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This Week's ChessVideos Show: Esserman-Van Wely and Nd5 in the Smith-Morra Gambit
The Smith-Morra Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3) may not be fully sound, but it can be dangerous, and not just against the unwary. Loek van Wely is a very strong GM who even made it to 2700 at one point, and he's also known for his deep preparation - not the sort of player one would expect to have problems with such an arguably half-correct line. Despite his credentials, he was crushed by a "mere" IM - Marc Esserman - in this gambit last month in the U.S. Open.
The starring concept in the game was a Nd5 piece sac, and by way of supplement I show a couple of other (rather lower-level but still entertaining) games where that same sac also proved practical and effective. I also offer some advice for those facing the Gambit, to at least avoid van Wely's fate in this game.
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|Penn & Brown Win Inter-Ivy League Tourney
|By Matthew Michaelides
|February 27, 2013
This past weekend, players gathered in New York City to play in the Third Annual Inter-Ivy League Chess Tournament. Hosted for the third year in a row by the Columbia University Chess Club, the event was held at Earl Hall right on the Columbia University Campus.
While unfortunately, players from Princeton, Yale, and Cornell were unable to attend the event, there was no scarcity of exciting chess! Rather, the G/30 time control made for some unpredictable and oftentimes amusing results. In the end, Brown and the University of Pennsylvania's A-teams tied for first with 3.5/4.0 after drawing in the 3rd round.
Perhaps one of the results that might fall more in the 'amusing' category was the second round defeat of Columbia's A-team by Columbia's B-team. Before the tournament, Columbia's dominance of the field with 5 of the 12 registered teams had led the TDs to not implement team protections in the pairings. Alas, this proved unfortunate for the home team. After a piece blunder on Board 1 by IM Victor Shen (2527) and time-pressure-induced difficulties on Boards 2 and 4 by IM Rusudan Goletiani (2303) and yours truly, Columbia B emerged victorious.
In the meantime, Brown A and Penn A were able to make quick work of their early opponents. Here is a first-round demolition of Harvard's Benjamin Ascherman (1853) by Brown's first board Erdentugla Rentsen (2445). Rentsen missed 14. e5!, forcing Nd5 with Nh5 and Qg4 soon to follow, but was still able to clean up after Black's big mistakes on moves 19, 24, and 27.
As a result, at the start of the third round, three teams led with 2-0 each: Brown A, Penn A, and Columbia B. Round 3 would see Penn A play Brown A with Columbia B pairing down to Penn B. But Columbia A would not be the only team to suffer at the hands of the G/30 menace! Penn's Alisa Melekhina achieved the following position as Black against Erdentugla Rentsen.
White had been better earlier (although, in all fairness, probably never winning), but clearly it seemed as if a draw was all but certain. There are many ways for Black to draw, but in time pressure Melekhina did not select one of them. After 1 … Kh4, 2. Kf4 Rf2+, 3. Ke5 Rh2, 4. Kf4 Rf2+, 5. Ke3 Rh2, 6. Rb8 Black played the unfortunate 6. … Rxh3+??, falling into White's only trap. After 7. Ke3, checkmate or loss of the Black rook was inevitable, and Black was forced to resign. As a consequence, the result of the match turned from a 2.5-1.5 victory for Penn to a 2-2 tie.
This result gave we Columbians some hope that we might actually emerge victorious in the end. Columbia (3-0) B had won their 3rd round match-up with Penn B and would play Penn A (2.5 – 0.5), while Columbia A (2-1) would play Brown A (2.5 – 0.5). If both matches were draws, we would win the title with our B Team! Unfortunately for the hosts of the tournament, both of our teams got solidly crushed 3-1, leading to a tie for first place between Penn A and Brown A (3.5 – 0.5 each).
While Columbia student Kola Adeyemi (2198) put up a good fight after a bad opening against Alisa Melekhina (2303) and Abby Marshall (2193) went into a comfortable endgame against Kasun Waidyaratne(2254), in the end they both came up short. The Board 3 fighting battle between Matt Horwitz (2054) from Columbia and Zach Weiner (2147) ended in a draw, as did the more restrained Board 4 match-up between and Jennie Liu (2019) of Columbia and Peter Hess (2002) of Penn.
In the end, while we Columbians didn't exactly get the result for which we were hoping, we all had a great time. A big thanks to all of the Ivy Leaguers who played in the event, our tournament directors Efthymiou Papageorgiou and Andrew Ryba, and to Matt Horwitz, Jennie Liu and the other members of the Columbia University Chess Club Executing Board who helped in making the tournament a great success!
Below is an interesting and exciting last-round battle between Brown's Michael Thaler (2336) and Columbia's IM Rusudan Goletiani (2338) that was played on Board 2 of the Penn A – Columbia A match. Enjoy!
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 d6 5.Bg2 g6 6.0–0 Bg7 7.c3 e5 8.a3 Nge7 9.b4 a6 10.Be3 b6 11.Nbd2 0–0 12.Rb1 Kh8
Waiting moves like Qc2 and Re1 probably make more sense. Forcing the issue with a4 allows Black to equalize.
13.a4 cxb4 14.cxb4 d5 15.b5 axb5 16.axb5
16... d4 is also quite possible and perhaps even better. After 17. bxc6 dxe3 18. fxe3 Qxd3, Black appears to be in good shape.
16...Na5 17.d4 dxe4 18.Nxe5 f5 19.f3 Nd5 20.Qe1 exf3 21.Ndxf3 Bb7 22.Qd2 Nxe3 23.Qxe3 Bd5 24.Ng5?! Nc4!
A good find by Goletiani. This forces some exchanges, taking White's pressure off.
25.Nxc4 Bxc4 26.Rfd1 26...Ra2 27.d5 Qd7?! 28.Qf4
28.Qxb6 f4 29.Qe6; 28.d6 is unclear
28...Rxg2+!? would have been an interesting try. There would follow: 29.Kxg2 Bxd5+ 30.Kg1 h6 with approximately equal chances. I tend to like Black's chances given Black's nice pair of bishops. The game continuation would have been well met by Rd2.
29.Rd2 Rxd2 30.Qxd2 Re8 31.d6
29...Bd3! 30.Rb4 Rc8
30.Bf3 is a more solid move. Rc7 allows a nice exchange sacrifice that gives Black plenty of compensation. Both players were already very short on time at this point.
A very thematic and natural move in such an open position. Now, Black's bishops dominate and soon the tables are reversed. White's king is very open all of a sudden.
31.Kxg2 Qxd5+ 32.Nf3?
But this allows Qa2+! In time pressure, Black missed it. Still, Black is much better in this position because of her active pieces and relatively safe king.
32...Qa2+–+ 33.Nd2 Rd8 34.Rd1 Ba4
33.Rbc1 Be5 34.Qh4 Bxc7 35.Rxc7 Bd7?
