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Art alumnus featured in online magazine
Photo courtesy of Latino Perspectives
Adams State University art alumnus Anthony Vasquez '11, painter and muralist, was recently featured in the online magazine, "Latino Perspectives." The article includes Vasquez' training and influences, he credits Eugene Schilling, art professor, for encouraging him to explore painting and discover his "own artistic style."
Recently, Vasquez worked with Bishop Ortega and Larry Valencia in painting a mural in the downtown area of Phoenix, Ariz.
Vasquez continues to search for opportunities that will challenge him as an artist. To read the entire article visit Latino Perspectives.

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text: Recently, a friend of mine was talking about the church as a body, and how that body will become the Bride of Christ. My friend made the statement that; "it is Jesus who will determine what the bride is to look like, not us". As my friend spoke these words, I saw a vision of a woman with breathtaking natural beauty dressed in a bridal gown. As she stood in her bridal attire she was approached by people intent on 'improving' her.Read More


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Welcome to Morning Magic Sportfishing
located here in beautiful
Ucluelet BC on Vancouver Island.
Ucluelet has become of the most sought after "Hot Spots" for choosing a Salmon and Halibut Sportfishing destination along the BC Coast.
With our amazing location on the edge of the Pacific Rim National park we are fortunate to have over 100 different river systems of fish cruising right passed our front door on the migration route back to their respective rivers.
"I have been operating as a professional independent charter guide for over 26 years. I am fully insured, and comply with Transport Canada regulations. I live in Ucluelet year round and have extensive knowledge and experience both locally, and in offshore waters. I assure you that Morning Magic's Sportfishing will provide you with great service, quality fishing, and a memorable experience."
Nick Yanchuck - owner / operator
Good salmon fishing starts about mid May, and will continue until the end of September. We will be concentrating on Chinook salmon both locally, and in offshore waters for the month's of June, July and August.
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Coho fishing generally starts mid June when they start to show in numbers. Not very big at this time anywhere from 3 to 7 lbs and as the season progresses they only get bigger.
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The ubiquitous Halibut is both migratory and a resident species. Halibut fishing in Ucluelet has become very popular in the last 10-12 years or so. Reason being is that our success rate is excellent (aprox. 95% of my customers tagged out), and also the abundance of fish in the massive ocean they live in.
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Offshore fishing is definitely for the adventurist. The action is quick and exciting, and the success rate is outstanding. I am very confident that upon our arrival back at the dock, you have participated in some of the best offshore fishing that the West Coast has to offer.
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We've been fishing these waters for over 26 years
With our vast knowledge and experience we will certainly put you on the fish giving each and every group an experience where they want to come back and usually do.
We are are a very passionate group of guides that love what we do, love to catch fish and love to showcase this amazing fishery to the world.
Our accommodations include a custom built handcrafted log fusion home. The log work is spectacular and definitely sets the standard for comfortable accommodations in a true West Coast environment.
The lodge is setup to accommodate 8 guests, ideal for family and corporate getaways. Enjoy the open vaulted layout and all the exclusive features that the home has to offer to ensure your stay is everything you could have wanted it to be. With the utmost in comfort and amenities, the experience is truly Magic.
Two cottages are also available. They are fully self-contained, post and beam style cabins with a harbour view, and a loft bedroom that can comfortably accommodate up to 4 guests.
What our guests say
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Whitewater Kayak
Whitewater kayaking is one of the most popular activities for the BOC, and whitewater kayakers depart from the Schwartz Outdoor Leadership Center each weekend of the fall and spring to run many of Maine's scenic and exciting whitewater rivers. In fact, there are so many fun Class II-IV whitewater runs in the Northeast, that we have not yet come close to paddling them all! Beginning kayak classes are taught each semester, and weekly pool sessions allow kayakers to practice their strokes, brush up on their Eskimo rolls, and learn new techniques for their next adventure on the river. The BOC has all the equipment needed, so students do not need their own gear. Students are taught by American Canoe Association (ACA) certified instructors, and progress from flatwater to whitewater, building on skills that they develop through numerous drills and seemingly endless repetition. Somehow, working on these skills with a beautiful river and mountain backdrop makes all that hard work easier to take, and successfully running that first rapid or being upright after that first successful whitewater roll makes it all worthwhile! Many of the instructors of the BOC are student leaders, who have successfully completed the ACA Whitewater Kayak Instructor Certification Exam, taught every other year by BOC staff. Many of these same instructors were beginning kayakers themselves when they arrived at Bowdoin, and they are all excited to share their knowledge of and passion for whitewater kayaking with other Bowdoin students.
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Suits Review: Cover Your AssetsChandel Charles at . Comments
There was no question that by the end of this Suits episode, everyone at Pearson/Hardman had reached a "Break Point."
From the son filing for emancipation... to Harvey attempting to cover his rear with regard to the pending suit against the firm... to Donna struggling with whether or not to tell Harvey about that file, Suits delivered a hard-hitting episode that will change the firm in ways we've only begun to imagine.
Suitors, please join my in a moment of silence, as we pay tribute to Pearson/Hardman's best dressed, best-looking and coolest legal secretary ever: Donna Paulsen.
We lost a dearly beloved colleague and friend. Although it may be hard for a while, we must remember the good times and treasure them with everything we are.
And then we need to suit up and file a defamation of character lawsuit against the writers and creator Aaron Korsh to bring Donna back!
To Sarah Rafferty, who nailed this hour and every emotion associated with it, this was YOUR BEST EPISODE of this ENTIRE series. It's amazing how much a character will grow once you involve, and even make them the center of, a particular storyline. It was a challenge that you not only accepted, but completely destroyed!
I'm still blown away by all of the events that took place. We'll start with Harvey's attempt to settle the fraud suit against the firm on his own.
Harvey clearly doesn't have the tools in compassion to deal with the plaintiffs like he needs to. Yet by the time he humble himself enough to deliver the apology he always should have, the gun was already to his head. The even more terrible thing about it is that it's about to cost him everything: His senior partnership at the firm, and even his law license.
We knew that when Travis Tanner returned that he was taking no prisoners when it came to Harvey, but to see him stripped of his senior partnership will be something else.
You could see the beginnings of what may very well be Harvey's downward spiral in the coming weeks at the elevator with Donna. At first glance, it almost appeared cruel that he was pushing the "down" button for her, but if you're watching carefully, you'll see that there was a lot more being said between them than just "you suck."
There was also a silent apology taking place there. I think they both realized there were a series of unfortunate events on both sides that led them to that point. Harvey with his reputation of operating in the gray area, combined with his past time at the embattled DA's office. Donna's indiscretion, which really didn't become one until she kept it from Harvey and then destroyed the document, only made things worse. In many ways, they were both at fault in some way. The situation only got amplified in the heat of the moment.
