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The Twisted Mind of Marcel Dzama - Daily Beast

The artist’s fantastical creatures and surreal soldiers come to life in a major new exhibit in Montreal. VIEW OUR GALLERY. Walking through Marcel Dzama’s show, Of Many Turns, at the Musée D’Art Contemporain de Montréal gives one the giddy ...

ABBA's Andersson ready for Hall of Fame - AZCentral.com

Rock n' roll may not be the term most commonly associated with ABBA's music, but the group's Benny Andersson thinks it's appropriate for the Swedish group, which broke up in 1983, to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next week. "I take ...

Perak chess kicks of f - star.com.my

LAST Sunday, I dropped by the Kinta leg of the Tan Sri Lee Loy Seng Perak chess grand prix. This was the first leg to kick off the grand prix, and it was also the first time the Perak International Chess Association had undertaken such an ambitious ...

Lauren Gilmore: A Back Stage Exclusive - BackStage.com

It's like football chess. "Coaches" arrange these miniature men on a mock field—it's basically a football field for ants, and the ball is a piece of rice. It may sound ridiculous, but the game was taken very seriously. The coaches painted their own ...

'V': Showrunner Scott Rosenbaum teases 'rodent desire ... - Los Angeles Times Blogs

They’re back. ABC’s sci-fi series ”V” returns at the end of the month with new episodes, a new time slot and a new showrunner in former “Chuck” and “The Shield” writer Scott Rosenbaum. He assumes creative oversight on the Warner Bros ...

Archive for February 2010 - The Spokesman-Review

It was the Spokane County Jail’s time to shine last night on the cable TV show “Behind Bars.” The hour-long episode on the Discovery Channel featured a belligerent Army sergeant arrested for suspected drunken driving, an accused armed robber ...

Leesburg Council Begins Department Level Budget Review - Leesburg Today

Leesburg Town Council members engaged in a daylong combing of the proposed FY11 budget Wednesday, asking questions and proposing cuts or modifications to departments' spending requests. As proposed, the $91.6 million budget means the same real estate ...

'Controlled chaos': That's how one parent describes the ... - Idaho Statesman

The Washington Elementary gymnasium was abuzz after school earlier this week. But instead of basketballs or jump ropes, the 50-plus students were clamoring for bags of chess pieces and vinyl game mats. The school's chess club was holding an intra ...

Young chess champions: Tournament at elementary ... - El Paso Times

More than 130 children participated in the recent second annual Helen Ball Chess Tournament. Educators at the school say the game helps children academically and behaviorally. EL PASO -- Kevin Garcia is only 6 years old, but he will beat you at a ...

Groups and clubs - Medford Mail Tribune

ACCORDION CLUB: The Medford Accordion Club meets from 7 to 9 p.m. on the first Monday of the month at the Veterans Affairs Domiciliary, Building 239 Lower West, Highway 62, White City. Accordion players and fans of the instrument are invited to meet ...

Open Question: How does the chameleon trap a pawn in Ultima (baroque chess)?

I understand a chameleon captures a piece the way this piece captures. Thus, capturing a pawn (pincher) would be done by pinching an enemy piece orthogonally (not diagonally) with a friendly piece. My question is: Does the motion of the chameleon leading to the pinching have to be orthogonal )because pawns can only move orthogonally) or can it be diagonal? Now opinions about this differ over the internet so don't just google me about it. THx more

Open Question: dreamscapes art project... need ideas?

Hey(: for art, we're starting a new unit. it's surrealism. We're supposed to do a dream scape of some sort and have a few different options on what to do. '1. make it fly-any object that should be rooted to the ground, put out of place in the air. ex. a castle in the sky. 2. out of place- taking a subject and placing it in an environment where it would never be seen. ex. a stereo in a library. 3. Change size to the extreme. Ex a flower among skyscrapers, or a man as tall as a chess piece on a chessboard. 4. change what it's made of. ex. cast iron butterfly. 5. make holes in subjects, or cause the background objects to overlap foreground objects. That's it.. if any of you have any ideas other then the ones mentioned i would really appreciate it!! :D thanks!! Bye, Amy<3 more

Resolved Question: Why did Carroll in Through the Looking-Glass make the Queen red instead of black?

