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Journal Journal: Getting a Bigger Tent: Free Software's End Game
On the morning of September 11th, 2001, in the middle of one of the
happiest time of my life, on the most beautiful morning that I can ever
remember, and while sitting in my sun lit office, I can remember as
if it happened this morning, the email on my GNU desktop was ringing
and ringing. I looked over and saw 117 messages in my in-box which
normally has nothing more than a dozen overnight posts, thinking that
this is weird. I opened my mail and saw a message subject, "Holly Cow -
The World Trade Center was just hit". I opened the message thinking,
"not again", and shaking my head.
The message said that all the TV stations are off the air. I turned on
my television capture card, and indeed, all the stations but Channel 2 was
off the air. 4,5,7,9,11,13,21,25,31,41 and 45, where all gone. I watched
the North Tower burning on Channel 2, when the second plane hit the south
tower, while reading mail and corresponding with friends the whole time.
I remember my friend Billy Donahue writing that it's raining paper in
his neighborhood accorss the river in Brooklyn. So I put the video on
record, and ran out the door towards the disaster. When the first tower
collapsed, I was stunned,
not by disbelief, but fuming with more emotion than I could process.
Anger, depression, confusion, and frustration were all simultaneously
competing for my attention. I just wanted to be closer and to help, but
all entry to Lower Manhattan from Brooklyn was blocked off that morning.
There was no way in until later.
The Towers were a great symbol of hope and pride. Those who
never had the experience of seeing them on a glassine like harbor,
almost as if they were floating on the water, glimmering sunlight, can
never fully appreciate the loss to our city on that day. Our heart and
souls were tied to the symbolism of the towers. Constantly exploited
for their imagery and thrill, New Yorkers had come to identify with
the Towers in a very personal way.
The civilization which would attack our city, and strike at the spirit
of New York, leaving dust and a fire ball, destroying without a trace
thousands of individuals, is an organization which strikes at New York's
great message for the world: Through Liberty and Freedom Springs Hope
and Opportunity. New York is a wide tent, which stretches out it's arms
to all, the womb of Freedom for people of all races and ethnic groups,
the worlds greatest symbol of Freedom.
Those who attacked us, attacked the foundation of freedom, and the
progress only possible through inclusion. They are exluders. We,
as New Yorkers, are includers, and we can never forget that.
Free Software, at it's best, is a tool of inclusion. Free Software
is the best hope for a future of enabled individuals, communities
and industry. Like all legitimate movements of freedom, Free Software
faces detractors with proclamations of efficency and effectiveness.
But we should all know that the only proven efficacy for societal
growth and prosperity, is a heavy dose of freedom.
226 years ago, on the soil of my home town, in Brooklyn, in August of
that summer of 1776, our city was called upon to stand up for the budding
freedom of the American Colonies, as the stage for the first and largest
battle of the American Revolution. As we mark this this summer I can't
help but recalling that through the cooperation, and spilled blood of
both our town and the French people, we eventually overcame the bleak
outlook after the defeat of that day, to bring forth to the world a nation
of peace, freedom, and tolerance. From that day forward,
my home town was became the home of multiples of peoples and nations,
unlike any place before or since.
It is my hope that today, Brooklyn and the City of New York, can
again find themselves as allies in the cause of freedom with this great
nation of France. Free Software is the only way of assuring a future of
prosperity, and security for all the peoples of the world. Only through
the freedom to associate, to come together and collaborate in solving
our problems can we hope to assure that these wonderful tools which we
use for our expression, our industry, and our education, continue to
remain as free as our press and our governments.
Our job as users, marketeers, promoters, and programmers of Free Software,
is to assure the creation of the widest possible tent. We welcome all
individuals to participate with Free Software. We welcome them to code,
and to use Free Software to enrich their lives. We hope they can find in
Free Software the freedom to express themselves and to become fulfilled.
While it is central to the business plan of every proprietary closed
computing system to entangle the user, and to limit the use of digital
tools, for Free Software, the essential goal is the opposite. Our goal
to provide Free Software is for everyone. Our goal is to be empower the
individual through our software, regardless of peoples wealth, background,
or ethnicity. We offer everyone a stake in the future, a future which
promises to be filled with digital communications, and increasing
dependency on computers for our daily living. Digital devices are the
future for education, entertainment and all of our information needs.
The mass murderers who attacked my city, a city of immigrants, tolerance,
and fruitful co-existence, these murderers are believers in ethnic
purity and religious autocracy. They attack us out of fear of our
open door, of our tolerance, and of our freedom. In the same vein,
those who use software to exploit people, to manipulate them , and to
limit our potential as a civilization, these are individuals who wish
to autocratically decide what we can read, what we can listen to and
how we share. They abuse their copyright monopolies and are attempting to
prevent the private ownership of computers and software. They strike
with ferocity at Free Software. They intend to undermine our freedom
and our open markets. They jail us for reverse engineering our systems,
alter formats to limit our access to their systems, spread lies about
the benefits of our products, and then they wrap the entire process in
the flag, claiming that they are the righteous victims. These copyright
monopoly tyrants claim that they are threatened, and weak. They cry
that they need government protection from the public with wiretapping,
forced contacts, and police action. And we as a free people are standing
here together, shoulder to shoulder, to say that we are not going to take
it anymore.
It's the responsibility of every Free Software user, and every Free
Software developer to encourage individual empowerment by demanding a free
platforms for our communication infrastructure. We must reach out to the
disenfranchised, those of us who, through circumstance are left out of
the main stream economy, or who are marginalized by racism, or national
origin. We should reach out to those who have not had the opportunity
to fulfill their true potential. Individuals and nations which live
in poverty and disease, and the children in our cities, and around the
world, can only be guaranteed the opportunity to improve their lives and
their legacy if they can live in freedom. Proprietary software models
can never provide for us the freedom necessary for self empowerment.
And government policies, such as the American Digital Millennium Copy
Right act, can only be used to further exploit all of us, especially the
poor. It prevents free trade and fair competition. It limits economic
growth and it is stifling creativity. All non-free software systems
prevent participation by all, reserving the benefits of development and
publication to a few undeserving software firms, movie produces and
music distributors, at the expense of our economy and political freedom.
Nearly every economist worth of their title will admit that the driving
force behind economic growth is not through corporate giants. It is
small and medium size businesses which drive the economy. Individual in
their local areas employ more people and generate more wealth, than Ford
or Sony. These hard working and creative people produce the goods and
services which drive our free economy. How can we expect the budding
graphic artists, book seller, and industrialists to develop our future
economy without providing the opportunity to create and exploit new
technologies in their communities. In fact, all the major industries
of today originated as small businesses at great risk to the individual
businessmen. Our car industry sprang forth from creative experimentation
in barns across the West. Our airline industry developed from adventurous
mechanics who learned from each others failures and successes. Our media
giants sprang from small time movie produces and radio broadcasters. And
each of these success stories underline the need for education, shared
experience, and free competition.
Isaac Newton correctly observed that his insights and brilliance was
only possible because of the knowledge learned by his colleagues and
predecessors. Mankind's unique ability to create is actually grounded in
our ability to adapt new applications onto existing ideas. Shakespeare,
by the standards that todays media mongrols would have us to believe, is a
theif. He lifted ideas and stories from Marlow and writers before him.
And yet, Shakespeare is clearly unique, and simply reused the material
around him for form new creations. Jazz music, and rap similarly reuse
We stand here today at the infancy of the digital communications
revolution. Can we have any doubt that in the future nearly all music,
literature and works of non-fiction will by available mostly through
digital means? Under these conditions, can there be any doubt that our
ability to reuse the cultural materials all around us will be badly
impaired if we continue to be dependent on software models designed
to exploit us? How severely impaired will our means of creating new
material be? How suppressed will be our economic growth? Econocmic growth
is dependent on invention and creativity. We must protect our freedom to
innovate. We must protect the rights of others to utilize our innovations.
