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WTO and its implications for Pakistans Agriculture By Syed Naveed Qamar, MNA
WTO impact on Agriculture Covenants signed Removal of all support to agriculture Opportunities vs. disasters Applicable even if not exporting MFN status
Domestic Support Pricing Issues Measure type Applied administered price External reference price Eligible production Total Market price
Covenants signed and agro impact GATT Uruguay round Doha Round Cancun
Subsidies Direct subsidies –Subsidies on wheat (negative subsidy) Indirect subsidies Electricity Fertilizer Freight Credit Fuel (negative) Subsidies includes revenue foregone –Export subsidies
State of preparedness No knowledge of WTO at farmers level Farmers organizations not involved in any negotiation rounds No study on individual crops for comparative advantage or disadvantage No input from legislators in any round since joining
Measures Exempt from reduction Agriculture research Government Storage Agro marketing Extension services Plant protection Irrigation, drainage and reclamation On-farm water management
International trade Removal of direct Subsidies Indirect subsidies Pest certifications Labor laws Patent of Agro products – Basmati, Chonsa, Palla
Trade with India Indian subsidies on Electricity and other inputs Size of market Present trade through informal and indirect channels
Some Possible Solutions Cannot beat them so join them Media blitz in easy terms Heavy legislative update efforts Fiscal adjustments to provide advantage or cut disadvantage Massive marketing efforts abroad Patenting of local produce Processing plants and credit availability
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Do you think that President Obama should be re-elected? Personally, I do not believe he should. However, that may be because I am a conservative who prefer a likeminded leader. Also, I honestly believe that the president is not serious about bringing fiscal responsibility to the federal government. We must make tough decisions - some very painful - and Obama is not the man to do it. What say you?
I agree that Obama is NOT the choice if you want fiscal constraint. I also believe that many conservatives are NOT willing to "make tough decisions - some very painful". They are all too willing to say "Don't TAX ME!" however they are NOT willing to make personal sacrifices. It's obvious that we need to get control of spending. However even if we do, we will still have funding shortages.....We have to end the middle east intanglements and get revenues up.
But republicans are not socialists. Socialism is hell system, I did live it.
On the contrary conservatives are willing to make some painful choices by insisting that the federal retirement ponzi scheme come to an end. The sacrifice you insist on is taxation and time and again we have seen that increasing taxes during a down economic cycle exacerbates that cycle.
Real conservatives are having trouble with Republicans and long ago abandoned Democrats. If the Republicans refuse to become more aggressive about reducing the size of all government than it is likely there will be a split eventually allowing the Democrats to continue their ruinous ways.
Obama has put the nail in the lid of his reelection bid. First he has proposed a by the mile tax on autos. Today he is forgive billions of debt owed to the US and giving more money to Mid east countries. There is no money for our programs here, Medicars is going broke faster then expected, but lets send money elsewhere. Great Move Obama. NOT!!!!! Then also today in his speech he lost the NY vote, Florida vote and anywhere else where jeish people have a large population. His new briliant plan is to make Isreal shrink to its border size of 1967. This will start a real holy war. This move gives Jerusalem, and many religious as well as historical site to the Palestinians. And Obama wonders why he takes heat for being pro muslim. Obama does not understand the Mid East. Giving money and playing holier than thow with other countries gets us nowhere. I guess he wants to go abroad again to apologize some more. Good Grief, is it election time yet? Note to Hillary, please run for President.
There are a lot of things I like about President Obama but I think we can do better. I agree that getting spending under control is vital right now but I think they are under the impression things are slowly getting better. In my view, the economic crisis never ended, it's just been papered over.
But..we need an alternative and the Republicans don't have a good one right now. Hopefully an independent candidate will emerge.
Obama's prospects for reelection have improved greatly with the killing of Bin Laden and the overwhelming House of Representatives vote endorsing Paul Ryan's plan to end Medicare as we know it. The extremely negative GOP reaction to Gingrich's criticism of the plan on Face the Nation is that Reagan's "big GOP tent" has been turned into a little GOP pup tent by making support for the Ryan plan a GOP litmus test. (Credit Eric Alterman.) Gingrich was smart enough to see that the Ryan proposal wasn't going over with many voters, and when he pointed this out he was crucified by the Tea Party/Ryan Republicans. Gingrich is hardly a moderate Republican, but apparently there's no room in the party for anyone who disagrees with the GOP party line laid down by House Republicans. He was treated like a skunk at a picnic or as another pundit said he "urinated inside the GOP tent."