*** I'm talking about the Red Queen, not the Queen of Hearts. If you don't know the difference, you don't know the answer to my question. *** For the book Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, why did Carrol make the Queen red instead of black? In chess, the pieces are black and white. Alice's kittens are also black, Kitty, and white, Snowdrop. Why did he make the queen red? Was there a reason? Thanks. more

Resolved Question: Why did Lewis Carroll make the queen red instead of black?

For the book Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, why did Carrol make the Queen red instead of black? In chess, the pieces are black and white. Alice's kittens are also black, Kitty, and white, Snowdrop. Why did he make the queen red? Was there a reason? Thanks.Tiaun and Lydia: You are both thinking of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, not the book I'm refering too. more

Open Question: SWEET 16 i have a theme i just need more ideas !?

i want to do alice in wonderland themed sweet 16 i love that movie ever since i was little!! i have ideas like make card tower center pieces and card tables and my candles are gunna be tea cups and my favor maybe a potion bottle saying stuff on it will some kind of drink in it. ugh i want big chess pieces and in my pol because its an out side party big plastic flowers and a colored fountain .. does any one have more ideas ? thank you they will be appreciated !!! more

Open Question: SWEET 16 i have a theme !?

Open Question: Need soprano solo!!!?

I need help finding a soprano solo for my schools spring recitals- I have a large range, and can sing alto well- but technically, I'm soprano, and would rather sing something soprano or at least mezzo. In past years I've sung.. If I loved you, Carousel Another suitcase in another hall, Evita Someone else's story, Chess I love ballads- I love really dramatic, heart-wrenching pieces. Something either sweet, or epic, but not overly show-tuney. Does that even make sense? Please help me!!!-Forgot to mention- it has to be musical theater, and it can't be from anything really, really popular- aka, les mis, phantom, and wicked. :( more

Voting Question: how do i make the last chess piece move in medievil?

I know this is a weird question but on medievil one on the chess game i put all the chess ppl in the right places but the last one the green guy won't move how come? more

Resolved Question: Where can I find replacement chess pieces.?

So I just broke a really importent chess piece that belongs to my Mom's boyfriend & I feel REALLY bad. I'ts from Athens, Greece & worth over $250, obviously I'm going to tell him but I would like to make it up. I have way mor than enough money lieing around for no good reason so if anyone knows where I can maybe find a replacement please tell me. If it helps the chess piece was made of stone (I think) and was of a brown/gold color. There are guys holding tridents (probably neptune), a women in armor, soldiers, and some horses. Some parts like the soldiers helmet, the horses mane, and neptunes tunic, are blue. I would take a look at the bottom for further info. but with my butterfingers.... well I'm not about to pick anything importent up anytime soon. So please answer if you can, I feel absolutly terrible & although the one piece (wich is a horse by the way) is fixable I know it will never be the same & want to show I'm sorry. more

Resolved Question: Where do you see yourself when the road ends?

Where do you see yourself when the road ends? What parts of life are the most important to you, how do you cope with feeling lonely, how to you feel about coping, how do you live without having anyone to talk to, how do you survive on your island, annexed from society, things need to change, change needs to happen life’s short live it up, what can I do? How where why can I go who will be there why is no one there now where can I find someone who understands me? I want to go see places do things life is abundant and so is my imagination where is the world leading me how is life real where is it going why must I feel so lonely about doing the right thing how does she feel when will I see her again what have I done how do I right my wrongs where does karma fit into this, why must life be like a game of chess where the pawns are pieces of me the king my eyes the queen my heart the castle my bones the bishop my actions the horse my time spent, what does it all mean in the end, where will I go how will I get there when will it happen philosophy.Ive just been very lonely lately, so I decided to open up Word and just type out all the questions in my head. help plz more

Resolved Question: Numerical Chess. Is this a game for the future.?