We must protect the rights of others to improve on our innovations.
There exists, within the ranks of the computer industry, people who feel
that their advanced education or experience, entitles them to an exclusive
part of the future digital economy. This idea is especially prevalent
within the Unix world. Running big iron on large systems continues to be
a focus of these users. They are sharp with their tongues in defending
their perceived territory within IT. So poor is the reputation of
these individuals in the larger business world, that Microsoft targets
them when speaking to IT managers. They have a marketing campaign promising
to help you to get rid of Unix and those expensive and obnoxious Unix
professionals. Failure on the part of Unix companies to market and enjoin
the common user is one of the major reasons for Microsoft's success. As bad
a Microsoft's products have been at entangling the users, opening security
holes, and forcing upgrades on businesses, the Unix vendors, with superior
infrastructure, have refused to even compete. This philosophy of computing
controlled from on high is a business failure. Every time proprietary systems
make generally available a programming architecture, may that be HTML,
Javascript, or even VBA, users swell from the rank and file to exploit
these technologies to generate new ideas and businesses.
So while we must assure freedom, we must assure freedom for as many
people as possible. In New York, we developed a new kind of GNU/Linux
organization. As a reflection of our city, we are determined to create
as big a tent as possible for everyone. Our goal is Free Computing
and Digital communications for all. On the beach front of the digital
revolution, we need to forge new advanced positions in elementary school
education, in the university system, in business, publishing, in the
arts and in the home. We have used a number of tools at our disposal
to attempt to push this agenda forward.
First, we have tapped our local community of Free Software developers
to give their time on a volunteer basic to make inexpensive classes
available to the public. In addition we have started a marketing
campaign targeting the public school system in an effort to place Free
Software into schools to give young children a change to learn how to
program and to use the Free Software tools needed for arts and music.
Thirdly, we are are lobbying our congressional leaders, by going door
to door with petitions and buttons, lobbying for the needed Fair Use
protections of personal property and communications media. And finally,
we have an effort underway to fill in the gaps for small business in
regards to providing complete solutions for their business needs.
This has been very hard work. But our members have worked very hard to
bring all these programs to life. Our organization might very well be
the most active local Free Software organization in existence. When the
recession which followed the destruction of the World Trade Center in
NYC began to grip our region on the heels of the economic blow of the
Dot com bust of the previous year, things got tough. But NYLXS responded
by being tougher. Today we are seeding fertile ground for which will lead
the local, national, and global economy to even higher ground than even the
boom boom days of the late 1990's. But to do this, we must be committed
to broad freedom, and we must be prepared to work hard.
The choice is laid out before us. We can continue as we have, and hope that
things turn out well, not just for Free Software developers, but also the
general public, or we can start to redouble our efforts and work harder.
Freedom to create, communicate and develop are a fundamental human needs.
It is the foundation for tolerance, mutual inclusion and political freedom.
No one knows better than the French know the cost of preserving this freedom,
as this nation was the battle ground for freedom for much of the last century.
And it is probable that no land has had more blood spilt on it for this goal.
Free Software is not even asking for the ultimate sacrifice of generations
past to assure freedom, but only requires you to act in your own self interest
with the pen and keyboard. Join us in New York in forging this new world, a
world of freedom and tolerance and mutual respect.


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It's Covering the Coverage time again -- how excited are you? Let's get to it. Here's some stuff that happened in lady-news-land last week. Tell us what you think in the comments, if you please.
- UGH DAMMIT NOOOOO: Lou Reed died today at age 71. He had had lots of liver problems, and had surgery in May for said problems, saying afterward that he was "bigger and stronger" than ever. Still sad. RIP.
- At the American Prospect, Jaclyn Friedman wrote an extensive and extensively disturbing piece about the "manosphere," the Internet's shadowy little playground where evil, vitriolic anti-feminists "rant, bond, and spew ideas so misogynist they make Silvio Berlusconi look like Gloria Steinem." She doesn't just focus on Men's Rights Activists, but on the PUA community (remember Mystery? ugh) and Men Going Their Own Way (MGTOW), "who claim to have sworn off women altogether." Read the article if you need a good shudder.
- The NYPD and upscale shopping mecca Barney's New York stirred up some mess for themselves this week after two African-American shoppers came forward, saying they were questioned and mistreated by police after buying expensive items at the swanky New York store. Has the retailer been secretly profiling its customers for years and years? That's what some are saying. On a related note, Jay-Z hasn't yet ended his recent partnership with the store, opting for a "wait-and-see" approach to the charges before taking action.
- Bitch has a roundup of 20 feminist Halloween costume ideas, if you're curious or still (?) looking for a costume. Some of them are cool, some are kinda lame, but one of the more questionable ideas (which has since been pulled from the story) understandably stirred up some drama in the comments section: dressing up as an incarcerated prisoner from "Orange is the New Black." Um ... not so much. Thoughts?
- Feminist icon Susan Faludi writes an expose of sorts about Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg and her global "Lean In" movement (er, corporation?).
- In the Guardian, there's an interesting story about how young people in Japan appear to have stopped having sex. See, 45 percent of Japanese women aged 16-24 are reportedly "not interested in or despise sexual contact," and more than a quarter of men feel the same way. Yeep. The Japanese media is calling it sekkusu shinai shokogun, or "celibacy syndrome." I just call it "welcome to my world." I kid.
- This Salon piece reveals that, for once and for all, Robin Thicke really does seem that icky. Of his father, TV star Alan Thicke, Robin's said, "He had Ms. Alabama, Ms. Dominican Republic — every week. I was like, Dang, Pops. He had an indoor Jacuzzi, and he frequented it." (Ewww, he "had" them?) Also, on "Today" recently, Thick helpfully mansplained the feminist redemptive value of his hit song "Blurred Lines," saying it "achieves 'what great art does — it's supposed to stir conversation, it's supposed to make us talk about what's important and what the relationships between men and women are. If you listen to the lyrics, it says, 'That man is not your maker.' It's actually a feminist movement within itself."
- Any thoughts on "The Counselor"? Are you seeing it? Avoiding it like the Black Death? It's Cormac McCarthy's first screenplay to be made into a film, and it's bit ... controversial. (I saw it last night, and yes, Cameron Diaz's car-fucking scene really is that insane, over-the-top and disturbing, as is Javier Bardem's fish-themed language to describe said spectacle.
- Hollywood may be (unsurprisingly?) deterring young women from computer science. This New York Times piece claims, "few characters have computer science or engineering jobs, and, when such characters do appear, they're overwhelmingly male. In this instance, overwhelmingly' means that, in family films, the ratio of men to women in computer science or engineering jobs in 14.25 to 1, and 5.4 to 1 in prime time television." Not that cool.
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Muthmainah, Iin (2007) PERILAKU SOSIAL MAHASISWA MIGRAN DI SEKITARKAMPUS III UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG(Studi Tentang Gaya Hidup dan Pola Interaksi Sosial). Other thesis, University of Muhammadiyah Malang.
