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Ilya Abramovich Kan  (; 4 May 1909 – 12 December 1978) was a Soviet chess player. He was awarded the title of International Master (IM) by FIDE in 1950.

Kan was born in Samara. He played ten times in the Soviet Championship. In 1929, he finished third in Odessa in the 6th edition of the championship, won by Boris Verlinsky. In 1931, he took 7th place in Moscow (7th URS-ch; Mikhail Botvinnik won). In 1933, he took 9th in Leningrad (8th URS-ch; Botvinnik won). In 1934/35, he tied for 9-12th in Leningrad (9th URS-ch; Grigory Levenfish and Ilya Rabinovich won). In 1937, he took 13th in Tbilisi (10th URS-ch; Levenfish won). In 1939, he tied for 13-14th in Leningrad (11th URS-ch; Botvinnik won). In 1945, he took 17th in Moscow (14th URS-ch; Botvinnik won). In 1947, he tied for 13-15th in Leningrad (15th URS-ch; Paul Keres won). In 1952, he took 18th in Moscow (20th URS-ch; Botvinnik and Mark Taimanov won). In 1955, he took 17th in Moscow (22nd URS-ch; Vasily Smyslov and Efim Geller won).

In the 1931 Moscow Championship, he finished in second place, behind Nikolai Riumin.
In the 1933/34 edition, also won by Riumin, Kan placed 5th. In 1934, he took 5th in Leningrad (Botvinnik won). He tied for 6-7th at Moscow 1935 (2nd it; Botvinnik and Salo Flohr won). In 1936, he tied for 7-10th in Moscow (3rd it; José Raúl Capablanca won). In 1936, he tied for 1st-2nd with Vladimir Alatortsev in Moscow–ch. In 1937, he took 4th in Moscow–ch (Alatortsev and Sergey Belavenets won). In 1937, he took 2nd, behind Reuben Fine, in Moscow. The website Chessmetrics.com, which retroactively rates older players, ranks Kan as 13th in the world in 1944.

His opening theory contributions were mainly in the Sicilian Defence variation which bears his name: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6. This flexible line has been adopted frequently by top players since 1950, including Anatoly Karpov and Tony Miles. The line is also known as the Paulsen Variation, named after Louis Paulsen, who played it earlier in the 19th century. Kan scored several victories over Botvinnik early in his career; Botvinnik was World Champion in 1948–1957, 1958–1960, and 1961–1963.

He was named as the editor of the Shakhmatny Bulletin issue 6.

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What Everyone Should Understand About Modern Telegrams
In a time where social media communication, email, and even instant text messaging are at your fingertips, it's hard to imagine the benefits, or even the purpose, of telegrams. These once-critical communication tools are far more important than you might think, and they are still used today. However, the telegrams of today aren't quite what you may remember from a couple of decades ago. Here's a look at some of the things that you need to know.
Telegrams Are Still Available
You might think that telegrams are no longer accessible. However, that doesn't mean that telegrams are no longer available. Like many others, you may think that you can no longer send a telegram anywhere, but you can.
There are services out there that have taken over the telegram network and infrastructure, allowing you to send messages virtually anywhere in the world. In some cases, your telegram can be delivered as soon as the next day.
Telegrams Require Careful Wording
If you've ever seen telegrams sent in movies, you're probably familiar with the frequent use of the word "STOP" to designate the end of sentences. This isn't necessary anymore, but that doesn't mean that your telegram shouldn't be carefully worded. When you send a telegram now, it's sent digitally, so you can type it out and have it transmitted in the same way that you intended it to be written.
This is an improvement over the old-fashioned telegrams which were sent using a telegraph and Morse code. This left room for misinterpretation if you forgot the "STOP" designation at the end of a sentence. However, you still pay for your telegram by the word, so you'll want to word it carefully to manage costs and still ensure clarity when it's transmitted.
You Have Options
When it comes to sending telegrams, there are a few different services to choose from. Your flat fee will vary by service, as will the charge per word. You'll also find that the delivery service times and methods will vary by service, too. Some companies even offer telephone service in addition to the printed telegram, making the service more convenient for you.