Oh come now...you know who he is. He's the one your guy said he wanted Dead or Alive...until Saddam becamse the priority. Then it was Osama-Bin-Missing, Osama-Bin-Who Cares?, Osama-Our Asset-Bin-CIA.
In other words,Osama who?
The big bad expendable boogie-man.
Now you guys have "the muslims"....all of em.
And it's Bushco who?
The REAL big bad boogie-man.
hehehehe...did you hear? Cheney's book came out today. ssssssssssssss, I wouldn't touch that with a hot poker.
OUCH! Burn me fingers.
That was ten news cycles ago. No one will remember. No one will care.
I like Rumsfeld's Book. I shall have to go buy Mr. Cheney's. Thanks. I had not heard.
Bin Laden was not as relevant as Democrats wish. Al Qaeda was a network with connections to Muslim terrorist groups throughout the world. Once the war started the centralization of operations was over. The decentralization of those operations is facilitated by internet savvy that terrorists have been refining ever since. The Fort Hood shooter was in contact with Yemeni terrorists and acted alone but with encouragement toward Jihad - all without Bin Laden.
Bin Laden's irrelevance will become increasingly obvious.
Newt made a mistake. No big deal. He will recover from it or he won't. Someone will emerge. And since anyone can beat President Obama...anyone conservative will do.
It's tough to say. Right now, Obama is the lesser of two evils so I may go with him in a sort of 'clothespin' vote.
I say, the fact that we need to make tough and painful decisions disqualifies every politician in Washington. And those aspiring to be there. Our political system is set up to side step fiscal responsibility. They all talk a nice game, then blame the other party for the problems. Obama is as good as the next one, until they all decide to do what's best for the country as a whole and stop playing politics.
On Monday 6/13/11, the Republican candidates will be having a debate amongst themselves.
Presidential Candidate Pawlenty was interviewed by Chris Wallace.Pawlenty held up to some tough questioning by CW
Check out this link http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/fox-news- … index.html
I think he has his work cut out. But many of the problems attributes to him aren't actually his fault. Especially the financial ones, which are what's dragging his poll numbers down. It's a world problem. Still, whoever is in power always gets blamed for events that occur under their watch, so that's nothing new really.
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FDG-PET to Investigate SGN-15 and Docetaxel in Patients With Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
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Condition | Intervention | Phase |
Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma |
Drug: SGN-15, Docetaxel |
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Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase II Study Using FDG-PET to Investigate the Dosing Schedule and Response of Combination SGN-15 (cBR96-Doxorubicin Immunoconjugate) and Docetaxel in Patients With Stage IV or Stage IIIB Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma Ineligible for Combined Modality Treatment With Curative Intent |
Estimated Enrollment: | 30 |
Study Start Date: | July 2004 |
Study Completion Date: | December 2005 |
SGN-15 is a mAb-drug immunoconjugate comprised of the chimeric anti-Lewis Y (LeY) mAb BR96, conjugated to doxorubicin. The LeY antigen is found as a glycoprotein at the cell surface on 90% of carcinomas of the lung. SGN-15 induces its antitumor effect through binding to the cell surface LeY antigen. It is then rapidly internalized with release of doxorubicin inside the cell allowing the relative sparing of tissues normally affected by non-specific chemotherapy.
The study is open to patients with good performance status (ECOG 0<=2) with stage IIIB or IV NSCLC which is not potentially curable by surgery or combined modality therapy and who have received no prior lung cancer chemotherapy for metastatic NSCLC.
Patients will be registered into one of two treatment sequences and wil receive SGN-15 and docetaxel in 4 week cycles consisting of treatment weekly for 3 weeks, followed by a week of rest.
Arm A will receive a combination os SGN-15 and docetaxel on the same day. Arm B will receive the combination of SGN-15 followed by the docetaxel 3 days later. All patients will undergo PET imaging prior to treatment and on Day 22.