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At this time the third campus of UMM students amounts to approximately 23,500 students who come from various corners of the country as migrant students from Kalimantan, Sulawesi and NTB / NTT. Migrant Students must interact with the local community. Effect-influence between the community and immigrants begins with the occurrence of contacts. Immigrants who come from different regions have different cultures and customs if the migrant can not adapt to his new environment will experience a cultural lag that will bring conflict or competition. So cultural diversity will affect migrant students to interact socially with people and lifestyles of migrant students in Malang. Various symbols and way of life will show how lifestyle and patterns of student social interaction. Thus the aim of this study is to describe the lifestyle of migrant students and describe patterns of social interaction around campus III UMM. This study used a qualitative approach and descriptive type of research is qualitative and aims to identify the social behavior of migrant students around campus III UMM. This research was conducted in the vicinity of campus III UMM students who view the social behavior of migrants and using the method of data collection by observation, interview and review of documents that support the research. This study uses an interactive model of data analysis proposed by Miles and Hubberman and is supported by studies based on the sociological theory of symbolic interactionism George Herbert Mead. This theory describes the social interaction of migrants to their new environment by learning the meaning or symbols that exist in society and lifestyle of meaning through symbols. From the research concluded that lifestyle of migrant students studied in the social behavior and economic behavior. Economic behavior of migrant students tend consumptive Kalimantan by the facilities available. Economic behavior of migrant students tend to be consumptive Sulawesi due not affected by the environment and migrant students from NTB / NTT tend not to change because of the demands of parents. Migrant students' social behaviors tend to mingle with Kalimantan non-migrant group but in-group feeling they fade, migrant students and Sulawesi NTB / NTT is still very strong identity of the group (in-group feeling). The pattern of interactions that occur between migrant students with the community initially had conflicts due to migrant students are still adapting to his new environment. Yamng continuous communication and contact cause the pattern of interaction leads to a cooperative (associative). Good relations between migrant students in Malang has a pattern of social interaction asossiatif or cooperation. Cooperation among migrant students in the underlying by the same boat and feeling squeezed in-group intended.
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social and Political Science > Department of Sociology |
Depositing User: | Zainul Afandi |
Date Deposited: | 25 Jun 2012 03:38 |
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Chess Tactics Software
ECC5 is a completely revised and updated edition of one of the fundamental books about the art of combinational chess. The content represents the work of our Editorial Board of experienced grandmasters and international masters.
CD - Encyclopedia of Chess Combinations
Finally a new and improved version of the legendary CT-ART has been released! CT-ART is an indispensable training tool for chess players of all skill levels!
Chess Tactics - CT-ART 6.0
Rustam Kasimdzhanov explains tactics in the most amazingly simple way. In his opinion there are only three elements which are really important and which therefore decide most games: "pins", "double attacks" and "back rank weaknesses".
Power of Tactics - Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Finally a new and improved version of the legendary CT-ART has been released! CT-ART is an indispensable training tool for chess players of all skill levels!
DOWNLOAD - Chess Tactics - CT-ART 6.0
GM Nicholas Pert about his DVD: "After the success of my previous DVD Typical mistakes by 1600-1900 players I decided to produce a follow up DVD aimed at players of a slightly higher level. The examples all come from games played by players with a rating between 1800 and 2100. This DVD offers slightly more complex material than the previous DVD, and will hopefully provide an insight into what I believe are the main errors which stop players of this level to be more successful."
Typical Mistakes by 1800-2000 Players - Nicholas Pert
The Magic of Chess Tactics DVD helps to develop these qualities and hereto offers a multitude of highly interesting, thoroughly analyzed examples as well as detailed explanations and exercises.
Magic of Tactics - Meyer & Muller
The positional exchange sacrifice is one of the most powerful and fascinating strategic weapons in chess. On this DVD Sergey Tiviakov explains why the positional exchange sacrifice is such a strong weapon and how to use it. This DVD is based on 35 games or positions from the practice of the World Champions such as Tigran Petrosian, Mikhail Botvinnik, Garry Kasparov and other strong players who used the positional exchange sacrifice to initiate brilliant attacks or defend difficult positions.
The Art of the Positional Exchange Sacrifice - Sergei Tiviakov
This DVD covers important sections of this field and helps to understand in depth the proper handling of (unexpected) tactics in certain cases.
CHESS EXPERTISE STEP BY STEP - Unexpected Tactics - Efstratios Grivas - VOLUME 1
Attacking Techniques and Transformations
Similar to the first MOCT-DVD it' s all about tactical explosive stuff. In lively opening-, middlegame- and endgame discussions Bremen chess trainer and analyst FM Claus Dieter Meyer again has put under the microscope a comprehensive fund of topical and timeless games/fragments, a great deal taken from German Bundesliga praxis, and in doing so has filtered out many motifs/themes and brought attacking techniques and transformations in focus.
The Magics of Chess Tactics - Meyer & Muller - VOL. 2
On this DVD, Grandmaster Daniel King demonstrates typical tactical patterns, shows how strong players use their tactical awareness and puts your tactical abilities to the test.
POWER PLAY - Test Your Tactics - Daniel King - VOLUME 14
As the National Head Coach for the English Chess Federation I train many improving players, and see some typical mistakes that repeat themselves. In this DVD I have taken a large collection of games played by players, predominantly in the rating range 1600-1900, and I have looked for typical mistakes. Each theme has several examples to demonstrate typical mistakes, and there are various test throughout the DVD so that the viewer can try and find the best move in certain positions. This should be a great tool for players to use in order to improve their middlegame and endgame play. It will hopefully also highlight any areas that you need to work on in order to improve quickly. Enjoy the DVD!
Typical Mistakes by 1600-1900 Players - Nicholas Pert
IM Nisha Mohota: "On this DVD I show and explain elements of chess strategy and tactics every player should know. I offer guidelines to steer you through the opening, show basic endgames, help you to understand fundamental pawn structures, and explain principles and patterns of attack and defense.
Strengthen Your Chess Foundation - Nisha Mohota
Every chessplayer should have the ability to play a direct attack against the enemy king. Positional chess is important but one has to be able to recognise when to launch an attack. Checkmate ends the game. This DVD has two aims: • To test your attacking ability • To provide you with an arsenal of potent attacking ideas
POWER PLAY - Test Your Attacking Chess - Daniel King - VOLUME 20
"Players die, tournaments are forgotten, but the works of great artists are left behind them to live on forever." - Mikhail Tal's amazing moves have the power to enlighten both the heart and soul of any chess player. Like the paintings of a master or the timbre of a symphony, amazing chess moves can appeal to players in a wholly aesthetic way. This interactive DVD guides the viewer through some of the most beautiful and amazing chess moves in early to modern chess. The interactive format encourages the viewer to study and find the brilliancy, following the footsteps of some of the greatest players of the game. Moves taken from openings, middlegames and endgames are looked at. They contain tactical brilliancies alongside heuristic violations, material sacrifice and positional shockers. Can you think like one of the old legends of chess or indeed like one of the new geniuses?
Most Amazing Moves - Simon Williams
The aim of this DVD is to provide you with the practical skills and knowledge that you will need to play a king and pawn endgame.
POWER PLAY - Practical Pawn Endgames - Daniel King - VOLUME 15
This DVD goes far beyond pure tactics and is perfectly suited to advanced players who wish to develop their understanding of the game.
And Action! - How to Crown Positional Play by Tactics - Alexei Shirov
Mating patterns are the essence of attacking chess. By mastering the typical set-ups, a player can begin to sense when a mating idea is present and to finish off games beautifully and effectively. On this DVD, Grandmaster and world renowned commentator Maurice Ashley reviews some of the more interesting patterns with examples meant to educate and entertain.
Mating Patterns - Maurice Ashley
Tactical motifs, themes, and techniques are among the core concepts explained in the present DVD
TACTICS - From Basics to Brilliance - Valeri Lilov - VOLUME 1
If you are looking to improve your chess, tactical training is a sure-fire path to success. However, there are tactics…and then there are tactics! In the endgame, and often even right after the exchange of queens, most of the standard combinations known from the middlegame no longer work. On this DVD, Valeri Lilov deals with realizing tactical opportunities in such quiet positions as well as the concepts that you need to know in order to discover these at the board. What's more, he also shows you tricks and techniques that you can use to punish the most common endgame mistakes. Take a fascinating journey through a world of wonderful combinations and deep ideas with IM Lilov.
TACTICS - Tactics in the Endgame - VOL. 5
In this volume, you will find lectures on combinations with bishops and knights, rooks and the queen, as well as typical combinations based on the interaction of pieces.