Speaking of which, I was surprised, saddened and invigorated by Harvey and Donna's confrontation in the bathroom. We've never seen these two yell at each other, let alone significantly disagree on an issue. To see them come to blows was such a difficult thing to watch. I hope I never have to do it again, quite honestly.
I CANNOT BELIEVE she SHREDDED that document! That was the one thing she SHOULD NOT have done! It was irreversible and likely the straw that broke the camel's back. I think even then she still had a chance to redeem herself. And then the moment was gone. Just. Like. That.
I don't think I will ever get the look on Donna's face out of my head when Jessica told her she was fired. I about died, and I know plenty of you were out there bawling your eyes out.
You didn't even have to be watching to react in such a way, you could have been Louis Litt mourning the loss of your beloved cat, Bruno. Rachel was right, if he showed half the emotion towards an individual that he does towards his cat, he would be more popular at the firm. It's good to know he is capable of connecting, even if it's with an animal.
Dare I say it, however, I think Rachel and Louis connected this episode as colleagues and as human beings. It was extremely thoughtful of her to bring him that autographed tennis ball, even if she had to get it from Mike on the pretense of being able to keep secrets from him as he has from her.
Highlights from the episode:
- Watching Harvey on a run for 30 seconds.
- Harold taking care of Bruno despite his injuries.
- Donna's awkwardness during the interview.
- Donna's Star Trek references during the interview.
- Mike taking his first case to court, and sniffing out the BS before it was too late.
- Mike unplugging the shredder to catch Donna in the act.
- Mike spilling coffee on the affadavit to prevent him from committing perjury.
- Feline transportation units, a.k.a. Cat carriers.
This had to be one of Suits best episodes of the series so far. Though it has apparently led to a Donna-less spell on the show, I know that we'll get her back eventually!
Don't forget to follow @SuitsTVF on Twitter and use the hastag #SaveDonna to join the movement to honor her memory, and perhaps even hasten her return to Pearson/Hardman!
C. Charles is a TV Fanatic Staff Writer. Follow her on Twitter.


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Did The Oklahoma City Thunder Make A Huge Mistake In Trading Away James Harden Before The 2012-13 NBA Season?
The Oklahoma City Thunder are in absolutely no trouble right now. Although they lost to the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night during their first game after the NBA All-Star break, the Thunder are now 39-15 on the year and sit just 3.5 games behind the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference playoff picture. And, that's nothing to be ashamed of, seeing as how the Spurs currently have the best record in the entire NBA. But, after last season, which saw the Thunder come thisclose to winning the NBA championship, is Oklahoma City regretting trading their sixth man James Harden to the Rockets just before the start of the 2012-13 NBA season? After watching him light them up for 46 points on Wednesday, are they worried about what they'll be able to do in the playoffs this season? Should they have kept him, even if he did decide to walk after the current season to sign a new contract to play elsewhere?
At this point, you have to think that they are re-thinking their decision just a bit. After all, Harden is playing like a bonafide superstar this season. Although Houston is just barely in the playoff picture at this point, he's really shown just how potent he can be offensively during his time with the Rockets. Further, he's demonstrated his leadership skills and his ability to take over games and will his team to win while with the Rockets. And, those are some of the traits that the Thunder really could have used at times this year. When Russell Westbrook flips out on the sideline or Kevin Durant needs someone to help him when he's struggling, Harden would have been just the guy the Thunder needed. Except he's no longer with the team, essentially because of a dispute over his contract.
We don't blame the Thunder for moving Harden before the season and getting what they could for him. From a business standpoint, it made perfect sense. But, we get the feeling that, before this season is over, the Thunder are going to wish that they still had him on their roster. Because, if they did have him right now, they would be the favorite to win the title this year, instead of just being one of the many teams that's in contention for it. As we said earlier, it's not that they're in trouble right now. It's that there's the potential for trouble in their future. And, that is why they made a mistake when they traded James Harden before the season. Just watch what happens in the second half of the 2012-13 NBA season.


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Seth Gordon's been living with the Christmas spirit for the past two years, culminating in Thursday's "Four Christmases" preem at the Chinese.
"I'm as fascinated by the whole idea of this very Americanized holiday as when I started," he said at the post-preem bash at the Roosevelt. "Families aren't nuclear any more but we take Christmas just as seriously. There's a lot of humor in that."
Reese Witherspoon and castmates Kristin Chenoweth, Robert Duvall and Sissy Spacek attended while Vince Vaughn was in Bora Bora on a shoot. Other notables included Sue Kroll, Toby Emmerich, Richard Brener and producer Jonathan Glickman.
Glickman opined that there's nothing like Christmas get-togethers to bring family neuroses to the forefront — particularly amid uncertain times.
"I think escapism works well when there's an economic downturn," he added. "I told Reese we were doing 'Four Hanukkahs' next."


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Cooking with Lisa: Vegan Black and White Cookies
Editor's note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore's online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG.
Happy Last Week of Classes! I know you're busy pretending that you're going to start your finals work ahead of time, but you should take some time out to make these cookies.
Everybody who tried these, loved them. A friend who told me she doesn't normally like black and white cookies had two, and everybody was shocked that they were vegan. I'm not entirely sure how they get their texture without eggs or butter (magic? Really, I don't know) but they work.
Source: Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero.
1 cup soy milk
2 teaspoons lemon juice
½ cup canola oil
1 ¼ cups granulated sugar
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
¼ teaspoon lemon extract or ½ teaspoon lemon zest
¼ teaspoon orange extract or ½ teaspoons orange zest
2 ½ cups flour
½ cup cornstarch
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
¾ teaspoons salt
4 cups powdered sugar
¼ cup boiling water (have more to add for consistency)
a dash of vanilla extract
2/3 cup semisweet chocolate chips
(Note: The chocolate chips I used were not vegan but there are many vegan chocolate chips available.)
This recipe is a little bit time-intensive, but it's definitely doable and I think the end result is worth it.
The cookies themselves are vegan, but the consistency is great and I find it impossible to tell. This recipe also doesn't have the semi-obscure baking ingredients a lot of vegan cookies do, and it's actually pretty simple. As always, choose some music or something to watch. I watched Back to the Future, which is an incredible movie but also has much weirder gender politics than I remember.
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
First, squeeze your lemon. You won't need all of the juice from the lemon, but I find it best to squeeze it into a larger bowl then measure out the amount I'll need. Mix in the soymilk. Leave it alone for a minute while it curdles.
Add in the vanilla, oil, orange, lemon, and sugar. Whisk or just mix it in.
Last time I made these, I used orange and lemon extracts. While this is slightly easier, it is cheaper and requires only a little more effort to zest your own lemon and orange. The tastes were definitely more distinctive this way, which I liked, but either works.