I have devised a new way of playing chess with numbers. The pieces for each player would be like checkers but with numbers 1 to 16 on top. Since these values will change during the game, they should be written on the pieces in an easily changed way. Players alternately place the even numbers on the back rank in any order. Then they place the odd numbers, again alternately, on the rank in front. This placing of the pieces could be as important as the play. I think that the fact white has to declare positions before black may, to some extent, nullify the advantage of first move. When play starts the odd numbers move as bishops along the diagonals. The even numbers move as rooks along ranks and files. When pieces are captured they are not only removed from the board but the value of the capturing piece is increased by 1. This means that if an odd number makes a capture it changes to an even number so its future moves will be like a rook. Similarly, an even numbered piece making a capture has its value increased by 1 and so its future moves will be like a bishop. The game ends with a win for the player with the last piece on the board, although I think that this is an unlikely outcome. The other way a game would end is if both players had made the same specified number of consecutive moves, say 5, without a capture. Then the player with the higher total is the winner. A draw is possible but I think much less likely than in the conventional game. Of course, this could be played on smaller or larger boards. The smallest possible would be 4 by 4 with no spaces between the players pieces so the first move must be a capture. I think that even this size board has scope for interesting play. I wonder whether this game would involve the same depth of tactics and skill as the conventional game. What do you think?I meant that each player would have 8 pieces on a 4 by 4 board, and 12 on a 6 by 6 board, etc.Placement would be important because it might determine which pieces are captured first. Remember, assuming player ends with the last piece, after 5 pairs of no capture moves, you add up the scores of those remaining to determine the winner.I meant assuming that NO player ends with the last piece, you count up those remaining to determine the winner.Value of pieces is important. The fact that the #1 can knock out the #16 will help when adding up the final scores.An alternative idea is that when capturing, a piece increases its value not just by 1, but by the value of the captured piece.Skonhet. There aren't any links because I only thought this up a couple of days ago.T.S. I think that matters aren't as simple as you suggest. If white's first move is a capture, black does not have to recapture. He could do a different capture of his own. Which would be best would depend on the value of the pieces.William. I'm not suggesting that it replace chess, but that it may be an interesting game in its own right. more

Voting Question: is this poem good? i need constructive criticism.?

okay so the assignment was right a metaphor poem about your family. here is mine. ANY TIPS ARE WELCOMED :D please and thank you. My family is a chess board Each piece serves a purposewith individual strengths but collective ingenuity My father is the king Taking slow, tactical steps Without him the game is over Check mate. My mother is queen Versatile and free willed The strongest player in the game Never willing to loose the battle She sets a strong foot forward Making an everlasting impressionOnce lost, all hope is gone My brother, he is the pawn His ability easily disregarded but a strong defender Always two steps ahead Treading valiantly Always protecting. And I am the rook determined to serve. set out on a mission to succeed in the game on a path to success, ever watching, ever learning my family is a chess board not every move is well planned not every player is perfect and not everything is grand but individually we serve a purpose to protect; to help each other fight battles too big for ourselves. ( cop and pasting is a little screwed up sorry) also another part to this question is, i am applying to various boarding school this year . im in 8th grade do you think i have what it takes to get into andover hotchkiss exter? ect. top notch schools i have straight A's . 90+ 2 years of basketball, 1 year of soccer, 3 years of softball, debate team, chess club, 2 years of violin, 9 years of flute, 3 years of piano, soon to be on philosiphy team, good recomendations. now in public school but previously in a greta arts private school more

Voting Question: is this a good poem? any advice on how to make it better.?

i wrote this metaphor poem about my family for a school project, its a first draft and i want to know how i can improve it. i compared my family to the game of chess. here it is.( spacing is a little off due to my copy and pasting, just read it as if it were in a straight line) My family is a chess board Each piece serves a purpose with individual strengths but collective ingenuity My father is the king Taking slow, tactical steps Without him the game is over Check mate. My mother is queen Versatile and free willed The strongest player in the game Never willing to loose the battle My brother is the pawn His ability easily disregarded but a strong defender Always two steps ahead Treading valiantly Always protecting. And I am the rook determined to serve. set out on a mission to succeed in the game on a path to success, ever watching ever learning my family is a chess board not every move is well planned not every player is perfect and not everything is grand but individually we serve a purpose to protect; to help each other fight battles too big for ourselves more

Voting Question: Is this a good poem? i need some tips and pointers on how to improve it?