Patients achieving a clinical response or stable disease as determined by physical examination and/or traditional restaging studies (using established RECIST criteria) after one 4 week cycle of therapy are eligible to receive continued cycles of SGN-15 and docetaxel on the same schedule until clinical or radiographic disease progression or toxicity occurs.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with pathologically confirmed stage IIIB or IV NSCLC with a minimum of 1 measurable baseline target lesion who have received no prior chemotherapy for metastatic disease and are not eligible for combined modality therapy with curative intent
- Patients must have an ECOG performance status of less than or equal to 2
- -Patients must have a tumor block available for documentation of LeY antigen expression by immunohistochemistry
- -FDG-PET imaging must be completed at a PET center approved by Seattle Genetics
- Patients must have adequate bone marrow and hepatic function
Exclusion Criteria:
- -Prior cytotoxic therapy for metastatic NSCLC
- -Those with serious underlying non-malignant disease
- -Patients with peripheral neuropathy > Grade 2 are excluded from study
- -Patients with IDDM or NIDDM
- Patients with known active viral, bacterial, or symptomatic fungal infection
- Concomitant with other antineoplastic or experimental agents
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00086333
United States, Illinois | |
University of Chicago | |
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637 | |
United States, Maryland | |
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins | |
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21231 | |
United States, Oregon | |
Providence Health System, Regional Cancer Program | |
Portland, Oregon, United States, 97213 | |
Kaiser Permanente | |
Portland, Oregon, United States, 97227-1191 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00086333 History of Changes |
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Study First Received: | June 30, 2004 |
Last Updated: | October 21, 2011 |
Keywords provided by Seattle Genetics, Inc.:
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung Taxotere docetaxel taxanes |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Carcinoma Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung Lung Neoplasms Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial Neoplasms by Histologic Type Neoplasms Carcinoma, Bronchogenic Bronchial Neoplasms Respiratory Tract Neoplasms Thoracic Neoplasms |
Neoplasms by Site Lung Diseases Respiratory Tract Diseases Docetaxel Antineoplastic Agents Tubulin Modulators Antimitotic Agents Mitosis Modulators Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action |
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This page is dedicated to the complex and fascinating game of chess. I have assumed that the reader already has some familiarity with the game and how it is played; you will not find here a treatment of the rules or elementary tactics. My purpose is to delve into the background of this game, and to discuss some of the resources available to chess players on the internet.
Enter any bookstore, retail or used, and you will find chess books on the shelves devoted to games. Most of these will be texts for beginning players, and books on elementary strategy and tactics. There will be many books devoted to play in the openings, and perhaps even the latest edition of MCO (Modern Chess Openings). If the section for games is large enough, there may even be copies of Aron Nimzovitch's classic My System, or Fine's work on the end game. Seldom will you find a book that deals with the complex history and development of chess.
Modern international chess as it is played today is a relatively recent invention. The sweeping moves of the queen and the long reach of the bishops were not elements of the original game. Nor were such maneuvers as castling or capturing en passant. On the other hand, the moves of the remaining pieces are nearly identical to those of their ancient analogues.
Moreover, there are other forms of chess still being played today which, while not so widespread geographically as western chess, are yet played by significant numbers of people. Indeed, the variety of chess played in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan can claim as many, if not more, players as its western counterpart. Japan's chess, significantly different from both the western and Chinese versions, also claims players who number in the millions.
In the following paragraphs I present a brief survey of the evolution of chess as it spread east and west from India, the country of its origin. Be aware, however, that there are alternate theories regarding the origin of chess, and its development in various places. Some of them are plausibly argued, while others fail to pass the giggle test. Naturally, I'm partial to the explanations I'm presenting below. Still, caveat lector!
The extreme antiquity of chess seems to be more legendary than actual, as is the case with so many games. According to some sources (Forbes, History of Chess, 1860) the game was invented between four or five thousand years ago, by the wife of King Ravana of Ceylon, when the capital was besieged by Rama. Most historians now agree that Chess originated in India, probably during the 6th century. At this time a game called Shaturanga was being played, which used pieces and moves similar to those of Shatranj (see below). There is some debate as to whether Shaturanga was the ancestor of Shatranj, or a contemporary variant. Shaturanga was apparently played on a board that was originally used for a different game altogether: a race-type game called Ashtapada (similar in general concept to Pachisi). Since a board for another game was adapted for Shaturanga, I tend to the opinion that it was the precursor of Shatranj, rather than a variant.