In another bowl, mix together flour, corn starch, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture. Mix together until everything is evenly incorporated and it forms dough.
Spoon the dough onto baking sheets. Use parchment paper or some other non-stick method to ensure the cookies come off the sheet cleanly. The recipe also calls for larger cookies, as is traditional with black and white cookies. I made them smaller this time so I could give them to more people, but do whatever feels right.
Pat down the dough on the tray, since the cookies should be flat. Place them at least a few inches apart since they will spread out.
The recipe said bake for 18-20 minutes, but mine were all done with 15. Just keep an eye on yours, and when a toothpick or fork comes out clean they are done.
While they bake, clean up some of your supplies and work station. Keep watching Back to the Future, or whichever 1980s movie you have chosen. Footloose is also acceptable.
Take the cookies out of the oven to cool.
Make the icing! This is where I made a few mistakes, so I'd recommend following this pretty closely. Measure out your powdered sugar and boil water. Once the water is boiled, add it to the sugar. Intensely whisk this immediately. If you do it fast enough, the icing will be smooth and shiny. If not, you get the wreck of my first effort.
If you have frosting spatula, use that to spread the frosting. I just used a spoon, which was adequate. Put the glaze on one half of each cookie. It should cover it, but you don't have to go crazy.
Once all of the cookies have been half-glazed, melt the chocolate chips. A double boiler is best, but I just used the microwave. Make sure to stir the chips every 30 seconds or so if you use the microwave, or you might burn the chocolate.
Add the chocolate to the remaining glaze and again, whisk very vigorously. You might have to add some more boiling water to this to get it to a good consistency, which is fine. Just add about a dash and keep whisking. Once it's smooth, frost the other half of the cookies.
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1998 Lexus GS300
By on 3/13/12 | Baltimore, MD
Hello. I love this car and so do many people that see me get out. It is completely custom and fully loaded. I got lucky. I brought the car with 199 thousand miles for 3000 dollars. I put 1000 dollars into it. It runs excellent. People think it is a 2004-2006 when it is freshly washed. I have a 1998 GS 400 body, but the engine has been changed to a 300 style. I just replaced the oil pump, timing belt, water pump, ball joints, all oxygen sensors. When you change the oil pump you will need to make sure you order the proper seals from the dealership. For the person that wanted to know about the o2 sensors, it is best to replace them all because when you go back to emissions, there will most likely be another that is bad. my Father is a mechanic so I fished out 1000 for the parts, but my parts were equaled to 2200 dollars. Thank God for Dads. The labor would have cost me 2500-3000 dollars if I would have taken it to the dealer. Just know that there are parts that you can't get anywhere but the dealer. If they send it to you it may be wrong. What a waist of time. Just go to the dealer ship and take the old part with you. I also got a new radiator, tune up, and the springs that hold the hood up. My car has 208 thousand miles. I have hot rims that need to come off because it weights the suspension down. If you have heavy rims switch. I spent so much money on the engine that I cant get new suspension stuff until August. Anyone know of the best place to go for this. Other than that, if you take care of your car it will take care of you. Lexus is expensive but it is worth it.
1998 Lexus GS300
By on 7/5/10 | Alpharetta, GA
I purchased this car about 6 months ago. I love this car. I have a '92 sc400, as well. I am currently looking for a GS400.
1998 Lexus GS300
By on 8/19/09 | West Palm Beach, FL
I own a 1998 Lexus GS300 and I absolutely love my car. I bought it from the original owner and this will be my second GS300. The car has 89K miles on it and I just recently replaced the timimg belt, water pump, front and rear engine seals, both front lower ball joints, valve cover gasket and spark plugs at Lexus of Palm Beach just to name a few and this car can go for another 80K miles without a major problem. I just simply love the inline six cylinder engine with the real wheel drive. My car was originally bought in the State of New York so it came with the heated fron seats. It also has the Xenon lights which is kind of cool to see the lights rise up when you first turn the car on. I am not sure if the original owners replaced them since I am not sure if they were an option back in 98. The car looks flawless and I love the silver color with the nice almost new black leather interior. I also love the craftmanship of the vehicle, everything seems to be in place. I recently took it for service at the dealer and they told me that I need front struts but then again it is an 11 year old vehicle. other than that, I have not had any issues with my car and I will keep it until it dies. The transmission makes a very small noise at lower speeds especially on first gear. The dealer told me that I need to replace my transmission mount so I don't know at this point. This car is not as fast in the take off as his brother from the other mother the GS 400 but on the highway this car flies. I have taken it on the Florida's turnpike at around 120MPH and you can't even feel it. The car is very stable and it seems to accelerate quick when passing other cars at high speeds. I don't recommend you to speed but sometimes the car just wants you to hit the gas pedal to test its performance. I have owned a BMW, Acura, Audi, Honda, Infiniti Mazda and Mercedes but there is nothing like a LEXUS. I know it's a TOYOTA on STEROIDS but because of that is that I will NEVER go back to any of the other cars previoulsy mentioned. Anyways, I love my GS. I wish they would have made a special edition six speed just like the SUPRA, then we really be talking.
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Archive for October, 2009
Torbay vs Exeter League Match (31.10.2009.)
The match between the Torbay and Exeter Leagues on Sunday was originally intended to have been over 40 boards, but a combination of player availability and swine flu restricted it to 32-a-side. The teams were well-matched in strength and the early results found the teams tied at 10-all, but the last 12 games to finish went mostly to the home side, winning by 18½ – 13½..
This was the game on top board.
White: Andy Dunn (181). Black: Brian Hewson (184).
Scandinavian Defence [B01]
1.e4 d5 2.Nc3 d4 3.Nce2 c5 4.Ng3 Nc6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.d3 h6 8.e5 White gambits a key pawn in the hope of counter play with his pieces. 8…Nxe5 9.Ne4 Qc7 10.Bf4 Bg7 11.Bb5+ Kf8 (if 11…Bd7 12.Bxd7+ Kxd7 and the King is forced to join the fray in the centre). 12.0–0 Nxf3+ (Not 12…Bg4 13.Nxe5 Bxd1 14.Nxg6+ fxg6 15.Bxc7 Rc8 16.Bf4 Bg4 (not 16…Bxc2 17.Rac1 winning the bishop). 13.Qxf3 e5 14.Bg3 Be6 15.Bc4 Bxc4 16.dxc4 Ne7 17.Nf6 Rd8 (if 17…Nf5 18.Bxe5! Qxe5 19.Nd7+) 18.Rfe1 Qc6 19.Bxe5 Qxf3 20.gxf3 g5 (If Black had played 20…Nc6 White had a forced mate, thus 21.Bd6+ Rxd6 22.Re8#) 21.Nh5 Bxe5 22.Rxe5 b6 23.Rae1 Ng6 24.Rd5 Re8 25.Kf1 Rxe1+ 26.Kxe1 Ke7 27.Kd2 Rd8 28.Rxd8 Kxd8 29.Ng7 Now it is Black's knight that does the telling damage. 29…Ne5 30.Nf5 Nxc4+ 31.Kd3 Nxb2+ 32.Ke4 Nc4 33.Nxh6 Ke7 34.Kf5 Na3 35.Kxg5 Nxc2 and White's flag fell with one move to make, but Black's advanced d- pawn cannot be stopped. 0–1
Somerset's team has been strengthened this season by the arrival at Bath University of Chris Dorrington, who was British U-12 joint champion a decade ago, and now graded 221 has pushed Jack Rudd down a place in the team. In their recent 1st round match against Hampshire, they won the top six games 5-1 but lost further down the order and the match finished 8-all. The start was delayed by an hour as Somerset forgot to take their equipment.
