red card seven minutes from time when he sprinted out of his area and handled an attempted Messi lob.
Lopez had to replace Casilla in goal as Espanyol had used their three substitutes and did well to divert an effort from substitute Alexis Sanchez away for a corner in added time.
The laboured victory at Espanyol's Cornella-El Prat stadium lifted the champions, who are chasing a fifth domestic league triumph in six years, above Atletico into first place on 75 points from 31 of 38 matches.
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The public will be invited to the funeral of former president Prof George Maxwell Richards by invitation only. However, a limited number of invitations will be distributed to the public on a "first come, first serve basis" and will be available at Napa Box Office on Tuesday. The time will be subsequently disclosed.
Prof Richards' family has agreed that a state funeral will take place on Wednesday at Napa from 10 am. The viewing and funeral will be closed casket.
Richards, T&T's fourth president (from 2003-2013), passed away on January 8 after suffering a heart attack at age 86.
The body of the late President will lie in State on Monday at the Parliament with public viewing from 11 am to 5:45 pm.
On Tuesday, the body will be escorted through the St Augustine Campus of The University of the West Indies from 7:45 am en route to Napa where it will lie in state from 10 am to 5:45 pm.
An update on the funeral arrangements for Richards was issued by the Ministry of Public Administration and Communications on Friday.
Condolence books open tomorrow
The Government will open a book of condolence at the Parliament on:
· Monday, from 11 am to 5:54 pm
· Tuesday, from 8 am to 6 pm.
A book of condolence will be opened at the National Academy for the Performing Arts (Napa) on:
· Tuesday from 10 am to 5:45 pm
· Thursday from 10 am to 6 pm
· Friday from 10 am to 6 pm.
The condolence book will not be available for signature at Napa on Wednesday.
A condolence book will also be available for signature by members of the public at the Assembly Chamber, Tobago House of Assembly and at the following venues in Trinidad, Monday to Friday from 10 am to 6pm:
· Port-of-Spain City Corporation
· San Fernando City Corporation
· Chaguanas Borough Corporation
· Arima Borough Corporation
· Point Fortin Borough Corporation
· Couva-Tabaquite-Talparo Regional Corporation
· Diego Martin Regional Corporation
· Penal-Debe Regional Corporation
· Princes Town Regional Corporation
· Rio Claro-Mayaro Regional Corporation
· Siparia Regional Corporation
UTT classes suspended for Richards' funeral
All classes at the University of T&T Campus at the National Academy for Performing Arts (Napa) in Port-of-Spain have been suspended on Tuesday and Wednesday this week.
This is to accommodate all activities related to the state funeral for the late Prof Richards. Classes at UTT, Napa's campus will resume on Thursday.—Rhondor Dowlat

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text: Pregnancy-Associated Hypertension in Glucose-Intolerant Pregnancy and Subsequent Metabolic Syndrome Rice, Madeline Murguia; Landon, Mark B.; Varner, Michael W.; More Rice, Madeline Murguia; Landon, Mark B.; Varner, Michael W.; Casey, Brian M.; Reddy, Uma M.; Wapner, Ronald J.; Rouse, Dwight J.; Biggio, Joseph R. Jr; Thorp, John M. Jr; Chien, Edward K.; Saade, George; Peaceman, Alan M.; Blackwell, Sean C.; VanDorsten, J. Peter; Less Obstetrics & Gynecology. 127(4):771-779, April 2016. Abstract Abstract In Brief In Brief Abstract: Go to Full Text of this Article In Brief: Women with varying degrees of glucose intolerance who develop hypertension during pregnancy and deliver preterm are more likely to have metabolic syndrome later in life. Go to Full Text of this Article + Favorites PDF Get Content & Permissions


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Postal Worker Throws and Slams Package Into Customer's Door in Parkville MD
Mark sullivan brings us this shocking video of a USPS Postal worker slamming a delivery into his front door. As you see in the split cameras, this postal lady walks up to his home for business as usual. Then, in the second camera, you see the delivery being thrown (with great force) at his front door. Later, Mark opens the door to determine degree of damage.


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Most of the prized minerals needed to make high-tech products such as hybrid car batteries and cell phones come from China. But limits China is placing on those materials are making it harder for U.S. manufacturers to compete, said President Obama when he announced a new trade case against China on Tuesday.
China, which supplies 95 percent of the world's rare earth minerals, has been limiting its exports of the desired materials over the years due to its own internal increasing needs for computers, electronics and car parts.
The United States, along with the European Union and Japan, are filing coordinated complaints with the World Trade Organization to formally request a dispute settlement consultation.
"American manufacturers need to have access to rare earth materials — which China supplies," President Obama said Tuesday in the White House Rose Garden. "Our administration will bring this case against China today." (Read his full remarks.)
Rare earth minerals also are used by the military for missile guidance and communications systems.
Jack Lifton, director of Technology Metals Research, told special correspondent Kira Kay in a June 2010 NewsHour report that China's restrictions already are causing a crunch: "There are a lot of my colleagues saying, 'Oh, no, it's in the future, it's in the future.' Well, no, it isn't, because developing mines takes years and years. The crisis is now."
In 2009, Lindsey Hilsum of Independent Television News took a look at the environmental damage that rare earth processing sites can pose.
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It's not just a slogan anymore. As more young men of color engage in risky sexual behaviors, it's even more important to know your status—whether or not you are HIV infected.
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Digital partnership will enhance the payment experience online, in app and in store
, April 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- PayPal (Nasdaq: PYPL) and Visa (NYSE: V) today announced an extension of their U.S. partnership in Asia Pacific
that will see them work collaboratively to accelerate the adoption of secure, reliable and convenient digital and mobile payments for consumers and merchants in markets throughout the region.
This partnership makes it easier for Visa issuing banks in Asia Pacific
to offer their cardholders the ability to checkout anywhere PayPal is accepted online. It also expands the use of PayPal to retailers that accept Visa in physical locations.