TACTICS - From Basics to Brilliance - Valeri Lilov - VOLUME 2
Open games are well known to lead to sharp positions. Whenever there is a sharp position, we have many tactical opportunities as well! In this 4th Volume of his Tactics series, FM Valeri Lilov focuses on tactics found in the open games.
TACTICS - From Basics to Brilliance - Valeri Lilov - VOLUME 4
My first chess DVD focused on various strategic middlegame themes and concepts, but in this second installment, the focus is on tactics – for after all, strategy and tactics go hand in hand, and playing strategically often leads to a resounding combinative finish. But for that to happen, you have to be able to build up positions through which tactics can flow – and this is exactly what I have illustrated on the DVD with a number of examples. The aim of this course is to help you understand how you to make tactical opportunities arise as w ell as to sharpen your tactical vision - these selected lectures will help to foster your overall tactical understanding. You can never spend too little time solving combinations and studies to improve your calculating abilities!"
Improve Your Chess Tactics with Tania Sachdev
Gambit play and the joy of sacrificing is an important part of the improving process. In order to become a strong player you must learn to attack and make combinations.
First Steps in Gambits and Sacrifices - Andrew Martin
Here we go again: do you want to improve your chess fast right now? In this more advanced DVD on tactics, FM Valeri Lilov relies on his innovative approach to teaching tactics and ventures into the more complex tactical themes that arise on the board when a fleeting combination of certain motifs and patterns happens to be lurking in the position. Obviously, it's not easy to spot these evanescent moments in a hurried and tense tournament game, but Valeri is here to open your eyes and help you spot these gems in your position right away! Prepare for an amazing outpouring of astonishing ideas and beautiful combinations because the Bulgarian author has prepared the ultimate selection of the most intricate tactical problems along with their witty solutions. Topics start from "the hole in the fianchetto" and go as far as "the seventh rank." But that's not all we get! How about a combination juggling from a "decoy into a pin?" You will find everything you didn't find in other tactics books, all in one place, because it is now put together just for you! Enjoy FM Valeri Lilov's training once again and get your tactics to the next level now! Video running time: 4 hours Video sample System requirements Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard
TACTICS - From Basics to Brilliance - Valeri Lilov - VOLUME 3
This CD by Peter Wells addresses advanced players. It contains an introduction and five lectures which deal with purely practical subjects: the calculation of variations and how errors arise.
Strategy and Tactics - Peter Wells
As a beginner, you can't afford to miss mate in one or two moves if you want to improve. This course addresses that problem. The huge number of exercises presented makes it an excellent tool, even for stronger players.
Chess Tactics - Level 1
Chess Tactics for Intermediate Players is based on a bestseller by the experienced coach Sergey Ivashchenko. It is a sequel to the popular program Chess Tactics for beginners. This program now ships with the new Peshk@ interface.
DOWNLOAD - Chess Tactics for Intermediate Players
For club players. The program includes 224 theoretical tactical weapons and 291 practical exercises, which are classified by tactical methods and motifs. In each theme exercises are given in order of rising difficulty to help in the learning process.
Chess Tactics - Level 2
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'flow' e-bike wins TAIPEI CYCLE d&i gold award
the 'flow' electric bike by taiwanese company fairly bike is one of five gold award winners in the TAIPEI CYCLE d&i awards, organized as part of the prestigious iF design awards for the TAIPEI CYCLE show. the innovative design integrates the bicycle's battery into the seat post, to be easily removed and transported with the rider upon his parking and locking the bike. in this way, the bike prevents theft of the battery and seat post.
the 2012 TAIPEI CYCLE d&i awards was the first time the competition was held during this show, which celebrated its 25th year. of 74 prize winners, five received the top gold award for outstanding design innovation. 'flow' was one of two winners in the category of bicycles, of which the second is giant manufacturing's OBO ATX bicycle. in the category of 'components', three designs were awarded top honours: the SABS frequency brake and automatic braking system by ke chiuan technology; the kenda rubber company's sealant compatible (SCT) bicycle tires; and KMC chain industrial company's 'kool knight' bicycle chain.
detail on seat post / battery
vincent yu (left), quality assurance and technical division manager of fairly bike, accepts the gold award for 'flow' from taiwan's president ma ying-jeon
participants could also submit to the categories of 'clothing and equipment for cyclists' and 'accessories', although no gold awards were awarded this year in these subjects. the 2012 jury was composed of ader chen (xcellent design, taipei, taiwan), francois liang (cycling and health technology R&D center CHC, taichung, taiwan), hiroaki tanaka (GEO design, tokyo, japan), johann geiger (da-yeh university, chunghua, taiwan) and martin kessler (process design, zurich, switzerland).
from left to right at the TAIPEI CYCLE awards ceremony: ying-jin wu, general manager of KMC chain industrial; matt lai, KENA rubber industrial company; ma ying-jeon, president of taiwan; tan-cheng huang, ke chiuan technology corporation; morder yang, designer of giant manufacturing company; vincent yu, technical division manager of fairly bike manufacturing company
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The fake blog and fake YouTube videos that Sony and Zipatoni saddled all of us with this christmas may be more damaging to them both than they currently realize. Next Gen was able to get a comment from Sony on the whole sordid affair:
Next-Gen contacted SCEA PR boss David Karraker who answered a couple quick questions. When asked about the magnitude of this PR mishap, he replied, "Buzz and viral marketing is a common practice across the industry. In this instance, SCEA hired an outside agency to create a humorous 'underground' PSP site for the holidays. The tongue-in-cheek nature of the site didn't come across as intended and we have since altered it."
When confronted about accusations that Sony underestimated gamers' intelligence with the campaign, he stated, "Sony just released the most advanced console ever developed, so I doubt seriously that anyone would think we are underestimating our consumers' intelligence. This was simply a marketing idea that was poorly executed."
Unfortunately, Zipatoni's reps are still avoiding any comment on the issue:
Next-Gen also contacted Zipatoni's Dawn Baskin regarding the website, who said that she was aware of the issue, but added, "At this point, we're not prepared to comment."
Of course, that was much less insightful than their CEO's leaked memo:
The internal memo from their CEO that leaked was interesting as well. They claimed:
1) This was all going according to plan.
2) Sony knew the plan and thought this reaction was hysterical.
3) The reaction was "polarized."
4) The site being mentioned in blogs is a good thing.
5) Zipatoni being mentioned in blogs is a good thing.
While Sony seems to think they will brush this under the rug, most of us understand that this is only one in a series of marketing missteps from Sony. In fact, even with Zipatoni's moronic website and clearly out-of-touch atmosphere, I wonder if this whole thing was Zipatoni's idea, or something that Sony masterminded and put the marketing agency up to doing. This reeks of the same poorly imagined and executed fake graffiti debacle that came with their previous system launch, the PSP.
If they think that this is the way to encourage reluctant buyers into spending $600 on their PS3, when compared to a much cheaper XBox 360 which offers very, very little observable difference in gameplay (some would say it's better, actually) or compared to a much, much cheaper Wii which is innovative and fun, then they need to make a tremendous shift in their talent.
I really hope they can buy a clue at some point, before they risk alienating the base they are banking on…
Zipatoni may suffer worse, though. Because they are the perpetrators and surely the ones that Sony will blame in this, and because they have much more shallow pockets, I'd not be surprised if they aren't blacklisted for a time. Such a move could cripple the smaller company and force a drastic end to this already dismal story.
It's sad really when you consider just how easy it is to market to gamers. Look at XBox 360's Major Nelson's blog. 100+ comments per post is normal on the blog. All the online and offline gaming media follows the blog and he brings a great deal of traffic to XBox Live when he talks about what's about to be released or even about upcoming frag parties. And, in those previously mentioned comments the XBox team gains valuable market research that they'd pay a fortune to have pulled from a focus group.
Nintendo's Wii parties were also quite successful. They chose bloggers and regular people to host Wii parties, again gaining great buzz about how fun the product was to gamers and non-gamers and gaining valuable research data.