Resolved Question: What does this dream mean?

I had a dream last night that I had a metal detector and was in my yard using it with my brother, and then the metal detector started beeping. So we started digging and we found what we thought was a chest, with bullets in it. But when we dug it up more, it was like, a wooden chess game board with metal chess pieces inside of it. Whats does this dream mean? more

Resolved Question: I need Help someone please help me......................................................?

Hello I need about one more paragraph to complete this essay someone PLEASE help me...you can Include examples..........Chess is a game that is played between two people on opposite sides of a board that has 64 checkered styled squares. Each person starts the game with16 pieces. The goal of the game is to checkmate (capture) the other persons king by trying to use the other 15 pieces to take away the opponents 15. I believe this game teaches children that there are always benefits and consequences for every decision you make. That’s important because it will help them to plan and think about what they’re going to do before they do it. Chess also teaches children that sometimes it is necessary to take risks and sacrifice. Chess teaches patience because you have to wait for your opponent to move before you do. If the child really likes to play chess it can teach them the value of working hard and what they get out of it. That skill will be very important for children when they are in school and all throughout their lives because they will know through hard work and persistence they will succeed. more

Resolved Question: What tools would be best for hand carving a wood chess set?

I've been interested in hand carving my own wood chess set and board but have no wood carving experience. A chess set has 64 pieces and I think that could be very hard on the hands without the right tools for small wood carving, so I'd like to know what kind of tools would be best for that. Also I would be appreciative of any advice on the type of wood to use and/or tips on staining/glossing. Thanks in advance for your responses, Yahoo! Answers community. more

Resolved Question: How did the labels king and queen get switched in the game of chess?

In chess the most powerful fighting piece is the 'queen' while the 'king' runs and hides. This is obviously backwards from reality. Was it political satire? Mediaeval feminism? A freudianism linked to the inadequacies of chess players? A failed renaissance marketing ploy to interest women in the game? What is the story here? more

Resolved Question: Can you get your pieces back in tournament style chess?

Resolved Question: Artists that specialize in playing card art, chess art, general board game art preferably well known ?

For my art exam i was thinking of doing the brief 'Games' so i need names of some artists that i can reference my work to. Suggestions are to do with objects associated with games, like sporting equipment, chess pieces, playing cards etc. Ideally I want to go down the trivial route with board games & playing cards etc. Thanks! more

Resolved Question: How do you decide if it is a good idea to exchange queens when playing chess?

When the other player puts his queen out there in a position to exchange queens, how do you decide? I know..."it depends". But is there a rule of thumb? For example, if you are behind in pieces, is it better to decline the exchange, and if you are ahead, then accept the exchange? more

Resolved Question: What are some little unique facts about Harry Potter?

I have always loved the world of Harry Potter. While the premise isn't original at all, Harry Potter still manages to have little bits of unique ideas in it. Here's a list of unique things only to Harry Potter: - Mail is delivered by owls - Pictures and paintings move, and some can even talk to you - Chess has actual pieces that move on its own, and can hate or like the player - Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans, candy that can taste like anything - Some doors don't open unless you ask them nicely - Candles float in the grand hall, and the ceiling shows the outdoor sky So, anyone know any other facts that are unique in Harry Potter? more

Resolved Question: Alice in wonderland Ideas???Themes?

Im making a book simular to alice in wonderland but I dont want to copy.Can someone give me some things like they had chess pieces and like a tea cup house.Can someone give me things like that but made up and simular.Thx and remeber can you give me some made up. more

Voting Question: how to draw a grid in perspective:?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v324/CitrusxPassion02/Chess_pieces_by_rockyourfuture.jpg I'm trying to replicate this ^^^ in a larger size with charcoal..I'm going to change the pieces slightly as well...but I'm having a really hard time getting the angles right for the board.. is this one or two point perspective? what's the trick to getting the angles right? i don't have much experience with perspective drawing so i'm just trying to understand it better... thanks if you can help! more

Resolved Question: Chess question regarding Fritz 12?