The agreement is an extension of the strategic partnership between PayPal and Visa in the United States
, announced in July 2016 and provides joint growth opportunities based on the following:
"We could not be more proud of our extended partnership agreement with Visa in the Asia Pacific
markets," said Dr. Rohan Mahadevan, Senior Vice President for PayPal Asia Pacific. "This is a strong signal that our decision to partner in 2016 was the right thing to do for PayPal, Visa and our millions of merchants and consumers in this region. We look forward to partnering with Visa to offer more choice and better experiences together online, in app and in store within Asia Pacific
"Visa and PayPal are aligning our businesses to bring best in class payment services to the entire ecosystem," said Chris Clark, Group Executive, Asia Pacific
, Visa. "From emerging markets where we'll give consumers greater access to electronic payments to driving more seamless ways to pay in developed markets, Visa and PayPal will deliver new commerce experiences across the region."
About PayPal
Fueled by a fundamental belief that having access to financial services creates opportunity, PayPal (Nasdaq: PYPL) is committed to democratizing financial services and empowering people and businesses to join and thrive in the global economy. Our open digital payments platform gives PayPal's nearly 200 million active account holders the confidence to connect and transact in new and powerful ways, whether they are online, on a mobile device, in an app, or in person. Through a combination of technological innovation and strategic partnerships, PayPal creates better ways to manage and move money, and offers choice and flexibility when sending payments, paying or getting paid. Available in more than 200 markets around the world, the PayPal platform, including Braintree, Venmo and Xoom, enables consumers and merchants to receive money in more than 100 currencies, withdraw funds in 56 currencies and hold balances in their PayPal accounts in 25 currencies. For more information on PayPal, visit https://www.paypal.com/about. For PYPL financial information, visit https://investor.PayPal-corp.com.
About Visa
Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) is a global payments technology company that connects consumers, businesses, financial institutions, and governments in more than 200 countries and territories to fast, secure and reliable electronic payments. We operate one of the world's most advanced processing networks -- VisaNet -- that is capable of handling more than 65,000 transaction messages a second, with fraud protection for consumers and assured payment for merchants. Visa is not a bank and does not issue cards, extend credit or set rates and fees for consumers. Visa's innovations, however, enable its financial institution customers to offer consumers more choices: pay now with debit, pay ahead with prepaid or pay later with credit products. For more information, visit usa.visa.com/about-visa, visacorporate.tumblr.com and @VisaNews.
To view the original version on PR Newswire, visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/paypal-and-visa-extend-partnership-to-accelerate-adoption-of-digital-and-mobile-payments-across-asia-pacific-300433928.html
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Caption Fraud, Reuters Style
Sorry for the delay in posting this, the photo upload feature must be broken here at blogger.com
As I mentioned on HotAir.com today:
Why would Israelis waste missles on a lone station wagon on a deserted road? Doesn't seem like a strategic target to me. It's hard to say whether this is caption fraud by the Editorial Staff or the photographer.
Not only is windshield intact, there is no debris on the road, no tiremaks (was the car being driven in the ditch when it was "hit"?), no burn marks on the grass which is obviously bone dry.
There is no "exit wound" either. As a matter of fact, if you increase the contast on the photo, you can peer into the driver's compartment and see that there is nothing in there, other than what appears to be a cooler.
I used Paint Shop Pro to:
- Increase sharpeness (the originally photo was softened, when the sharpness is increased you can see the dents in the hood)
- Re-colorized for natural sunlight
- Resized to 150%
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It's a marker of the seasons: a few weeks after pro football goes into hibernation, we are greeted by a strikingly beautiful model on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
S.I.'s annual swimsuit issue, one of the most successful single-issue magazine franchises in the world, will hit newsstands next Tuesday, on February 12. But on Monday night, as viewers tune in to watch the unveiling of the cover on "Late Night with David Letterman," they also could be witnessing a supermodel in the making.
The swimsuit issue cover has launched careers and marked the passing of the torch of supermodel succession – from Brinkley to Tiegs, Ireland to Klum. Sure, the paycheck is about as skimpy as the bikinis they're photographed in, but star treatment in the magazine has been an express lane to a bountiful supply of endorsement deals, modeling contracts, and a fan base that will remain forever loyal. The website alone has an audience of more than 70 million.
Heidi Klum says her first cover appearance in 1998 was a career-changing moment. "I remember kneeling in the sand, and they were yelling, 'This is the cover! This is the cover!' " she told Forbes. To be fair, the exact words were shouted at the next model who posed in the sand. "They made me pose with monkeys who were trying to take my swimsuit off, wrapped a python around me, had me washing an elephant - but I was game." And after all the exhibitionistic insanity, Klum got the cover shot.
Since landing the cover, Klum has launched numerous fragrance lines (she has a new one hitting stores this month) and has held contracts with Jordache, Volkswagen and Victoria's Secret. Her multimillion dollar empire now includes two television shows ("Project Runway," "Germany's Next Top Model"), and clothing lines with Babies "R" Us and New Balance.
"It's like winning the lottery," said Klum. "But it's up to you what you end up doing with the prize." She likens the S.I. cover to a stepping stone leading up to levels of personal success: "You get there, and you either take the next challenge, or miss out on the opportunities."
So who got lost along the way? Veronika Vařeková, who landed a cover in 2004 and appeared in the swimsuit editions eight times, has had a static portfolio in the past few years. Valeria Mazza, who appeared on the 1996 cover with Tyra Banks didn't leave much of a mark, either. The Argentine model, now 40, has appeared in a few magazines (Vogue, Elle), but hasn't signed any major contracts in the U.S.
But then there's Kathy Ireland, arguably the biggest winner and most famous of the cover models. The misty-eyed brunette appeared in the swimsuit issue for a 13 consecutive years. Her first cover shot, in 1989, is still the best-selling issue to date.
Aside from knowing how to make a skin-tight bikini look as fetching as possible, she's also a pro at branding. Kathy Ireland Worldwide generates a fortune by licensing her name to retail products–from home furnishings to wedding gowns – marketed towards middle American moms. We estimated her company's worth at $300 million last year, and her business record impressed us enough to put her on a Forbes cover.
Ivan Bart, managing director of IMG Models, says landing a swimsuit cover is "a branding tool that gives the model an opportunity to be on the larger platform." His management firm represents several models who have appeared on past swimsuit covers, including Irina Shayk, Tyra Banks and Carolyn Murphy. (Bart said the upcoming issue will feature six models from IMG.)