Another miss by Goletiani. 35 ... Qa2 leads to forced mate. [35...Qa2+ 36.Kh1 (36.Kh3 Bf1#; 36.Kg1 Qa1+ 37.Kg2 Qf1#) 36...Qa1+ 37.Ng1 Qa8+
36.Qf6+ Kg8 37.Qxb6 Re2+ 38.Kh3 f4+
38...Qxf3! This leads to forced mate instantly. 39.Qb8+ Be8–+
39.Rxd7 Qxd7+ 40.g4 Re3 41.Qb8+ Kg7 42.Qxf4 Qd3 43.Kg3 Qe4 44.Qc7+ Qe7 45.Qxe7+ Rxe7
And Black went on to win the endgame. 0–1
Matthew Michaelides is a sophomore at Columbia College and is the President of the Columbia University Chess Club. For more information about the Columbia University Chess Club, visit their website or email at [email protected]


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McClendon, who was Detroit's hitting instructor before he was hired by Seattle to replace Eric Wedge, hired two coaches with whom he had Tigers connections in first-base coach Andy Van Slyke and bullpen coach Mike Rojas.
SEATTLE -- Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon completed his coaching staff Monday, and the group will have new and old faces when the club gathers for Spring Training this February in Peoria, Ariz.
McClendon, who was Detroit's hitting instructor before he was hired by Seattle to replace Eric Wedge, hired two coaches with whom he had Tigers connections in first-base coach Andy Van Slyke and bullpen coach Mike Rojas.
McClendon reached into the Mariners' farm system to promote hitting coach Howard Johnson, pitching coach Rick Waits, third-base coach John Stearns and infield coach Chris Woodward.
And the new skipper retained two members of Wedge's former staff in bullpen catcher Jason Phillips and left-handed batting-practice pitcher Scott Budner.
That group joins former Nationals third-base coach Trent Jewett, who already had been announced as McClendon's bench coach.
McClendon said retaining Johnson and Waits from the Mariners' system was a win-win situation.
"No. 1, if you have opportunity to promote from within, it's very healthy for the organization," McClendon said. "And if those guys are qualified individuals, it becomes an A-plus, and that's what we have here with a couple guys who are very capable and have similar philosophies."
None of Wedge's staff will return in their previous positions, including bench coach Robby Thompson, pitching coach Carl Willis, hitting coach Dave Hansen, first-base coach Mike Brumley, third-base coaches Daren Brown and Jeff Datz and bullpen coach Jaime Navarro.
Datz, replaced in the final five months of last season by Brown after he was diagnosed with cancer, has taken a job in the Mariners' pro scouting department, according to general manager Jack Zduriencik.
Hansen has been offered a job as Seattle's assistant hitting coach and Brown was given the opportunity to remain with the Mariners in a Minor League position, but both are weighing other options.
Brumley has taken a job as the assistant hitting coach with new Cubs manager Rick Renteria. Thompson interviewed for Jewett's third-base job with the Nationals. Willis was a finalist for pitching-coach openings with the Phillies and Orioles, but those jobs have since been filled by others. All of Seattle's former coaches remain under contract through next season.
Johnson, a two-time National League All-Star who won a pair of World Series titles with the Tigers (1984) and Mets ('86), takes over as hitting coach after holding that position with Triple-A Tacoma last year. Johnson spent the prior 11 seasons with the Mets, including 3 1/2 years (2007-10) as their big league hitting coach.
Johnson, 52, started the 2007 season as the Mets' first-base coach before becoming their hitting coach in July, and he held that position through '10. Over a 14-year Major League career, he hit .249 with 228 home runs, 760 RBIs and 231 stolen bases as a switch-hitting third baseman and outfielder with the Tigers, Mets, Rockies and Cubs, and he led the NL in home runs (38) and RBIs (117) in 1991 with the Mets.
"HoJo and I played against each other for a number of years," said McClendon. "I know his competitive spirit and that he knows what he's talking about. The interview process was very impressive. He really matched the ideals I have."
Johnson worked with the Mariners as an assistant hitting coach in September last season after the Rainiers' season ended, so he's already worked with Seattle's players as well as many of the top Minor League prospects.
If Hansen chooses to return, he would become the first full-time Mariners assistant hitting coach, a trend that is growing throughout the Majors and one McClendon said he welcomed after having an assistant as a former hitting coach himself with the Tigers.
Waits, 61, is also a familiar figure with many of the Mariners after spending the past three seasons as the Minor League pitching coordinator. He'll be taking his first job as a Major League pitching coach, but he has helped develop top prospects Taijuan Walker, James Paxton and Erasmo Ramirez since joining the organization in 2011.
"Waits is a tremendous individual," McClendon said. "He really blew me away in the interview process. I walked away from that meeting thinking this guy represented everything I wanted in a pitching coach and felt it would be a pretty good match for everybody involved."
Prior to being hired by the Mariners, Waits spent 15 seasons in the Mets' organization, serving as the Minor League pitching coordinator from 2004-10 and the Major League bullpen coach in '03. Waits pitched in the Majors for 12 seasons with the Rangers, Indians and Brewers from 1973-85.
"I think it's an advantage," Zduriencik said of Waits' experience in the Mariners' system. "But it's more about the individual and the things Rick has done. He worked with me when I was farm director with the Mets. This guy has been around the game a long time, he knows our players and has been in this system. There are a lot of arrows going in the right direction. This is an opportunity he's earned and deserves."
Stearns, 62, takes over as the third-base coach after finishing last year as the manager in Tacoma. He opened the year as Seattle's Minor League catching coordinator, a job he started in 2012, but he took over the Rainiers after Brown was promoted as Seattle's third-base coach to replace Datz. A four-time NL All-Star with the Mets, Stearns has been in professional baseball for the past 39 years as a player, coach, scout, manager and ESPN broadcaster.
Woodward, 37, joins the Major League staff after spending last season as the Mariners' roving Minor League infield coordinator. That was his first coaching position after retiring from a 12-year Major League career that included two years with the Mariners in 2009-10. Woodward also spent time with the Mariners late last year, working with young infielders Nick Franklin and Brad Miller.
McClendon reached into his Tigers past to hire Rojas and Van Slyke. Rojas, 50, spent the past 2 1/2 seasons as Detroit's bullpen coach. The son of former Major League infielder and manager Cookie Rojas had been with the Tigers since 2004, including four years as their Minor League field coordinator and then as the director of player development. He has been a Minor League manager in the Tigers, Reds, White Sox and Astros' organizations after playing several years in the Minors as a catcher.
Van Slyke, 52, has been out of baseball the past four years after working as the Tigers' first-base coach from 2006-09, when McClendon was Detroit's hitting coach. The three-time All-Star and five-time Gold Glove Award center fielder was also teammates with McClendon with the Pirates from 1990-94 as part of a 13-year Major League career.