How do you slow the pieces down? I've tried looking this up in the F12 help file without any luck. I find it very annoying when the pieces zip into place when Fritz moves, for some inane reason I'd like to slow them down to a human like speed. If nothing else can someone tell me the correct PC term for what I'm describing or trying to do (ie slow down how fast the graphics work, regardless of the program in use) 10 pts for best answer! YOW!! more

Resolved Question: Chess Pieces order of power?

In Chess, what is the order of power of the pieces? i know pawn is the lowest but what of the rest? Just curious more

Resolved Question: please can somebody help me with my punctuation, english is my second language...?

I know is long but i really need help, i have to turn this paper by tomorrow, I already went through everything a few times and i can find errors. I will appreciate if somebody could help me thank you =). My mom always says that I remind her of her mother because my grandma and I are exactly alike in many ways. We both like cooking, playing strategy games and the way I discipline my son, it resembles of the way she used to discipline me and my sister when we were little. Ever since I was little my grandma used to take care of me and my sister because my mom was always working. She thought me all I know about cooking. I remember I started to have an interest in cooking when I was five years old and when my grandma was in the kitchen cooking, I was always right there with her just so she could teach me new recipes. Now in days I’m the only one that cooks in my house except for Saturdays and Sundays, those are my free days, but I don’t mind at all because I just love cooking and I like when every time my family says that my food taste just like my grandma’s, because we all miss her and it just make us think that she’s still with us. I remember the first day my grandma thought me how to play chess. It was a hot day and we were sitting in the living room. I remember she asked me if I wanted to play chess with her, I told her that I didn’t know how to play and she said that she would teach me. She started to explaining me the names of the pieces and how they move. She though me that the knight move like an “L”, that the King can only move one place at a time, that the queen can move wherever it wanted to, that the rook can only move straight not diagonal, that the pawn at first can move two or one time forward and after that just only one time and always forward never back, and that the bishop can only move diagonal. After she explained me the basics we started to play and at first I was always loosing, but after a while I started to understand the game better and I started to win. Now every time me and my boyfriend play chess, it makes me remember the time I used to play with my grandma; she used to love playing chess, that was her favorite game and now it’s my favorite game too. Other thing my grandma and I have in common, it’s the way I discipline my child. My mom says that it resembles of the way my grandma used to discipline me and my sister when we were little. Every time my son is doing something he’s not supposed to, I always give him a mean look and he immediately stops doing it, but sometimes it doesn’t work and when that happen I just tell him to stop or he will see. If he doesn’t stop I just go where he’s at, grab his little hands, look him in the eyes and ask him why he keeps doing something I told him not to do; then I give him a spank in his booty and put him in time out. Then he cries for a while and when he stops crying I ask him, “are you going to keep doing what you was doing?” and then I put him in the floor just to see if he understood and it seems like it works. For example, before he used to mess with the cables behind the TV and now he doesn’t do it anymore. I guess my grandma used to do exactly the same thing with me and my sister when we were little because that’s what my mom told me, but I don’t remember. I don’t even know why I choose this way to discipline my child; it just seems the easiest way for my son to learn that he’s not supposed to do something I told him not to do. My grandma though me a lot of things when I was little that had helped me a lot throughout my life and I pick up on some of her stuff she used to do and I guess it’s normal because I lived with her for fifteen years. I don’t think there’s nobody out there in the world that looks more like me than my grandma does, not even my mom or my twin sister; just my grandma. more

Resolved Question: In chess can a king move to a space that WOULD be threatened by an enemy piece IF it were not pinned?

I have thought of an ambiguity in the way in which chess rules are usually told. It is said that one cannot place his own king in check. Imagine this scenario: Black has a king and a pawn. White has a king and a rook. Black's king is on A7, and his/her pawn is on C7. White's king is on E6, and his/her rook is on F7. Obviously Black's pawn is pinned against his/her king, as moving it would create a clear path between his/her king and White's rook. It's White's move. If he/she moves his/her king to D6, that would usually be illegal, since Black has a pawn on C7. But since the pawn is pinned, it obviously would not be able to take White's king even then. Is it legal for White to do that then? Would it still be considered self-checking, and therefore illegal? more

Resolved Question: in the game of chess, what piece do you think represents you? are you just like the pawn or the valiant knight?

i am of course the queen of the castle protected by my subjects, but be warned, my moves are dangerous*empress of trolls* very cunning!! i like that.*omniac* enligthen me, please. more

Resolved Question: in chess, when there is no piece left with king, after how many steps draw occurs?