"With the launch comes a lot of press, like being seen at the Super Bowl – that's a huge deal," he said. Kate Upton, also repped by IMG, garnered a significant amount of attention when her racy commercial for the new
Bart believes Upton's cover was a paradigm shift for S.I. and the modeling industry -- it's a good thing for America to embrace a model today who's a bit Marilyn Monroe, a bit Jayne Mansfield, and is more likely to be seen holding a burger than a
For Tyra Banks, who appeared on the cover two years in a row, the swimsuit issue was more than just a career supercharger -- it was an opportunity to deliver a global message. "Being a black woman on the cover of a mass magazine did a lot for black beauty and expanded on what beauty means worldwide," she said.
Banks segued from the runway into TV, creating the forerunner of fashion reality television. "America's Next Top Model" is now airing in 184 countries and in two dozen international formats. The supermodel also just completed Harvard Business School's OPM program, proving that a model's road to multimillions is no vacuous task--it requires boobs and brains.
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South Lanarkshire Council will need to make cuts of over £20m next year.
The figure was put to councillors on the council's executive committee yesterday (Wednesday), and will bring the total level of savings over the past three years to around £45m.
Officers had initially expected savings of £15m for 2015/16, but the decision of Cosla to accept a 'needs based' grant settlement for local authorities has pushed that figure up.
Changes to how the Scottish Government calculates money to cover the council tax freeze has also had an impact.
Councillors were told £20.3m needs to be slashed from the budget to balance the books.
Of the increase; £3.4 million is due to the 'needs based' grant agreed by Cosla, and half a million is because of changes to the grant awarded to cover the council tax freeze.
There is also £1m of savings that must be found to provide extra funding for care homes, required because people are living longer.
Council leader Eddie McAvoy told the meeting: "I accept the £15.8m we are responsible for, but £3.8m is at the door of the Scottish Government, no doubt about that, as well as Cosla.
"I will justify that £15.8m to anyone but not the £3.8m because it was wrong, completely wrong.
"The blame lies with the SNP. I have been doing this job 17 years and I have never complained about a budget settlement.
"But I told John Swinney when I met him last week he was wrong.
"Cosla is not a family of 32, it's 32 individual councils who look after themselves, and they voted to go for
the needs based.
"That's the reason we are out of Cosla and will never go back.
"The calculations for the council tax grant had not changed for five years, then suddenly this year they change it, and because of that we are losing just under half a million pound."
South Lanarkshire Council announced in March they were pulling out of Cosla in protest at what was then a proposed change to the grant settlement.
Sheena Wardhaugh, who is spokeswoman for South Lanarkshire Council's SNP group said after
the meeting: "This is what we have to
do. That's the way the Cosla leaders voted.
"Unfortunately from our point of view, it means South Lanarkshire will have a lower grant than we expected.
"There's nothing we can do and savings will have to be made."
Councillors agreed the new savings figure at yesterday's meeting.
Officers will now draw up a package of savings to be presented to councillors at a later date.
Prior to the meeting Mr McAvoy said: "There is only so long you can protect frontline services, but as far as I am concerned education and the elderly - the people who really need it - will be protected.
"After that, any other services are open to questions."


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PLANO, Texas -- Mark Tuinei, a former Dallas Cowboys offensive lineman who helped them win three Super Bowl titles and was considered the team's toughest player during his 15 seasons, was found dead in his car Thursday morning. He was 39.
Plano police chief Bruce Glasscock said an unidentified friend who had been told to go to Tuinei's house to check on him found Tuinei unconscious in a vehicle. Efforts to revive him failed, and he was pronounced dead upon arriving at Medical Center of Plano, a north Dallas suburb.
The cause of death was not immediately known. Glasscock said foul play, alcohol or drugs were not believed to be involved.
"There is nothing in the investigation at this time that would indicate that," Glasscock said.
A preliminary report from medical examiners was expected by midafternoon Thursday. However, Glasscock said it could take several days for any definitive information from an autopsy or toxicology reports.
The chief said he wasn't sure how long Tuinei had been passed out.
"The only information we have at this point is that it was a good portion of the morning," he said.
Although Tuinei didn't have as high a profile as teammates such as Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith or even fellow offensive lineman Nate Newton, "Tui" (TWO-ey) was extremely popular in the locker room and the community.
"He was just a good person, always had a smile on his face and always would take time to talk to any individual," Cowboys defensive line coach Jim Bates said. "He was just a good team guy."
The team canceled a voluntary workout scheduled for Thursday. Several players and coaches who had arrived for the practice left in a solemn mood. Many said they were too shook up to talk to reporters.
"It's a sad moment, not just for players but for the whole organization," said linebacker Randall Godfrey, a teammate for one season. "It's sad for his family, but you also hurt for guys like Troy Aikman, Moose (Daryl) Johnston, Charles Haley -- those guys who had memories with him. That's who really feels it."
Glasscock said he didn't know whether the unidentified friend was a member of the Cowboys.
Tuinei's wife, Pono, was in their home state of Hawaii, where she was notified by family members, police said. The couple did not have children.
Tuinei's career ended following the 1997 season because of lingering problems in both knees. The two-time Pro Bowler was released in April 1998 with hopes that he'd return in the fall, but he couldn't make it back.
All the years of taking on 300-pound defenders had finally caught up to the 6-foot-5, 320-pound Tuinei, leaving him tied for the club record for longevity.
Such a record was an unlikely achievement for a player who came to the Cowboys in 1983 as an undrafted defensive lineman after playing just seven games his senior year at Hawaii.
But Tuinei caught the attention of then-coach Tom Landry and played 10 games that season. In 1985, Tuinei was moved to offense and he became a full-time starter in 1987. He saw action at several spots on the line before settling in at left tackle, where he was responsible for blocking the quarterback's back.
Despite various injuries, tough-guy Tuinei played all but nine games from 1989 to 1996. Over that span, the Cowboys went from 1-15 in Aikman's rookie year to three-time Super Bowl champs (1993, '94, '96).
One of the highlights of Tuinei's career was playing in the Pro Bowl after the 1994 and 1995 seasons. He savored the appreciation of his peers, but he especially enjoyed getting to play in front of friends and family in his native Hawaii.