Cornwall defaulted their match against Glos, so it was a jittery start to the new inter-county season.
Last week's problem by Denys Bonner was solved by 1.Qxf6! which deserves its exclamation mark, if not two. There is no immediate threat, but every Black move permits a mate. e.g. If 1…exf6 2.Re8 mate because the knight is now pinned. If 1…gxf6 2.Ne6 mate as the King can no longer flee to the g-file. If 1…Rxf6 2.hxg7 mate, and if 1…Kg7 2.Qxg7 mate as the rook is now pinned. The work of a master composer, but this week's 2-mover is a little easier.
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As reported briefly last week, Denys Bonner died in Exeter recently.
He was born in 1919 and was descended from two old Sidmouth families. His father moved around as Manager with the Westminster Bank before leaving the bank in 1930 and starting the old Moriglen Hotel in Exmouth. Denys joined the local club in 1943 and took them into the Exeter & District League when it was formed in 1953, leading them to the inaugural championship.
His job then took him to the Yeovil and Glastonbury area of Somerset as he was promoted through the ranks to becoming a bank manager himself. He became fully immersed in Somerset chess, including winning the county championship nine times, playing on the top boards for the county team and being its captain. He was a keen postal player and was Somerset's top board for many years.
He was also a keen problemist, both as a composer and solver.
Strangely for such an active player in several aspects of the game, I can currently locate only one game of his and one problem – hopefully more will come to light in time.
He took part in the very strong 1st Barnstaple Congress in 1971 scoring 50%. One of his games was published in the tournament book, though it was not very good from his point of view, as his opponent was much lower graded yet held him to a draw.
White: P. A. Jones (1640). Black: D. P. Bonner (2040).
Ruy Lopez – Berlin Defence. [C67]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 Signature move of the Berlin Defence 4.0–0 Nxe4 5.d4 White is trying to clear the e-file as quickly as possible while the Black King is still in the centre. Nd6 6.Bxc6 bxc6 7.dxe5 Nb7 8.Re1 Be7 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.Nf1 0–0 11.b3 Ne6 12.Bb2 d5 13.Ne3 f5 14.c4 f4 15.Nc2 Ng5 16.Nxg5 Bxg5 17.f3 dxc4 18.bxc4 Be6 19.Qe2 Qe8 And a draw was agreed at this point, even though Black was the stronger player by 400 rating points and there is a lot of play left in the game. The black bishops are somewhat constricted, however, and White has a passed pawn.
The 10th Seniors Congress starts in Exmouth on Monday 9th November and is followed by the Torbay Congress on the weekend 20th – 22nd November at the Riviera Centre, Torquay, so there's another busy time ahead.
Last week's game ending finished with 1…Ng4 threatening Qg2 mate, and if 2.hxg4 then 2…Qh4 mate.
This is the only problem by Denys Bonner I can find at the moment. It is a 2-mover and – be warned – it's seriously difficult.
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It was a busy weekend for Devon's players, starting with their annual Wayling Cup match against Dorset at Luppitt on Saturday. The teams were well-matched over the top 8 boards, where the score was 4-all, but Devon's greater strength in depth proved decisive and they won 10-6. Devon's winners were Charlie Howard, Tim Paulden, John Morrison, Wilf Taylor, Steve Murray, Robert Jones and John Knowles, while honourable draws were obtained by Messrs. Gosling, Kennedy, Toms, Gorodi and Southall.
This game was last to finish and involved a newcomer to Devon.
White: T. Paulden (157). Black: P. Wilcock (157).
Polish Opening [A00]
1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.e3 Bf5 4.c4 e6 5.Qb3 Be7 6.Nf3 0–0 7.Be2 c6 8.0–0 Nbd7 9.Nc3 Bg4 10.d4 Ne4 11.Qc2 Ndf6 12.c5 Nxc3 13.Bxc3 Ne4 14.Bd3 Nxc3 15.Qxc3 Bxf3 16.gxf3 f5 cutting off White's pieces from rushing to the defence of the King while opening lines for attackers. 17.f4 Rf6 18.Kh1 Rh6 19.Rg1 Bf8 20.Rg5 Be7 21.Rg2 Bf6 22.a4 It behoves White to create a diversion on the opposite wing. 22…Rc8 23.b5 Qe7 24.Qa5 cxb5 25.axb5 Ra8 26.b6 a6 27.c6 bxc6 28.Bxa6 Qe8 29.b7 Rb8 30.Qc7 Be7 31.Rc1 e5 32.Qxe5 Rf6 33.Qc7 Kf8 34.Qa5 By this stage Black has only seconds left to reach move 40 and a small crowd has gathered round. 34…Bd6 35.Qc3 Bc7 36.f3 Kg8 37.Rcg1 g6 38.Rb1 Re6 39.Rc1 White is thinking more of attacking c6 rather than defending e3. 39…Rxe3 40.Qxc6 Re1+ 41.Rg1 Rxg1+ 42.Kxg1 Qe3+ 43.Kg2 Qd2+ 44.Kf1 Qd3+?? The game is brought to a sudden halt by a terrible blunder brought on by time-pressure. 1-0 If Black had played instead 44…Bxf4 45.Rc2 Qd1+ 46.Kg2 Kg7 and the game is very finely balanced.
The following day, the Newton Abbot Club hosted Devon's Team RapidPlay Tournament for the cup originally donated by A. R. B. Thomas. Nine teams of 4 players entered, playing six rounds at 12 minutes per player per game. At that speed, it was nail-biting stuff – not for the faint-hearted – and it was not decided until the last game to finish, when Exmouth "A" clinched it, just a half point ahead of Barnstaple, with Tiverton "A" in 3rd place. The event was organised by the host club's Secretary, Trefor Thynne.
The death was announced this week of Denys Bonner at the age of 90 in an Exeter nursing home. In his prime he had been a top player in Devon and later in Somerset for many years. I hope to record more of his career later.