Were Sony to actually consider interacting with their customers rather than marketing TO them, they might stand a chance at marketing success. I've recently read that they are working on the PS4. Perhaps that is too farsighted…
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By Kathryn Kopchik
LEWISBURG, Pa. — Bucknell University's Film/Media Series will host a screening of "Nicky's Family" on Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 7:30 p.m. in the Campus Theatre, located at 413 Market St. in Lewisburg.
Peter A. Rafaeli, who is the Honorary Consul General of the Czech Republic in Philadelphia, will introduce the film and lead a discussion afterwards. The film is directed by Matej Minac, author of Nicholas Winton's Lottery of Life, which Rafaeli has translated.
"Nicky's Family" chronicles the rescue and secret transport of 669 Jewish children to safety in the U.K. and Sweden just before Hitler's invasion of Czechoslovakia. Englishman Nicholas Winton organized the rescue but kept it a secret for half a century.
Today the story of this rescue is known all over the world. Winton was knighted by the Queen Elizabeth II and the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 583 recognizing his remarkable deed.
The film showcases the unique phenomenon that has emerged from Winton's story, how his courageous acts many years ago continue to influence people from all over the world and motivate them to do good.
Thousands of children in many countries are following in Winton's footsteps by contributing to charity projects and helping to save the lives of undernourished and sick children in Cambodia and Africa.
More than 120,000 children in the Czech Republic have signed a petition to award Winton the Nobel Prize for Peace. Dozens of Winton's "children" have been found and to this day his family has grown to almost 6,000 people, many of whom have gone on to achieve great things themselves.
"Nicky's Family" has earned rave reviews from audiences and critics around the world, winning more than 30 awards, including 14 audience awards from U.S. film festivals.
The screening, which is presented as the University's commemoration of Kristallnacht, is co-sponsored by Bucknell University Campus Jewish Life, which is underwriting the cost of admission. Campus Jewish Life also will offer free popcorn to attendees.
Kristallnacht marks the beginning of the Holocaust in Germany when organized gangs of Nazi youth roamed through Jewish neighborhoods on Nov. 9 and 10, 1938, breaking windows of Jewish businesses and homes, burning synagogues and looting.
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Strong Sales for Texas Art Gallery Auction
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The Bellevue Art Museum in Bellevue, WA, has broken ground on a new facility. The new 36,000-square-foot, three-story museum is scheduled to open in January 2001 in downtown Bellevue.
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News Beat - December 2006, Sonoma Plein Air, Results for Wyoming Shows, Buffalo Bill Art Show, Oil Painters of America and Sale, New Show at the Eiteljorg and Out & About
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A Glance to the Past by Dan Garrett Transitions Richard J. Schwartz has been elected chair of the National Museum of American Art Commission, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, effective January 1, 1997. The commission was established in 1921 as an advisory board for the museum. Tidbits The California Art Club has sent out a...
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Pansies and Quince (detail) by Quang Ho, Winner of the Artists' Choice Award at the Artists of America Exhibition Museum News Plans for the 2002 opening of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC, are well underway. The new museum will chronicle and celebrate the history of more than 1,000 Native...
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Sausalito by Augustus Dunbier By James Turrell Forget Jeeves. Try Art! When it comes to asking a pesky question in the virtual world, many people go to www.askjeeves.com. But art aficionados take note: There's a new, specialized site for your art-related questions. The Web site www.askart.com has information about more than 20,000 North American...
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Steamboat Pastures by Gordon Brown Coors Western Art Show Results More than 1,000 people attended the 15th annual Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale at the National Western Stock Show in Denver in January. Best of Show went to featured artist Gordon Brown for his oil painting steamboat pastures, which was purchased for the...
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In All Its Glory by Curt Walters Tidbits A painting by John Mix Stanley [1814-1872] sold for $145,000 at the Harvey Clars Estate Auction Gallery in January. More than twice the auction estimate, the sale set a world record for the artist. The painting of a desert sunset, which was part of a large...
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Dance of the Aveye and the Thunderbird by Pablita Velarde, Visions & Voices. By Donna Tennant An impressive number of books about Native Americans have been published in the past several years. They come in every size, from a pocket book on sacred symbols to a coffee-table book on the Haida peoples of the...


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Jemima Rooper, Janie Dee, Angela Lansbury and Charles Edwards
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If you've somehow stumbled into this revival of Noël Coward's daft supernatural comedy 'Blithe Spirit' without prior knowledge of 88-year-old star Angela Lansbury, you won't find it hard to work out which one she is.
In terrifyingly un-British scenes, the theatre erupts into tumultuous applause the moment the erstwhile Jessica Fletcher of 'Murder She Wrote' bumbles on as eccentric medium Madame Arcati; she even gets a hand when she bumbles back off. There are a lot of diehard Lansbury fans in the audience, mostly men who one might describe as 'friends of Angela', here to see their heroine's first London performance since 1975. That applause is congratulations on 70 years in showbiz and – not to put too fine a point on it – still being alive.
And Angela Lansbury is very much alive: the way she dwells on certain lines suggests a slight shakiness of memory, but she genuinely has the energy of a woman 20 years younger. She remains a fine comedy actress, too, playing Arcanti as a sweet old lady given to hilariously abrupt sense of humour failure when discussing the spirit world.
It's an enjoyable performance, and as it's basically what the audience is here for, it makes Michael Blakemore's production a success on its own terms. Lansbury's medium-sized part isn't the whole story, though. Behind her is a creaky old farce about a debonair writer named Charles (Charles Edwards) who gets more than he bargained for when he hires Arcati as a joke and accidentally brings back the spirit of his deceased ex-wife Elvira (Jemima Rooper), much to the consternation of his new spouse Ruth (Janie Dee).
There's more ham in the acting than at your local butchers, but that's kind of what 'Blithe Spirit' calls for, and the talented cast are all great sports. It's a good-looking evening, too, with gorgeous costumes from Simon Higlett. Blakemore's production may not be a patch on the great farces of his past – notably 'Noises Off' – but it's good-natured, old fashioned and your nan will enjoy it.
Really, though, Coward's 1941 play has had its day, its clutch of good one-liners flattering an inane plot with unpleasant misogynist undertones. It's perhaps understandable that Lansbury and fellow octogenarian Blakemore wish to end their careers with this huge hit from their youths. But after this, let's put 'Blithe Spirit' to rest.
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Users say
- 4 out of 5 stars
So spring has definitely arrived in London. How can you tell, well theatreland transitions from major heavyweight plays to a greater spattering of light and witty comedies. There's invariably at least one Alan Ayckbourne (step up National Theatre from April) and this year we are blessed with two, that's two, Noel Cowards. After the storming success of last year's Private Lives, the West End is hosting star-packed comedy revivals Relative Values (reviewed shortly) and this hotly anticipated Blithe Spirit staring acting legend Angela Lansbury.
Charming middle-aged couple Charles and Ruth Condomine invite their friends to a dinner party and séance, so sceptical novelist Charles can gather material for a character based on local clairvoyant Madame Arcarti, supposing her to be a charlatan. Somehow the ghost of Elvira, Charles's sassy first wife, is manifested – visible only to him. Much hilarity ensues as people first think he's mad and then plot to send Elvira back to the 'other side'. But Elvira is back for a reason and will the living Condomines be rid of her before her plans succeed?
One of the mistakes actors make with Coward is trying too hard to make the lines funny rather than playing it fairly straight and letting the brilliant writing do the work. Fortunately everyone here does just that and this is an absolutely wonderful production. Angela Lansbury is, of course, a glorious Madame Arcati, perfectly balancing the physical humour with an entirely convincing jolly eccentricity. Imagine somewhere between her incompetent trainee-witch in Bedknobs and Broomsticks crossed with the free-spirited and unconventional novelist she played in the 1979 film of Death on the Nile. The moment she walked on stage she got a huge cheer and round of applause, as though she were making a guest appearance in an American sitcom, but it was fully deserved even though she had yet to utter a line!