Shaturanga was played on a board of 64 squares, on which four opposing forces were arrayed, one in each corner of the board: black, red, green, and yellow. Each player had a rajah, which moves as the modern king; an elephant, with moves equivalent to the modern rook; a horse, equivalent to the modern knight; a ship (roka in Sanskrit), which could move two squares diagonally, leaping over intervening pieces; and four pawns, which could move one square forward, capturing along the diagonal. The players sitting opposite each other were loosely allied against the other two players. Each player moved in turn by rolling an oblong die, the long sides marked 2, 3, 4, and 5. The number thrown determined which piece could be moved that turn:
Shaturanga was a gambling game with complex rules, which I will not endeavor to explain here. Eventually, a variant two-player game was evolved when the allied sides were combined and the die roll was eliminated. The second rajah was made a prime minister, and its movement reduced to one square along the diagonal. The moves of the elephant and the ship were transposed. In India the game continued to be called Shaturanga by speakers of Hindu languages, while Arabic and Persian speakers called it Shatranj.
The earliest mention we have in ancient literature to the game Shatranj is a passing reference in a Persian work dating from about AD 600 (Book of the Deeds of Ardashir son of Babag). The legend of the game's introduction into Persia during the 6th century, together with a description of the game, is contained in the Shahnama, an epic poem of some 60,000 verses written in the late 10th century by the poet Firdausi. The Shahnama is a versified version of an earlier prose history called the Bastan-nama, that was compiled during the 6th and 7th centuries. Unfortunately, no copies of this older work survive.
The Persians and the Arabs were addicted to composing chess problems, and there are hundreds on record from medieval manuscripts. A perennial favorite among historians is known as "Dilaram's Problem". The story concerns a prince who, having lost all of his possessions in previous games, staked his favorite wife, Dilaram, in a final attempt to mend his fortunes. For a time it seemed he would succeed, but presently he found himself close to being mated. Dilaram was observing the game from behind the purdha, the screen that separates the men and women in common areas of the Persian household.
Seeing her husband in despair and on the point of resignation, she cried out: "O Prince, sacrifice your two rooks, and save Dilaram; forward with your elephant and pawn, and with the horse give checkmate" (translation after N Bland, Persian Chess, 1850). So guided the Prince saw the solution, and won the game. The position is provided here, using modern pieces. The elephant is represented by the bishop. Remember that the elephant moves two squares along any diagonal, jumping any intervening piece. The solution is provided at the bottom of this section.
Shatranj spread from Persia through Arabia and to Byzantium. How and when it entered Europe is not known. Three possible routes include Moorish Spain in the 7th century, through Byzantium at about the same time, and via the Crusades in the 12th century. The moves changed little in the ensuing centuries, and a text on the game of chess written in 1474 described a game essentialy identical to Shatranj.
The rules of the game, the setup, and the moves of the pieces resemble those of modern chess, but without the scope granted to the equivalent of the bishop (elephant) and queen (prime minister). Also, the initial positions of the king and prime minister were opposite those of the king and queen in modern chess. The moves of the pieces are given in the table below, with the Arabic names for the pieces.
The game could be won in three ways:
Dilaram's Solution: It is white's move; he is in danger of being mated by the movement of the rook at b8 to a8, so he must force black to make other moves. The rook at h4 moves to h8, giving check. The king is forced to capture the rook, whereupon the elephant at h3 moves to f5, exposing the black king to check from the rook at h2. The king moves back to g8. The rook at h2 moves to h8, placing the king in check, and again forcing the king to capture. White then plays the pawn at g6 to g7, giving check; once again, the king must move back to g8. White now plays the horse to h6, giving checkmate.
The "Great Chess", or "Tamerlane's Chess" was the variation played by the Mogul conquerer. The game board held 112 squares, and featured 28 pieces on each side. This form of chess had been lost for several hundred years, until it was rediscovered in a Persian manuscript.
Byzantine Chess, or Circular Chess, was an odd variant played on a circular board having 64 squares and 4 citadels. The moves were similar to those of Shatranj, except that there was no pawn promotion. If two of a player's pawns circled the board and came face-to-face, the player's adversary lifted both pawns from the board before making his own move. If a player's king sought refuge in his opponent's citadel, the game was drawn.
Courier Chess was played in Germany at the beginning of the 13th century, and for several centuries thereafter. A painting by Van Leyden, produced circa 1520, portrays a game of courier chess. The village of Ströbeck was presented a board by Elector-Prince Frederick William of Brandenburg in 1651, which the village still possesses. The board measures 12 by 8 squares, and features the addition of three pieces: the sage, the jester, and the courier.
The Courier Chess Board
A game of courier chess frequently began with both players moving their rook and queen pawns to the fourth rank, and leaping the queen to the third rank, in order to speed the game.