In last week's position, Mestel won after 1…Nxa2+ 2.Qxa2 (forced) 2…Qf4 mate.
The 35th Guernsey Chess Festival starts tomorrow and several local players will be involved. This week's position shows the end of a game between Steve Murray of the Met. Office and Tony Corkett at Guernsey in 2002. How did Corkett (Black) win in 2 moves against any defence?
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As we celebrate the bi-centenary of the birth of Charles Darwin, writer of the seminal work "On The Origin Of Species", it may be a good moment to reflect on the evolution of chess clubs. Like all organisms, they evolve through the years, some thriving while others become extinct. It is many years, for example, since places like Winkleigh and Dawlish had their own clubs. Exeter is a prime example; at the start of the 20th century there were clubs at the Wyvern Barracks Officers' Mess, the Emmanuel Institute, Sidwell YMCA and the Constitutional Club. Half a century later these had gone, to be succeeded by Exeter School, the Civil Service, St. Loye's and St. Luke's Colleges. Fifty more years on the last three of these have vanished, to be replaced by the Met. Office and Isca Juniors.
The oldest club in the South West was Penzance, founded in 1848. In recent years it changed its name to Penwith, and now even this is not listed in the current ECF Yearbook.
The latest casualty is Totnes. It was one of the founding members of the DCCA in 1901 and had played a significant role in Devon chess in the early years of the century, but disbanding in 1926. Before that, members had included J. E. D. Moysey, once described by Mieses as one of the foremost English amateurs, Dr. Allingham, several times Devon Champion and the wonderfully-named J. Darley Dingle, Devon match captain, who died in 1924 while still in that office. Quite why the Totnes club had folded is not clear, as at the time it was Devon's fourth largest club after Plymouth, Exeter and Torquay.
It was reformed in September 1951 by J. E. 'Eddy' Jones, shortly after he became Latin master at the Grammar School, retrieving the old club's equipment and trophies that had languished for over a quarter century in the vaults of a local bank.
By way of contrast, the neighbouring club of Newton Abbot, that was recently revived by Trefor Thynne, is going from strength to strength, so the last four members of Totnes don't have far to go.
Extinction for chess clubs, unlike the dinosaurs, is not irrevocable. Often, the key factor is the existence, or lack of, a single key person to breathe life into the corpse.
Last week's problem was solved by 1.Rg7, not a threat in itself but any Black move will permit a mate.
This position, by Devonian H. Maxwell Prideaux (1857-1925), was taken from a book I recently acquired entitled 777 Chess Miniatures in Three, privately published by E. Wallis in 1908. In the front was a bookplate featuring an elaborate coat of arms above the name Dermot Macgregor Morrah. A little research revealed his dates were 1896–1974 and he was the Arundel Herald of Arms Extraordinary, who wrote books and articles on the Royal family and officiated at the Coronation. A miniature is a problem containing 7 pieces or less. Anyway, White to play and mate in 3 moves.


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1.1 Tourism is one of the largest and most
important industries in Britain. It is worth more than £64
billion per year, employs c 1.8 million people7 per cent
of the UK's workforceand contributes 4 per cent of the
nation's GDP.
1.2 The British Tourist Authority (BTA),
together with the English, Scottish and Welsh Tourist Boards (the
national boards) were created in 1969 by the Development of Tourism
Act. BTA was charged with encouraging people living overseas to
visit Great Britain whilst the national boards were given responsibility
for promoting their respective countries domestically within Britain.
1.3 Originally, the national tourist boards
were not given powers to market their countries overseas, but
this was changed for Scotland in 1984, and for Wales in 1992.
The English Tourist Board, now trading as the English Tourism
Council, has never been granted them.
1.4 BTA's role is to build the value of
tourism to Britain, generating additional tourism revenue throughout
Britain, throughout the year. BTA operates in 27 overseas markets
and works in partnership with the national tourism boards for
England, Wales, Scotland and, by special agreement, Northern Ireland,
to promote an attractive image of Britain. BTA provides impartial
tourism information and gathers essential market intelligence
for the UK tourism industry.
Before the outbreak of FMD in Britain, spending
by overseas visitors was expected to rise in 2001 by around 2
per cent, to an estimated £13 billion. Based on intelligence
supplied by its overseas offices and figures being circulated
by the travel trade and the national and regional tourist boards,
the British Tourist Authority estimates that inbound tourism for
2001 will now be between 10-20 per cent short of its original
forecasts. In financial terms this means a likely drop in revenue
of between £1.5-£2.5 billion.
The outbreak is having a severe impact on inbound
tourism, and not just in contaminated or restricted areas. Estimates
of potential losses are at least £120 million per week throughout
Britain, with at least £100 million per week lost just in
England. This is likely to have increased significantly over the
Easter period. Of course, the longer-term damage to the industry
and the figure of overall losses is difficult to quantify and
will be dependent on the extent and duration of the outbreak.
International media coverage has been extensive,
and has been mixed in terms of accuracy. Consequently, many markets
are misinformed about foot and mouth, eg should we bring our own
food? Is there any food in the restaurants? etc. In the last week,
there have been numerous positive stories about the re-opening
of tourist attractions and footpaths around the UK, which all
contributes to the message that Britain is "open for business".
However, feedback from BTA's overseas offices,
shows that the restrictions placed on access to some areas of
Britain is only one of the concerns that are keeping visitors
away; there are other equally strong issueswhether real
or perceivedabout health and safety in the UK.
BTA has identified 10 markets (Australia, Belgium,
Canada, France, Germany, the Irish Republic, the Netherlands,
New Zealand, Switzerland and the USA), where the impact of FMD
has been most severe and from which levels of visitors to Britain
are likely to be heavily reduced. It is clear in these markets
that we have extensive work to do in the short term in providing
reassurance and factual information on foot and mouth disease
and, in the longer term, in rebuilding Britain's image as a tourist
Several of our officesespecially those
in the near European markets and in the USreport a high
number of enquiries from concerned travellers, while trade partners
report cancellations into the autumn. The business tourism sector
is more resilient than the leisure sector, although conference/delegate
numbers are down.
The longer the crisis continues, the greater
the long-term damage is likely to be to Britain's image as a tourism
destination (it took five years for the US market to recover fully
from the Gulf War).
BTA believes that tourism has a responsibility
to support farmers and help eradicate foot and mouth disease,
but its primary concern is to safeguard the long-term interests
of the tourism industry, especially the small and medium sized
businesses who are most affected by the outbreak and are characteristic
of rural tourism.
BTA wants to ensure that visitors' travel plans
are only changed where absolutely necessary. It also wants to
minimise the long-term damage to Britain's image as a tourism
destination, so that full recovery is as speedy as possible.
