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In the immortal words of the classic holiday song: Oh, the weather outside is frightful, but Jessica Simpson is pregnant. It's been seven months and at least 109 headlines since the birth of Maxwell Drew and Simpson's subsequent public struggle to drop the baby weight/become a momshell/shed her human form/whatever everyone's been obsessing about, and now we get to do it all over!
Although Simpson's Twitter remains as silent as Grant's Tomb on the subject of being re-pregnant, the info comes from a source close to Simpson and her husband, former NFL player Eric Johnson, who adds:
"It definitely wasn't planned."
Yaaaaay? More on Jessica Simpson's womb and things that will probably come out of it in Midweek Madness. [Us Weekly]
Demi Moore might, maybe, be dating Vito Schnabel, a 26-year-old art dealer and the son of Julian Schnabel. Their demure, even Austen-esque courtship began on the dance floor at Naomi Campbell's insanely decadent birthday party for her boyfriend in India ("They were dancing and grinding all over each other, openly, in front of other guests") and they've apparently been seeing each other since. Take that, Kutcherkunis. (Kutchnis? Kutchnis Everdeen?) [Daily Mail, Page Six]
Melrose Place alum Amy Locane-Bovenizer, who also starred in Crybaby opposite Johnny Depp, was convicted of vehicular homicide in a 2010 drunk driving accident in New Jersey that left a 60-year-old woman dead and her husband injured. She was sentenced to five to ten years in prison. [NYDN]
Because we are basically living in a romantic comedy written by my dad's accountant, Britney Spears and Kevin Federline will once again join forces to pay the whopping $37,712.71 tax lien given to them by the State of California. It's from 2004, the year they were married; I'm gonna assume Brit-Brit's picking up the check on this, since Federline's "assets" are limited to track jackets and Funyuns. [TMZ]
Kevin Clash's third accuser apparently wrote a 2009 book about their sexual relationship: "Mr. Tickler is what I will call him. And the game we played was father and son." [TMZ]
- Mariah Yeater continues to insist via lawyers that Justin Bieber put a baby in her. [NYDN]
- Chad Kroeger says that working with fiancee Avril Lavigne is "like taking a bazooka to a knife fight," whatever the fuck that means. [Opposing Views]
- Jack Nicholson is selling the plot of land that his burned-down house used to be on. [TMZ]
- Speaking of which, Will Ferrell's house had a minor garage fire on Thanksgiving. [TMZ]
- Gabriel Aubry probably won't go to jail for fighting with Olivier Martinez. [TMZ]
- The only person who could have REALLY understand Chris Brown was Tupac, says Chris Brown. [Zimbio]
- Underneath that dirt and glitter, Ke$ha is a feminist: "If men can talk about drinking in every awesome rock 'n' roll song and every awesome rap song, why can't a woman? Just because I drink doesn't mean I'm a drunk. Just because I have sex, and I'm not embarrassed doesn't mean I'm a whore." [Celebitchy]
- Brad Pitt told his kids that he might be Santa. 😐 [E!]
- Shia LaBeouf might be dating his Nymphomaniac co-star Mia Goth. [Daily Mail]
- Aww, Daniel Craig sent Adele some tiny Tom Ford baby clothes and a mini Aston Martin! [Zee News]
- Marcia Cross sans makeup, world continues to spin, etc. [Us Weekly]
- Drew Barrymore shrouded her baby Olive and left the house for a hot second. [Us Weekly]
- Matt Damon really wanted to work with director David O. Russell: "You're like a wolf, and I'm like Sarah Palin in a helicopter. It's only a matter of time, motherfucker." [Page Six]
- Katy Perry's "secret half sister" is talking to tabloids about their dad now. [Radar Online]
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Complete Text of White House Statement on Chemical Weapons in Syria
Following is the statement issued by the White House in the name of Benjamin J. Rhodes, deputy national security adviser.
At the President's direction, the United States Government has been closely monitoring the potential use of chemical weapons within Syria. Following the assessment made by our intelligence community in April, the President directed the intelligence community to seek credible and corroborated information to build on that assessment and establish the facts with some degree of certainty. Today, we are providing an updated version of our assessment to Congress and to the public.
The Syrian government's refusal to grant access to the United Nations to investigate any and all credible allegations of chemical weapons use has prevented a comprehensive investigation as called for by the international community. The Assad regime could prove that its request for an investigation was not just a diversionary tactic by granting the UN fact finding mission immediate and unfettered access to conduct on-site investigations to help reveal the truth about chemical weapons use in Syria.
While pushing for a UN investigation, the United States has also been working urgently with our partners and allies as well as individuals inside Syria, including the Syrian opposition, to procure, share, and evaluate information associated with reports of chemical weapons use so that we can establish the facts and determine what took place.
Following a deliberative review, our intelligence community assesses that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons, including the nerve agent sarin, on a small scale against the opposition multiple times in the last year. Our intelligence community has high confidence in that assessment given multiple, independent streams of information. The intelligence community estimates that 100 to 150 people have died from detected chemical weapons attacks in Syria to date; however, casualty data is likely incomplete. While the lethality of these attacks make up only a small portion of the catastrophic loss of life in Syria, which now stands at more than 90,000 deaths, the use of chemical weapons violates international norms and crosses clear red lines that have existed within the international community for decades.
We believe that the Assad regime maintains control of these weapons. We have no reliable, corroborated reporting to indicate that the opposition in Syria has acquired or used chemical weapons.
The body of information used to make this intelligence assessment includes reporting regarding Syrian officials planning and executing regime chemical weapons attacks; reporting that includes descriptions of the time, location, and means of attack; and descriptions of physiological symptoms that are consistent with exposure to a chemical weapons agent. Some open source reports from social media outlets from Syrian opposition groups and other media sources are consistent with the information we have obtained regarding chemical weapons use and exposure. The assessment is further supported by laboratory analysis of physiological samples obtained from a number of individuals, which revealed exposure to sarin. Each positive result indicates that an individual was exposed to sarin, but it does not tell us how or where the individuals were exposed or who was responsible for the dissemination.
We are working with allies to present a credible, evidentiary case to share with the international community and the public. Since the creation of the UN fact finding mission, we have provided two briefings to Dr. Åke Sellström, the head of the mission. We will also be providing a letter to UN Secretary General Ban, calling the UN's attention to our updated intelligence assessment and specific incidents of alleged chemical weapons use. We request that the UN mission include these incidents in its ongoing investigation and report, as appropriate, on its findings. We will present additional information and continue to update Dr. Sellström as new developments emerge.
The President has been clear that the use of chemical weapons – or the transfer of chemical weapons to terrorist groups – is a red line for the United States, as there has long been an established norm within the international community against the use of chemical weapons. Our intelligence community now has a high confidence assessment that chemical weapons have been used on a small scale by the Assad regime in Syria. The President has said that the use of chemical weapons would change his calculus, and it has. Our decision making has already been guided by the April intelligence assessment and by the regime's escalation of horrific violence against its citizens. Following on the credible evidence that the regime has used chemical weapons against the Syrian people, the President has augmented the provision of non-lethal assistance to the civilian opposition, and also authorized the expansion of our assistance to the Supreme Military Council (SMC), and we will be consulting with Congress on these matters in the coming weeks. This effort is aimed at strengthening the effectiveness of the SMC, and helping to coordinate the provision of assistance by the United States and other partners and allies. Put simply, the Assad regime should know that its actions have led us to increase the scope and scale of assistance that we provide to the opposition, including direct support to the SMC. These efforts will increase going forward.