"Andy actually called me," McClendon said. "He was excited about having the opportunity. For me, in all my years in baseball, Andy Van Slyke was probably the most impressive practice coach I've ever been around as far as getting guys prepared and teaching the profession. I'm excited to have this guy. He's an All-Star center fielder with tremendous credentials. The fans in Seattle are going to love this guy."
Phillips has been the Mariners' bullpen catcher the past five years and also works with advance scouting reports, while Budner was hired two years ago to throw left-handed batting practice and help chart games after working as a Minor League pitching coach in Seattle's system from 2000-08, holding similar posts with the Orioles and Giants.
Greg Johns is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregJohnsMLB as well as his Mariners Musings blog.


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LG's cheapest 1080p plasma does some things right, particularly colors, and some not-so right, the worst being LCD-like black levels that lead to a less "present" picture. The LG PA6500's biggest problem, though, is that its competition is too good. At 50 inches, the entry-level Samsung E450 is cheaper and a better performer despite its lower resolution; if you insist on 1080p, the slightly more expensive Panasonic U50 is the way to go. Meanwhile the 60-inch PA6500 is among the least expensive TVs you can buy at that size, but we'd still recommend paying extra for the much better picture quality of the Samsung PN60E550.
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Let me invent a new term to describe the PA6500: it is a perfectly "livingroomable" television. That is to say that it won't stick out in an obnoxious way in your living area, or look so drab as to induce spontaneous comas. The frame is clad predominantly in glossy black with a vaguely gun-metal wedge at the bottom. The swiveling stand has a businesslike appearance and is a welcome change from stodgy rectangular ones.
The included remote control is surprisingly full-featured with access to all most commonly used functions: volume, channels, and so on. Indeed, I had to double-check that this was the correct remote since it seemed too good for such a cheap TV.
The TV's menu system is similar to the rest of the line, with small, easy-to-read icons leading to a pleasant experience. Of course it does without the Smart TV aspects of the connected televisions, which greatly helps in the "simple" department.
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Unlike the cheaper PA4500 and its 720p resolution, the PA6500 is a full-HD, 1080p television. Apart from that though, the set doesn't have many features when compared to more expensive devices. Additions like 3D and smart TV are far from ubiquitous yet, and you'll have to pay a bit more to enjoy them. But if you want free or inexpensive streaming content then a $60 Roku HD will serve you well.
The TV, like most plasmas these days, features 600Hz subfield driving, which refers to the rate at which the TV sends the picture to the screen, and is not actually related to 120Hz-type engines found on LCD TVs.
Picture settings: Like the PA4500 that precedes it in LG's lineup, the PA6500 includes plenty of tweaks, including ISF presets and 20-point grayscale adjustments. The TV also comes with a power-saving mode, although like most such additions, it caps light output, which leads to a too-dim picture.
Connectivity: The LG features three HDMI ports, with two on the side and one on the rear, an uncommon two component inputs, a composite connector, a single USB, and a PC connection.


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Ogwumike helps Stanford women return to the Final Four
Well after the final buzzer, Chiney Ogwumike darted across the court one last time to find big sister Nneka in the stands for a long celebratory embrace.
Ogwumike is carrying her team to Music City and one last Final Four she planned for all along, contributing 20 points and 10 rebounds in a night she wasn't at her best as second-seeded Stanford beat North Carolina 74-65 on Tuesday night in the regional final on the Cardinal's home floor.
"We've had so many people who just wanted to keep this year going," Ogwumike said. "Sometimes people say you can't win only on heart, but tonight I think we did."
Mikaela Ruef scored a career-high 17 points on the way to regional MVP honors in front of the cheering Maples Pavilion crowd, Amber Orrange added 14 and Bonnie Samuelson knocked down three 3-pointers for 13 points off the bench for Stanford (33-3), which had its streak of five straight Final Fours snapped last March.
Now, they're headed to Nashville, Tenn., for the program's 12th Final Four.
Since the disappointment of that early exit against Georgia in the Spokane Regional semifinals, Ogwumike, Ruef and their fellow seniors have made it their mission to get back to women's basketball's biggest stage.
"At the beginning of the year when the regional sites came out and I saw they were going to Stanford, I was determined to play here, to win here to go to the Final Four," Ruef said.
All season long, Hall of Fame coach Tara VanDerveer called for more of her players to do their part, and Ogwumike's supporting cast delivered when it mattered most.
When it was decided, Stanford's players jumped in delight and quickly pulled on hats and T-shirts and began dancing at center court.
"I have the utmost faith in my teammates," Ogwumike said.
Allisha Gray scored 19 points for No. 4 seed North Carolina (27-10), which couldn't pull off a Final Four reunion with Sylvia Hatchell after the coach's season-long battle with leukemia.
North Carolina got the ball back with 49 seconds left after an offensive foul on Ruef but Xylina McDaniel missed a layin on the left side and Ruef secured the rebound. Samuelson converted two free throws with 21.1 to go.
"We did some things at the end I wish we could replay," North Carolina associate coach Andrew Calder said. "I'm not going to look back. Having a Hall of Fame coach on the bench could have made a difference."
When Orrange drove for a left-handed layin with 9.6 seconds remaining, Ogwumike went to her knees and pumped her arms. Stanford protected its unbeaten home record with one last memorable win to send Ogwumike, Ruef and the seniors out in style.
"In 40 minutes our team I thought showed great resilience," VanDerveer said. "I'm so proud of how we battled. We didn't go anywhere last year."
Samuelson's third 3-pointer of the game capped a 15-2 Stanford run with 13:09 to play that put the Cardinal ahead 48-42 before Danielle Butts' basket ended a 5 1/2-minute scoring drought for North Carolina.
Diamond DeShields was limited to 13 points on 5 for 15 shooting for North Carolina, missing all but one of her six 3-point tries.
DeShields played with no signs of injury after the freshman star sprained her right ankle and tweaked her left knee during a semifinal win against South Carolina on Sunday night. She said they'd have to strap her down to keep her off the court for this game.
DeShields, the one VanDerveer said wears No. 23 at North Carolina for a reason in reference to Michael Jordan, never found the groove that made her a nemesis for defenses nationwide during a sensational rookie college season.
"I refuse to make excuses. I felt able enough to go out and give it 100 percent," she said. "There were moments where the momentum could have changed for us."
Ogwumike's layin pulled Stanford within 42-41 with 16:09 left, then she drew a foul on Stephanie Mavunga for pushing off moments later and scored again to give the Cardinal their first lead since the opening minute and send the near-capacity crowd into a frenzy.
Stanford freshman Lili Thompson, who shut down Penn State star Maggie Lucas in the semis, flustered DeShields and added 10 points, four rebounds, three assists and two steals.