BTA convened an internal Immediate Action Group
on 2 March, which has met daily since then.
BTA has set up a foot and mouth steering group
and an implementation group to guide BTA activities throughout
the outbreak. These two groups will finalise the recovery plan
and co-ordinate communication with a number of audiences, both
here and overseas eg UK and overseas trade, consumers, Government,
staff and media. Foot and mouth matters will take priority over
other work commitments.
BTA has produced a Recovery Marketing Plan for
the industry covering action to address the affects of FMD in
the immediate, medium and long-term. The total plan is estimated
to cost in excess of £20 million, for which additional government
funding will be required. To date, BTA has received commitment
from the Government for £2.2 million of additional funding
towards its planned recovery activity. This money, combined with
monies held over from BTA's 2000-01 grant-in-aid, will only be
sufficient to address the immediate situation, such as our planned
global PR activity over the next few months. We have, of course,
welcomed this financial contribution to handling, rebutting and
reversing the international media portrayal of Britain; but we
have made it clear to Government that we see this £2.2 million
as only being the first tranche of further substantial investment.
The Committee should note that it is now BTA's
firm conviction that the second tranche of money, totalling £8
million, is now required to undertake tactical advertising and
further PR activity.
BTA has been concentrating on providing accurate
information to potential visitors and was requested by the Prime
Minister to produce a new website to promote open attractions
and events in Britain. We completed this formidable task in one
weekend. The new websitewww.open.visitbritain.comfeatures
a searchable database of attractions and events, and shows that
80 per cent of attractions are open as normal. Links to the new
website can be found from all www.visitbritain.com gateway and
campaign sites, and it also features a "visitor's charter"
on visiting the countryside.
BTA has published a "Visitors' Charter"
on its websitewww.visitbritain.comwhich is being
used as BTA's primary news/PR tool. As well as advice on travelling
to and around Britain, visitors can get up-to-date information
on attractions, events and activities. There are already 1,100
attraction details on the site and this will increase as more
information comes through from the trade.
Regular reports from our overseas offices are
compiled to provide government and the industry with an indication
of how the FMD outbreak in Britain is being perceived overseas,
and an estimation of the likely impact on visitor numbers in both
the short and medium term. A daily briefing is sent to the Rt
Hon Chris Smith MP, and a weekly parliamentary briefing is sent
to 80 key MPs, MSPs and AMs. Detailed briefings have also been
sent to The Royal Household and relevant Cabinet members in the
UK, Welsh and Scottish governments.
At the same time, BTA is providing daily bulletins
to our overseas offices to keep them abreast of developments and
share best practice in responding to the crisis.
In addition to briefing the trade press, BTA
has written to 10,000 trade contacts on its database to update
them of BTA's activities in response to FMD and advise them on
their own response.
Last week, BTA and FCO Minister Brian Wilson
MP briefed the nine Ambassadors to the UK from Britain's most
affected overseas markets to ensure that consistent messages are
being delivered by overseas governments to their own countries.
BTA overseas call and visitor centres continue
to deal with thousands of enquiries each day. All offices have
now held briefings for both the media and the travel trade to
set the facts straight and provide reassurance about travelling
to and within Britain. The New York call centre is currently handling
c 700 enquiries a day about foot and mouth and travelling to Britain.
Regular reports from our overseas offices have
been compiled to provide government and the industry with an indication
of how the FMD outbreak in Britain is being perceived overseas,
and the likely impact on visitor numbers in both the short and
medium term.
Briefings for both the media and the travel
trade have been held in many of the markets most affected by the
outbreak, designed to set the facts straight and provide reassurance
about travelling to and within Britain.
BTA is also commissioning research into consumer
perceptions in its 10 most affected markets, to benchmark reaction
to FMD and establish the propensity to travel to Britain.
BTA has appointed a global PR agency, GCI, to
work in all our 27 markets to minimise the negative perceptions
of Britain in the short term and, in the longer term, help rebuild
An analysis of how foot and mouth has been covered
in overseas media is attached as an appendix to this submission.
Last week, BTA brought over a group of 40 travel
industry leaders from around the world to see for themselves the
impact of FMD. The World Travel Leaders' Summit secured third
party endorsement that, in spite of FMD, Britain remains an attractive
and safe destination for overseas visitors. Summit participants
have returned to their respective countries ready and equipped
to encourage the travel trade to sell Britain with confidence
to overseas audiences.
The presidents of national travel writers associations
and travel agents from our nine key overseas markets visited Inverness,
Loch Ness, Cawdor Castle, Edinburgh Castle, the Lake District,
Portmeirion, Snowdonia, Devon and London. On arrival at Heathrow
(Tuesday 17) they were met by Tourism Minister Janet Anderson
MP, who saw the two groups off as they departed to various parts
of the UK.
In Edinburgh, one group comprising guests from
Long Haul markets (USA, Japan and Canada) were hosted to dinner
by the Secretary of State for Scotland and the First Minister
on board the Royal Yacht Britannia (Wednesday 18). In Portmeirion,
the other group from European markets, were hosted at dinner by
the Deputy First Minister of Wales, and the Parliamentary Under-Secretary
of State of the Wales Office.
HRH the Duke of Edinburgh received the entire
delegation at Windsor Castle on Friday 20. This was followed by
lunch with the Prime Minister at Chequers and a reception at No.
10 Downing Street, hosted by Mrs Blair and the Rt Hon Chris Smith
The VIP tour generated enormous domestic and
overseas media coverage, and demonstrated to world travel leaders
and writers that actually very little of the events, attractions
and experiences which an overseas visitor might seek have been
affected by foot and mouth. Crucially, having these opinion formers
experience Britain at first hand, has ensured that they are credible,
enthusiastic and knowledgeable third-party advocates for British
English and UK Ministers: Between 21-23 March,
BTA Chief Executive, Jeff Hamblin, accompanied Janet Anderson,
Minister for Tourism, on a reassurance and media visit to New
York to specifically address and counter USA media coverage of
foot and mouth. This resulted in huge media coverage throughout
the USA.
Kate Hoey MP, Minister for Sport, attended a
BTA travel trade media breakfast seminar on tourism and foot and
mouth in Valencia, Spain on Tuesday 17 April.
The Rt Hon Chris Smith MP, Secretary of State
for Culture, Media and Sport, will be visiting Toronto, Canada
on 25 and 26 April on a BTA facilitated promotional visit.
George Foulkes MP, Minister of State, Scotland
Office, will be giving a press conference on tourism and foot
and mouth issues at the BTA office in Brussels on Tuesday 24 April.
Scottish Executive Ministers: Bernard Donoghue,
BTA's Head of Government Affairs, accompanied Henry McLeish MSP,
First Minister of Scotland, and Alasdair Morrison MSP, Tourism
Minister in the Scottish Executive, on a media visit to New York
during the week beginning 2 April. The visit coincided with National
Tartan Week in the USA and the Ministers undertook a number of
media activities arranged by BTA.