The United States and the international community have a number of other legal, financial, diplomatic, and military responses available. We are prepared for all contingencies, and we will make decisions on our own timeline. Any future action we take will be consistent with our national interest, and must advance our objectives, which include achieving a negotiated political settlement to establish an authority that can provide basic stability and administer state institutions; protecting the rights of all Syrians; securing unconventional and advanced conventional weapons; and countering terrorist activity.


text: Sitar players can play anything ranging from classic Indian music, to Buddhist and world music! They are a wonderful addition to any party - especially as the live entertainment during cocktail hour! If you are looking for a unique sound, or having an Indian or Bollywood themed party, then the Sitar is the perfect fit for you! Search here for Sitar Players in your local area.


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- The seventh Session of the General Conference was opened by Mr. Johann Farnleitner, Federal Minister of Economic Affairs of Austria, who read an opening message from the President of Austria, Mr. Thomas Klestil, reiterating the commitment of the host country to UNIDO.
- The Conference adopted the Business Plan for the Future Role and Functions of UNIDO, which defines future programmes and activities of the Organization. All speakers hailed.
- Member States approved UNIDO's budget for 1998-1999 in the amount of US$ 129.5 million, which represented a 20 per cent reduction in comparison to the previous biennium.
- The Conference confirmed the appointment of Carlos Alfredo Magariños of Argentina as new Director-General of UNIDO and bade a farewell to his predecessor, Mauricio de Maria y Campos of Mexico. Mr. Magariños pledged to transform the Organization "into a flexible and dynamic institution able to face up to the highly complex and changing international economic and political scene and, above all, substantially difference from the one in which UNIDO was created and developed."


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The 2013 Pearl River Community College practical nursing class at the Forrest County Center received pins and diplomas in a ceremony on July 18 at PRCC's Woodall Advanced Technology Center. They are, seated from left, Lauren Brook Gaines of Hattiesburg, Samantha Bond of Puvis, special honors; LaKenya James of Tylertown, Stefanie Stephens of Gulfport, Casey Davis of Petal, Victoria Walley of Richton, Aubrey Williamson of Tylertown, Jami Williams of Columbia; standing, Charles Draughn of Hattiesburg, honors; Keondra White of Hattiesburg, Mary Christopher of Foxworth, Shari Cameron of Brooklyn, Paulina Lucus of Purvis, Tonya Downs of Hattiesburg, Madelyn Lokey of Columbia, honors; Randi Langston of Collinsville, Amber Henderson of Purvis, Joe Speights of Sumrall, special honors; Laura Davis of Prentiss. Program director is Susan Bedwell; instructors are Cindy Boutwell, Matt Gatlin, Melissa Bryant and Tera Riddick.
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This Is the Manicure You Should Get, Based on Your Astrological Sign
12 Totally Fun New Fitness FadsWant to pliè like Natalie, "fly" like Pink or skate like Drew? Now you can with these fitness programs |
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I plan on trying some of these.
by Monique3 Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 07:56PM Report as inappropriate
totally not a fan of bootcamp-style training, but i love the dancing classes
by AstridB Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 03:36AM Report as inappropriate
Nothing beats good, old fashioned running for the ultimate workout! Five miles in the morning, 30 minutes of free weights after, then 30 minutes of yoga before bed. Nothing faddish about it, but it works for me! That is the key - - find something that you love, then stick with it.
by queeniemeanie Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 01:16PM Report as inappropriate
I have Hip Hop Abs by Shaun T and he's hilarious but the workouts are so-so. I'll stick to yoga and basic circut training. Good music can help bust through a fitness plateau.
by kimihavens Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at 12:56PM Report as inappropriate
I would love to try the anti-gravity yoga.
by alictasia Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 03:48PM Report as inappropriate
Everyone always says that working out makes you feel better, but honestly it just makes me feel dirtier... maybe one of these would help?
by schien Sunday, November 4, 2012 at 12:35PM Report as inappropriate
I've tried the p90x and its kinda grueling at times but makes me feel like im really workingout.
by danny54f Friday, October 12, 2012 at 08:22AM Report as inappropriate
i would really like to dance class especially ballet
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- Place where the work was made
Central Arnhem Land
Northern Territory
- Date
- (1996)
- Media category
- Weaving
- Materials used
- woven pandanus spiralis leaves, natural dyes
- Dimensions
- weave 76.0 cm radius; 180.0 cm radius including fringe (irreg.)
- Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- Mollie Gowing Acquisition fund for Contemporary Aboriginal art 1997
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 138.2001.3
- Artist information
Works in the collection
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by Djon Mundine'I used to see these two; Ngarrit'thun and Djutarra, at Elcho and at Milingimbi - we're always been good friends' - Julie DJULIBING, interview with the author, Ramingining, 1990
The Milingimbi-Ramingining area is famous for its woven pandanus mats, bags, baskets and other items, and many widely acclaimed exhibitions and collections have emanated from these communities, which, over time, have come to engage the minds and imaginations of the public. In the post-war period across eastern Arnhem Land a peer generation of women has created an outstanding variety of fibre forms. In Galiwin'ku, Gapuwiyak and Yirrkala, during World War II, school, work, marraige and child-rearing, the lives and friendships of these women have twined and untwined. They moved between making nimble and delicate fibrework, domestic work in kitchens and bakeries, and the strenuous labour of brush clearing for farming, cattle mustering and road work. They rarely attended displays of their work or travelled outside the Territory until the 1980s, when a number of exhibitions prominently featured fibrework alongside painting and sculpture.
In the 1990s, as the elitist distinction between art and craft has been blurred, so a re-evaluation of indigenous woven items has begun to take place within Australia. Fragile fibre objects such as these can be either utilitarian artefact or sacred object depending on the context. In indigenous religious beliefs, the first creative beings carried children and sacred life-giving objects in special versions of bags like these when they created the world. It is said that the first body designs came from patterns left by the fibres on the bodies of the children. Today exhibited as 'art objects' rather than 'trophies', these fibreworks now provide new ways of seeing and enjoyment.
from 'Australian Perspecta 1997: between art & nature', AGNSW, 1997
Where the work was made
Central Arnhem Land
Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Australian Perspecta 1997, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 02 Aug 1997–14 Sep 1997


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Rule #1 - Be Patient - Rule #2 - Don't ask when, if you don't contribute - Rule #3 - You have coding skills - LinuxMCE's small brother is available: http://www.agocontrol.com
I'm just wondering if this will work with any android tablet or if there is anything specific I should look out for. Cheap 7-10" android tablets, the 'aPad', 'ePad', and 'gPad' , all seem to be readily available locally but each has slightly different specs. Is it even worth considering one of these as a cheap android orbiter?
What kind of impact would harware like this have on LMCE?http://www.google.com/tv/Just a thought...<M>
Adam,Firstly, thank you for giving us this orbiter, exciting stuff.I am experiencing the exact same problems that have already been mentioned. Screen doesn't quite fit (black vertical strips to left and right), and buttons don't appear to be mapped correctly. Resolution of my device is 800x480 (Storage Options Scroll 7" tablet)....Cheers,Matt.


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Wherein a surgeon tells some stories, shares some thoughts, and occasionally shoots off his mouth. Like a surgeon.