On reaching the 8th rank a pawn was not automatically promoted. The pawn must leap backward to the 6th, 4th, and 2nd ranks, whereupon it was promoted to a queen. The pawn could make no captures nor any other moves during these leaps, and could not leap over intervening pieces. These leaps did not have to be made on consecutive moves. While on the 8th rank, the pawn was immune to capture.
From India chess also spread into the orient. One of the general features of chess in the far east is that draws by perpetual check are usually not allowed; the player forcing the checks is judged to have lost the game.
Chess in Burma, called Sittuyin, is unusual in that the initial arrangement of the major pieces on the board are the opening moves of the game. Each player places his soldiers (pawns) in predesignated positions, four on the third rank, and four on the fourth. Then each player in turn places one major piece anywhere on his own side of the board, until all of the pieces are on the board. Players may continue to shift their pieces on their own side of the board until a soldier is moved, at which point normal play begins. One interesting feature of the game is that a player is not allowed to place an opponent in a stalemated position (i.e. a position in which the opponent has no legal moves).
Siamese chess (Mak-ruk) uses cowrie shells for the pawns, which are lined up on each player's third rank at the start of the game. A pawn that reaches the opponent's third rank is promoted; this status is indicated by turning the cowrie over. An interesting feature of this game is that a player who has isolated the opponent's king must achieve checkmate within a fixed number of moves, determined by calculating the strength of the player's remaining forces. Failure to do this means the game is drawn.
The versions of chess played in China and Japan have drifted quite a distance from their Indian origins, and are described below in their own sections.
Siang K'i (Xiàngqí) adds a number of interesting features to the game, including fortresses, a moat, and cannons. As usual, a legendary antiquity is claimed for the game; however, its earliest mention is found in the Book of Marvels (Xuanguai Lu), attributed to Nui Seng-ju, who died in AD 847. The game is popular in China, and especially in Hong Kong.
The game board is split into two territories, each measuring 5 by 9 grid lines, separated by a "moat". The pieces are not played within the squares, but at the intersections of the grid lines. Each player has a "fortress" composed of 4 squares marked with diagonal slashes at each end of the board. The playing pieces are discs with their ranks written on their upper faces in ideograms. One side is marked in red, the other in green or black. Some of the characters for pieces having the same powers differ from one side to the other. The moves of the pieces are:
The object is to checkmate the general, and all of the usual rules of western chess apply. There are some variations worth mentioning regarding checks. When generals face each other along an unobstructed file, one of the generals is in check. Since a general may not move into check, this only occurs when the two generals are on the same file, and a player moves the sole intervening piece. The player moving the piece that exposes the generals on the file gives the check. As the horseman cannot jump an intervening piece, a check given by the horseman can be blocked by interposing a piece on the angle of the horseman's move. Finally, a cannon attacks the general in the same way as it attacks any other piece - by "shooting" over a "screen". If the screen is removed, or if another piece is interposed, the check is relieved. If the check cannot be relieved, the general is lost and the game is over.
Variants of shogi have been played in Japan for centuries; the game is almost as ancient as siang k'i. Shogi as it is played today was invented in the late 16th century, purportedly by the Emperor Go-Nara. It is immensely popular in Japan, having more than ten million players. In medieval Japan there were seven ranks, the seventh being the highest. The highest rank was not always awarded, and was often vacant. In those times there were a number of families who were particularly associated with the game, and whose membership traditionally included many of the highest ranked players.
Currently, players are ranked as amateurs or professionals by the All Japan Shogi Association. Becoming a shogi professional is a difficult feat. Amateurs start at 15th kyu and work their way toward 1st kyu; some amateurs manage to achieve dan rankings. Professional players start at 1st dan and make their way up through higher ranks; the highest is 9th dan, usually held by no more than 2 or 3 players at any one time. An annual match, called the Meijin-sen, is held between the previous year's champion and the leading contender, the winner bearing the title of "Meijin" for the ensuing year.