Welsh Assembly Ministers: On Monday 2 April,
Mike German AM, Deputy First Minister of Wales, visited BTA offices
in Amsterdam and Frankfurt to gauge the perceptions of Britain
and Wales from the travel trade in the Netherlands and Germany.
BTA, the English Tourism Council and the British
Hospitality Association have been appointed to the UK Government's
Rural Economy Task Force. Bernard Donoghue, BTA's Head of Government
and Corporate Affairs, sits on the taskforce, which is chaired
by Environment Minister Rt Hon Michael Meacher MP.
BTA has held several meetings with government
ministers and officials, including the Prime Minister, to discuss
the inbound tourism perspective and the industry's response and
recovery plans.
The BTA recovery plan will be integrated with
the recovery plans being prepared at a local level by the national
and regional/area tourist boards of Scotland, Wales, Northern
Ireland and England on behalf of their respective ministers and
BTA's immediate priority is to disseminate accurate
information via overseas offices and contacts about what it is
and isn't possible to do or see in Britain, and to correct the
misconceptions that exist about foot and mouth. We are sending
out accurate information to our overseas offices for use as each
market sees fit. Channels for this will include BTA's website,
www.visitbritain.com, www.openbritain.gov.uk, information bulletins
and media newsletters overseas and regular communications with
staff on information to convey to all their audiences. (This activity
is costed at approximately £4.3 million.)
As well as highlighting the fact that there
are still things you can see and do in Britain, BTA will be:
The mid-crisis activity will include market
research into overseas perceptions of Britain, PR and tactical
advertising campaigns, and a consumer e-mail campaign to 10 million
people worldwide who are on BTA's database. (This activity is
costed at approximately £8 million).
The longer-term activity will include image
advertising campaigns, on-territory presentations to trade and
consumers and travel trade and press familiarisation visitsprobably
including high profile VIP "ambassadors". BTA campaigns
will give prominence to rural Britain, especially those areas
most affected by the current crisis. (This activity is costed
at approximately £10 million.)
Foot and mouth disease does not present any
threat to humans or to food supplies.
There is plenty to see and do in Britain that
is not affected by the foot and mouth outbreakmuch of our
countryside is unaffected, as are all our towns and cities.
There are no restrictions on people leaving
There is no reason to cancel or postpone your
visit unless you were planning to specifically visit one of the
contaminated or restricted areas.
BTA is ensuring that the latest information
on access to the countryside produced by MAFF, DETR, The NI Assembly,
The National Assembly for Wales and the Scottish Executiveall
of which is somewhat different in detail and emphasisis
promoted through BTA's call centres and information distribution
BTA is also advising visitors of the three rules
the Government has issued regarding visiting the countryside,
It should be noted that separate advice to the
public on access to the countryside has been issued by the Scottish
Executive ("The Comeback Code"), the National Assembly
for Wales and MAFF and DETR. Whilst all the codes conform to uniform
to the official UK Chief Veterinary Officer's advice, each take
account of the regional and local incidence of the outbreak.
The BTA's role is to promote Britain abroad
in order to raise the value of overseas visitors' spending to
the UK. Latest figures show that in 2000 there were 25.3 million
visitors to the UK who spent £12.8 billion. BTA operates
in 27 key markets overseas, which collectively generate almost
90 per cent of all visitors to Britain.
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The 17-year-old made it into the tournament after winning the qualifying round held last month and will be India`s only bet in the championships to be played till August 3.
"I am very proud to represent my country. It will be a tough challenge competing against some of the talented juniors of the world. It`s a dream to play in the US. It will be a good platform to showcase my skills and get international exposure," Aniket said.
Coming from an army background, Aniket developed interest in the sport at the age of 12, while his dad was posted in Pune. Since then his love for the sport is on the rise.
"I started off playing golf at the Army golf course in Pune. I am lucky that I come from defence background as one gets to play the sport in the Army courses at nominal cost," Aniket, a student of Sanskriti School, said.
"In the last two-three years I have started taking golf more seriously and thinking of pursuing it as a career."
Studying in class 12th, Aniket hasn`t been able to devote enough time to domestic IGU circuit and local tournaments this season but the teenager is confident of good showing.
"I was happy with my performance at the qualifying event in Chandigarh and hoping to deliver the goods in the States. My aim would be to finish in the top-10 of my event," the city-based golfer said.
Players from over 30 countries are expected to participate in the tournament organised by US Kids Golf Foundation. It organises local tours in various part of the world and based on the performances in these events, the finalists are chosen.
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Reggio Calabria, March 5 - An Irish Republican Army (IRA) militant is reportedly among 20 people arrested early on Tuesday in an operation against the Aquino and Morabito 'Ndrangheta organized crime families, police sources said. Alleged crime boss Rocco Morabito, son of Giuseppe Morabito aka U Tiradrittu and several Spanish and Italian businessmen were also arrested on suspicion of criminal conspiracy and money laundering in what police are calling Operation Metropolis. Agents also seized assets worth 450 million euros. The IRA allegedly sent the arrested militant to launder money with the help of Italian organized crime families. The IRA allegedly first contacted the Neapolitan Camorra and the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta around 2007-2008. The IRA reportedly has also laundered money through organized crime elements in Spain. 'Ndrangheta, whose name means 'virtue' or 'heroism' in a dialectical form of ancient Greek, once dealt mainly in kidnappings and extortion and fed off the pickings of public tenders, living in the shadow of its Sicilian cousin. But it has since expanded throughout Italy, northern Europe and other countries, where it invests its huge drugs profits.
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Kolkata: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his gesture of congratulating him after winning the Lok Sabha elections, saying he did not expect him to reach out after their "nasty" spat.
At the same time, Tharoor was critical of the Modi government, saying there is a huge gap between rhetoric and reality.
Tharoor, whose wife Sunanda Pushkar's mysterious death has led police to register a murder case and triggered a controversy, also lashed out at the media, alleging it is "irresponsible".
"I didn't expect him(Modi) to reach out and that's why I was very impressed," the Congress MP said during a media interaction at the launch of his book "India Shashtra" in the Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival.
"I was surprised because Modi had not shown signs of reconciliation with an opponent before that. He and I had also clashed quite clearly and explicitly 3 to 8 months previously when he had said something about my wife," he said, recalling Modi's "nasty" tweet about Sunanda.
In an apparent attack on Pushkar, Modi had said at a Lok Sabha election rally in Shimla last year, "Wah kya girlfriend hai. Aapne kabhi dekha hai 50 crore ki girlfriend?" (What a girlfriend? Have you ever seen a 50-crore girlfriend).