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Everything's Fine
Like John McCain, I'm not especially knowledgeable about the economy. Unlike him, evidently, I can think in a straight line. Nothing could be more obvious: George Bush has ruined the economy in ways so disastrous that the necessary fixes are, very possibly, politically undoable. But John McCain has already pledged to keep the faith (which is exactly what it is.) He's promised "no tax hikes." Since he'll be the next president, as the Democrats self-immolate and the electorate inevitably votes once again on fear of terrorism -- despite the fact that Bush's war, which McCain loves more than his traveling team of lobbyists, has made us less safe -- we're screwed.
In the comments on a previous post, we had a bit of a back and forth about the concept that lowering taxes increases government revenues; let's think about it some more. Following the logic to its extreme, eliminating all taxes should make revenue infinite. Can we agree that's not possible? Likewise, I'll concede that taxing at 100% would end all commerce and life as we know it. So it must be that for a given set of circumstances there's a "sweet spot." And it's also obvious that Bush hasn't found it any more than he found WMD in Iraq. (Help me out here: wasn't there a guy in recent memory who raised taxes, balanced the budget, and saw the economy roar forward?)
The current budget deficit is more than 400 billion. The forward costs of the war are estimated to be two to three TRILLION (by Joe Stiglitz -- whom I knew in college -- who won a Nobel Prize in economics, and whose methods and predictions have yet to be refuted, or even, far as I can tell, criticized.) We have sold our future to the Chinese and the Saudis, who own most of our debt, with payment due from our kids and our kids' kids. The value of the dollar is at an all-time low, oil at an all-time high. (George Bush, when running in 2000, decried the fact that under Clinton the price of oil had climbed to thirty bucks a barrel; said it was a shocking failure. It's approaching quadruple that now.) From another website: "The federal debt has increased 54 percent since President Bush took office, from approximately $5.6 trillion at the end of 2000 to an estimated $8.6 trillion at the end of 2006. By 2011, the President's budget would increase the public debt to $11.8 trillion. (U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Public Debt)" Calling Bush's economic policy a failure is like comparing the tsunami of 2004 to a flooded basement. Housing. Banks. Jobs. Oil. "No tax hikes." McCain thinks he can scratch behind his earmarks and find the money to solve the problem. Straight talk, indeed.*
That the myth of tax cuts persists can only be explained by the efforts of those who are beyond danger -- i.e. rich enough -- to convince those who are fodder to buy into it. Or to look away. To inveigle people into focusing on abortion and gay marriage, and fear of terrorists, rather than on that which is actually destroying us. It's political prestidigitation: look at my left hand while I reach into your kids' pockets with my right. (And when I have all I need, screw you.) It works like a 600 hp, dual overhead cam, supercharged V-10. With cup holders.
Because religiously insane people flew into buildings and might do so again, we are willingly looking the other way at policies that most inarguably have made us less safe. Because of George Bush's idiotic response to the threat, we are more in debt, more dependent on the providers of oil who are the very basis for that threat, more unable to respond militarily if the need arose, are witnessing rising terrorism worldwide and the reconstitution of al Queda in the very place from which they directed the attack. But when scare comes to shitless, we vote for more of the same. Raise taxes to pay for the war and the troops coming home, and to reduce deficits and solidify the dollar? Heh. People would scream and run to emergency rooms (where, it seems, they'll be greeted with sympathy.) (If you go to that link, you must also go to this one -- the one that's mine.)
Democrats will be no less happy about indexing Social Security and Medicare than Republicans will be about raising taxes. But both will have to happen, and not very much in the future. Liberals won't like looking into safer nuclear power, and conservatives will deny there are problems with depending on and burning carbon. But they're both wrong. Democrats at least talk about the danger to our economy and our planet; Republicans see danger only when they look into caves (or into non-white faces.) Invading countries that have little or nothing to do with terrorism won't stop terrorism. Republicans don't want to hear that. To protect ourselves from attacks, we need both high-tech and low-tech intelligence gathering. Some Democrats would rather not hear that. (Although for most, myself included, it's only about doing it legally, with a little oversight, which ought not be all that big a hurdle, once George and his Dick are gone.)
So what's my point? This: we really are in existential trouble, but it has much less to do with guys in caves (other than the fact that they suckered us into slitting our own wrists) than it does with problems of our own making: economic, strategic, energetic, Constitutional. Because people don't want to hear it, and because politicians (with, I'd like to hope, some exceptions) are too cynical and weak to say it (they know that after thirty-five years of being fed bumper-sticker phrases, most people have stopped thinking), the chances of fixing it are slipping away. It's only if the electorate were to grow up, smarten up, and demand it that there's any hope at all. But the old guard of both parties, who have too much invested (quite literally) in the old ways are seeing to it that that hope is smothered in its crib, while the masses acquiesce: enablers, deniers, diggers of holes for their heads.
On the left, too many heads are in the clouds; on the right, in the sand. I'd rather be the former, because at least they are seeing the problems from up there. The modus operandi of the right is to believe that which is no longer -- nor ever was -- believable. Faith-based problem avoidance. If there's hope, I'm not seeing it any more.
*One of the more amazing things about our current state of mind is the ho-hum that people evince over deficits. Fifty years or so ago, Senator Everett Dirksen is famously said to have said "A billion here, a billion there.... pretty soon you're talking about real money." Today, nobody blinks at the idea of twelve billion a month spent on the war, deficits of hundreds of billions, or debt in the trillions. I guess we're overloaded; no doubt it's intentional. So it's useful once in a while to consider what a trillion dollars really is. Not that even such analogies really make it grokable, but here's a few: here, here, and here. Bush has been right about everything else, so when he says the economy is fine, I believe him. And so, evidently, does John McCain.
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What the Republicans do well is to stick to their message, control it and kill off anything that doesn't follow it 100%. It's how they persuade people to vote against their self-itnerests.
The Dems don't have a mission or vision statement on their website.
That's a powerful message, too. They've not been effective in rallying people with disparate interests, although I think that obama is the most powerful candidate in changing this and bringing a sens of mission and unity to voters.
However, I'm not despairing that Obama and Clinton will kill each other off and allow McCain to step forward and steal the goods again.
That's because more and more people everyday are being hit hard by multiple fundamental losses: ability to pay for essentials such as safe and reliable transportation, safe housing, nutritious food, school and work supplies and equipment and small luxuries for recreation. (and of course, health care)
As we return to a Dickensien two state society, the outrage will increase as the pain increases.
The people are beginning to awake from their torpor and are questioning the distorted "news" put forth by the corporate giant-cdiscovering media. More are finding investigative blogs and are beginning to read, question and reevaluate their stances.
I think that voters will not allow the country to go down the drink without a whimper. Whether there is enough bite in the bark remains to be seen. But bait and taunt the dog one too many times....
Great post, as always, Dr. Schwab. So much food for thought and so much fodder for action! Thank you.
Many of my posts at my blog are inspired by your writing. You are one fabulous teacher. - 3/16/2008 9:25 AM
Regarding "...as the Democrats self-immolate...", I prefer to think of it as heat-treating the eventual candidate -- who will shorely need a hardened shield come October.
- Patrick Bageant said...
"Paging Doctor Scalpel."
"Doctor Scalpel . . . Code yellow at surgeonsblog.blogspot.com . . . Code yellow at surgeonsblog.blogspot.com"
"Paging Doctor Scalpel . . .code yellow . . . someone has spilled some common sense at surgeonsblog.blogspot.com"
"Paging Doctor Scalpel to fix the common sense that has been spilled at surgeonsblog.blogspot.com"
Was that mean?
I was supposed to be cute 'n funny -- please don't take offense anyone. Dr. Schwab, your knowledge of economics is just fine. - 3/16/2008 10:18 AM
- Charles-A. Rovira said...