Resolved Question: Is the Middle East no more then a play ground to the USA?

Is the Middle East no more then a play ground to the USA? Ok im not Iranian or Arab anything and i dont want to hear no jingoistic or patriotic piffle of freedom because that crap just dont fly with me no more. Looking from outside its quite obvious that the Middle East countries and the people are no more then chess pieces? am i right? When we wanted to hurt the Iranians in the 1980s we used Saddam ? right When we wanted to get rid of him again in 2003 we used the Iranians and shia Iraqis for support? When we now want to curb Irans nuclear program Hillary Clinton is right over their with the Arab sheikhs in Saudi Arabia, and Gulf countries to bring about another coalition against Iran? I mean am i missing something here? Or does it seem that we are just "offing" them against one another? A bit like donkeys using them against each other? more

Resolved Question: Has anybody played a chess game where the chess pieces portray a realistic gore fighting environment?

My friend was told me of this chess web site he visited, where the pawns along with the other figures attack each other in a gruesome way (blood and guts are spilled). I do not remember if he told me that the chess pieces where human looking or mystical. He as well as I have looked for the site but had had no luck. Can anybody recall such a game and if so can you give me a link. I really curious to play a game like this. Any help would be appreciated. more

Resolved Question: does anybody know the name of this anime?

i think the characters name was jack. he was transported to another dimension to battle the chess pieces or something like that where they used magical remants. that dimension always brought a hero from earth in a time of need or something. i know its not that much, but thanks for the help. more

Resolved Question: Are these sentences punctuated correctly?

I am writing an English paper and want to make sure I am not making grammar mistakes. Please check these sentences: During the time of the Renaissance, people played a variation of our chess game called Courier Chess. When making my Romeo and Juliet board game, I tried to get pieces for Romeo and Juliet that resembled the pieces used in Courier Chess as shown to the right from a painting by Lucas van Leyden. During the Renaissance period, the people enjoyed playing games of chance and strength. They played games such as football, which are still played today, and many other variations of ball and spear games. When making my board game, I tried to stick with traditional colors that were common for clothing and paintings during the time of the Renaissance; I used colors such as reds, yellows, greens, and blues. I tried to avoid using much pink, which was not a common color, and bright purple. Please help me! Thanks.Is this sentence an example of parallel structure? I used roses and flowers, moons and suns, daggers and stars, and lips and birds. more

Resolved Question: Any stop motion movie ideas involving people (ASAP)?

I'm starting a project, making a stop motion video for my class, and we have no idea on what to make it on. Well, it has to involve people, and moving people, and yea usual stop motion things. i've been thinking of this, kinda crappy, but the best I can think of. Writing a letter without using my hands to my friend in another class, then it gets sent to the wrong person, and that person thought that it was an insult to him, so he chases him, and all. Slaps him, then the guy that the letter was suppose to give to comes to him and slaps him because that was supposed to be a hint to the test + an insult. So they decide to play chess telepathically one day, then one of them lost, so he was pissed because he thought that his friend was cheating, so he used his telepathic ability to throw the pieces with his mind, and they just fly towards him and he runs away from them until a dead end. Good idea, or do you have a better idea. i suggest that you give me more ideas. Thanks more

Resolved Question: Question on advanced chess rules?