With so many people relying on technology and instant communication, it's important to remember that sometimes traditional communication is important, too. Regardless of why you might need it, understanding these basics about telegrams can prepare you for seeking out the service when it's important to you.

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I inherited a large curio cabinet full of Precious Moments figurines and I have no use for them and would like to sell them. I know the new sell price for them is around $30-50, but I doubt I can sell them at that price, but I would like to try if possible since I could probably afford a used car or a moped if I sell them all at that price. In sum, how much would someone typically spend on a figure in good condition without the box?
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Elaine Welteroth Expects First Child With Husband Jonathan Singletary
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Elaine Welteroth is "totally pregnant." The former co-host of "The Talk" took to Instagram on Monday to reveal that she and her husband, Jonathan Singletary, are expecting their first child together.
In a video announcing the news, Welteroth, 34, shared footage from recent doctor's appointments, including the exact moment a nurse confirmed she was pregnant.
"New creative collab with @jonathansingletary dropping spring 2022 #JesusTookTheWheel," she joked in the caption. "Lullaby by my baby daddy-to-be 💕🥰🎢🙏🏽❤🪂🎶."
The video also featured footage from Welteroth's second ultrasound, in which she sweetly suggested that her unborn baby already has her husband's nose.
"I'm freaking out right now. This baby looks exactly like Jonathan," she exclaimed.
Elaine Welteroth shared an ultrasound photo of her unborn baby on social media.
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Due to the coronavirus pandemic, their wedding plans had to be altered several times.
Jonathan Singletary and Elaine Welteroth were engaged for three years before finally tying the knot.
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That's What She Said: Why Female role models stand out in literature
by Mara BraddyPosted on February 27, 2014
They're the women everyone wants to be — from their magic book bags to their bows and arrows, every young woman in the world wants to take at least one step in Hermione Granger's or Katniss Everdeen's shoes.
At least, that's what I've thought.
I used to think female characters in literature were worlds apart from female characters in movies and television. More often than not, it would seem the role of women in a film is for eye-candy — something pretty to look at. The media are all about visuals and too often lack the inside perspective of a character's thoughts that books have to offer.
That's why I prefer reading about strong women more than watching them. But, I'm scared women my age are being influenced by poor examples of female characters in literature who aren't true to reality or to themselves.
Little girls are conditioned to admire what they see in movies and on television. But those sexy superheroes and Disney princesses are not what women are really like. In books, female characters are more like us. They are unique but ordinary in the sense that they wish for a simple life.
The best example of this is in "The Hunger Games" because Everdeen's thoughts carried me through the story. I could read what she's thinking as everything happened: how scared she was for her life, how unsure she was of her decisions, or how she wished everything was back to normal. These are the things more women of my generation should be thinking about — women who fear failure like the rest of us but don't let their insecurities define them.
Granger from the "Harry Potter" series is another prime candidate for the perfect female role model in literature. J.K. Rowling got everything right with the most brilliant witch in the wizarding world. Granger puts books before boys, is loyal and protective over her friends, and keeps fighting against Lord Voldemort even when her true love, Ron Weasley, leaves her.
What worries me most is that too many up-and-coming authors are misrepresenting young women with characters like Anastasia Steele from "Fifty Shades of Grey" and, heavens forgive me, Bella Swan from "Twilight." These poor characters couldn't be further from the truth about us women in real life.
I recently read "Fifty Shades of Grey" around Valentine's Day, thinking I might be in for a sappy romance with the bonus of explicit and erotic sex scenes. Oh boy, was I ever wrong.
I was met face-to-face with the most submissive, wishy-washy and air-headed girl I'd ever encountered in a book. Steele is the worst example of a strong female character.
She succumbs to a rich man's sick sexual advances, and, although I give her props for attempting to exercise her sexual freedom, she still got caught in his web. I'd be a terrible feminist, though, to say I blame her and only her for the sad situation she got herself in. On that note, Christian Grey can go jump in a well.