That's not the only thing to enjoy; Charles Edwards as 'astral bigamist' Charles Condomine is hilarious, bringing an interesting dimension to the role. In the opening scene he's a seemingly mature, cultured and sensible, although slightly superior, man, but the appearance of Elvira releases a more childish and sarcastic element, showing us more of the playboy he used to be. Interesting to see the effect his very different wives have on his personality. Edwards's comic timing is fantastic especially in the conversations with Elvira and Ruth, where Ruth cannot see or hear her predecessor. Janie Dee plays Ruth with eyebrows raised in exasperation throughout; first at having to deal with the strange old woman invited to dinner, and then with her husband's ludicrous claims to have seen his first wife's ghost. Again she's great as the veneer of their civilised and grown-up marriage begins to crumble. Jemima Roper is suitably petulant and wheedling as the returned Elvira, craving attention but capable of enacting her dark plans to get her own way.
There's lots of lovely detail in this production including the living
room set of a 1930s countryside home with touches of modern art in the
furnishings – the combined result of the two Mrs Condomine's. This contest
between tradition and modernity is fairly typical as Coward's characters often
find conventional marriage rather tiresome revelling instead in alternative
means of living; Elyot and Amanda happily abandon their dull spouses in Private
Lives to enjoy a confrontational existence together, whilst Design for Living
has Gilda living with two men. Here too we see the duplicity of Charles and
Elvira's marriage, beset by affairs and betrayals from the start, whilst
Charles's marriage to Ruth, he claims, left him domineered and restricted.
There are subtle hints to these darker themes in this production amongst the
overall whimsy, adding a nice depth to the action, without detracting from the
laughs. This is a joyous evening at the theatre, performed with considerable
charm by an excellent cast who, along with the audience, end up having a whale
of a time.
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Thanks to Depleted Cranium for passing along a recent example of anti-nuke madness.
Thursday, August 16, 2007
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This is a nice interesting blog.
Here's one page that I took particular note of:
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Weingarten Realty Investors (NYSE:WRI) delivered a profit and beat Wall Street's expectations, AND beat the revenue expectation. The revenue beat is a positive sign to shareholders seeking high growth out of the company.
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Results: Adjusted Earnings Per Share increased 4.35% to $0.48 in the quarter versus EPS of $0.46 in the year-earlier quarter.
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Actual vs. Wall St. Expectations: Weingarten Realty Investors reported adjusted EPS income of $0.48 per share. By that measure, the company beat the mean analyst estimate of $0.45. It beat the average revenue estimate of $126.55 million.
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Mass graves planned for unclaimed bodies in 'Pablo' aftermath
Provincial officials were considering mass graves for unclaimed bodies in the aftermath of Typhoon "Pablo."
Pablo cut a wide swath of destruction in the valley, flooding farming and mining towns, and burying many people in mudslides.
"We are thinking of burying the unclaimed bodies because of health concerns," Maj. Gen. Ariel Bernardo, an Army division commander, said. "The foul smell is becoming strong," he said.
Bernardo said rescue and retrieval work was hampered by lack of equipment.
"Some of the dead are buried in knee-deep mud and we only have our hands and shovels," Bernardo said.
Gov. Arturo Uy of Compostela Valley said the province was considering digging mass graves if most of the dead are not claimed in two to three days.
He said more than 200 in the province died while more than 400 were missing.
"Probably half of the missing could be dead by now," Uy said.
The Department of Health eased fears that the unburied bodies posed a threat to public health.
When people die, the microbes in their bodies also die, according to Dr. Eric Tayag, director of the department's National Epidemiology Center.
Tayag said the department was discouraging mass burials, as the relatives must be given ample time to mourn their dead.
He said the department had distributed body bags in areas ravaged by the typhoon.
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There's a group of devs (DroidTh3ory, Dhacker and Hashcode) that's doing amazing work right now and pumping out almost daily updates (ICS on the razr). Look into the AXIOM AOKP ROM's from DroidTh3ory. There are currently two types of recovery available for it, Safestrap and Bootstrap. I'm running AB4 currently and its amazing. ICS from moto won't be here for a long long time. Dhacker also has a version of cm9 based ICS. Head over to droidhive.com to learn more about em.


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18 Years old - Rides for Z-Flex skateboards
Shogo Kubo may be fun loving, but he takes his skating seriously;
he's punctual and has a no-nonsense attitude about everything he does.
Shogo was born in the southernmost part of Japan, in Kagoshima City.
Growing up in the Orient has given him an entirely different attitude about
most things that we all take for granted; like being able to communicate. When he came
to this country, he did not speak English. At school his peer group made fun of him and
thought he was slow; the first word he learned in English was "stupid." He now speaks
two languages fluently, has adapted with total ease to the informal lifestyle of Southern
California, and still manages to retain the moral values of his traditional Oriental
upbringing. He is reluctant, to the point of being taciturn, to speak of his own
accomplishments, but is not hesitant to extoll those of his friends.
Shogo's endeavors are as multifaceted as his personality; always active in sports,
he played soccer in Japan for four years, and in America he accepted football, basketball,
gymnastics and surfing readily as his own forms of self-expression. It was only by coincidence
that his first introduction to skateboarding was at his judo dogo. One of the students used to
skate before and after class, and the whole rhythm and movement intrigued Shogo enough
that he got to know Jay Adams, and tried using his board. The moves came easily to him
; he has a fine sense of balance derived from his varied athletic background and, most
important of all, judo has taught him the proper art of falling. The banks (upon which he
learned the finer aspects of skateboarding) could not intimidate him. He takes an aggressive
approach towards skating, but does it in a subtle manner. At skateparks he likes to give the
people a good show, but he really prefers the free and easy, plush lands of West Los Angeles
and Santa Monica, just skating with his many friends.
His favorite spot was the now defunct Keyhole, Upland, Reseda, Skatopia and the more
recent Dog Bowl have since become the terrain he travels most frequently. He rides a
30" Z-Flex equipped with Tracker Trucks and Tunnel Rocks or Power Flex Wheels. He
has been working with Z-Flex on his own board design and testing prototypes. He likes
to skate to the music of Jimi Hendrix, explaining that Hendrix was ten years ahead of his
time, an innovator, completely original and unparalleled. Nugent and the Zep provide
variety to his musical tastes.
Shogo has always been a spectator of a varied amount of sports events. O.J. Simpson
is one of his favorite athletes, and he finds the boxing matches amusing. He has always
enjoyed watching skateboard freestyle, admiring the gracefulness of the girls. Paul
Hoffman's agile ability, and the fluid moves of Russ Howell. He had been into competition
when he was on the fabled Zephyr Team, but felt that freestyle was too confining for him.
He says that the whole contest scene deprived him of time that could be more freely spent
elsewhere. Shogo prefers walls! He says that when contests are held in bowls, he will again
compete. His style is smooth, yet forceful. When asked if he practices to maintain this
appearance, he replied, "No, when I am in a bowl, I just have to go for it; it is not a routine
that can be practiced, as only the first move can be planned." He explained further that each
successive move depends upon the manner in which the preceding move is completed. If his
foot should come off the board, an improvised slide down the face of the wall can save the
whole performance. He rarely falls.
"Being high on the wall is a full-on rush, its like surfing-only more intense." Frontside axle
grinds, one-wheelers on the coping, and two wheels out carving are his favorite maneuvers
. He considers the frontside airborne the most difficult of all bowl maneuvers. "Sometimes I
think maybe all this is dangerous, but the moves come so fast it's hard to give that idea
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His ambitions are not limited to excelling in skateboarding, but include becoming proficient
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I just finished tying some of my 79 year old father's favorite streamers, which were sent off to his Pennsylvania home this afternoon. The Black Ghost is one of them and dad prefers it with a marabou wing. It is one of my favorite trout streamers and it has caught a lot of trout for me in the east and the northern Rockies.