Tuinei's tough side came from being raised in Nanakuli, a town of about 10,000 on the coast of Oahu. Fighting was part of growing up and Tuinei excelled at it, even though it often got him in trouble.
Friends said Tuinei planned to move back to Hawaii next week to become the offensive line coach at Punahou High School, which he attended.
"He never seemed healthier or happier about going home," said friend Will Morris, who also attended the private school and met Tuinei at a Texas reunion of Punahou alumni about five years ago. "He was happy as can be."
Bates said Tuinei worked out in the team's weight room last week.
"He looked in great shape," Bates said. "He was jovial."
There was no immediate word on memorial or funeral services.
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All About BTC, LTC, ETH mining as well as other alternative crypto currencies
Using the CPU or the central processing unit of your computer to mine crypto currency is pretty much considered outdated nowadays with the only exception being mining new altcoins that are CPU only. If you are interested to find out what hashrate you can expect to get from a powerful multi-core CPU at the moment with come of the more popular crypto algorithms in order to compare to your AMD Radeon 280X GPU or Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti for example, you might want to look at the results we got below. They are achieved using the cpuminer-multi fork on an Intel Core i7 5820K processor (6 core with HT or 12 logical cores) running at default operating frequency (non-overclocked).
Algorithm – Hashrate:
Scrypt – 129 KHS
Scrypt:N – 26.2 KHS
Sha256d – 10.7 MHS
Blake – 18024 KHS
Cryptonight – 192.7 HS
Fresh – 487.2 KHS
Lyra2 – 744.8 KHS
Neoscrypt – 22.2 KHS
Qubit – 488 KHS
Quark – 664.8 KHS
The cpuminer-multi fork that we used for the test does support more algorithms than those that we tested with, we've skipped some because it is hard to find operational pools or even alive crypto coins to use some of them. So we did not test all of the algorithms such as S3, NIST5, Pentablake and a few others that are supported by the software miner. Use these numbers as a reference only for comparing to GPU mining hardware as you probably will not want to use your CPU to mine with on these algorithms anyway. The only exception being Lyra2RE, because this algorithm does provide a very decent hashrate on the CPU as compared to what you can get with a GPU miner.
CPU mining is already completely pointless if you are going to be mining for Bitcoins or another SHA-256 crypto currency, the same goes for Litecoin and other Scrypt currencies. You however may need to test something, like a pool or anything else and may not have a handy GPU or an ASIC to test with, so a CPU miner could still be handy. Below you can download the latest version of the Pooler 2.3.2 CPU miner for Windows with ready bat files for Scrypt and SHA-256 mining. You only need to insert the right settings for the pool and worker and can start testing…
– You can download Pooler 2.3.2 CPU miner for Windows (Scrypt/SHA-256) for Windows here…


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That is a Luna Moth. With a wingspan of about 5 inches, it's one of the biggest moths in the world. It's also one of the most rad looking ones, too. I found one in my yard 2 weeks back. I looked it up online and discovered that because it didn't have gigantic fluffy antenna, it was a female. I recalled an old news article I read talking about these guys, and how one could obtain eggs from them by simply placing a female into a brown paper bag. So I decided "hey this could be interesting, raising a couple of these" and decided to give it a go. In the first night it laid about 40 eggs. I started looking up articles online to figure out what the final egg amount was likely to be. One site I found listed the Luna Moth as being capable of laying "100-200" eggs. I thought "Whoa that's a lot" but wanted to give it a shot anyways. I figured it'd probably lay another 60 and that'd be that. Well, the next night the moth laid about 150 more eggs. I started to do some more research online, and this time came across another online article claiming they can lay around 250 eggs, with large ones being capable of exceeding 400 eggs total. I started to realize this had the potential to become quite the task, but went along with it anyways. The next night another 100 were laid. Then another. And then just a few more until finally she laid 412 eggs and showed no sign of laying anymore, so I went ahead and released the moth back outside.
I waited to make this thread until two things were certain: First that the eggs were even going to hatch, and secondly that they would accept the leaves from the trees I had picked out for them, one that was easy to get leaves from and thus wouldn't require me to take up tree climbing to even think of obtaining. Well, they started hatching two days ago, and also started eating the food late last night. So now this little experiment of mine can go forward.
Because the eggs were fertilized as they were laid, they won't all hatch at once. Which is rather annoying. Over the next few days more and more and more of these caterpillars will begin to emerge. As they grow, things will get easier, as the caterpillars will become easier to keep sight off and harder to lose. But this won't last, as these caterpillars will eventually reach a pretty massive size. And when you have 400 of them, keeping them fed can become an extreme chore. The only place I can find the leaves that they'll accept is a 20 minute walk back and forth, and I'll have to do it each day if I want to keep them alive, twice if I don't get enough leaves on the first try. But hey, at least I'll be getting plenty of exercise out of this.
From here on out, I'll be keeping track of every stage of this little task. I've already got many cages, but I'll probably have to get many more if I plan on pulling this off. I've found the charger to my old video camera as well, so I'll be sure to make use of it during this. So yeah, on with the thread.
Captured the female Luna Moth outside, flying around the lights on my back porch.
Placed it into a large brown paper bag.
9/19-9/24: 412 eggs are laid. Every day just as it starts to get dark outside, the moth starts laying the eggs, while laying still during the day.
9/28: First batch of eggs has begun to hatch.
I read online they hatch early in the morning. These decided to hatch at 4 in the afternoon.
I went out and got them some leaves from a sweet gum tree, but they seemed more interested in just crawling everywhere. After about 6 hours they finally settled down and started eating. Each new batch would do this at first, resulting in caterpillars being pretty much all over the place whenever a new batch hatches.
During my research online I found that keeping caterpillars this small indoors is a huge risk. The humidity levle inside of a persons home is far less than the humidity levels outside. This could dry out and kill the caterpillars. Because of this, I'll be keeping them outside, at least until they get big.
9/29: Second batch hatches. And then the third one too oddly enough.
The caterpillars from the first batch are already twice the size of the new ones.
9/30: More hatching. More eating. More growing. The first ones continue to grow bigger.