But Steele became a mainstream icon, and who knows how many women identify with her.
Listen ladies, don't let poorly written females make you want to behave like them. I encourage women to find the authors who create the women who are more like them and more likely to be remembered for their bravery and their brains.
To read more about strong female characters you may identify with, stylist.co.uk offers a list titled "Literature's Feistiest Females" on its website.
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It's time to #GetLoud about Mental Health.
Every May for the last 67 years, Canadian workplaces, schools and communities have come together for mental health week. Since 1951, CMHA Mental Health Week has been working to raise awareness and funds to help end the stigma associated with mental illness.
CMHA Mental Health Week has almost become synonymous with the #GetLoud campaign. Canadians have gotten loud in their communities, workplaces and on social media. Municipalities and provinces have decorated in green to celebrate the week. But in 2018, CMHA Mental Health Week and the #GetLoud campaign is taking an even deeper dive in to mental health and focusing on what mental health really is.
Everyone has mental health, just like everyone has physical health. And just like anyone can be diagnosed with a physical illness, anyone can also be diagnosed with a mental health issue. From the CMHA website: "Mental health is not just the absence of mental illness". Mental health is your state of being – it's your stress level, your self-esteem and how you feel about yourself and others. Acknowledging that everyone has mental health and that mental health is just as important as physical health is one of the most important ways you can #GetLoud.
There is a lot of misinformation and stigma surrounding mental illness, especially in pop culture and the media. A good way to #GetLoud for mental health is to simply learn about it. Look outside pop culture and sensationalist headlines and learn what an individual mental health issue actually is. Put yourself in someone else's shoes, and learn about what it means to live the day-to-day life of a person experiencing mental illness. Ask respectful questions and listen to their answers.
It can be hard to #GetLoud when you're concerned about a friend or family member. But remember, you don't have to think big or go straight to grand gestures and huge donations. You can start as small as you feel comfortable with. If you're uncertain, you don't even have to ask about the individual's mental health. Even a simple text or call to say "Hi!" or "How are you doing?" can mean the world to someone struggling with a mental illness.
It feels good to give. Whether you're giving in the form of donations, love, time, volunteering or a simple smile, giving makes us feel good. It can also increase a sense of belonging and community which can help keep us mentally healthy. But don't forget to give back to yourself as well. Set aside time for yourself and do the things that help your mind and body recharge. It's easier to work up the goodwill and energy to give to others when you're mentally recharged after giving yourself some self-care.
If you are struggling with an already diagnosed mental illness, or feel like you might have a mental illness, don't be afraid to ask for help. You don't have to struggle alone. There is a wealth of resources in Ontario available to you. Reach out to your family doctor; they can provide you with information on services in your area. The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health has centres across Toronto and the GTA. The Canadian Mental Health Association has branches and services providing affordable mental healthcare all over the province. Connex Ontario also provides a mental health helpline (1-866-531-2600).
While these are all good ways you can #GetLoud for Mental Health Week, they are important to keep in mind all year round. For 1 in 5 Canadians, mental illness is a constant presence in their life. As this week comes to a close, let's keep the conversation going to raise awareness and end the stigma associated with mental illness once and for all.
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Maternity clothes: Sleeping in the hubs t's due to night sweats and maxi dresses on weekends.
Sleep: I'm up at least 4 times a night. I've been waking up with numb and tingly fingers (another pleasure of pregnancy) due to pregnancy carpal tunnel so I've upped my water intake to around 140 ounces a day. Good bye sausage fingers.
Best moment this week: Well last week I found out that I am starting to dilate and that the baby is where she is supposed to be! I have a doctors appointment tomorrow and hopefully I'll find out some more info. These last few weeks have been crazy with wrapping up house projects but watching them get done and crossing them off of the list has been liberating. We've put together all of our gadgets except for the high chair because we won't need it for a while.
The best moment this week will be when our upstairs bathroom gets sheet rocked. Oh and when the accidental hole in my kitchen ceiling below that bathroom gets repaired.