Stanford hasn't won a national title since 1992. The Cardinal have had their chances, losing to Tennessee in the 2008 championship game and to Connecticut for the 2010 title. Stanford also lost to UConn in the 2009 national semifinals, to Texas A&M in the 2011 semis and Baylor in the same round the following year.
San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh was among those in the roaring crowd.


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Swallow is the anti-foodie food magazine, a palate-pleasing respite from gastronomic faddism. Each issue is akin to the perfect dinner party where the food is central to the event, but the conversation veers wildly around the table from topic to topic before eventually returning to the procession of morsels at hand.
Founded in 2009, each issue of Swallow is dedicated to exposing a different, often overlooked destination. The first—The Nordic Issue—revealed the then nascent Scandinavian food scene. The second one alighted on points along the Trans-Siberian express. And the third and latest issue squares its sights on one of the world's most vibrant and exciting metropolises: Mexico City.
Released in a high-end format comparable to a coffee table book, Swallow ventures far beyond the culinary realm and features notable contributors more often found within the worlds of art and fashion. Swallow was recently named a finalist in three categories—including "entire issue design"—in the 2013 Society of Publication Designers awards. Swallow has previously garnered three British D&AD (Design and Art Direction) awards for each of its magazine related categories—photography, design, and illustration.
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The sights and smells of Mexico City. Placed throughout the issue are 20 scratch-and-sniff stickers, each impregnated with the aroma of one of the the city's many neighborhoods. Also, matadors, wrestlers, hungry cabbies, dancing girls, sacrilegious iconography, Aztec beverages, hazardous eats, ultimate tacos, dirt-cheap candy, preeminent cantinas, and more.Softcover clothbound book, 160 pages, 9" × 12"
Accounts taken along the route of the Trans-Siberian Express. From Moscow to Beijing, via Mongolia, Swallow focuses on the landscapes of lesser known culinary destinations. Stories include tea as currency, country living, porcelain politics, Russian aesthetics, Mongolian hospitality, smoking fish, illustrated full frontals, and more.Hardcover book, 154 pages, 9" × 12"
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Obamacare's threat to liberalism
From the moment of his improbable emergence as a presidential contender seven years ago, Barack Obama has always positioned himself as something better than a politician. And he has always presented his goals for progressive change as something bigger than the bare minimum a Democrat might hope for in a country that skews center-right.
So the fiasco of the launch of Obama's sweeping health care overhaul has put the reputation of Big Government progressivism at risk for at least this generation. And its future now rests on the president's ability to reverse that debacle and to demonstrate that his approach to covering millions of uninsured Americans is not only an enlightened — but workable — policy. He set the bar himself.
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In "The Audacity of Hope," the best-selling 2006 manifesto that launched his presidential quest, Obama dismissed the achievements of the most recent Democratic president, Bill Clinton. "In the first two years of his presidency," Obama wrote of Clinton, "he would be forced to abandon some core elements of his platform — universal health care, aggressive investment in education and training — that might have more decisively reversed the long-term trends that were undermining the position of working families in the new economy." In the end, Obama sniffed, Clinton's policies were "recognizably progressive if modest in their goals."
( PHOTOS: 25 unforgettable Obamacare quotes)
Those words mean that much more is riding on the success or failure of Obama's signature domestic policy than the fate of this president. Emboldened conservatives and worried liberals alike agree that the future of the Democratic Party's plausible agenda, and of liberalism itself, is on the line.
Obama's challenge is now nothing less than to assure that the cycle of progressivism he presumed to usher in, and the period of renewed faith and confidence in the transformative powers of government that he promised, does not die aborning. That will be no easy task.
"Unlike the Republican agenda, the Democratic agenda does not work unless people have a certain level of trust in the competence of the government to act on their behalf," said William Galston, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, who 25 years ago helped launch the centrist "New Democratic" agenda that brought the Democrats back from years in the presidential wilderness. "That is, if you will, the Democratic proposition. It's not to say that the government should do everything, but it is to say there's an indispensable — and not necessarily small — role for government at every level."
( Also on POLITICO: The Obamacare fumble)
Conservative thinkers have already seized on the rocky rollout of Obamacare — and the indefensible management failures it implies — as proof positive that the age-old argument over the proper role of state action in American life has reached a fresh danger point for the Democrats.
"At stake is the new, more ambitious, social-democratic brand of American liberalism introduced by Obama, of which Obamacare is both symbol and concrete achievement," wrote the columnist Charles Krauthammer. "Its unraveling would catastrophically undermine their ideology of ever-expansive central government providing cradle-to-grave care for an ever-grateful citizenry."
Fouad Ajami of Stanford's Hoover Institution wrote in The Wall Street Journal that "a leader who set out to remake the health-care system in the country, a sixth of the national economy, on a razor-thin majority with no support whatsoever from the opposition party, misunderstood the nature of democratic politics. An election victory is the beginning of things, not the culmination."
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And the conservative theorist Yuval Levin argued in National Review Online that Obama's sudden decision last week to allow insurers to continue to offer private health plans that do not meet his new federal standards for comprehensive coverage — made in response to panic from congressional Democrats at the public outcry over cancelled policies — could gravely undermine the economic viability of the new health insurance market by allowing healthier people to opt out.
"It suggests that the administration is giving up on the long game of doing what it takes to get the system into place, and then trusting that the public will come around," Levin wrote, "and is adopting instead the mentality of a political war of attrition, fought news cycle by news cycle, in which the goal is to survive and gain some momentary advantage, rather than to achieve a larger and well-defined objective."
Anxious congressional Democrats face a fight-or-flight dilemma of their own. For all their worries, abandoning Obamacare is no easy proposition. They supported its creation and understand that their constituents need health care reform — they cannot continue with the flawed old system that left so many shut out.
The White House, for its part, pooh-poohs such doomsday talk.
"This is obviously a challenge, and we're facing the challenge, and we're up to the challenge," press secretary Jay Carney insisted on Friday.
But more dispassionate analysts — even sympathetic ones — say it would be hard to overstate the danger of this moment, for Obama and for Democrats more broadly. From the beginning, Obama sketched his agenda for the country as the sort that succeeds only once a generation, if then.


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Vice-President of the European Commission, EU Justice Commissioner
A new Rule of Law initiative
Press Conference, European Parliament
Strasbourg, 11 March 2014
1/ Rule of Law
President Barroso has already outlined the reasoning of the new rule of law framework we are presenting today. It is the rule of law that helps uphold all other values. To put it simply: fundamental rights would be an empty shell without the rule of law.
Let me then briefly explain how it will work in practice.
How will it work? Three stages, three principles
The entire process is based on a continuous dialogue between the Commission and the Member State concerned, keeping the European Parliament and Council informed.