Papa Bush said: "Read my lips: No New Taxes."
That was his clarion call.
Rode it right into office.
Right up until he said "Read the paper" and, lo and behold, there were "New Taxes" because somebody had to pay for the last supply sider president's follies.
If elected, (a really big if) McCain will either knuckle under and tax people who actually have money or he'll take the economy down with him into oblivion.
None of the Dems is particularly interested in leaving that legacy or even in biting that particular bullet.
The day after the next election has been won, by whoever wins it, and the dust has settled, the vilification of the current president will begin.
Baby Bush will go down as the last of the "Supply Side, Trickle Down presidents.
He'll be lucky not to escape with a prison sentence for disregarding the oath of office and passing all of those unconstitutional laws-cum-edicts.
And Carl Rove will be in the next cell. - 3/16/2008 10:41 AM
- Shay said...
as a voter living in a red county/blue state, I am frequently asked how I can vote for tax and spend Democrats.
My reply is that it makes more sense than voting for don't tax, just spend Republicans.
I can balance a checkbook, why can't the Administration? - 3/16/2008 12:23 PM
Great post, and echoes what I have been saying for years. But buried in there is something that also makes sense to me.
I am not opposed to studying safe nuclear energy as an option to coal and gas power plants. The nuclear plants that we rely on are using 40 year old technology, and I think it is important to study the advances that have been made. The problem has always been for me the issue of spent-fuel storage. Yucca Mountain is not acceptable to many people, but I understand that new plants are far more efficient and less fuel is wasted.
I think that opposition to any sort of nuclear power is an example of where the left is making a big mistake, because it is a process that reduces global warming emissions and reduces our dependence on carbon-based fuels. - 3/16/2008 1:30 PM
Here's a link that may help you.
Does our tax rate need to go up or down? The sweet spot is hard to find, but the higher the rate, the greater the non-compliance with tax laws, (think q day dosing verses QID dosing as an example).
The lower the rate the greater the compliance with tax laws and the more revenue generated. - 3/16/2008 1:43 PM
- The Happy Hospitalist said...
The day that the Chinese stop buying our treasuries to finance our debt, is the day that budgets balance.
The day the Chinese cash in is the day we are in deep shit.
You can't sell debt without a buyer.
as for the sweet spot, I think you are talking about the Laffer curve. Wikipedia it. - 3/16/2008 2:15 PM
- Sid Schwab said...
I know about the Laffer curve. It makes a certain amount of sense, but neither Reagan, under whom in first came into play, nor Bush who went beyond even that, has found anything like the proper balance.
- Midwife with a Knife said...
I remember my brother (an economist, he's sort of a game theory type) said that there's some sort of problem with the theory behind the Laffer curve.
I just don't remember what that was.
Heck of a way to add nothing to the discourse, eh? - 3/16/2008 5:29 PM
- Diane J Standiford said...
Well said. Seems we were in a financial mess after Bush Sr., money/debt/I am a poor church mouse, but the USA fat cats always find a way to shift this decimal, plunk that zero, and eureka! We are in the black again. Sometimes I think if the USA isn't in a mess, we get bored. What would all the new MBAs DO?? What would all our macho military men do??
I'm glad I'm not the only liberal who is realistic about how this election is actually going to play out:
"Terrorists will kill your children and the other guy can't stop them."
Bingo - Republican victory, end of story, hello President McCain. - 3/17/2008 6:28 AM
- mark's tails said...
I'm beginning to enjoy your weekend rants Dr. Sid.
The so called "death tax" and the taxes that need to be put back in place are not generally affecting the middle class but the very wealthy.
Yet the alternative minimum tax, which no-one seems to want to change because it continues to bring in a lot of revenue, continues to hit the middle class hard.
Sadly, when the average middle class voter hears the word taxes they automatically assume it means them, if the voters would take a little time to actually look at the issue they might realize how they've been pillaged by the current administration. - 3/17/2008 7:34 AM
- scalpel said...
Sorry, must have slept through my pager.
Looking at the empirical evidence, rather than relying upon nebulous left wing unmeasurable/irrelevant talking points (like number of terrorists created, world respect rating, or the like) would suggest that we are in fact safer as a result of "Bush's" war.
What next, Sid, homeopathy? - 3/17/2008 12:24 PM
- Sid Schwab said...
you never disappoint, scalpel.
- Sid Schwab said...
To enlarge: I'd consider "empirical" the national intelligence reports that state al Queda is stronger than at any time since 9/11. That our military is depleted and, by the words of its top generals and admirals, less able to fight another war. That attacks have increased around the world. That our deficits will paralyze us. I'm guessing there have been political polls to your liking that you've considered empirical. There are many around the world that indicate our moral standing, our respect, willingness to cooperate with us have gone down, while attitudes that it's OK to kill Americans are up. I find that of concern, especially since it's empirically true that the rare intelligence successes we've had have depended on help from others. All of those things derive directly from the war. To the extent that we are safer, it's had nothing to do with the war; ie, airport security, etc. Some things are indeed better, those things that any president would have done. The war by no empirical measure has made us safer; and by many, less so. I think it may be you that has "water memory."
- scalpel said...
"...attacks have increased around the world."
I won't get into a point by point discussion of your response unless specifically requested, but this statement bothers me.
Are we responsible for the safety of the world? I think not. Given the newfound strength of foreign currencies, they can drop a dime (or a yen, or a Euro) to protect themselves.
There have been no successful homeland terrorist attacks since 9/11, and many more have been thwarted. Many terrorists are dead, and many more are in custody. Thank you, President Bush, for protecting America. - 3/17/2008 2:07 PM
- Sid Schwab said...
likewise, there have been no attacks on American soil since I started blogging. post hoc ergo propter hoc.
" Sid Schwab said...
likewise, there have been no attacks on American soil since I started blogging. post hoc ergo propter hoc."
An interesting argument from someone saying that attacks elsewhere are Bush's fault. Is it your contention that the fact that there have been no attacks in the US is coincidental to Bush's actions? I am sure you apply better logic to your medical pursuits.
- Sid Schwab said...
BC: "...from someone saying that attacks elsewhere are Bush's fault."
Nowhere did I say that. What I said was that there's no way in which the war in Iraq has made us (and by implication, the world) safer. Increased attacks may or may not be Bush's fault: I didn't address it. But I'm sure you will recall the many times Bush has said that around the world freedom is "on the march" and terrorism is "on the run." Neither statement is true.
Also, if you read the previous comments, you know I said that the things that Bush has done that have made us safer are 1) things any president would have done and 2) have nothing to do with the war. To claim Bush has kept us safe is not to disprove what I said; nor would it be true to say that since your house is not on fire, the person who set the nearby forest to burning has kept you safe. I think your sense of logic needs a tune-up. I happen to think that the policies of George Bush has made us far less safe, and there is much evidence for that. The fact that there hasn't been an attack is not a logical disproof of that. Bush's economy is tanking. I'm not yet living on the street. The second fact doesn't disprove the first. I could go on. You won't buy it. The second fact doesn't change the first. - 3/17/2008 4:06 PM
- Ros said...
I think you're still buying what the politicians are selling. The stereotypes you inflict on Republicans and Democrats alike aren't productive or true in my experience, they're media labels that make the talking heads on TV more comfortable with their talking points.
The truth is debt only goes up, government ineffecieny only goes up, and corruption, well, it only goes up. You only get smaller bureaucracy if you're willing to kill some bureaucracts (Which, lest I sound mad, I am not). There's only one long term solution, and Jefferson saw it in his day. 'The Tree of Liberty must...'