Because of this whole "The new batch likes to crawl around everywhere while the older ones just eat" routine they do, opening the cage to clean it or put in new food becomes a pain since many will try and wander off.
In about 5 days the first batch will shed their skin, growing a great deal. If I remember right, they'll shed every week, 5 times before turning into a pupa.
10/01: Next to last batch has hatched. I'm surprised at how many of the eggs are hatching. Only about 5 or so have failed to hatch, these having deflated. I've found that i can actually hear when they are hatching, as you can hear the sounds of them chewing through the shells. this proved helpful in determining when all that had hatched for today were finished.
10/02: Final Batch has hatched. Was only about 10 caterpillars. I'm surprised just how many of the eggs hatched, I wasn't expecting all of them to have been fertilized but apparently they were. Only about 5 didn't hatch, those eggs having deflated. I had the final batch of eggs sitting on my desk, and went to go get a drink, but got distracted for about an hour and forgot about them. When I remembered and came back I found two more of the eggs had hatched, but only one caterpillar was there. I searched my desk and only by extreme luck did I find the other one sitting on a flashlight at the back of the desk.
10/03: Cleaned the cage again today and found about 18 dead on the bottom under the leaves. Adding on the dead ones I found last time I cleaned the cage that brings the death count up to about 40. The night before i made sure all the caterpillras were on the new leaves, but it seems there were still some that just refused to eat and simply died. Seems to be only newly hatched ones, as the ones from the first batches are still growing larger. This is about what I expected to happen, there's no way that all 412 would have actually made it to moths.
Sometimes about 30 or so of them will wander off to the top of the cage while all the others are sitting on the leaves below. I've found an easy solution to get them back to the leaves by simply turning the cage upsidedown. Once they get bigger they'll be crawling laps around the cage with ease, but until then I'll just keep shifting the cage around to make sure they're all near the leaves.
10/04: I've come to the conclusion that the reason for the 40 losses was due to the huge amount of poop these guys have started putting out. They're covering the bottom of the cage with it, and this could perhaps be what killed some, as they could get tangled up in it and not be able to go anywhere.
So I've decided it's time to start dividing them up. I put half of them into a new cage, and as an added precaution against any further deaths, I'm going to start cleaning the cage out twice daily. This should work.
10/05: They've started to shed their skin and enter the second enstar, a term that refers to the stages of growth in between sheddings. There will be five stages in all.
10/12: Third Enstar now.
10/14: Some of them are getting pretty huge but there's still a few that are extremely small. I guess thats just the difference five days of growth makes.
Been awhile since my last update. Been busy, but now I have time to update this again. I also broke my old camera, but i guess that was really for the best since i had been putting off getting a new one for almost a year now. So yeah, I'm down to about 120. And it's really for the best as I can barely even manage that. I have the small ones in 6 small plastic containers, and medium-big ones are in a giant plastic tub with 11 cups of leaves, and the largest ones are in their own seperate netted container. There's about 20 small, 80 medium, and 20 large.
Here's a picture of one shedding. Quality isn't that great, wasn't my camera, but whatever
I ran into an odd problem a week back: One of the small ones cocooned. I'm not sure why, but for awhile i suspected they were all going to cocoon regardless of if they are full sized are not, but so far that doesn't seem to be the case as only about 6 others have cocooned, and they were all pretty much full sized. What does this mean about the small one that coccooned? I have no idea. He'll either die in the cocoon, or turn into a mini-luna moth. One neat fact about them is what they do when they are ready to cocoon: They turn gold.
Which makes it really easy to know when i need to seperate them so they can get to work.
I'm having to take a back-pack with me to the site where the trees are, and stuff it full of leaves. But even that will only do me for one feeding. They're eating machines.
But they still pause every now and then to just sorta, sit there, for a little bit
Also, luna moths are no longer the only thing I'm taking care of. While cutting down a branch for the lunas, I came across both a snake, and something else:
It's an imperial caterpillar, and from what I can tell, it's one of the largest caterpillars in the world.
It was near ready to cocoon when I found it, so I went ahead and kept it. After a few days, it turned colors and cocooned.
Too bad I didn't have my new camera for those four pics.
Also what I find most interesting about this guy is the cocoon.
The designs on it appear to mimic the head of the moth that will emerge from it. That's rad.
They turn bright red just before cocooning.
Then they grab a bunch of leaves and roll themselves a cocoon, using the silk they put out to hold it all together:
Down to the final 10 caterpillars. Never had more than 4 or 5 cocoon each day.
Also finally recorded some videos of the caterpillars
While i was trying to find a more specific time frame online for these guys, I came across a site claiming the caterpillars need to be exposed to cold temperatures for a few days prior to cocooning in order to over winter. If this claim is true, then I'd say about 20-40 of the cocoons I have now, potentially including the imperial cocoon, are shit out of luck as I was unable to leave them out in the cold during the times they cocooned.
Guess we have to wait and see.
The final caterpillar cocooned. I've been checking up on the status of the cocoons weekly, and they seem to be doing great. The imperial still responds to any disturbance, and that's the best way to tell if a pupa is alive or not. As for if he's going to over winter or hatch early and die, it's been 41 days since he's pupated. Luna's take 2-3 weeks to hatch, so it's safe to assume the imperial is overwinering properly.
As for the lunas, I picked three cocoons out to test. One from the first batch to cocoon, one from in the middle, and one from the last batch to cocoon. After rolling them around and picking at the leaves on the cocoon, all three responded and began squirming about inside the leafy mass.
So far so good. I found a website claiming lunas hatch after 2 to 3 weeks in the cocoon, so if three weeks from today they're all still in the cocoon it's safe to assume they're overwintering.
It got warm, and still the luna pupas were showing no signs of life, except for like, 1. I started to think they were all dead, but then
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10 just hatched. I tried to get some pictures of all of them together but this proved impossible. Upon moving one, he would only lay still for about a minute before getting hyper. And when i put him back in with the others, a pinball effect occured, in which he bumped into all the others started a chain reaction of hyper moths. I got a few pics though, but eventually had to release them all. I need some sort of glass cage, taking a picture through the netting wasn't really good.