Let me stress that this mechanism will be also based on three, fundamental principles, crucial to its effectiveness.
II/ The Future Justice Agenda
Today is an important day for justice in Europe: we are proposing an EU Rule of Law Mechanism; and we are also presenting our vision for just what that future of justice should look like.
I believe we should be at least as ambitious when it comes to the rule of law and justice policies as the European Union is with building up new financial solidarity mechanisms, common fiscal rules and the Banking Union. While banks and budgets are certainly very important for our economy, Europe is much more than simply banks and budgets.
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TMS as a part of multimodal management of safe glioma resection in the motor cortex
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Objective: Tumours located in the motor cortex pose a challenge to all neurosurgeons. The path between the greatest possible resection and postoperative paresis may be very narrow. For preoperative assessment of eloquent cortical areas fMRI is used, whereas intraoperatively direct cortical stimulation (DCS) is performed.
Navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation (nTMS) is comparable to DCS in activating cortical pyramidal neurons. Thus, for preoperative resection planning of centrally located tumors, it might be more precise compared to fMRI.
Methods: In a prospective series, eight patients (51.6±19y, 2 females) with tumours located in or adjacent to the motor cortex were evaluated for glioma surgery. Preoperatively, fMRI and nTMS were applied for preoperative assessment of the extent of tumour resection. For fMRI acquisition the Wilde intelligence test and semantic-synonym-task were utilized. These data were integrated in the eXimia NBS station (Nexstim Ltd., Finland) for ensuing motor cortex mapping by TMS. Responses from TMS were evaluated by EMG response amplitude and latency and accordingly visualized on the fMRI. In a next step the so modified fMRI was integrated into neuronavigation. During surgery, the coordinates of each DCS site were unambiguously defined and integrated into neuronavigation, too. Finally, the coordinates of stimulation sites, of TMS and of fMRI were compared.
Results: In all patients TMS showed congruence with DCS. In contrast to fMRI, TMS and DCS enabled identification of eloquent cortex within the tumour. Moreover, fMRI consistently visualized a smaller area of functional tissue than defined by TMS and DCS. Safe tumour resection could be performed in all patients of whom none presented new paresis postoperatively.
Conclusions: Tumours located in motor cortex are often generally categorized as unresectable. By usingTMS this opinion may be called into question since it anticipates information usually only enabled by DCS and therefore may show functional tissue beside the tumour. According to our experience, TMS has its place in multimodal functional surgical planning in eloquent cortex surgery.


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Yep, another blog post. Hold onto yer hats! This one is even all original content; GASP!
I haven't yet blogged about our csa, or how amazing it is... but I promise you I will, and that it is indeed amazing. We went with Riverbend Farms this year and they are simply wonderful, if not simply for the unique things we've gotten so far: corn meal AND turtle beans from last year's harvest (!!!) I really meant to keep some of the turtle beans for us to plant our own beans next year... but then I forgot to save a few and they all got soaked along with the edibles. Oh well. This meal was incredible, not just because I used an entire tub of mascarpone cheese in the polenta, or because I cooked the beans in my favorite Italian fashion, but because aside from the salt, mascarpone cheese and oil, every ingredient came from within 80 miles of our house. Locavore-ism at its very best (and most delicious).
I made the beans in the same fashion Kyle and I learned five years ago (has it really been that long?) while living in the hills of Italy:
Rince your beans well, and pick through them to sort out broken beans and pesky stones. Soak your beans in cool water with about an inch of water covering them (add more water as the beans will absorb some). Cook them in their soaking water with a few cloves of garlic, add salt and stir every once in a while until the beans are the right consistency for you. I like them just past al dente so they still have a tiny bite to them. When they're done, drizze really good olive oil and serve with crusty bread Holy cow it's sinful, not to mention incredibly healthy. You can use them at every meal (they were quite lovely with CSA eggs fried and their yolks oozing onto the beans) and they keep in the fridge until they mold or smell funny, but I can pretty much guarantee they won't be around long enough for you to get to that point, so just keep using them until they're gone.
This polenta was absolutely fluffy, perfect, sinful and divine. I was literally in love. If you can get your hands on homegrown corn meal, do it now and do it fast. Little chunks of whole squeaky corn REALLY brought the dish together. For one cup of corn meal, I used 4 1/2 cups of 1% milk with a 1/2 cup of half and half (this is what we call improvising when you don't have whole or 2% milk on hand).
1C cornmeal
4 cups whole or 2% milk
1 tub mascarpone cheese (12oz ?)
Salt to taste
Two cloves of Garlic (or five garlic scapes) minced
Bring the milk and garlic to a simmer and slowly add the cornmeal over medium heat, whisking constantly until well incorporated. Stir once every 5 minutes until it reaches the consistencey of apple sauce, about 30 minutes. Serve immediately.


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We said this in the primary election, but it bears repeating: It is time for Pete Stark to leave the U.S. House of Representatives.
Stark should have recognized that on his own, but he did not, so the voters of the 15th Congressional District should help him along.
The Fremont congressman faces his toughest challenge in the 40 years he has served in the House in the person of Eric Swalwell, an Alameda County prosecutor and Dublin city councilman.
Swalwell is an excellent alternative to the 80-year-old Stark, who has demonstrated he is not fit for office by the amazingly reckless manner in which he has conducted his campaign.
He has repeatedly launched unsubstantiated accusations against Swalwell and when those allegations are later shown to be untrue he simply says that he is sorry — and then launches another false salvo.
It is behavior unbecoming a member of the U.S. House and, let's face it, that is hardly a high bar of ethical behavior.
It is always sad to see someone in the public arena not know when it is time to retire. We see it with athletes all the time.
But Stark is no Michael Jordan or Brett Favre. His recent campaign antics are only a public manifestation of embarrassing loose-cannon behavior that his colleagues in Congress have seen him display for some time.
It is the kind of behavior that hurts his effectiveness on Capitol Hill. Few of his colleagues will talk about it on the record, but their actions spoke volumes when fellow Democrats were so uncomfortable with him that they ignored his seniority and passed him over for the chairmanship of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee.
That should tell us all we need to know. Simply put, it is time for Stark to go.
Because of the state's new open primary system, voters in this heavily Democratic and reshaped East Bay congressional district do not have to hold their nose and vote for a Republican just to get rid of Stark.
Indeed, Swalwell is a Democrat who reflects the district's political values and can provide it with fresh and effective representation. He is smart, committed and accessible. He cut his political teeth as an intern to then-Rep. Ellen Tauscher, a moderate who worked effectively with members of both parties.
Swalwell is more centrist than Stark and has a strong interest in governing. We have been impressed with his pragmatism as a city councilman and his restraint in the face of Stark's wild charges.
Most candidates would rightly have become hysterical in the face of such false claims from a sitting member of Congress. But Swalwell has calmly but forcefully refuted each of the charges.