This too shall pass. The only good government is a young government, inexperienced in manipulating the vicissitudes of power to pull the public about by their noses. Republican, Democract, Whig, Federalist, heck, Communist, Socialist, and Monarchist too, these are just terms that lay a thin veneer of respectability over the same old accumulation of wealth, power, and influence.
When too much gathers in the hands of too few, we'll get that good government back in the form of whatever bit of polish is popular at the moment.
...but maybe I'm just a cynic? If what I were saying was true you'd expect debt to outstrip inflation as an increasing trend over the history of the nation, wealth to accumulate in ever smaller clans, the excercise of political power to infringe increasingly on the rights of the majority. Is that actually happening?
I leave the reader to his own conclusions. ;) - 3/17/2008 4:09 PM
- scalpel said...
"I happen to think that the policies of George Bush has made us far less safe, and there is much evidence for that."
Then it shouldn't be too much trouble for you to produce some for us. The state of the economy is hardly a defense of your hypothesis, by the way. I'd like something a bit more filling than that, if you don't mind. I'm a meat and potatoes kind of guy.
Where's the beef? - 3/17/2008 6:08 PM
- Sid Schwab said...
if my comment from 1:14 pm didn't do it for you -- not to mention reading the papers every day -- then there's nothing more I can say; it's silly really, to continue this sort of "argument." So I won't. It's not that you won. It's that you are refractory to any input. So let's just agree not only to disagree, but also that nothing I can say will affect your point of view. I produce fact, you respond either with denial or non-sequitur. It's actually beginning to piss me off, and, as you know, I'm a lily-livered, yellow-streaked pacifist, reality-seduced and, by your standards, America-hating. So rather than sinking any further, let's call the whole thing off. George Bush is a brilliant guy, oil is cool, the war is the best thing that ever happened, the economy is smokin' hot, Obama is a Muslim, the world both loves us and trembles at our name, our children will be rich, and far better off than we ever were. It's a wonderful world.
- scalpel said...
C'mon man, we've had a civil discussion despite our differences. I haven't called you any names or disparaged your character in any way whatsoever. You have my utmost respect.
Can reasonable people not disagree but still discuss these sorts of issues as adults, or must we build artificial walls between us and simply hide behind rhetoric?
I've had plenty of internet political discussions of the type you suggest we've sunk to, but I'd hoped we could rise above that sort of nonsense. - 3/17/2008 6:51 PM
- Sid Schwab said...
No, seriously: I keep giving you what I consider facts, and you keep insisting I haven't. So I'm as much pissed at me as you. I'm unable to convince you of some things I consider self-evident. It's not whether adding several trillion to the money we owe people who wish us harm is bad; it's what we do about it. But you don't see it as bad. It's not whether paying $110/bbl to those who hate is us bad; it's what we do about it. But you don't see it as bad. It's not whether running 400 billion annual deficit is bad; it's what we can do about it. But you don't see it as bad. And it's not whether the war is harming us by depleting our military, losing the propaganda war, distracting us from the real threats; it's how to deal with it. But you think the war is a great thing. So we simply have no realistic hope of getting anywhere. I see nearly everything Bush has done as making our country and our world more dangerous, and our democracy more imperiled. You see a great leader. So let's just shake hands and walk away. I'm not going to change your mind, nor you mine. It's not "reasonable people disagreeing and having a discussion." It's polemics that adds no value. My rants included.
Come now Gentlemen, let's not resort to acrimony and heat in our disputes.
Yes Dr Schwab, America has "jumped the shark"; and you're quite right Mr Scalpel that it is not all GWB's fault.
Maybe if we lived in the era of the duel we might be able to sort this out in some definitive manner... - 3/17/2008 8:19 PM
- Lynn Price said...
So it must be that for a given set of circumstances there's a "sweet spot."
Problem is that I can't afford anyone's sweet spot. I will never see it as my job to fork over nearly half my pay to fund every entitlement that strikes the fancy of our weak-minded politicians. While I have to watch my own checkbook like a rabid dog, I see governmental abuse with my money every day. I'm beyond cynical.
What next, Sid, homeopathy?
Hey, hey, HEY!! - 3/18/2008 8:36 AM
the war has absolutely been a waste of $$, but look what happened to government revenues after the bush tax cuts...they skyrocketed. same with reagan's and kennedy's. the deficit is the result of out of control spending (including the war). the tax cuts themselves were brilliant, and should be extended. and just a reminder that the top 5% pay 60% of all income taxes...so "soak the rich" messages from the left are a little off target. love the blog.
- Sid Schwab said...
matt: see how they skyrocket this quarter. And it's about income matching spending. The tax cuts Bush got have sent the imbalance skyrocketing. That's the bottom line. It's unsustainable, unwise, intolerable.
read this and tell me again how tax policy favors the rich? this is NOT a zero sum game. ....anyway, thought there was some great numbers in this article that shows tax policy is actually as lopsided as ever in terms of the % contribution from the top. Yes the income disparity is not utopian, but what is the favored policy to get rid of this?....the rich already pay all the taxes - ok, almost.
http://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2008/04/the_rich_and_their_taxes.html - 4/16/2008 7:26 AM
sorry, not sure how to put in a link.....
/the_rich_and_their_taxes.html - 4/16/2008 7:27 AM
- Sid Schwab said...
Well, first of all I was primarily addressing the myth that tax cuts increase revenue. Second, it's not exactly big news that if a person gets richer he/she will pay more taxes than if she/he had not made more money. Third, the question is what to do about deficits. Cutting earmarks, as McCain says is the big deal, will eliminate a few billion. Whoopee. As I said, it will have to be -- unless people want to continue to keep their heads in the sand -- a combination of things that will be tough: cutting spending (which means re-defining medicare and social security, politically questionable; or reducing military spending, which would work if we'd stop invading countries that don't need invading) and raising taxes. It would seem there's more "room" to do that to the very wealthy, although I personally don't have a problem with the idea that everyone needs to pay the piper more, to save our country. It's a matter of how to distribute the burden. Ought more be levied on the guy in the Maserati than the guy with the smoking beater who can't afford a mechanic?
- Sid Schwab said...
P.S.: here's how to make a link. (I tried to spell out the code, but it made a link!!)
well.........I happen to believe, maybe foolishly, but hey, I'm 24, possibly naive, but that's my right goddammit!- that the Democratic Party will save its own ass at the 11th hour, and still remain intact enough to take on John McCain in the fall.
Dr. Schwab: if you come across someone who still thinks Barack Obama is a closet Muslim....RUN, don't walk, back to the OR and continue with your dictations. I mean that. Otherwise your brain will start oozing out of your ears....trying to explain the truth. Those who would believe that......ain't nothin' gonna change their minds.....
I won't believe that doctors think that way. I just won't. I can't. Call me an idiot but I refuse.
with the way things are going, I'm a very frustrated "idiot".
The Integral
I got smoke comin outta my ears cuz of this shit......... - 5/08/2008 9:31 AM
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"I se Imli" for Nupur's A-Z of Indian Vegetables this week!!! Imli or Tamarind or Tetul is not an integral part of Bengali cooking. If you knock at my doors on a random Tuesday and ask me for some Tamarind, you will have to go back home disgruntled as I generally don't have any. But since I like sambhar I get some Tamarind paste off and on, so you still might knock and get lucky.