Shogi brings to chess an interesting level of complexity. The board is laid out in a 9 by 9 grid. The pieces are wedge-shaped tablets resembling small obelisks, that lie flat on the board. As in siang k'i, the names of the pieces are inscribed on the pieces. Each piece, save the Kings and the Gold Generals, has a specific value to which it can be promoted during the game, the symbol for which is inscribed on the reverse side of the piece (the first move is determined by furigoma, or "pawn toss"; the superior player tosses 5 pawns; if most of the pawns land with the unpromoted side face-up, the tosser gets the first move; the winner of a game begins the next). Promotion occurs when a player's piece enters enemy territory, defined as the three ranks closest to the opponent's side of the board. Promotion is at the player's option for each turn the piece begins or ends a move in enemy territory, except when a soldier or lance reaches the last rank, or the horse reaches one of the last two ranks, when promotion is automatic. The moves of the pieces, and their promotion values are given in the following table:
The pieces are not colored, and are distinguished only by the direction in which they point. This enables the use of a unique rule - captured pieces may be returned to the board on the side of the player who captured the piece, simply by turning the piece to point toward the opponent and dropping it on any vacant square. This may be done on any turn the player desires, so that the drop can be made to maximum effect.
The drop of a piece is subject to the following rules:
Parodies of Shogi
I end this survey of chess in history with a few brief points concerning international chess as it is known today. Chess reached its present form in the 15th and 16th centuries, when the queen was endowed with her sweeping powers, and when castling was introduced to the game.
Beginning in the 19th century, positional theory came to the fore. Steinitz demonstrated the value of a methodical approach to development and the use of small advantages (such as two bishops against a bishop and knight) that is taken for granted today. In the 20th century, Nimzovitch developed an integrated system for playing chess, that has become a standard for the game. My System, first published in 1930, is still regarded by many as the essential text for the serious student of chess.
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A knowledge of chess history is certainly not essential to playing the game well, as Deep Blue and other chess programs have shown. It does make for a fascinating story however, as I hope this brief sketch has shown.
The internet has created a new venue for chess players. Previously, to play a game with players at any distance involved mailing moves back and forth, entailing a wait of days or weeks for a reply. Moreover, the winner was usually the player with the best chess library and, more recently, with the best chess computer program. Use of e-mail has speeded things up considerably, although book research and number crunching are still realities that have to be faced.
Live games can now be played with chess players anywhere in the world. Currently the best way of doing this is via Telnet. Through Telnet, a number of players all log into a single remote chess server. Using their computers as remote terminals, the moves are transmitted to the server, and from the server to the other player.
The servers provide rough schematics of the chess boards using ASCII text characters, but most players prefer to use specialized "client software" that interprets the data stream from the remote computer and displays the position on a graphic interface. The software also allows the chess player to make moves using a mouse, rather than having to enter the moves from the keyboard. This client software can be downloaded free of charge from any number of FTP sites or web pages. You can play directly from many servers' web pages by using a Java "applet", though in my experience applets tend to be slower and less versatile than the available client software.
A time-keeping program is usually integrated into the client software, so that timed games can be played. This allows time control methods that have not been available to over-the-board players with standard chess clocks. One popular time control is "2 12", meaning each player has 2 minutes to make all of his or her moves, but every move adds 12 seconds to the player's clock. This allows faster games than the standard "40 moves in two hours" or "30 moves in 30 minutes" time controls, but also allows a game much more relaxed than the 5 minute blitz game. Note however that just about any time control, including 1 minute lightning games, can be played.
The largest chess server in the world is the Internet Chess Club. Their home page provides instructions on how to obtain client software, and how to log onto their server. They charge for their service, although they allow limited access to "guests" free of charge.
An internet server that is completely free is appropriately named FICS: the Free Internet Chess Server. You can log onto this server by invoking a telnet session using client software, or using FICS's Java application. Client software for FICS can be obtained from the FICS web page.
Another page on the history of chess can be found at the Chess - Online Guide. This is part of an overall site on traditional games, and contains a lot of interesting information. For information on modern international chess and other chess links, I recommend you to The Chess Cafe.
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Piece Moved
Rajah or Pawn
# of Pieces
One square in any direction
Prime Minister
One square diagonally
Two squares diagonally; may leap intervening pieces
War Horse
One square orthagonally, then one square diagonally; may leap intervening pieces
Orthagonally, any number of unobstructed squares
One square forward; captures one square diagonally forward; on reaching the back rank it is promoted to a Firz.
Draws occur by agreement, or by perpetual check. A draw also occurs if a king who was isolated can isolate the opposing king on his next move.