Frankly, it displays a temperament that we wish we saw more often in Congress.
We believe Swalwell is ready for Congress and that he will represent the interests of the district far better than Pete Stark.


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In the media, we often focus on ranking NFL draft prospects by position. But that can be misleading, especially when taken in context of what happens in NFL team headquarters. It's the overall sequence, regardless of position, that matters most.
Here's how it works in draft meetings: After each scout reads his report on a particular guy, he is asked to integrate the player into the entire prospect population. For instance, after everyone who watched and wrote up West Virginia wide receiver Tavon Austin discussed their report, the leader of the meetings (typically the personnel director or general manager) would ask that group of scouts which player they rated higher, Austin or Notre Dame tight end Tyler Eifert.
These comparison discussions can take anywhere from 5-10 minutes before the player eventually gets slotted on the master sequence list. This process is run almost like a mini-election. Seven scouts vote for Austin, four scouts vote for Eifert. Austin wins. Next up, North Carolina guard Jonathan Cooper six votes, Austin five votes. Cooper wins. Therefore, Austin is sequenced in between Cooper and Eifert on the master list.
In order to be properly prepared for these meetings, each scout must formulate his own sequence list of prospects that he's studied. When called upon to pick between two prospects, you can't just throw out a name off the top of your head. You have to consult your own sequence list constantly during these draft meetings. Here's my sequence list for the top 50 players in the 2013 NFL Draft:
1) Luke Joeckel, OT, Texas A&M: This wasn't an easy call. I gave the exact same grade to the top five players. Joeckel isn't in the same class as Joe Thomas entering the draft, but he should lock down one of the OT spots in Kansas City for the next 10 years.
2) Eric Fisher, OT, Central Michigan: Fisher saw his stock soar during the week of practices at the Senior Bowl. I love his size, foot quickness and competitiveness. He needs to improve his punch and balance, but both of those issues can be addressed with pro coaching.
3) Sharrif Floyd, DT, Florida: Floyd is an explosive and disruptive interior defensive lineman. He is ideally suited to play the 3-technique for a 4-3 team. He has an incredible motor and I expect him to make an immediate impact on all three downs.
4) Star Lotulelei, DT, Utah: Lotulelei seems to have been given a clean bill of health following a scare at the NFL Scouting Combine. Many have compared him to Haloti Ngata, but I actually think he is a poor man's Ndamukong Suh. He can play in either scheme, but he's best suited to play DE in the 3-4.
5) Dion Jordan, DE/OLB, Oregon: Jordan is a long, lean athlete with incredible upside as a pass rusher. Oregon's scheme called on him to drop and cover often, but when he did get pass-rush opportunities, he displayed an explosive get-off and the ability to wrap the edge.
6) Lane Johnson, OT, Oklahoma: Johnson is easily one of my favorite players in this draft class. He is an incredible athlete with experience at both right and left tackle. Fisher got most of the attention at the Senior Bowl, but after studying the practice tapes, Johnson actually out-played him.
7) Dee Milliner, CB, Alabama: Milliner has ideal size, speed and athleticism to excel at his position. He isn't as gifted as Patrick Peterson, but he is clearly the top cover man in this draft.
8) Jonathan Cooper, OG, North Carolina: There are two elite offensive guards in this draft class. I gave both Cooper and Chance Warmack the exact same grade. I ranked Cooper slightly above Warmack on my list because of his superior athleticism and consistency in pass protection.
9) Tavon Austin, WR, West Virginia: I'm not alone in my appreciation for Austin's game; I've talked with numerous teams that view him as a top-10 talent in this current draft class. His size is a concern, but he won't need 10 touches to dramatically impact a football game.
10) Tyler Eifert, TE, Notre Dame: Eifert has excellent speed, strong hands and a huge catching radius. The Notre Dame product must continue to improve as a blocker, but he should be able to make an immediate impact as a high-volume pass catcher.
11) Kenny Vaccaro, S, Texas: Vaccaro is just a rock-solid football player. He can play down in the box and be a force against the run or float over the top from the deep hash. He is athletic enough to cover in the slot and provides a physical presence in the middle of the field.
12) Chance Warmack, OG, Alabama: Warmack lacks ideal foot quickness, but he's incredibly powerful and capable of dominating in the run game. Most interior blockers are shield and wall-off types, but Warmack is a people-mover.
13) Ziggy Ansah, DE, BYU: Ansah could be the biggest boom-or-bust prospect in the entire draft. He has limited football-playing experience, but his combination of size/speed and his dominant Senior Bowl game performance launched him up draft boards.
14) Sheldon Richardson, DT, Missouri: Richardson relies on quickness and an unbelievable motor to make plays both inside and outside of the tackle box. He has rare lateral range for an interior defender and trememdous upside as a pass rusher. He isn't going to be as attractive to 3-4 teams, but he could be a dominant player as a 3-technique in the 4-3 scheme.
15) Sylvester Williams, DT, North Carolina: Williams wasn't 100 percent healthy during the 2012 season, but he battled through it. He is a versatile player with strong hands and excellent first-step quickness. Three years down the road, he could end up being the top defensive tackle in this draft class.
16) Jarvis Jones, OLB, Georgia: I dropped Jones a few spots as a result of his poor pro-day performance, but he's too good a pass rusher to drop out of my top 20. Everyone at Georgia warned scouts that he wouldn't test well; NFL teams weren't as shocked as those in the media when he clocked in the 4.9 range in the 40-yard dash. He relies more on his explosive hands and savvy than pure athleticism or burst.
17) Xavier Rhodes, CB, Florida State: Rhodes has the ideal frame for the cornerback position and he ran much better than expected. He's a former wide receiver with good speed, toughness and ball skills. Rhodes needs to clean up his footwork in off coverage, but his drafting team would be wise to let him press on a consistent basis.
18) Alec Ogletree, ILB, Georgia: Ogletree carries some risk because of his off-field issues, but he's an explosive linebacker with outstanding cover skills. His background as a safety is evident in the tape I studied. He can mirror tight ends all over the field. He does need to do a better job of using his hands to take on/shed blocks, but that can be taught.
19) Justin Pugh, OL, Syracuse: I'm higher on Pugh than most of the teams I've spoken with. He doesn't have ideal length for the tackle position, but he has quick feet, a strong base and outstanding awareness. He is a better prospect coming out of college than current NFL starters Sam Baker and Andy Levitre were entering the draft. Some teams believe his best pro position might be center.
20) Keenan Allen, WR, California: I love the way Allen attacks the football in the air and he has a great feel for working in zones. While his game isn't predicated on speed, his slow 40 time was still cause for some concern.