Tamarind however plays a special and coveted role when it comes to "tak" or "chaatni" for Bengalis. Ripe Tamarind mixed with little mustard oil, salt, sugar and a bit of chilli powder (the concoction commonly known as "Makha Tetul") on a summer afternoon was something we used to drool over as kids and were allowed to have only occasionally. At my Mamarbari (maternal grandparents house) my Ma's cousin sisters would make this and we would quietly devour it at the corner of the roof on a hot summer afternoon.
We also use Tamarind for making chutney or achaar but they are rarely if ever used in cooking.
I was pleasantly surprised when I saw "Ka(n)cha Tetul" or "Raw Tamarind" in my Indian Grocery store. Visions of "Tetul er tak" a light chaatni made with Tamarind mesmerized me and I brought them home. My Ma suggested we pair these up with Raw Green Papaya to make a chaatni and that is what I did. So heres "Pepe Tetul er Chaatni" or "Green Papaya and Tamarind Chutney". We usually have this chutney with lunch or dinner. Its sweet and sour with the Tamarind and little crunchy with the Papaya.
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What You Need
Serves 4
Papaya ~ 1 cup. Unripe Green Papaya peeled and thinly sliced 1 cup. When you cut raw papaya make sure to peel the skin, and when you reach the part which has the white seeds remove the seeds. You should also remove the little hard skin at the centre
Unripe Raw Tamarind ~ 6 cut in halves. Remove the ends and then cut them in halves or more for bigger ones
Mustard seeds ~ ½ tsp
Sugar ~ Started with 1/4 cup but was a little too sour for us so added 1/6 cup more
Ginger Juice ~ 1 tsp
How I Did It
Pressure cook the papaya slices. Take care that they are just cooked and not very soft. I put them in a separator in my pressure cooker and put water only at the bottom of the cooker, none in the separator. If you want you can do away with this step and cook it later too, I wanted it quick so I pressure cooked.
Soak the halved tamarinds in water
Heat Oil
Add mustard seeds
As soon as they sputter add the tamarind
Saute for couple of minutes and add the papaya.
Add salt, water and let it cook. Add water depending on how thick you want your chutney to be.
When the tamarind has become soft add the sugar and the ginger juice
Let it cook and the chaatni thicken to your desired consistency. Usually I don't have it very thick
Tip: When you are cutting raw papaya make sure that you remove the seeds and the hard skin next to the skin at the core. I don't know what it is called but if not removed the papaya may taste bitter when cooked. This is for dear Sushma's MTC -- Monthly Cooking Tipology . Check details at her blog Recipe Source
Safety Moment: Women in India and South East Asia and other parts of the world have used papaya for contraception and abortion since long and this is proven by Medical research so be careful to have Papaya when you are expecting. Though small amounts of ripe papaya does not cause any harm check with your doctor for authenticity as I do not know more about this effect. This is for lovely Jyotsna's event Safety Moment. Check more at her blog CurryBazaar
Trivia:Women in India and South East Asia and other parts of the world have used papaya for contraception and abortion since long and this is proven by Medical research so be careful to have Papaya when you are expecting.Papaya is rich in an enzyme called papain and other proteins and used as a digestive medicine (Source: Wiki)


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Interview with a Bughouse Coach: Nephtali Diaz |
By Jennifer Shahade | |
January 14, 2013 | |
SuperNationals V just a few short months away, coach and bug champ Nephtali Diaz talked to CLO about a scholastic favorite: bughouse. In addition to winning many bughouse competitions (at US Amateur East, the US Open and more), Nephtali maintains www.bughousemaster.com where you can find an excerpt of his book on bughouse.
Nephtali talked to CLO about opening tips for beginners as well as his experience in coaching chess, bug and trumpet.
Jennifer Shahade (JS): When did you first learn bughouse? Were you immediately drawn into it or did it take some time?
Nephtali Diaz (ND): I first learned about bughouse at the Houston Chess Club when I started playing chess there. At first, I wasn't drawn to it and was actually confused of the subtle differences. It took me quite awhile to understand one of the key differences in Bughouse vs chess: that you cannot drop-capture pieces that you get from your partner, but can instead only drop them on empty, -vacant- squares!
JS: What are your proudest accomplishments in bughouse?
ND: As a young teen who was a constant 1300-1400 USCF rated player (I never had a chess coach), I never once thought that I would ever be any good at bughouse, nor did I ever in my wildest dreams think I would write a book on it, or give national lectures on the game. My single best bughouse accomplishment was definitely in 2009, when my partner, Shin Uesugi (also a lightning-fast bughouse player) and I went an undefeated 6-0 in the competitive U.S. Team East Bughouse Championship, ousting many strong teams in the process in one of the most formidable bughouse tournaments in the history of U.S. Bughouse.
For example, our 5th round match was against a pair who have both been the highest rated bugger in the world on FICS: FM Daniel Yeager and Scott Low (life master), while our final round match (in which I was able to deliver a mate-in-5) was against GM Robert Hess and GM Marc Arnold. For anyone interested, all 6 games can be viewed online on my website, at www.BughouseMaster.com.
JS: What was your most memorable victory?
ND: For Bughouse, it would have to be the last round of the 2009 U.S. Team East Bughouse Championship. My partner, super-fast and strong FM Shin Uesugi and me, were matched against GM Hess and GM Arnold and there were no less than 20-25 spectators. Because of our speed, we were ahead on the clock the entire game though, and that certainly paid dividends as I was able to easily sit for the rook I needed to force mate Marc in 5. Surprisingly, he did not know what I was waiting for.
For Chess, it would have to be the final round of the 2012 National Open (Under 1800). As both of us were 4-1 going into the final round playing for a top prize, I was anticipating a tough game. However, my opponent, who had black, ended up playing into one of my pet lines which ends up far superior for white and the game was over rather quickly. Because of this, it culminated in my finishing 5-1, tying for 2nd and it ended up being my single best slow-tournament national performance.
JS: I see from your official website that you also play and teach the trumpet. I just did an event at the Philadelphia Museum of Art which incorporated chess and music. What connections do you see between music and chess?
ND: Well, as they are both part of the "arts", both evoke the compositional mind. As a tactical and combinative player, these are what I live for in both bughouse and chess. As a trumpeter and pianist, I can also say with certainty that timing is definitely crucial in both fields. If one goes for a premature attack in chess, it often leads to an advantage for the opponent as the position did not yet call for the attack (that is why I tell my students to have at least 3 pieces in the attack first before attacking); similarly, if one is off-beat in music, it is quite evident not only to the musician, but also to the listener as well.
JS: What do you enjoy teaching more, bughouse, chess or trumpet? Why?
ND: My passion is teaching and improving others to the best of my ability. Both bring me great joy and satisfaction and I do not favor one or the other as I love both teaching and performing.
JS: Do you teach mostly adults or students? Do you notice any differences in general teaching kids and adults and how different is your approach?
ND: That depends on the time of year but at the moment, I teach mostly students. The range of students have been from four years old, to trumpet students over 50. I guess you can say I am an equal opportunity educator. The more difficult concepts, like advanced tactics, pattern recognition, etc. is naturally more difficult for the non-adult, so for those students I tone-down the explanation in a manner that facilitates learning and makes it more easily understandable.
JS: You wrote a book on bughouse, which includes opening theory, an interview with Levon Aronian and general bughouse strategies. Tell us a little about it.