6 male, 4 female. 1 very large male, 1 very large female, the others are big but not as big as those two, who are equal in size to the mother moth. Hopefully the rest will start to hatch soon now.
Here's a pic of the biggest female moth that emerged with this batch. Was trying to take a picture of it resting in my hand but it attempted to fly away as the photo took. The result shows you the way their wings are arranged when in flight, which is cool.
The Imperial Pupa is still very much alive and responsive. Should be hatching soon.
figured out what time they hatch based on the last two batches.
He was really odd looking, with super small yellow wings
And he apparently still had a caterpillary body
He was climbing alot, always trying to go up. he passed by a luna moth that hatched about 30-40 minutes earlier
His wings started to grow, and change colors
He needed a good place to hang from while the blood circulated into his wings, so I gave him one
And eventually he was ready to go
5 more hatched today after about a week of no hatchings. Here's the tally so far:
10 - 6 male 4 female
4 - 2 male and 2 female
2 - 1 male 1 female
5 - 3 male 2 female
I did a time lapse of one growing out it's wings to see what it looked like. It was pretty damn surreal. I'm going to try and get more videos like this. This one came out alright but could have been much better with better lighting and angles.
Lots of updates today.
Had 10 hatch all at once today.
Here's a cocoon starting to tear open
By looking closely at them as they worked there way out i figured out how they cut open the cocoon. They have two, small, dark, fang-like objects on the left and right behind the base of their head. They work these side to side to cut it open.
Once it's wide enough, they just pop out
I had this guys cocoon propped up a bit so I could get the light on it better. When he popped out though the cocoon toppled over sideways (he didn't land on his face though) but i still got a rather funny picture of him falling over to the side after emerging
Here's a close up shot of the antenna of a male luna moth
And finally, another time lapse video of three growing out their wings until my camera run out of film (ffffuck)
10 - 6 male 4 female
4 - 2 male and 2 female
2 - 1 male 1 female
5 - 3 male 2 female
3 - 2 male 1 female
19 - 10 male 9 female
11 more hatched today. 5 female 6 male
Their wings have neat designs
Kinda looks like a single leaf hanging from a tree.
Also good thing about having tons of lunas, is plenty of second chances to get that picture you wanted.
It's like he's checking to make sure the coast is clear before he
bursts out to freedom
10 - 6 male 4 female
4 - 2 male and 2 female
2 - 1 male 1 female
5 - 3 male 2 female
3 - 2 male 1 female
19 - 10 male 9 female
11 - 6 male 5 female
9 - 2 male 7 female
10 - 6 male 4 female
4 - 2 male and 2 female
2 - 1 male 1 female
5 - 3 male 2 female
3 - 2 male 1 female
19 - 10 male 9 female
11 - 6 male 5 female
9 - 2 male 7 female
12 - 8 male 4 female
8 - 4 male 4 female
4 - 1 male 3 female
2 - 1 male 1 female
1 - 1 male
2 - 2 female
The problem here is I think I might have forgotten to give the count a final update and missed a few for the final tally as a result. But for the most part this final count should be pretty accurate:
Here's some hatching. Third video is in fast forward btw
Here's one eating
And here's one hatching from his cocoon.
I found a crack and small chip in the shell of the pupa few weeks back. Shined a light in and didn't see anything good, so I opened him up and found three or four wasp cocoons inside of what was left of him. It's pretty neat to see the way these wasps work, even if I only see it when they fuck up the caterpillars i raised. Still, I'm not about to promote a population of them around my house, so I squished 'em
I found a large Imperial moth on my porch few nights back as well, but due to the fact I'm gonna be leaving soon I didn't try catching it. Maybe next year.
If you guys want some happier news to end on, I found a large polyphemus moth sitting on my front porch awhile back. It was a female so i put it in a paper bag and get some eggs like before with the Luna, only this time I kept just a few. Well, at least i tried to. Interrupting a moth while it's laying eggs proved to be a very bad idea, it went fucking crazy and even latched onto my hand and started laying eggs on my fingers fff so i ended up with a few more eggs than I wanted. I ended up with 15 cocoons in the end and they've been hatching every other day now. Trying to be there when they hatch, but unlike the lunas who hatched at the crack of dawn, these have been hatching at any time from noon to 4 pm, and I've only got about 6 cocoons left so it's unlikely I'll catch it. Still, here's some pics of them
Something really neat that happened was that prior to finding the moth and getting the eggs, i found a near full grown caterpillar outside on a tree. The result was I had newly hatched caterpillars at the exact same time as a fully grown caterpillar, which was rather awesome to see
and here's what they turned in to
Missed a polyphemus moth hatching by about 30 seconds. oh well
And I was also taking care of some cecropia caterpillars while raising them
But I wasn't going to be in town when they hatched so I just had to let them go after they cocooned. This is what they turn in to
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The arrival of Animal Kingdom's first foal this week was greeted with plenty of excitement at Arrowfield Stud, but no-one was more excited than American visitor Conrad Bandoroff.
And with good reason. Conrad's parents Craig and Holly Bandoroff own and manage Denali Stud in Kentucky where Animal Kingdom himself was born in 2008. The Stud raised and sold the future superstar and, when breeder Team Valor bought him back as a $100,000 yearling, took a share in him as well.
That decision took the Bandoroff family on what Conrad describes as an "unbelievable ride."
"He took us to the top of the mountain in the Kentucky Derby and took us back there again in Dubai."
Ask Conrad about the Animal Kingdom filly from Tumble Turn and it's hard to shut him up. "I'm really excited by this foal, especially because she's from a mare by Redoute's Choice, and Arrowfield can send so many of his daughters to Animal Kingdom. It's great to see what that mating has produced, she's such a nice foal with good size, good substance and a great frame on her.
"Dave [Morrissey] took me to see the foal a few hours after she was born and she was already galloping around with a lovely stride. I really think she'll be a runner!"
Tumble Turn, owned by Arrowfield, Planette Thoroughbred & Belford Productions, is a city-winning daughter of Group 2 juvenile winner Freestyle. This is the smart family of dual 2YO stakeswinner Stella Artois and Group winner Aliyana Tilde (by Snitzel), also foaling this season to Animal Kingdom.