21) Jesse Williams, DT, Alabama
22) Barkevious Mingo, DE, LSU
23) Geno Smith, QB, West Virginia
24) D.J. Fluker, OT, Alabama
25) Cordarrelle Patterson, WR, Tennessee
26) D.J. Hayden, CB, Houston
27) Zach Ertz, TE, Stanford
28) John Cyprien, S, Florida International
29) Manti Te'o, ILB, Notre Dame
30) Matt Elam, S, Florida
31) Tank Carradine, DE, Florida State
32) Bjoern Werner, DE, Florida State
33) Menelik Watson, OT, Florida State
34) Jamar Taylor, CB, Boise State
35) Kevin Minter, ILB, LSU
36) Arthur Brown, ILB, Kansas State
37) D.J. Swearinger, S, South Carolina
38) Eddie Lacy, RB, Alabama
39) Damontre Moore, DE, Texas A&M
40) Eric Reid, S, LSU
41) Terron Armstead, OT, Arkansas-Pine Bluff
42) DeAndre Hopkins, WR, Clemson
43) Desmond Trufant, CB, Washington
44) Datone Jones, DE, UCLA
45) Robert Woods, WR, USC
46) Margus Hunt, DE, SMU
47) Justin Hunter, WR, Tennessee
48) Kyle Long, OG, Oregon
49) Kawann Short, DT, Purdue
50) Jonathan Franklin, RB, UCLA
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Hot Stove boils over on epic day of deals
It might have been the best Hot Stove day ever, a day of so much moving and shaking, it'll take a few days to digest it all.
At last count, 21 players changed teams, including Jacoby Ellsbury, Joe Nathan and A.J. Pierzynski. There were five big-ticket free-agent signings totaling around $215 million.
It might have been the best Hot Stove day ever, a day of so much moving and shaking, it'll take a few days to digest it all.
At last count, 21 players changed teams, including Jacoby Ellsbury, Joe Nathan and A.J. Pierzynski. There were five big-ticket free-agent signings totaling around $215 million.
If you like trades, we had those, too -- five of them in all, involving 16 players. Heath Bell and Seth Smith got traded. So did Dexter Fowler and Craig Gentry and Ryan Hanigan. And that's just a start.
In all, 14 of baseball's 30 teams finished Tuesday with a different look than they began the day.
And this was all on Tuesday. Actually, the action began to heat up late Monday, when the Tigers and Nationals hooked up on a four-player trade that sent right-hander Doug Fister to the nation's capital.
While we were still trying to figure that one out, the Orioles and A's made another big one, with All-Star closer Jim Johnson moving to the West Coast.
And then on Tuesday, there was an avalanche of movement, one after another, signings and trades, punches and counterpunches.
No surprise that A's general manager Billy Beane was the busiest man of all, making three trades to acquire Johnson, Gentry and Luke Gregerson. Earlier on Monday, he signed free-agent left-hander Scott Kazmir.
Also no surprise that the Yankees spent the most money, signing free-agent center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury to a deal worth at least $153 million over seven years.
Yes, another Boston player is going to be wearing pinstripes next season. To save you the trouble of looking it up, Ellsbury will be back at Fenway for the first time on April 22.
Hey, isn't it great to have the Yankees back in the game? Go ahead and admit it. You missed 'em, didn't you?
At a time when most teams, including the Red Sox, have sworn off the long-term contracts, the Yanks went back to doing things the old-fashioned way.
The Yankees had been reluctant to dip back into free agency so dramatically, but having missed the playoffs in 2013, and with little on the horizon in their farm system, they've already committed $238 million to Ellsbury and Brian McCann.
They're not done. They'd apparently like to re-sign Robinson Cano and have also had discussions with Carlos Beltran and Shin-Soo Choo.
Mostly, though, teams avoided long-term commitments. Of the four other free-agent signings, none was longer than three years. In fact, only one player -- catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia -- got three years, that from the Miami Marlins, who jumped back into free agency with a $21 million signing.
Justin Morneau got two years and $13 million from the Rockies. Meanwhile, Pierzynski and Nathan signed one-year deals with the Red Sox and Tigers, respectively.
So, who won?
Clearly, Detroit had a nice day. Nathan locks down a problem area, and even though Dave Dombrowski still has work to do with his offense, the Tigers are a solid team.
However, the dynamics are changing in the American League Central. The Royals added Jason Vargas to their rotation, and if they snag Beltran, it would be easy to see the teams as dead even.
The A's got better, too. Gregerson improves a bullpen that was already one of baseball's best, and Gentry is a terrific addition because he's an above-average defender and can impact games in all sorts of ways.
The Rockies have to feel pretty good about their day as well. Morneau is a nice, affordable replacement for Todd Helton, and in its deal with the Astros, Colorado got a 23-year-old starting pitcher -- Jordan Lyles -- with a huge upside.
The Red Sox (Pierzynski), Marlins (Saltalamacchia), Astros (Fowler), Rangers (Michael Choice ), Rays (Hanigan) and Padres (Smith) were among the other teams that finished Tuesday feeling they'd taken a step in the right direction.
In the end, though, no one made out better than the Yankees. Ellsbury was one of the three best players on this free-agent market. He's a four-tool guy who is tremendous in center field, a disruptive player on the bases and a career .297 hitter.
Yes, the Yanks gave a seven-year deal to a 30-year-old speed guy, so there's some risk involved. General manager Brian Cashman is not blind to the potential downside.
McCann comes with some risk, too. There are no perfect free-agent signings. For the Yankees, it was critically important to get better for 2014, and regardless of what happens at the back end of these deals, they did get better.
So let's take a deep breath and see what else the Hot Stove cooks up the rest of the week and at the Winter Meetings next week. Cano, Beltran and Choo are still out there. Trades are still being discussed. Don't touch that dial.
Richard Justice is a columnist for MLB.com. Read his blog, Justice4U.


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Training and career development for scientists and physician-scientists is an integral element of the mission of Children's Hospital. It is through in-depth, "hands on" training that the Hospital develops the next generation of investigators by exposing them to the highest scientific principles, new research techniques and the nearly limitless opportunities for clinical and laboratory research.
Federal or private grants fortify the Hospital's internal training and awards programs while offering additional opportunities for experience and training in specific areas relevant to advancing pediatric health care research.
Children's Hospital is the recipient of highly competitive awards from the National Institutes of Health, some of which are training grants for doctoral students, postdoctoral and medical subspecialty fellows or career development awards directed toward new faculty members.
The Hospital's training grants provide mentored research training as well as formal coursework, a core curriculum and training in responsible research conduct. They focus on both general and disease-specific areas of investigation related to pediatric healthcare research and include programs in arteriosclerosis, cardiology, career development, diabetes, fetal biology and therapy, hematology, neurodevelopmental disorders and stroke, and training pediatric physician-scientists. For more information, please review the full list of institutional training grants held by Children's Hospital.