ND: Ahh yes. After lengthy communication and planning with some fellow bughouse-lovers, we decided to give back to the bughouse community the knowledge we had gained from playing hundreds of thousands of our favorite and most popular chess variant. Along with a few other hand-selected bughouse players worldwide, we co-authored "Bughouse Chess" (feel free to download a free 40 page preview), which contains beginner to advanced strategies, strategy essays, gathering stories, puzzles, and many more.
What I enjoyed most however about the experience was giving in-depth analysis of master level bughouse games. It was a real pleasure to collaborate thoughts and ideas with some of the world's best bughouse players from different continents, including Maarten Aronsson from Sweden, Igor Bjelobrk from Australia, Linus Olson from Sweden, and last but not least: Armenia's Super-GM Levon Aronian, who is currently ranked #3 in the World at chess! Now who says titled players & grandmasters frown at bughouse? Mr. Aronian is certainly a contradiction of that statement!
JS: What opening do you recommend for those starting out in bughouse as White and as Black vs. 1. e4? Does this recommendation change drastically as a player improves?
ND: For a new bughouse player regardless of strength, I'd definitely recommend 1. e4 when playing with the white pieces, with natural, developing moves like Nc3, Nf3, and d4 to follow. For black, I would recommend e6-Nc6-Nf6-d5. As the initiative in bughouse is much more important than in chess, it's very important to develop quickly, and make center-occupying moves the primary goal. I would also recommend definitely protecting the f2 square if playing with white (f7 if black) because in bughouse, sacrifices on f2 and f7 are very common in order to draw out the King due to pieces constantly being recycled.
JS: How long will it take a good chess player to be similarly good at bughouse? For instance how many hours of practice approximately do you think it will take a 2200 chessplayer to realize a similar level in bughouse?
ND: That's a tough question because unfortunately there is no set answer. As bughouse games last much quicker than your typical G/60 standard chess time control (casual OTB bughouse games are most often played with only 3 MINUTES for each side and tournament games are just 2 mins more at G/5!), some experienced chess players just don't get the "feel" for the speedy nature of the game, and underestimate the importance of being able to drop pieces on any unoccupied square and eventually just lose interest. For example, many 2200+ chess players are more positional and therefore, will tend to make such moves in a bughouse game, if their opponent has many pieces, they quickly become overwhelmed and usually fold like a cheap tent to the impending attack. If I was able to get good, anyone can! Just keep at it!
JS: Who do you think the best bughouse players in the World are? Have you played with Aronian before?
ND: Unfortunately I haven't had the chance to play with GM Aronian or any of the world's best as we all live in different continents, but from what I have observed from the action taking place at the Berlin bughouse gathering, the guys mentioned above are definitely some of the world's best, and I would definitely have to add the young Swedish GM Nils Grandelius (who moves ridiculously fast!). Russia is to chess as Sweden is to bughouse :)
JS: Who are the fastest bughouse players in the World?
ND: Great question. Having played hundreds of bughouse games from all around the nation at the largest venues such as National Open, World Open, North American Open, and various gatherings, I have definitely seen some really fast buggers! However, the most memorable strong + speedy bughouse battle I have ever experienced was when I was partnered with David Chong vs. Todd Freitag & Ben Gradsky at the bughouse gathering in San Jose, California in 2005 I believe. Aside from Shinsaku Uesugi and myself, those 3 were the fastest buggers I have ever played with at the same time.
There have been quite a few who have told me that Nils and myself, however, are hands down the 2 fastest buggers in the world. For me, it's just something that comes so natural and after so many games and years of playing, it has just become second-nature! Playing the piano and typing 150 wpm tends to help too, though.
JS: I see on your website that GM Alex Lenderman was so impressed by your bughouse skills that he offered to trade bughouse for chess lessons. Tell us about that.
ND: Yes, it's true! That was in 2009 after he played our team in round 4. He couldn't believe that someone U2000 in chess was able to play bughouse that well (and frankly, I still don't know how I was able to become one of the world's best myself because most if not all of the best buggers in the world have chess rating > 2200!). But to receive that email from one of the top 10 best American chess players was very flattering indeed, and it was a breath of fresh air to have further confirmation that there are still very strong chess players like Alex who are not "bug haters".
JS: I'm pretty poor at bughouse. I play so infrequently that my partner is usually stronger than me, and I sometimes get nervous and down on time, which exacerbates all my problems. What are the biggest tips you can give me?
ND: Definitely keep moving! As strong as you are at chess, you wouldn't have a problem at all playing a natural good looking chess move. Just keep your position solid and if unsure what to do, see what helps/hurts your partner and just keep improving your position (just like in chess). Also the good thing about having a stronger partner is he/she can usually give you some good tips on what to do since communication is perfectly legal in bughouse . Also something to note is time is VERY important in bughouse and the team ahead frequently dictates the action; the person/team down on time is at a huge handicap because it forces that person to make a move, even if he/she is sitting for a lonely pawn to mate!
JS: If your partner is playing poorly, how can you best address that without shattering his or her confidence? What are some good and bad approaches you've seen in this vein?
ND: Ah… that's what makes bughouse such a great game! The friendly banter is something that is an ongoing routine to bughouse, as it's something that is very natural – with a game full of communication and a game just like another with always one winner and one loser, it's just bound to happen. I have definitely had my fair share of hardest and loudest laughs while playing bughouse, and also observing my opponents taking turns blaming/bashing one other on why they just lost the game! To answer your question though, if I do notice my partner playing poorly, I would just encourage him/her to watch more closely at what their opponent is moving, and not to move so fast. Yes speed is important, but making solid moves is just as important.
JS: Do you think bughouse helps general chess ability? Why or why not? How much bughouse is "too much" at a major event like a National Scholastic or big Open tournament?
ND: Absolutely. I am proof that bughouse definitely improves chess ability. Before, I had no tactical skills whatsoever, and used to just reply e6-d5 in chess against everything. But after playing more and more bughouse and due to the tactical nature of the game/ability to drop pieces on any vacant squares, that opened my eyes to different tactical patterns in chess, and enabled me to see certain mates more clearer too, especially the smothered mate.
It irritates me to hear people (normally master chess players or better) make the general statement "Bughouse hurts your chess" just because they don't enjoy the game! It's simply a case-to-case basis as it has definitely helped my chess! Too much bug at a major event in my opinion would be anything more than ~30 mins or cutting into resting/relaxation time before the next round. It is definitely the most favorite variant among scholastic players. JS: How can we make bughouse more popular?
ND: Hold more competitive bughouse events and demonstrate how it really improves overall chess skill (tactics). I must however give kudos to the organizers who run the annual National Open who did a great job at getting bughouse some popularity a few years back. They held bughouse tournaments and even had the privilege to give the national bughouse lectures at both the Riviera and South Point. To my surprise, the small-capacity room at the Riviera was standing room only, and I received many compliments from attendees who thoroughly enjoyed the first-time bughouse lecture.
In the U.S., there are only 2 major bughouse tournaments which offer cash prizes, both of which I have been able to win: U.S. Amateur Team East in New Jersey held President's Day weekend and U.S. Open in August. Having said this it's just one of those things… if more people in America were interested in chess (like the popularity of baseball, football, or basketball), naturally, bughouse would have more of a following. So chess needs to become much more popular first, because one must know how to play chess first before he plays chess's most popular variant!
JS: What are your future goals?
ND: To become a more skillful daytrader, a more polished professional trumpeter, win the World Open, and continue to glorify God and put Him first in all that I do!


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The committee accepted that credit protection can be an effective risk-management tool, but the costs should be appropriately recognized in a bank's capital buffer.