This one is tied on a #8 Daiichi 2370 hook that was designed by Dick Talleur for streamers.
hook: 6X-8X long limerick bend
thread: black 6/0 or 8/0
tail: yellow hackle fibers
body: black floss
rib: flat silver tinsel (preferably metallic)
throat: yellow hackle fibers
wing: white marabou (origianl used 4 white hackle feathers)
A very effective variation adds 3 or 4 strands of pearl Krystal Flash under the marabou wing for a little added flash. Dad doesn't like the added Krystal Flash, so I left it off this one.
It is also very effective when tied in Zonker style:
hook: 4X-8X long straight eye limerick or round bend
thread: black flat-waxed nylon
tail: yellow hackle fibers
body: black mylar tubing strectched over the hook
throat: yellow hackle, wound
wing: white rabbit strip 1 1/2 times shank length
The Zonker version has the rabbit strip tied down at the head after the yellow hackle is wound. The fly's head is then finished and the thread cut off. The thread is then tied in at the hook bend by pulling the mylar tubing forward to allow the thread to be tied on the shank without covering the mylar tubing. The tubing is then pulled to the rear and flared slightly over the hook bend; but only half way over the tail fibers. The thread is then used to tie down the mylar tubing where it was tied in just in front of the hook bend. Next pull the rabbit strip back so it is taut and it is then tied down by the tying thread. Last, the tying thread is tied off with a whip finish (you may find it easier to use a piece of heavy thread to do this).
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"Daily Show" host Jon Stewart devoted nearly the entire show Thursday night to an interview with CNBC's Jim Cramer. The feud — which, by the way, has been good for both sides — has been simmering for the past week, as "The Daily Show" has gotten record web traffic with its takedown of financial-news network CNBC and Cramer, the madman host of "Mad Money."
CNBC returned fire, and the past few days have featured a lot of back-and-forth sniping. When Cramer actually sat down with Stewart, though, the result was a contentious but generally fair interview, with Cramer calmly admitting he and his cohorts maybe should have been more vigilant and Stewart seeming to take Cramer at his word on a few points.
The full interview is below, in three parts. The bulk of their conversation is in part two, and if the embeds are balky — TheDailyShow.com was running slow this morning, presumably because lots of folks are trying to watch the clips — you can find the three parts here, here and here. The site also has uncensored outtakes from the interview.


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Just above the mouth of Furnace Creek Wash - similar to the geology at Zabriskie Point (www.gigapan.org/gigapans/52229/).
The headframe is for an active borate mine in the Greenwater Valley adjacent to Death Valley National Park. The mountain range in the distance is the Funeral Mountains.
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Khaled Hosseini (born March 4, 1965) is a physician and author of the best selling novel, The Kite Runner.
- Beauty is an enormous, unmerited gift given randomly, stupidly.
- And the Mountains Echoed (2013)
The Kite Runner (2003)Edit
- A man ... found a magic cup and learned that if he wept into the cup, his tears turned into pearls. But even though he had always been poor, he was a happy man and rarely shed a tear. So he found ways to make himself sad so that his tears could make him rich. As the pearls piled up, so did his greed grow. The story ended with the man sitting on a mountain of pearls, knife in hand, weeping helplessly into the cup with his beloved wife's slain body in his arms.
- I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975. I remember the precise moment, crouching behind a crumbling mud wall, peeking into the alley near the frozen creek. That was a long time ago, but it's wrong what they say about the past, I've learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out. Looking back now, I realize I have been peeking into that deserted alley for the last twenty-six years.
- Ch. 1
- Ali and Sanaubar had little in common, least of all their respective appearances. While Sanaubar's brilliant green eyes and impish face had, rumor has it, tempted countless men into sin, Ali had a congenital paralysis of his lower facial muscles, a condition that rendered him unable to smile and left him perpetually grim-faced. It was an odd thing to see the stone-faced Ali happy, or sad, because only his slanted brown eyes glinted with a smile or welled with sorrow. People say that eyes are windows to the soul. Never was that more true than with Ali, who could only reveal himself through his eyes.
I have heard that Sanaubar's suggestive stride and oscillating hips sent men to reveries of infidelity.
- Ch. 2
- Then he would remind us that there was a brotherhood between people who had fed from the same breast, a kinship that not even time could break.
Hassan and I fed from the same breasts. We took our first steps on the same lawn in the same yard. And, under the same roof, we spoke our first words.
Mine was Baba.
His was Amir. My name.
Looking back on it now, I think the foundation for what happened in the winter of 1975—and all that followed—was already laid in those first words (11).
- Ch. 2
- Children aren't coloring books. You don't get to fill them with your favorite colors.
- Rahim Khan, Ch. 3
- With me as the glaring exception, my father molded the world around him to his liking. The problem, of course, was that Baba saw the world in black and white. And he got to decide what was black and what was white. You can't love a person who lives that way without fearing him too. Maybe even hating him a little.
- If America taught me anything, it's that quitting is right up there with pissing in the Girl Scouts' lemonade jar.
- There is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft. ... When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness.
- One time, when I was really little, I climbed a tree and ate these green, sour apples. My stomach swelled and became hard like a drum, it hurt a lot. Mother said that if I'd just waited for the apples to ripen, I wouldn't have become sick. So now, whenever I really want something, I try to remember what she said about the apples.
- Hassan slumps to the asphalt, his life of unrequited loyalty drifting from him like the windblown kites he used to chase.
- I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded, not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night.
- I think that everything he did, feeding the poor, giving money to friends in need, it was all a way of redeeming himself. And that, I believe, is what true redemption is, Amir jan, when guilt leads to good.
- That was a long time ago, but it's wrong what they say about the past, I've learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out.
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- But coming close wasn't the same as winning, was it? ... He had won because winners won and everyone else just went home.
- (56)
- It was Homaira and me against the world. ... In the end, the world always wins. That's just the way of things.
- (99) Rahim Khan
- War doesn't negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace.
- Baba (115)
- I stepped back and all I saw was rain through windowpanes that looked like melting silver.
- (109)
- You're gutless. It's how you were made. And that's not such a bad thing because your saving grace is that you've never lied to yourself about it. Not about that. Nothing wrong with cowardice as long as it comes with prudence. But when a coward stops remembering who he is.. God help him.
- (288) Amir
- But that's what I'm saying to you... That there are bad people in this world, and sometimes bad people stay bad. Sometimes you have to stand up to them.
- (319) Amir
- Quiet is peace. Tranquility. Quiet is turning down the volume knob on life. Silence is pushing the off button. Shutting it down. All of it.
- (361)
- How could I of all people, chastise someone for their past?
- Amir
- There is a way to be good again.
- (2) - Rahim Khan
- For you, a thousand times over.
- (2) - Hassan, Amir
- I ran. A grown man running with a swarm of screaming children. But I didn't care. I ran with the wind blowing in my face, and a smile as wide as the valley of Panjsher on my lips. I ran.
- Is this about you and Hassan? I know there's something going on between you two, but whatever it is, you have to deal with it, not me. I'm staying out of it.
- Baba (79)
- Afghanistan is the land of Pashtuns. It always has been, always will be. We are the true Afghans, the pure Afghans, not this Flat-Nose here. His people pollute our homeland, our watan. They dirty our blood.
- Assef (35)
- Fuck the Russia!
- Baba (117)
- Hassan's not going anywhere. He's staying right here with us, where he belongs. This is his home and we're his family. Don't you ever ask me that question again!
- Baba (79-80)
- I always felt like Baba hated me a little. And why not? After all, I had killed his beloved wife, his beautiful princess, hadn't I? The least I could have done was to have the decency to have turned out a little more like him.
- Amir (19)
- But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.