Fellows selected for participation in training grants are expected to essentially devote themselves full-time to research training, which generally last 2 to 3 years. Hospital trainees may also receive support from the numerous training grants awarded to the University of Pennsylvania, thus expanding an already rich and diverse training environment.


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Local aid coordination structure in the State of Palestine
The currently existing aid coordination structure in the State of Palestine was set up following the decision made at the meeting of the AHLC on 14 December 2005 in London to improve the effectiveness of aid coordination structures in providing coherent technical assistance and financial support based on national priorities to the Palestinian people in line with the OECD-DAC Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness.
At the local level, the coordination structure[1] currently comprises:
1. A Local Development Forum (LDF) which is open to PA representatives and all donor and aid agencies as well as to the representative of Association of International Development Agencies (AIDA). The LDF is co-chaired by the Ministry of Planning and Administrative Development (MoPAD), together with Norway, the World Bank and the Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO). LDF meetings are planned and prepared through meetings of the LDF Co-Chairs and Friends of the Co-Chairs. Since October 2007 LDF meetings have been chaired by the Palestinian Prime Minister.
2. Four Strategy Groups (SGs) which deal with the main clusters of economic policy, governance, infrastructure development and social development and humanitarian issues. The SGs focus on policy formulation and programmatic coordination, and pursue better design of donor projects to support the PA's sector priorities as well as a higher degree of harmonization of donor procedures. Membership is limited and based on clearly added financial or analytical value of the respective agency.
These four SGs are co-chaired as follows:
The Governance Strategy Group is co-chaired by MoPAD and the Office of the European Union Representative (EUREP); the Economic Strategy Group is co-chaired by the Ministry of Finance and the World Bank; the Social Development Strategy Group is co-chaired by the Ministry of Social Affairs and UNSCO. The Infrastructure Strategy Group is co-chaired by the Ministry of Housing and Public Works and USAID.
3. The SGs are supported by the work of thirteen main sub-groups[2] - namely twelve Sector Working Groups (SWGs) and one Working Group - that report to the SGs. These are functional groups which are the main instrument of coordination between the PA and the donor community at the technical level. The following SWGs currently exist: Agriculture, Fiscal, Private Sector Development and Trade, Water and Sanitation, Municipal Development and Local Governance, Environment, Health, Education, Social Protection, Justice, Public Administration and Civil Service, and Security. In addition, the Working Group on Elections also reports to the Governance SG.
The Infrastructure SG is supported by two Thematic Groups on Solide Waste Management and Affordable Housing.The Social Development SG is supported by a Humanitarian Task Force. The Economic SG is further supported by a Micro and Small Finance Task Force, while the Private Sector Development and Trade SWG is supported by four Thematic Groups -TGs (TG on World Trade Organization, TG on Institution-building, TG on Gaza, TG on Small and Medium Size Enterprises).The Fiscal SWG is supported by a Fiscal Task Force. The Education SWG is further supported by a Thematic Group on Higher Education, while the Health SWG is supported by the National Nutrition Steering Committee and the following seven Thematic Groups: the Pharmaceutical Thematic Group, the Mental Health Thematic Group, Non-Communicable Diseases Thematic Group, Health Information System Thematic Group, Health Sector Reform Thematic Group, Maternal and Reproductive Health Thematic Group and Health Coordination Thematic Group.
4. A Task Force on Project Implementation (TFPI) which liaises with the GoI on issues of project implementation and comprises USAID, UNSCO, EUREP, the World Bank. The TFPI has a rotating Chairmanship with each member taking on the position of Chair for a six-month period. The last meeting of the TFPI was held in May 2007.
5. The LDF, SGs, SWGs and TFPI are supported by the Local Aid Coordination Secretariat (LACS). LACS and its seven staff are sponsored/funded by Norway, World Bank, UNSCO, USAID and Netherlands. The work of these groups is further supported by four Strategy Group Coordinators provided by the World Bank, EUREP, UNSCO and USAID.
[1] Please refer to graph on local aid coordination structures
[2] Please refer to matrix on membership in aid coordination structures in the oPT (LDF, SGs and SWGs)
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Close up of the front
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
OOTD: DIY Throwback Coat + Swarovski Elements Cool App
Close up of the front
36 comments:
The coat pattern I remember! I'm going to have to search in my lovely collection to see if I have it. If I remember the Duff version was red with some black cut outs on it...right?ReplyDeleteReplies
Yeah It is ;-)Delete
This coat is absolutely adorable. Great job AGAIN!ReplyDelete
I love the bound button holes with the different fabric. I have never seen that before. That would make a great tutorial...j/s ;)ReplyDelete
That is one cute coat. Love the tartan inners,ReplyDelete
So cute. I remember when you posted about it back in the day. I have that pattern in my stash. It keeps falling lower and lower on my ever growing to sew list. My ones goal this winter is to make a winter coat.ReplyDeleteReplies
I have two more coats I want to sew ;-)Delete
Hi Mimi,ReplyDelete
Your coat is beautiful. Love the OOTD
Love this jacket. I'm gonna have search for the pattern. You are totally rocking it!!ReplyDelete
Again, the fabric, the soft subtle greenish color with the orange sweater is so dang cute. Love it. You should maybe auction your old clothes and give the money to charity? Is that too much work, should I shut it? Happy Holidays MiMi!ReplyDeleteReplies
LOL, no never shut it. I give all of my old clothes to the ladies at the church my hubby attends so everything in storage will prob go to them to ;-)Delete
love that coat and sweater!ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousDecember 19, 2012 at 1:24 PM
Oh I just love this coat, and I'm not a fan much of bubble hems! This is a bubble hem done so right that I'm considering picking up the pattern.ReplyDelete
My goodness, you are awesome, that coat is pure lush. I LOVE IT! I want it, I love it. I wish I could sew THAT well and make myself one -sigh-ReplyDelete
Impeccable details! Absolutely love it.ReplyDelete
Impeccable details. Absolutely love it.ReplyDelete
Can you give me the Hilary duff pattern number from 2007 for the jacket please?ReplyDelete
Thanks, PamReplies
Okay come on now Pam, lol the pattern is listed in the post in big font and pink, did you read the post?Delete
Do you have a pattern number for the jacket ?ReplyDelete
Thanks, Pam
Lmao, sorry ! And sorry for two posts, I didn't think the first went thru ! This pattern looks hard is it for very experienced sewing ? Happy Holidays !ReplyDelete
I love the coat. Like you said, so girly! Great job!!ReplyDelete
Love this, and all of the special details you added, especially the plaid for the bound buttonholes.ReplyDelete
What a lovely jacket. I really like the bound button holes. I must try that next time I make a coat. I have some cord in my fabric stash that I may just make into a coat for next winter. It is a little too hot where I live to think about coats at the moment though!ReplyDelete