Under current rules, steps taken by a bank to cover risks help it to reduce how much capital it must hold.
It is the latest move by regulators to restore credibility to capital figures published by banks and to reassure investors that no hidden dangers lurk on or off balance sheets.
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Forget the salacious details of David Petraeus's affair with Paula Broadwell for a moment. Focus on the key national security facts: the head of the CIA was having an extramarital affair, and was communicating with his mistress over an unsecure Gmail account for up to eight months. In the world of espionage, those are potentially important—even vital—secrets, and certainly ones that the Commander in Chief should know. The affair could expose the CIA chief or the mistress to blackmail. The use of an unclassified e-mail account to communicate potentially damaging details of his private life could speak to the judgment of the nation's top spy.
For these reasons, an official who knew those secrets and didn't tell the President had better have a good reason for keeping them to himself. And yet the Obama Administration has offered little explanation as to why the Justice Department kept the the President in the dark about the Petraeus affair until two days after the election. Prosecutors and FBI agents knew at least as early as last July that the affair was occurring; high-level Justice officials, including Attorney General Eric Holder, knew in "late summer." According to White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, the President "was obviously surprised" when he learned of the affair on Nov. 8.
(MORE: Beneath Glowing Public Image, Petraeus Had His Critics)
At a press conference Tuesday, Carney brandished the word "protocol" seven times. "There are protocols that the FBI follows with regards to these kinds of notifications," he said. Administration officials speaking on background are a little more specific. A law enforcement official told TIME Tuesday that the investigation "was handled as routine criminal investigations and ongoing criminal investigations are handled." Why wasn't the President told? "Allegations get bandied about," the official says. "So until you run those down you don't share them outside of law enforcement. That's one reason. Another reason — probably a more compelling reason — is criminal investigations can result in criminal charges. You don't talk about evidence or things that might be crucial to a prosecution outside of the law enforcement agency, because you could potentially jeopardize the potential prosecution."
Such prudence is a well-established approach, the law enforcement official says. "This has been long standing practice for many, many years." The official cited a 2007 memo by then Attorney General Michael Mukasey regarding contacts with the White House during criminal investigations. As part of the process of cleaning up the politically motivated firing of U.S. Attorneys under his predecessor, Alberto Gonzales, Mukasey issued explicit instructions that Justice officials had to follow. "Alerting the White House of an ongoing investigation? That's a huge no-no," the law enforcement official says.
Unfortunately for the Obama team, there are huge holes in their arguments. For starters, Mukasey himself says there is no prohibition on Justice-to-White House communication in criminal investigations. "The memo makes it quite clear that not only is that not the case, it is explicitly not the case," Mukasey told TIME Tuesday evening. Says Mukasey: "The point is not that the White House can never be apprised of a pending criminal investigation; the point is that the White House should not reach out and influence a pending criminal investigation."
(MORE: For Petraeus, the CIA Was an Uncomfortable Fit)
More to the point, Mukasey's memo specifically instructs "all components of the Justice Department" that "it is critically important to have frequent and expeditious communications relating to national security matters, including counter-terrorism and counter-espionage issues." If anything, the Mukasey memo orders Justice Department officials–including prosecutors and the FBI–to communicate with relevant political authorities when they make a discovery like they did in the Petraeus case.
The Mukasey memo isn't binding on the current Attorney General, or the Justice Department. But it is not the only precedent that suggests the Administration handled the Petraeus affair badly. In late 1996, the CIA began an investigation of then Director John Deutch after computer security experts found classified information on his unclassified home computer, including details of some of the agency's most closely held covert operations. His successor George Tenet was widely criticized for not informing the Justice Department about the security breach, and belatedly suspended Deutch's security clearance.
Administration officials declined to provide any further specific protocols that prevented them telling the President about Petraeus' affair. Instead, the Administration is trying to stretch the facts of the Petraeus case to fit the Mukasey memo and other precedents. On one hand, they argue that national security was never an issue. "Early enough on in the investigation, any national security threat was ruled out," says the law enforcement official. On the other hand, they argue that they can't risk telling anyone outside Justice, because Petraeus might become a target. "You don't know where the facts are going to go. What if he becomes [a target?]" says the official.
(MORE: Petraeus Stumbles Off the Stage)
Why criminal evidence might turn up but national security evidence wouldn't is anyone's guess. For his part, Mukasey argues it is obvious that an ongoing extramarital affair by the CIA chief is a potential national security issue. "They know enough at the point that his name turns up," says Mukasey. "He's doing it on a Gmail account which any intelligence agency in the world would want to know about, and if they did know about, would feel in a position to use."
The only remaining question is how President Obama feels about his Attorney General keeping him in the dark for so long. Presumably we'll get that answer later today at his press conference.
Here's the "decretal," or tasking, part of the Mukasey memo:
"…All components of the Department, including federal law enforcement agencies and the United States' Attorneys' Offices shall abide by the following limitations:
"With the exception of national security related matters, which are discussed below, all initial communications between the White House staff and the Justice Department regarding any specific pending Department investigation or criminal or civil-enforcement matter should involve only the Counsel to the President or Deputy Counsel to the President and the Attorney General or Deputy Attorney General. Initial communications regarding civil-enforcement matters may also involve the Associate Attorney General. Initial communications regarding a matter on appeal may also involve the Solicitor General.
"To the extent subsequent contact is required or necessary, the Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, Associate Attorney General, or Solicitor General may designate others within the Department to communicate with the White House staff. In all such circumstances, this designation will be limited to the fewest number of people practicable.
"It is critically important to have frequent and expeditious communications relating to national security matters, including counter-terrorism and counter-espionage issues. Since September 2001, departments within the Executive Branch have made substantial efforts to remove barriers to information sharing and communication. Communications that relate to a national security matter and concern a litigation issue for a specific, pending case are not subject to the limitations delineated above so as not to reestablish those barriers or limit necessary communication. Nevertheless, such communications must be made known to the Office of the Attorney General, the Office of the Deputy Attorney General or the Office of the Associate Attorney General so that senior officials can monitor the communications and consider whether any additional limitations or safeguards are necessary."
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WASHINGTON – The United States Helsinki Commission will hold a hearing with individuals who lost relatives in Kosovo, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia during the decade of conflicts associated with the former Yugoslavia's disintegration.
Missing Persons in Southeast Europe
Friday, August 1, 2003
9:15 AM to 10:30 AM
334 Cannon House Office Building
Olgica Bozanic, Member of the Presidency, Association of Family Members of Missing and Kidnaped Individuals, Belgrade, Serbia
Verica Tomanovic, Member of the Presidency, Association of Family Members of Missing and Kidnaped Individuals, Belgrade, Serbia
Cedomir Maric, President of the Association of Families of Missing Persons from Krajina, Belgrade, Serbia
Gordana Jaksic, Member of the Board of Directors, Association of Parents and Families of the Arrested, Captured and Missing, Novi Sad, Serbia
According to the International Commission on Missing Persons, as many as 40,000 persons are missing as a result of a decade of deadly conflict in the former Yugoslavia beginning in 1991. Mass graves continue to be uncovered, while people still seek information from government offices on lost relatives. In some cases, efforts to find the truth about the unknown fate of loved ones have brought together individuals representing different ethnic groups.
On this, the 28th anniversary of the signing of the Helsinki Final Act, the Helsinki Commission will hold a hearing on one aspect of this issue, the views of Serbs who themselves lost relatives in Kosovo, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia. The panelists also represent organizations consisting of hundreds of families sharing the same tragedy and grief.


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