# of Pieces
one square in any direction
one square diagonally; on 1st move can "joy leap" vertically forward to the 3rd rank
two squares diagonally; can leap intervening pieces
knight's move in modern chess
rook's move in modern chess
bishop's move in modern chess
one square orthagonally
one square in any direction
modern pawn's move, except the rook & queen pawns can move 2 squares on the first move
# of Pieces
one point orthagonally; may not leave the fortress
one point diagonally; may not leave the fortress
two points diagonally; may not leap intervening pieces; may not cross the moat
one point orthagonally followed by one point diagonally; may not leap intervening pieces
rook's move in modern chess
like the Chariot, but only captures if it jumps an intervening piece (called the "screen") from either side; may only jump a piece when making a capture, and may not jump more than one piece in a turn.
one point forward on its own side of the board; in enemy territory it may move sideways and forward; there is no promotion - a pawn on the last rank may only move sideways
*DH means dragon horse - this piece moves the same as angle-going, but can also move one square orthagonally. DK means dragon king, a piece which can move as the flying chariot, but can also move one square diagonally.
# of Pieces
Promotion to:
King/Jewelled King
one square in any direction
Gold General
one square orthagonally, or diagonally forward
Silver General
one square diagonally, or straight forward
Honourable Horse
two squares straight forward, then one square right or left; may leap intervening pieces
any number of open squares, straight forward only
bishop's move of modern international chess
Flying Chariot
rook's move of modern international chess
one square straight forward (does not capture on diagonals)
The game ends with checkmate. Drawn games are uncommon. If the same exact position occurs 4 times with the same player to move, the game is drawn. However, if the repetition of the positions occurred because of perpetual check, the player forcing the checks loses. Draws by simple agreement, such as occur in western chess, are not allowed. Should you decide you want to get serious about learning this game, I recommend you start with Trevor Legget's Japanese Chess: The Game of Shogi (Tuttle Publishing, 2009).
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We are on our whirlwind last minute winging it trip, leaving Bamberg tomorrow for the Cochem area for 3 nights. Trying to figure out the KD line schedule online for Oct 6 and it looks like the boats only go north? Is that right?
Our hope was to take the train from Cochem to Koblenz, boat from Koblenz to Bacharach and train back to Cochem. Or any suggestions greatly appreciated.
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I don't have the schedule, but Koblenz to Bacharach is upriver, and much slower than traveling downstream. Why don't you just take the train to Bacharach and travel by river (north)to Koblenz? (We always brought our own wine and cheese aboard the KD boats.)
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It is quicker if you take a train to Rudesheim, where many K-D boats start so you can get the best seats and then float north or downstream - 2.5 hrs vs about 4 hrs the other way - so IMO going north is the way to do it - even at 2.5 hours some folks find it gets tedious (not me but mouthing what i've read on Fodor's)
Direct trains Koblenz to Rudesheim.
www.k-d.com is the site for others wondering about this. -
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Here's the schedule: http://kdrhine.com/rhineschedule.htm Be sure to scroll down to see the Cologne to Mainz schedule at the bottom of the page. Enjoy the cruise!
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Well the site has boats going both north and south between Oct 6-24 it seems at least.
and you do not want to start at Bachrach but either Rudesheim or Bingen because starting at Bachrach you will miss a lot of neat sites IMO -
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We had a great day on the Rhine today!
Easy train connections from our home base of beautiful
Cochem on the Mosel (departed at 9:58am) to St Goar (via Koblenz). Strolled around there for about an hour and easily hopped on the large
and lovely KD Line "Goethe" liner (flashing our Eurailpass).
Cruised 70 minutes to Bacharach. Spectacular scenery
and castles. Disembarked in Bacharach to enjoy the town and
have lunch. Train back to Cochem arriving by 5pm.
We are so happy we chose Cochem as a 3 night base. Tomorrow we plan to explore the Burg Eltz castle. As always, thanks for the help! -
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You could with your railpass take a train to Koblenz early enough to hop the K-D boat once a day leaving Ko about 8:45am and get off the boat in Moselkern, from which you can either walk the few miles up to Burg Eltz through a lovely forest or take a mini-bus or taxi. Many folks consider the Mosel Valley to be prettier than even the Rhine - though such comparisons are subjective.
The Germans call the Rhine the Father Rhine - mighty river and the Mosel the Mother Mosel - less powerful, twisting, slower current, etc.
And don't miss in Koblenz Deutsches Eck, the monument at the confluence of the Mother Mosel and Father Rhine - a spot famous in Germany and until the waning days of WW2 where Bismark (or perhaps Kaiser Wilhelm?) was once portrayed by a huge equestrian statue - until one day a bored American GI decided to blast the statue to smithereens (told to me by the owner of the Koblenz Camping site just opposite today's statue using the same behemoth pedestal - statue devoted to German Unity - done by Bismark i think. Deutsches Eck is just down from the K-D boat docks.