Conrad, 21, completed a semester exchange at the University of Sydney before working the past month or so at Arrowfield, firstly in the Sydney office and then at the farm. He returns to the United States on Sunday to complete his degree in Economics.
He vividly remembers Animal Kingdom as a yearling. "He's always been a very good-looking horse with a great physique and a very good mental constitution."
Conrad last saw Animal Kingdom at Darley America in January and says, "He's really let down as a stallion, and he's still very attractive. And he always knows where the camera is!"
As for the rest of the Arrowfield roster, Conrad says, "I especially liked Smart Missile and Charge Forward, they're both great physical types."
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As the Spurs embark upon their 40th season in San Antonio, I can't help but reflect upon all of the previous 39 years I have been a huge fan of this team. I was 13-years-old in the Fall of 1973 when the ABA's Dallas Chaparrals moved down Interstate 35 to my hometown.
Too young to drive, my friend Steve DiRocco and I would ride the bus from the Medical Center down to the Hemisfair Arena to watch the games. One problem was that the last bus out of downtown left at 9:30pm and most of the games went later than that. More than once we chose to stay for the exciting finish and suffer the consequences of either asking a Spurs fan for a ride home or facing the wrath of our Moms who were less than thrilled to pick us up downtown in the middle of the night.
Recently, San Antonio Magazine was kind enough to have me write the "40 Reasons to Love the Spurs in their 40th Season" as their October cover story.
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But how will the Spurs fare in their 40th season in San Antonio?
It all depends on health. Especially the health of the Big Three: Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker.
If the Spurs can stay healthy come playoff time, I would be a fool to bet against Pop and the Big Three in a seven game series against anyone. Tim comes into this season in better shape than any 36-year-old in NBA history. Manu must find a way to avoid injury, especially as the playoffs draw nearer.
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I expect the Spurs to finish third in the Western Conference in the regular season behind the Lakers and the Thunder. Then, in the playoffs, I believe that a healthy Spurs team can go the distance, avenging their collapse to the Thunder last year, then shocking the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals.
The NBA Finals will be the matchup the Spurs nearly enjoyed last June: Spurs vs Heat, with Spurs winning in six games.
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Basics of Circuit Breakers in Layperson TermsEquipment that needs electricity to operate doesn't know the difference between normal electrical current and dangerous electrical current. Normal electrical current would be the normal load amperes the equipment needs to run. If there is a problem, the equipment might use too much current, which could result in over heating and even melting of the wires to the equipment. When current moves through wires, it causes the wires to get warm, depending on the size of the wires compared to the amount of current. Too much current and things get very unhappy, melt, and even burn down buildings. So a device called a circuit breaker is placed in the circuit such that the current has to go through the breaker. The breaker is selected by its voltage rating and current rating so that it protects the wires and equipment connected to it. It will "trip open" if the current is too much and lasts too long. In addition, if the electrical wires actually touch each other, a short circuit occurs and a massive amount of current can flow through the wires. An electrical arc can take place, causing an explosion and burning of anything nearby, including people. So the breaker also has a current rating at which it will "trip instantly" if there is a short circuit…an electrical arc. This assumes the breaker is sized and rated properly.
How do they actually work? The most basic breakers have two protective functions. The first is "overload protection." In this case, especially in older breakers, an element inside is heat sensitive. As the current increases, this element heats up and eventually will cause the breaker to trip open, opening the circuit and stopping the flow of current. This internal "thermal overload" device is sized properly by the manufacturer. The second protective function is "short circuit protection," also called fault current protection. An internal magnetic pickup device, a coil, operates instantly when there is a sudden very high current above a fixed level. So overload and fault protection is provided by a properly voltage rated, current rated, and install breaker.
Far more complicated breakers are available today, using electronic protective components, with many more protective functions, ratings, installation configurations, and interrupting designs. Using these requires professional help. Here is a list to give you some idea of the complexity. Do not use any of this information to make a decision on breaker selection. A lot of very important information is not included here.
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There was value, of a sort, on at least one channel not
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Saturday night was a great night - and that's not a comment on the election result.
What made it great was how voters demonstrated just how robust our marvellous democracy is by proving, yet again, that the only thing in life less reliable than the quality of service at Coles supermarkets is any poll proclaiming "It's 50:50!"
The other thing that made the night one for the books was the fact that the 2004 Federal Election was blessed with the most outstanding TV coverage in living memory. This was thanks largely to the expert commentary provided by Laurie Oakes, Ray Martin, Michael Kroger, Robert Ray, Amanda Vanstone, Buzz Lightyear and Woody's Round-up Gang.
On Channel Nine, Ray Martin led his esteemed panel with coatless ease as a first-class graphics display simultaneously tallied the seats as they fell, while keeping us fully apprised of who was winning what and by how much.
The ABC also did a sterling job with Kerry O'Brien in the hot seat, though its running analysis lacked the panache, the bar graphs, hell, the pretty colours of Nine's knockout presentation.
Technically speaking, Channel Seven did not have any formal election coverage, apart from a few updates. It did, however, show the movie Toy Story 2 from 6.30 to 8.30pm, which was the exact time-block in which the election was decided. It turned out to be a prophetic film to screen. As one flicked between Nine, the ABC and Seven, one actually saw how the narrative of Toy Story 2 provided a running commentary as the election results came in.
It was a loose fit, admittedly, but as an allegory of the Federal Election 2004, this is how Toy Story 2 played out.
Woody was Howard, Buzz was Latham. Woody, accidentally separated from his child owner Andy (the Australian electorate), whose love and approval he craves, found himself being seduced into retirement by the soft-spoken Prospector (Peter Costello) and the boisterously shrill Jessie (the left-wing media). They almost succeed.
As Latham was struggling for life about 7.30pm, Buzz was leading the other playroom toys (the ALP) across a dangerous road (the election campaign). They survive, but only just - an apt summation of Labor's performance on the night.
When it became clear Latham had no hope of winning, Buzz (New Latham) met the other Buzz (Old Latham) in Al's Toy Barn (Latham's superego). These two conflicting selves wrestled violently, thus illustrating Latham's confused public image. Only when Buzz embraced Zorg did we see hope for Latham's future - provided, of course, that you interpreted Zorg as Gough Whitlam and not as Latham's hero, Richard Nixon.