I was playing a game with a friend. It was rather important for both of us, because it was the deciding game in a small chess tournament opposing our respective schools. Anyways, we were playing with 30 minutes on the clock. Towards the end of the game, I had 10 minutes left and he had only about 10 seconds left (wasn't digital, couldn't tell). So, he checked me, but DID NOT say it out loud. I didn't notice he had checked me, and I played another piece. He pointed out this was an illegal move, and claimed he can get an extra minute on the clock for that. This happened again once more. In the end, he finished the game with less than 2 minutes on the clock, with a checkmate. My question is, can you claim extra time on your clock when your opponent plays an illegal move, EVEN if you did not point out that he was in check in the first place.All of these answers are very interesting. I would like to clarify a few details, I do know saying "check" out loud is not obligatory. I'm asking the question, can a time penalty be given to the other player in this particular situation. In reality, my friend pulled out this rule out of his ass, and I just trusted him to know the rules correctly. Turns out there is no such thing as a time penalty for illegal move. And it wasn't a real tournament, but just a friendly match between the chess clubs of our respective colleges. more

Resolved Question: how to move chess pieces?

in the game of chess, if you move a piece to a desired square, but don't let go, can you still retract it, and move it to a different place or not move it at all and place it in its original position? more

Resolved Question: Is America ready for a black president?

After a full year of the Obama administration I think it is plane to see that the United State was unprepared for a black president. The tell tail signs are their on display at our nations capital and all over the USA. The GOP unwillingness to reach any compromise on any of the issue that most concerns the American people. Most hard line republicans are mad over practically everything and anything the liberals might think of turning into law. The creation of a tea party movement, and people yelling for their state to secede are just a few of the things that are happening all around this country. Never before have I witnessed such a divide, with a kind of hatred you can see and smell from the faces of each of the participants in some of the demonstration I have seen on TV. These people are not just mad that they have lost an election. If this was the case they would have died down by now. Despite what most people are willing to admit, the fact is that these people are mad because they feel the minorities are taking away their county and their way of life. Change, and at this level is just too much for most of these people to under go and their fears and ignorance will cloud their better judgment. What scares me the most is the future. If the conservatives have their way, nothing will be done on Capital Hill with this administration. And that will suit the conservative moment just fine. But what they seem not to understand is that “what goes around comes around” and two can play it that way. Liberals will not just stand there when the next conservative president steps in the white house. Unless the conservative can win the house and senate with full majority the full sum will be eight years of stale mate and only America stands to loose. If these people are willing to take that risk then how can they say they love America. A wise man ounce said, “ life is like a game of chess, you can not win without loosing some of your pieces”. What pieces are the conservative willing to let go of. I hope it will not be the most important piece of all “ their faith”. more

Voting Question: WILL THEY BE MAKING an XMEN 4 movie?

Some people said they wont because instead of that they'll be making a wolverine (xmen origins) and magneto movie. But from the last scene magneto seem to be able to move the chess piece, indicating he might have powers back. And the very2 last scene after the credits (many people didnt realise there is a very last scene), in the hospital Professor X who was lying in the bed suddenly called out Moira's (the attending doctor) name. So he's alive! Im pretty confident they put the scenes there for a reason. Do u guys think there'll be another sequel to the movie? more

Voting Question: Will they be making an XMEN 4 movie?

Resolved Question: In the game of chess If my pawn has got opponents pawn (or anyother piece) on its diagonal square?

For eg my pawn is on e3 and opponent's on d4. do i have to kill pawn in d4 and take its place or can i just move forward to e4 without killing the pawn? Note: The question is not about en passant. pawn has already taken its first step. more

Resolved Question: I'm on a losing streak and I can't break it.?

I am a chess maniac, I play a lot. Recently though I have been caught in a losing streak. Players I can normally crush, or have a decent game against are winning. I'm making blunders left and right, dropping pieces for no reason (something I never do). I would very much appreciate some advise as to how I can get out of this slump. more

Resolved Question: Chess piece inside me... Please help!?

4 days ago I had just had a shower and I was drying off in the bedroom, and I sat down on the bed (naked) unaware that the chess board and pieces was still there from when me and my wife were playing that day. At the time I didn't notice anything but when I stood up I realised a chess piece had gone up my anus after sitting on it, I tried to get it out, and I'm unable to have any movements, it's properly stuck in there and is blocking anything from going in or out. I'm too embarrassed to go to the doctors about this, and I was wondering if any of you have any advice of what I should do! Thanks, Eric. more

Resolved Question: Why does Yahoo chess keep disconnecting me?