Tharoor had later taken on Modi by tweeting, "My wife is worth a lot more than your imaginary 50 crores. She is priceless."
Tharoor, who had accepted the Prime Minister's invitation to join the 'Swachh Bharat' mission of the NDA government, said, "I must admit that I was taken aback. It was a very gracious thing to do".
Tharoor recalled that Modi had also reached out to him earlier on Twitter but that had political reasons as he had appealed to him to get young voters to register.
"I joined because that was the cause I believed in," he said.
Tharoor did not take any questions from the media when asked about the Sunanda murder case.
He also praised BJP for including more women in the party, terming it as a "healthy sign".
"I am pleased that the BJP is finally making room for the right gender because that was a very very male dominant government and a male dominant party. So that's a healthy sign."
In a no-holds-barred attack on the media, Tharoor said that the advent of 24/7 TV channels and the pressure of breaking news and TRPs have led to a race to the bottom in terms of sensation, voyeurism and headline grabbing.
"I have been misquoted in media, being defamed now day in and day out," he said, adding, the media is "free and irresponsible".
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"My fluency is only valued to those who are actually hearing me. If tomorrow there is a newspaper article about this, I guarantee the quotes will be wrong".
Tharoor also said that there was always either a by-poll somewhere or state Assembly polls and to win the elections Modi has to take the help of RSS to "polarise the electorate".
He said that Modi himself started off as an RSS pracharak and so he also belongs to the same school of thought.
Answering a question on Kiran Bedi joining the BJP and speculation about Shazia Ilmi and Jaya Prada joining the party, Tharoor said, "I know Shazia. She is a bright woman, but I am sure she is going to get hit because of what she said about the BJP as recently as a year ago on forums like Twitter, which you can't quite easily erase now."
On Bedi's joining BJP, he said that she was always inclined that way in the last couple of years. "It was just a matter of time."
Describing Jaya Prada, a former SP MP, as a socialist for many years, he said, "She did come knocking on the doors of the Congress party. How someone who is a socialist and from Samajwadi party can be comfortable in the party (BJP)?" Tharoor wondered.


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The best emerging storage tech of 2017
Storage technology is evolving faster than any time in the last 40 years. Here are my picks for the best technologies to emerge in 2017.
Robin Harris writes about storage and other tech with a focus on the SOHO/SMB market. And fun stuff, too, like PS3 supercomputers and Google's technology.
Storage technology is evolving faster than any time in the last 40 years. Here are my picks for the best technologies to emerge in 2017.
Disk drives win against SSDs on $/bit, but lose on I/Os per second (IOPS). Seagate is now floating the idea of multiple actuators in a single disk drive. Will that save disk drives from oblivion?
DRAM has been powering computer memory for some 50 years, but there's a problem. While DRAM capacities have grown, and bandwidth has too, latency has barely changed in the last two decades. Here's three ways to fix that.
Samsung is more than doubling its semiconductor fab investment next year. Besides a welcome increase in supply - and a drop in prices - it also is an attempt to dominate, perhaps even monopolize, the critical DRAM and NAND flash markets. How will this play out?
When I went to the NAB 2017 show this spring, everyone was showing 4K. But only one was editing full -- not proxies -- 8K video: A company by the name of OpenDrives. How does it do it?
Video cameras are so good and storage so cheap that we can make lengthy videos of our everyday activities that even the makers don't want to watch. Techies are hard at work to enable automated editing that emphasizes the interesting bits. Here's a report from the front lines.
Air-gapped computers are seen as high-value targets, so considerable research has gone into taking data from them -- without a network connection. Here's what you need to know.
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Apple's A10 bionic chip is as fast as many x86 chips. Which leads to speculation that Apple will migrate macOS to its own chips. Here's why that won't happen.
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My Zinnias finally bloomed and gave pretty flowers (though average and small sized) of many different colors. I think I overfed them fertilizers as they became very leggy and tall. They weren't lanky. Stem was strong. But what was disappointing was only one flower at the tip after such a long stem. I was feeling them NPK 19-19-19 and i think I shouldn't have done that. (recently I have started composting myself).
Also I came across this article below...
It talks about Pinching and deheading to make flowering plants more bushy. Could someone shed some more light if this actually works? If someone has tried doing this?
Hi snorkel4u,
I always do this to my rose as well as to my other plants.when I pinch the tip of the plants, I do see lots of lateral growths which makes the plant bushy and lots of buds do form in the process.when we do this repeatedly,we end up with dense lateral growths and a healthy plant too.when we have plants with single stem,it's better to nip the top growth and just in days time lots of lateral growths can be seen.It's ok to pinch the growth until we get the desired results.
Thanks Malini, for the prompt reply.
Just wanted to know if the way to pinch the stem is the same as mentioned in the post above?
May be a you tube video to show how its done. Please post one if you're able to find one.
Is it as simple as squeezing the top of the stem with your fingers and (almost) crushing it in the process? And probably squishing the new leaves emerging there?
If the stem is strong and healthy,go ahead and nip off the top growth(to about half an inch).Its hard to do it in the beginning,just know that you are doing good for the plant.when there are lateral growths,you can pinch that too to boost dense growth.If the buds are small and not healthy, de head it to get healthy blooms.
I myself feel like some serial killer reading what i had written,but trust me,it will induce growth in the plants.
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According to her gravestone, Beverley St. Aubin, 75, cheated death by an extra month, but it's actually a wrong date chiseled in to the rock.
LaSalle family upset at gravestone mistake (With video)
According to her gravestone, Beverley St. Aubin cheated death by an extra month.
But her family is upset that her final marker has the wrong date, indicating to all who visit her grave site at LaSalle's Heavenly Rest cemetery that the lifelong LaSalle resident died last Nov. 30 at age 75 and not on the actual date of Oct. 30.
Son Carl St. Aubin admits he didn't even see the mistake hammered into granite on his first several visits to the cemetery after the stone was installed in March. It was a niece who spotted it a few weeks ago.
Now the family has been told by the Heavenly Rest Family of Catholic Cemeteries that the only way to remedy the situation is a new stone order, which St. Aubin said would cost $800. He says the family feels any correction should come at the expense of those who arranged the funeral.
Describing it as an "unfortunate scenario," Heavenly Rest general manager John St. Aubin (no relation to the family) said the family signed off on the wording to go on the headstone after filling out the standard form. The certified proof was then forwarded to a stone engraver.
Carl St. Aubin said there were a lot of forms the family had to sign at a very emotional time surrounding his mother's death. As for his suggestion of simply grinding off the wrong date and re-engraving the correct date, John St. Aubin said re-cutting granite can be risky and that there are rules on how narrow a headstone can be.
"There has been litigation where stones have fallen … we want a safe environment," John St. Aubin said of cemetery gravestones.
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