- Baba (58)
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- Like a compass needle that points north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman.-Nana
- What good is it? All this, what good is it? -Mariam
- I dream of you too, Mariam jo. I miss you. I miss the sound of your voice, your laughter. I miss reading to you, and all the times we fished together. Do you remember all the times we fished together? You were a good daughter, Mariam jo, and I cannot ever think of you without feeling shame and regret. -Jalil's letter
- Regret...when it comes to you, I have oceans of it.
- Jalil's letter
- Women have always had it hard in this country, Laila, but they're probably more free now, under the communists, and have more rights than they've ever had before.
- Babi
- *Mariam is having a flashback*
- Jailil: Ah yes. Of course. Well then, without further ado...
- (a gold pendent with stars and moons hanging from it)
- Jalil: try it on, Mariam jo.
- Mariam: What do you think?
- Jalil: I think you look like a queen.
- And I wrote to you, Laila. Volumes. -
- Tariq
- Mariam: I can't beleive what you are now, if you were a Benz before.
- Laila: A jeep? Maybe a jumbo jet?
- Nana (to Mariam): When I'm gone, you'll have nothing in this world. You are nothing!
- Nana (to Mariam) : A man's heart isn't like a woman's womb, Mariam! It won't bleed, it won't make room for you. A man's heart is a wretched, wretched thing. I'm all you have in this world, Mariam and when I'm gone, you'll have nothing. You are nothing!
- Laila (at fourteen years): What would your mother say when she saw you smoke?
- Tariq: She doesn't know
- Laila: That could change
- Tariq: Who's going to tell her? You?
- Laila: Tell your secrets to the wind but don't blame it for telling the trees.
- Tariq: I do it for the girls
- Laila: What girls?
- Tariq: They think its sexy
- Giti: Nobody ever came for my hand.
- Hasina: That's because you have a beard, my dear.
- Tariq (meeting Laila after ten years): It's good to see you, Laila.
- Mullah Faizullah: It wasn't your fault,Mariam. Don't think this way. This will destroy you, my girl. It wasn't your fault.
- Laila: It isn't fair.
- Mariam: No, it is fair. I killed our husband, Laila. I deprived your son of a father. Even if we escape, I...I won't be able to look at him without shame. No, it's my fault. Take care, Laila jo.
- Tariq: For you, Laila, I'd go all over the world
- "Mariam is never very far, she is here, in these walls they've repainted, in the trees they've planted, in the blankets that keep the children warm, in these pillows and books and pencils. She is in the children's laughter. She is in the verses Aziza recites and in the prayers she mutters when she bows westward. But, mostly, Miriam is in Laila's own heart, where she shines with the bursting radiance of a thousand suns."
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COLUMBUS — Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said this afternoon that he expects his team to get past the sting of Saturday's loss to Southern California, and avoid the distraction of looking ahead to the Big Ten schedule, which starts next week. Tressel wants the Buckeyes fully locked in on Toledo, he said at a news conference held at the Jack Nicklaus Museum on the OSU campus.
"If we're thinking about last week, or if we're thinking about the Big Ten and next week, then we're in trouble," Tressel said.
The Buckeyes (1-1) lost a potential national redemption game to USC 18-15 when the Trojans drove the length of the field in the final moments. Ohio State has Illinois to open the Big Ten schedule, knowing that the Illini came to Ohio Stadium and stunned the then unbeaten Buckeyes two years ago. Despite those forces tugging at his team, Tressel said he's seen no indication that Toledo does not have Ohio State's full attention.
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Lot 1231: George III green lacquered secretaire bookcase, last quarter 18th century, In two sections: the broken pediment top over twin arched do
International Sale: Antiques & Decorative Arts
by Freeman's
October 11, 2012
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Live Auction
George III green lacquered secretaire bookcase
last quarter 18th century
In two sections: the broken pediment top over twin arched doors (lacking panes), opening to a series of shelves, the lower section with drop down writing surface opening to a red lacquered interior with drawers and pigeon holes, above two short and two long drawers, raised on bracket feet. The whole green lacquered all over to show Chinoiserie scenes.
H: 90, W: 45 1/2, D: 21 1/2 in.
Estate of Winifred S. Cheston, Philadelphia, PA
Condition Report:
Old scuffs, marks, and scratches consistent with age and use
Some minor loss and some crackling to lacquer
Age splits (some restored) to upper and lower sections
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CARLSTADT, N.J., Nov. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Jinpan International Limited (Nasdaq: JST), a leading designer, manufacturer, and distributor of cast resin transformers, today announced that its fourth quarterly cash dividend of 2013, in the amount of $0.03 per common share, will be payable on December 20, 2013 to shareholders of record as of December 10, 2013.
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Actor Donald Moffat ("Clear and Present Danger," "The Bourne Identity") is 82.
Actor/Muppeteer Caroll Spinney (Big Bird on "Sesame Street") is 79.
Singer Abdul "Duke" Fakir of the Four Tops is 77.
Author Kitty Dukakis, the wife of former Massachusetts governor and presidential nominee Michael Dukakis, is 76.
Director Fred Schepisi ("Six Degrees of Separation," "Roxanne") is 73.
Record producer Phil Spector is 73.
Former California governor Gray Davis is 70.
TV personality and crime victims' rights advocate John Walsh ("America's Most Wanted") is 67.
Keyboardist Bob Carpenter with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is 66.
Hall of Fame catcher Carlton Fisk is 65.
CNN correspondent Candy Crowley is 64.
Hall of Fame shortstop Ozzie Smith is 58.
Author and humorist David Sedaris is 56.
Actor Temuera Morrison ("Green Lantern," "Once Were Warriors") is 52.
Actor John Lynch ("In the Name of the Father," "The Secret Garden") is 51.
Drummer James Kottak of Scorpions is 50.
Country drummer Brian Westrum of Sons of the Desert is 50.
Drummer Lars Ulrich of Metallica is 49.
Author Elizabeth Kostova ("The Historian," "The Swan Thieves") is 48.
Actress Nadia Dajani ("Necessary Roughness," "The Big C") is 47.
Singer-songwriter Jay Farrar (Son Volt, Uncle Tupelo) is 46.
Actress Sandra Taylor ("New Year's Eve," "Keeping Up With the Steins") is 46.
Country singer Audrey Wiggins is 45.
Guitarist J (White Zombie) is 45.
Actress Tricia Leigh Fisher ("Til Death") is 44.
Guitarist Peter Klett of Candlebox is 43.
Singer James Mercer of the Shins and the Broken Bells is 42.
Singer/actor Jared Leto of 30 Seconds to Mars ("Mr. Nobody," "Girl, Interrupted") is 41.
Guitarist Zach Blair of Rise Against is 39.
Actress Kendra C. Johnson ("Phat Girlz," "The Game") is 36.
Singer Chris Daughtry is 33.
Singer Ryan Shaw is 32.
Actress Roxanne Pallett is 30.
Actress Beth Behrs ("2 Broke Girls") is 27.
Model Kätlin Aas is 20.
Actress Samantha Boscarino ("How to Rock," "Good Luck Charlie") is 18.
Actor Zach Mills ("Super 8") is 17.
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1893 Mao Zedong, Chinese leader; died 1976.
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Napoli vs Inter
However, Dejan Stankovic and Wesley Sneijder will be doubtful into this match, while Ivan Cordoba is still missing.
Napoli has had a bad period now with
Edinson Cavani will be out after his red card against Lecce last match, and Giuseppe Mascara has a ban after yellow cards. Cavani is a huge loss for the club, and Napoli's goalthreat number 1 is uvailable.
With both teams having important players out, I think the creativity will be weakned in both ends. Inter can be satisfied with a draw if they want to secure the 2nd place, and I don't think that Napoli will manage to take three points, but try to do their best.
It is the end off the season and the players are going tired. I think this match will be a draw most definetly, and a quite boring game aswell without much goals
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