Miss anything: Margaritas, my ankles and my stamina. I've noticed a drop in energy these last few weeks.
Movement: She is a wiggle worm. Every time we go to the doctor, she boots the heart beat microphone.
Cravings: Still not much. I've been on an avocado kick but I go back and forth with them all of the time.
Looking forward to: Baby day!! I seriously can't believe how soon she will be here. And this may sound totally pathetic but I need her to stay in there for at least another 10 days, due to the fact that June's birthstone is pink and May is green (bleh).
I added these cute little printables to her nursery last night. I'm loving the popsicles, I think that they add just the right amount of color.
I know that I need to do a full nursery reveal soon, I have literally just been too lazy! I will try to get to it this weekend but my big plan is to get my garden planted before Baby Casey arrives.
I can't get over how cute you are! I am so glad to here that baby is in the right position and ready to go! I seriously cannot wait. Why can't you live closer?!
I'm so excited for your baby to arrive, but hope she stays in a little longer and marinates for you...ya know that whole June birthday thing and all ;) and give you some time to finish your house projects.
You're not lazy! Youre cooking a baby!!! My son is 5 months and I still havent finished his nursery!!!
You are a nesting fool! Can't believe you have so many projects going. I would be lazy and sitting on the couch. Love those prints.
You look amazing! I missed margaritas and my ankles while I was pregnant, too! And I still haven't finished or revealed my nursery yet and Noelle is almost 8 months old! Oops! Can't wait to "meet" Baby Casey!
I felt a major drop in energy right around a week ago (at 33 weeks) and it gets a bit worse every day! It seriously takes SO much effort for me to get through the day, even on 9 hours of sleep!
Nathan was 2.5 hrs late! How rude. We wanted him to born on July 18th bc that was our 5th anniversary. Of course finally came out at 2:30am on the 19th after 25 hrs of labor. He is still a stinker to this day. Can't wait to see the whole nursery!
You look adorable by the way... Congratulations!!


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Man and animals caught in the net of life and time
Wenka was born on the 21 May 1954, which makes her sixty- three years old this year. She has been in prisons and endured forms of torture, as well as abandonment, much grief and loneliness, throughout her whole life.
She was born in a laboratory in Florida and taken from her mother the day she was born, to be used in a vision experiment which lasted seventeen months. Wenka was 'only' a chimp and thus could be used and has been used for the cruel purposes of men all her life.
After the experiment she was sold to a family in North Carolina. Four years later, instead of finding an animal refuge for their pet, they returned her to the Yerkes National Primate Research Centre, as she was supposed to be too big to handle.
Since losing her family – because undoubtedly she would have felt they were – she has been used for experiments ever since – alcohol use, oral contraceptives, aging, and cognitive studies. She has also given birth six times, and I have no information about her babies. Researchers obviously didn't take these opportunities to study chimp maternal behaviours, feeding techniques etc. And they obviously didn't study grief in Non- Human Primates when deprived of their babies either.
Chimpanzees tend to be used repeatedly over decades, rather than used and killed as with most laboratory animals. But researchers lament that one of the disadvantages of using non- human primates is that they can be difficult to handle, and various methods of physical restraint have to be used. (Researchers also shorten the term to NHP, which makes these intelligent, feeling creatures sound like a tool or non- human object)
Yes, I would resist researchers /torturers, since I have 98.8 per cent the same DNA as these almost human creatures, which is why they are used for research and called non human primates. A 'gentle-man' (I use the word sarcastically) from the Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Centre writes that scientists may be unaware of the way their research animals are treated, and this could have an effect on their results. He doesn't say that it would be fear or despair skewing the results.
This scientist, called Reinhardt, writes instead, of 'uncontrollable methodological variables', and goes on: 'Numerous reports have been published demonstrating that non-human primates can readily be trained to cooperate rather than resist during common handling procedures such as capture, venipuncture, injection and veterinary examination.'