The seismic victory by John Howard (Liberal) over Mark Latham (Labor) may have surprised some on Saturday, but it was merely the logical outcome of what has been, in essence, a battle of images that has raged across our TV screens for the past six weeks.
You don't have to know politics to succeed as a politician. You just have to know TV. Howard was not voted back with an increased slice of electoral favour because he is the better politician. He won because he knows that the key to success in any TV series - whether it's a sitcom, a drama, a soap, or a political campaign - is to stay in character. And he wanted no debate over who he was playing. Howard's focus was on the unambiguous presentation of self.
His morning power walks were not so much about good cardio as they were about giving voters one emblematic image that said it all. This was stability, reliability, a steady-as-she-goes mindset and a 65-year-old proving he was in better shape than his 43-year-old opponent. The news services loved it.
Mark Latham's big problem - far beyond any perceived policy shortcomings - was that he simply had no idea how wildly inconsistent his TV persona was. He was like a failing TV series in a constant process of retooling. The reformed bovver boy failed to recast his tele-self as a likeable leader, and we saw the evidence last week.
His interview on Thursday night with Kerry O'Brien on The 7.30 Report showed just how lost Latham was. The aggressive O'Brien tore into Latham like a lion on a startled gazelle. Latham's comebacks were timid, almost whispering his replies, giving the exchange the air of a misbehaving schoolboy being dressed down by a teacher who had run out of patience. Old Latham would have snarled back. New Latham wasn't supposed to. The man was a mess. It was devastating television. And it was live.
Another killer image came when he crossed paths with Howard at ABC radio in Sydney on Friday. Latham locked paws, pulled up close and stared the PM down as if challenging him to a biff behind the shelter sheds. It was Old Latham body language. All wrong - and all caught on camera.
It was a defining moment of a TV campaign as disastrous as it was entertaining, so at least it served some purpose. The true Buzz would never have made that mistake.


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Mechanics' Institute Chess Room Newsletter #76"Of all the personal qualities which are important at the board, determination is perhaps the most significant. Some players' see the gloom ahead of them, with only the distant prospect of at most half a point, and become despondent."
GM John Nunn
1) Winter Tuesday Night Marathon 2) David Pruess chess class featured in Berkeley Voice 3) Russian GM Sergey Makarichev visits MI 4) Class Prize Winners at People's Open 5) San Francisco-East Bay Match 1949 6) Cal Chess Membership 7) Upcoming Tournaments
Special Announcement - The MI will host it's annual three day Amateur Championship honoring the late A.J. Fink starting this Friday (March 1) at 6:30 PM. Full details below under upcoming tournaments.
1) Winter Tuesday Night Marathon
Igor Margulis and Larry Snyder lead the Tuesday Night Marathon with 6-1 scores with a round to go. David Blohm is third at 5 1/2.
2) David Pruess chess class featured in Berkeley Voice
Senior Master David Pruess and his free Tuesday evening chess class at the Albany Public Library (6-8 pm , 1247 Marin Avenue) were featured on the front page of the February 22 edition of the Berkeley Voice.
3) Russian GM Sergey Makarichev visits MI
Moscow GM Sergey Makarichev and his wife master M. Makaricheva Ostrovskaya visited the Mechanics' Institute yesterday and did some filming for a future episode of their popular weekly chess program that airs on Russian television.
4) Class Prize Winners at People's Open
Expert - Matthew Ho
5) San Francisco-East Bay Match 1949
From the May 1949 California Chess News, a short-lived predecessor of the California Chess Reporter, put out by George Koltanowski.
Mechanics' Institute
The Chess Committee of the Mechanics' Institute recently planned an Open tournament that should be started when you receive this issue. The Open Tournament will be followed by the Major Club Championship.
In order to keep activity in the Mechanics' this will be followed by a Queen's Gambit Accepted Tournament (This way one may "brush up" on the accepted gambit which is not often played).
On the 12th of March, fifty-two players from the Bay Area gathered at the Mechanics' Chess Club for their periodic chess match. Full score follows:
San Francisco East Bay
Bagby 1 Barlow 0
9 1/2 - 16 1/2
6) Cal Chess Membership
Cal Chess, the official body representing the United States Chess Federation in Northern California, is becoming increasingly more active under President Tom Dorsch and California Chess Journal Editor Frisco del Rosario and deserves support. Members receive discounts on the entry fee to many chess tournaments in Northern California as well as a subscription to the bimonthly Journal which includes annotations by the likes of GM Alex Yermolinsky. The cost of a years membership is $15 ($13 for scholastic). Contact Tom Dorsch at POB 7453, Menlo Park CA 94026. (650) 322-0955 firstname.lastname@example.com.
7) Upcoming Events
The A. J. Fink Amateur Championship March 1-3, 2002 5 Round Swiss Open to
all rated under 2000 USCF
Print/Clip/Send NAME:_______________________________________________
The Max Wilkerson Open Saturday, March 30, 2002
Print/Clip/Send NAME:_______________________________________________
Mar. 23-24. 4th Annual Bay Area Ohlone Tourney.4SS, 30/90, SD/60 College Cafeteria, 43600 Mission Blvd., Fremont, CA.$$(1620 b/100 full entries). 3 sects: Open, open to all. EF $35 if received by 3/21,$40 at site. $$ 300-170-100, U2100 $$ 155, 100. Reserve, open to U1900. EF : $ 35 if received by 3/21, $40 at site. $$ 200-80-70, U1700 $165, 80.Booster, open to U1500. EF: $35 if received by 3/21, $40 at site, $$ 100-60-40. Prizes: Trophy in each sect. +Trophy for best 3 mem. Team. Special EF: Scholastic rated U1100 or new USCF mem., Collegiate/ USCF mem. attending College, $30 in adv., $35 at site. All: $3 CalChess discount. Reg.9-9:30 am Rds. Sat. 10-3:30, Sun. 9:30-3. Ent/Info: Hans Poschmann, 4621 Seneca Park Ave., Fremont, CA 94538, firstname.lastname@example.com
National Events
*A U.S. Championship Qualifier*
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