It's the third time this week, I'm winning a game, up 2 pieces or more, and I'll get the message "you have been disconnected." I immediately go back in, and every time, somebody else is already sitting in my seat, and I can't sit back down to finish my game. Despite asking politely if they will stand up so I can finish, they never do, and each time I've inadvertently lost or been resigned by somebody else despite the fact that I was winning before disconnecting. Thanks, Yahoo Chess!Is there anything I can do when I've been disconnected and somebody else has taken my seat? Even if I've started the table, I can't boot them after I come back. more

Resolved Question: Think you know enough anime or manga?? Then Guess these!!?

Alright, so here is how it goes. I'll give you a description of 10 different anime/manga and you have to name them. The person who'd get all 10 correct would get an easy 10 points!! But if you cheat, you wont get it. That includes looking on the net. >:D (and i'd know coz this is quite hard) Only use your awesome anime/manga knowledge!! ~So, just copy and paste and insert a >> for your answer. Get it? :D 1. About a young sky pirate who'd found a girl in his airship... but his air shipped crashed and now he's on a quest to help her journey to "Edel Garden". Whats this anime/manga called? 2. About a boy who dreams every day about a magical world. He makes friends with a boy named Jack to defeat the Chess Pieces. Whats the anime/manga called? 3. Based on the game created my Capcom, one could scream into the microphone "OBJECTION!", "HOLD IT!", "TAKE THAT!". Different stories for different chapters. Whats this manga called? 4. This has 2 American made movies, and 3 Japanese Original movies. Based of the novels, it is about a young journalist who discovered a series of deaths relating to a "video tape" and about a girl from the well. Whats this manga called? 5. This too has 2 American made movies and 2 Japanese Original movies. Based of the manga, the person who'd answer a phone would die, listening to the last thing they hear, when they answered the phone call...Stars Naomi Misora from Death Note as the Detective. Whats this manga called? 6. About a guy who likes feminine stuff. But his mum forbids him to like girly stuff, due to his dad turning into a woman when he was younger. His friend Tachibana is a womanizer and there is a Japanese Drama starring Koji Seto as Ariake. What manga is this? 7. About a young 15 year old boy who could see ghost at a young age. He saves his family by sucking out power from a soul reaper. He has orange hair and one of his friends have overly large boobs. Whats this anime/manga called? 8. About a 10 year old ninja who likes to scream "Believe it!" This one is so obvious, i expect everyone to get this one correct. 9. You can either be a "Bukin" or a "Shokunin". Character Black Star is voiced by Naruto and theme song is Resonance by T.M. Revolution. One of the characters have OCD due to his lack of "symmetry". 10. About a boy who received a "pen" that can travel back through "time" on his 16th birthday. To save his parents, he'd have to travel back in time and fix what had happened. But things happen throughout the story, and Ethan soon had to travel more frequently back to find its cause. The protagonist is voiced by Johnny Young Bosch (Kurosaki Ichigo's English voice actor). Whats this anime called? ~~ Star it if you liked doing this :DOMG I AM SO SORRY FOR SPOILERRSS >.> Forgive me!!! more

Resolved Question: chess pieces made out of clay theme?

We have to make chess peices like kings and queens in art out of clay. And we need a theme like disney pincesses or super heros as the chess pieces. i need to have a king and queen and bishop and the other ones. What are some good themes/ more

Voting Question: I need help remember an old single player adventure game!?

It was played online (in your web browser), and there was a chat box near the bottom of the game interface to ask others for help. You started out in a room and you don't know who you are. I remember a level where you have to move a big chess piece (knight) across a board to open a door. I remember the name of the game started with an M. I remember playing this game as far back as the year 2004. Although I'm pretty sure I played it years before that to. more

Resolved Question: Chess Logic Homework Help?

Okay so you are the queen (b2) and your opponent is the king (d1). Both pieces move as in standard chess. In not more the four moves, how can you force the king into the upper corner? Here is the chess board: http://i953.photobucket.com/albums/ae13/joey_fell/chess.jpg Please describe moves (eg. move king to c2 and then to b1) Thanks! more

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Doesn't have to be anything fancy, I just need a replacement chess piece. more

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