Reinhardt then lists common restraint methods as: squeeze-back cages, manual restraint, restraint boards, restraint chairs, restraint chutes, tethering, and nets. He also suggests using the drug ketamine, which I know from recent personal experience in the helicopter on the way to hospital (see a previous blog) paralyses you and causes terrifying hallucinations. When you've survived those, you come to, and find you can think clearly, and therefore know you're paralysed and can do nothing to defend yourself or even turn your head, which is also a terrifying experience.
In the US 65,000 non- human primates were used for experiments in 2012 – a figure which has remained the same since 1973. The latest figures for the UK are 2,202 non- human primates used for experiments. But no licences have been issued there for experiments on great apes since 1998. Many countries are now working towards protection for these creatures so near to us in intelligence and all emotions – which is why they are used for experiments of course.
The Great Ape Project (GAP), argues that great apes (gorillas, orangutans, chimpanzees, bonobos) be given limited legal status and the protection of three basic interests: the right to live, the protection of individual liberty, and the prohibition of torture.
In 2008 Spain became the first country to extend these rights to great apes, 'torture' which includes medical experiments will be outlawed, while imprisonment – as in circuses, or for films – is also banned. Hurray! Austria, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK are all now working to ban experimenting on primates, which includes great apes, chimps, gibbons and all the other varieties used in what some scientists believe is unreliable testing. The EU has also had strict guidelines on animal testing since 2013.
At the moment great apes are the most protected, with too many other species of non- human primates still fair game for people/researchers who will never say their work is ended, that their experiments have now proved/discovered all that they wanted to know, and thus talk themselves out of a job. I used to love reading in the newspaper the results of experiments which reveal different characteristics in people, until I suddenly realised that to find out these results, animals had to have been used.
That's when I began to research the use of animals in experimentation, and the facts are hideous. Millions of animals other than non- human primates are used for cruel and useless experiments every year in the US, by drug or chemical companies and others who have no interest in the well- being of the tragic creatures born in captivity, tortured with cruel experiments, and then killed.
We have become the Non-Humane Primates.
Charles Darwin held that animals had the same emotions as human beings. Years ago I read an article in Time magazine which quoted instances of animal intelligence, and their capacity for emotion. At the end, it dismissed the whole idea, in spite of the last conclusive example, a talking parrot.
The pet parrot was being left at the vet for treatment and it cried out as his owner left, 'please don't leave me – I'll be good'. The article did not explore the various strands of this cry – the parrot's immediate understanding that he was being left, as well as his promise to be good – which is the response of many small children when left in hospital or when their parents die, or leave. They believe it is their fault.
Many will have seen the Youtube videos of Christian, the huge lion, rushing a year later, to put his arms around his owners who had brought him from London and freed him to live in Africa; or the lion behind bars in a zoo, trying to cuddle the woman who had saved him five years before.
Most people who have lived with animals know the depth of their love, loyalty, kindness. Animals nurture their offspring, and do not neglect or abuse them. They do not lie or betray (unless they've been badly treated) and therefore can be said to live lives of integrity that many human beings fail to do. And we feel free to treat them in the unspeakable way that we do.
Nature writer Henry Beston says it best: 'We need another and a wiser and perhaps more mystical concept of animals. Remote from universal nature, and living by complicated artifice, man in civilisation surveys the creature through the glass of his knowledge and sees thereby…. the whole image in distortion,
'We patronise them for their incompleteness, for their tragic fate in having taken form so far below ourselves. And therein we err, and greatly err. For the animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours they move finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear.
'They are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow travellers of the splendour and the travail of the earth.'
When will we begin to honour and respect our fellow travellers, who too often never get to savour the splendour of the earth?
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Chopped the bacon and fried it in a little olive oil and some butter for the taste, added the mushrooms, grated a courgette in for thickening, and then added cream, garlic, pepper, and nutmeg plus a chicken stock cube. When the cream had bubbled and thickened, I added torn leaves of spinach – subtle way of getting vegetables into those who don't like them.
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Testing, testing, testing !
When Dr Christian Barnard, world-famous surgeon who invented the first heart transplant, decided to sue me for libel I was both intimidated and exhilarated.