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I'm glad I stumbled upon this thread as we plan our trip to Germany as well. I looked at the time table for the Mosel but I'm a little confused. Love2Travel, did you take a boat on the Mosel, as well or just on the Rhine? It looks almost like they stopped running the boats on the Mosel on Oct 3 but, obviously, if you went today then I am mistaken. I'd love to spend some time on the Mosel, even if we have to knock off another part of the trip.
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Love2Travel took a ride on The Rhine - I mentioned the Mosel boat not knowing it stopped Oct 3 - thought it ran thru October - I think it goes May thru early Oct usually but only once a day - between Koblenz and Cochem - that is a K-D boat that honors railpasses - there are other boats on the Mosel as well by other companies - especially popular are ones from Cochem upstream towards Beilstein and beyond - arguable the most gorgeous part of the gorgeous Mosel Valley.
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There are several firms running passenger boats on the Mosel. The biggest is Kolb (www.kolb-mosel.de), but there others, in Germany, Luxembourg and France.
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Although it has been a while since I have blogged anything, it is not because I haven't done anything. On the contrary it seems like this past year has just flown by. In the last couple of weeks though, the boys and I have made a couple of trips up to Warsaw Caves. Warsaw is just the other side of Peterborough, about a 45 minute drive from our house depending on traffic. It is part of the Otanabee Region Conservation Authority's
lands and I have to say it is a gem.
The highlight or should I say the "lowlight" are the caves.
Although they are nowhere near the magnitude of Mammoth Caves, nor will you find stalactites or stalagmites you can easily spend an afternoon wriggling around twenty or thirty feet underground. I would say the ideal age for this is about twelve. There is a fair amount of scrambling and I am sure most adults would consider it a good workout if they wriggled their way through all of the cave passages. My boys are seven and three and they thought they were great fun even though I didn't allow them to enter the trickier parts as the three year old is not quite up to the climbing parts yet! Headlamps and clothes that can get grubby are strongly recommended!
Above ground there is some interesting things as well. Follow the trail to the potholes to see where an ancient river carved potholes in the bedrock by swirling a stone around and around. On the trail not far from the parking lot you will cross over the Indian river, where it flows underground. You can easily hear it gurgling through the bedrock under your feet as it flows underground for a few hundred feet.
This screenshot from Google Earth shows the Indian River as it comes south, disappears underground and reappears downstream.
The hike to the potholes is about a kilometre and this is the best one with Isaiah looking down into it.
There is a small swimming area off the main cave parking area and there is a campground in the park as well. If that isn't enough for you, bring a canoe or rent one at the park gate and you can paddle down the Indian River to the town of Warsaw and back.
All in all this little park has lots to offer a family looking for some adventure without driving hours and hours!
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I completed a job putting in 18-24" fieldstone retaining wall for a hillside addition. The length of the run was 130'L X 11 feet high. It required moving the stones with a skid steer through the woods and placing them on the compacted hillside so they fit together and looked appealing from the road(they are heavy!) lots of man hours and wear on my equipment. I could only use a smaller machine due to the customer not wanting to make a road through his woods any larger. The stones were carried about 100 yds from a pile in the ditch and then placed where needed. Does anyone have a per squre foot cost that they have used in the past for this type of work. It was very labor intesive but turned out nice. I agreed to do it by the hour plus materials because he was unsure of how much he wanted to do so a firm bid was not practical. I don't need cost of stone only labor, I'm just wondering for my own comparison, I have already been paid for my work and material.
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Second Hand Kato Nk250e Crane - China
price: contact company for price
Model: NK250E
Year: 2005
Conditions: used
Original: JAPAN
Capacity: 25T
Operating weight: 24600kg
Horse power: 221hp
Transmission type: synchromesh and constantmesh gear
Dimensions: 11930* 2500* 3300mm
Location: Shanghai, China
In Good working condition
Location: Shanghai, ChinaOriginal: JAPAN
In Good working conditionOriginal: JAPAN
In Good working condition
Company Contact:
- Posted By: Pengcheng
- Phone: 8613166402523
- Address: NO.5628 Longwu Road,Minhang District, Shanghai, Ch, shanghai , China
- Email:
Published date: August 11, 2014 -
- Business Description: Shanghai Pengcheng Construction Machinery Co.,Ltd provides various kinds
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