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Deciding not to cheat = good sportsmanship?

Dana Mackenzie posted a lengthy piece on. It is quite a good read though I was taken aback by the following paragraph: In fact. Bhat’s loss was a triumph of good sportsmanship. As shown in my previous post in league competition Bhat plays his moves on a regular board and with a regular clock then enters them into the computer. (At least until the time pressure gets too intense then he switches to all-computer mode.) Against Lugo. Bhat played 23. Bd5 and then realized it was a bad move. However according to Donaldson because he had already made the move on his board "he felt honor bound to make that move on the computer." I'm not sure what to make of this. The clearly state that entering a different move into the computer than was made on the board is illegal: A player may also play with a physical board at their side as some players can concentrate better on an actual chessboard as opposed to playing directly at a computer. In this case the players would first make their move on the chessboard and then input it into the computer. The player is FORCED to make whatever move they made on the chessboard on the computer as well. If a TD sees that they have done otherwise then the player will be penalized. Were this rule not in place players would be able to use their physical boards to analyze the position prior to selecting a move to play on the computer -- a clear violation of the principles of OTB play. So when Mackenzie/Donaldson say that Bhat showed "good sportsmanship," what could they possibly mean? .. that Vinay considered the option of cheating but chose not to because "he felt honor bound?" .. that the TD wasn't looking so Vinay realized he could get away with playing another move but didn't do so since he realized it would be wrong? Could they possibly mean to disparage Bhat's reputation in this way?Isn't it more likely that Vinay played the inferior move on the computer because that's what the rules required and he never considered anything other than following them? That's what I'd like to believe. I'd also like to believe that playing by the rules is an expectation of all players in the league. Therefore. I don't think we need to be handing out good sportsmanship medals and badges of honor to those who do so. Disclaimer: The views expressed in the posts and comments on BCC Weblog do not necessarily represent those of the Boylston Chess Club the Boylston Chess Foundation or its Officers and Directors.

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Deciding not to cheat = good sportsmanship?

The Religion of Peace, Anger, Intolerance And Racism

Name a teddy bear Jesus and get 40 lashes? I don't think so. But then Christianity is a much more fun-loving religion than Islam where teddy bear names can indeed lead to really big owies: A British teacher is facing 40 lashes in a Sudanese jail if convicted of insulting Islam's prophet by letting children name a teddy bear Mohammed. Gillian Gibbons. 54 from Liverpool was arrested on suspicion of blasphemy on Sunday. Ms Gibbons allowed her class of seven-year-olds at the Unity High educate in Khartoum to name a teddy bear Mohammed as part of a lesson about animals' habitats. Mohammed is sacred to Islamic philosophy and the penalty for blasphemy is 40 lashes a large fine or a jail call. The British Embassy in Khartoum confirmed the arrest. A source close to the school said one teacher was angered by the naming of the teddy bear and complained to the headmistress. (Sky News) If you ask me the Khartoum Krazies are being way too lenient. Sure give Gibbons her lashes but lash those pesky seven-year-olds too. They're the ones who named the bear for cryin' out loud (which one gathers they would if held to the same standard as Gibbons). All this fanaticism over images of Mohammed are based on nothing more than this from chapter 42 verse 11 of The Book That Shall Not Be Flushed: "[Allah is] the originator of the heavens and the earth... [there is] nothing like a likeness of Him." For that embassies are burned teachers are lashed and the cultural norms of most of the world are spit on by angry and intolerant Muslims. They are more than angry and intolerant though. Sky News quotes Hassan Aberdeen a researcher at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies: "This could be more to do with who is saying it than what is being said. It might not have been an air if this was a Sudanese person. The fact that this was a European teacher is highly likely to be one of the key causes."

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My Money And Arab Investments

Citigroup Inc. seeking to restore investor confidence amid massive losses due in credit markets and a lack of permanent leadership is receiving a $7.5 billion capital infusion from the investment arm of the Abu Dhabi government. The investment by the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority will back up build Citigroup's capital levels which undergo been eroded by a ascribe crunch that began in the summer. .... As a result of the deal the investment authority known as ADIA ordain become one of Citigroup's largest shareholders with a stake of no more than 4.9%. The lay on the line ordain exceed that of Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal desire known as one of Citigroup's largest shareholders according to a person familiar with the situation. () So the new investment along with bin Talal's longstanding stake means my bank may be up to 10 percent Arab owned. Actually that makes me feel pretty good. As noted. Koran Kraziness is a pretty sick disease but here we see some mighty big Muslim dudes heavily investing in an entity that makes most of its money by charging interest in defiance of said Book That Shall Not Be Flushed. Either we'll see the board of ADIA and bin Talal change form over to get their 40 lashes or we'll see a force for moderation within Islam. Neither would upset me much.

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Putin Loves That Ol' Soviet Style

With an election coming up. Vladamir Putin wants to alter sure his United Russia party makes a good showing; anything less would be embarrassing and detrimental to his daydream of re-establishing the old Soviet-style government. So... MOSCOW () - With the Kremlin determined to see a high turnout in Sunday's election many Russians say they are being pressured to vote at work under the watchful eyes of their bosses or risk losing their jobs. They say they also are being told to give lists of relatives and friends who will vote for United Russia the celebrate of President Vladimir Putin. United Russia is expected to win handily. But Putin has turned the parliamentary elections into a plebiscite on his rule and the Kremlin appears to be pushing for nothing short of a landslide. ... "The plebiscite ordain become a mockery if only slightly more than half of the people vote and if only 60 percent of those vote for United Russia," as the latest opinion polls predict political analyst Alexei Makarkin said. In one example cited in the bind a educate teacher says her school's administration got absentee ballots for the entire staff and they ordain cater on Sunday to cast them together under the watchful totalitarian look of their union boss. And that's not all by a long shot: Similar accounts have been given by teachers doctors factory workers and others around the country. Some undergo said they were warned they would lose their jobs if they did not comply. Hundreds of people undergo called an election hot lie to charge about the use of absentee ballots the Central Elections Commission said in a summary of the complaints posted on its Web place. Some complaints came from hospital patients who said they had been threatened with early discharge if they did not produce absentee ballots.

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BPA Free Bottle and Sippy Cup Cheat Sheet

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SECRET GOOGLE CHEAT CODES TRACKLIST

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