It wasn't an easy time for us at that point… after eight years of campaigning by my husband for the release of a man wrongly convicted of a double murder, now that he was pardoned, we were embroiled in a Royal Commission and another battle with the police. In the previous eight years we had had our phones tapped, had our letters intercepted, and I awoke one night to find a plain clothes policeman in a grey suit and a stocking over his face at the foot of our bed, rummaging for stuff in my husband's suit jacket.
Until then I had never locked the front door – so the children could always find their way in! My husband also had a price on his head, a lucrative contract put out by a worldwide drug ring he had been exposing in his newspaper for the last year. They too had penetrated our home when we were away on holiday, and switched off every appliance in the house, leaving a rotting deep freeze amongst other things, as a message to show us that they knew where we lived – even in remote country.
I had told my husband my car had a funny rattle, and when he checked he found that all the nuts on the front wheels had been loosened, so as to cause an accident. The children were frightened to answer the phone. Luckily, the drug barons fell out and ended up murdering each other until the survivors were caught and convicted in England.
During this time I'd resigned from my job as women's editor through ill health, but had continued to write my weekly column in the newspaper and in a magazine read by over half the (tiny) population. (I only mention this because it was significant)
It was an article about vivisection which had activated Christian Barnard. Among other horrors, I'd quoted his boast about making a two-headed dog to show the Russians he was as clever as them, and the heart-rending shrieks of the baboon when Barnard took his mate to use his heart for an operation. This article resurrected the moribund anti -vivisection society here and my husband and I became president and vice president until it was on its feet again.
The medical establishment were furious, because I'd also called into question every student having their own personal rat to kill by smashing it on the lab desk, and then dissect. A meeting was called at the university where the medical council discussed: "what to do about me", as someone told me later. They felt that with my wide readership I had too much influence. How to shut me up? They decided to alert Christian Barnard, with the result that he sent writs to my newspaper, Safe (Save Animals From Experimentation), and me.
When I got over the shock of opening this bullying letter demanding a large sum of money (which I didn't have), or the ordeal of a court case, I was thrilled. Now we could bring vivisection out into the open. Maybe it would become an international scandal, since it involved the world famous surgeon. But to my chagrin, my newspaper paid up and apologised without even discussing it with me, and Safe – by then in other hands – paid up too – all the money going to the Heart Foundation – for more testing on animals, I supposed.
So that left me. I said to the family I'd rather go to prison than pay up if we lost the case. Two big tears oozed from my son's eyes, as he contemplated his friends at school knowing his mother was in jail…. My solicitor wrote to Barnard's men and did an unusual thing. He told them what our defence would be – listing Barnard's boasts as they came straight from a TV interview and his autobiography. We never heard another word. So the vivisection issue just died.
This all happened thirty years ago, and it still goes on all over the world. I refuse to give to cancer appeals as I know that in this country anyway, their research includes testing on animals. I only buy certain brands of make-up – the ones which proclaim that they haven't been tested on animals. The problem with vivisection is that no so-called scientist is going to talk himself out of a job, so they go on finding fresh ways of researching on animals, and fresh horrible ideas about how to test, and so it never ends.
We know that chimps have roughly ninety eight per cent of the same DNA as us, and we know that animals have a level of intelligence that ranges between that of a two year old and an eight year old – quite apart from their own special intelligences that we know nothing of.
Darwin himself said that animals have all the same emotions as people – they know joy and fear, depression and boredom, pain and happiness. We would never treat a two year old child the way we do animals, we would never think of torturing an eight year old in the name of science. But we have no compunction about doing this to animals.
Peter Singer, the great philosopher and animal rights campaigner who wrote the influential book: 'Animal Liberation', refers to this treatment of animals as 'speciesism', like sexism and racism. He, like many of us, hopes that by the next generation this sort of discrimination will be as un-acceptable as those other forms of intolerance. Even today, so many people, especially the young, find this discrimination abhorrent. People for Ethical Treatment of Animals – Peta – is doing a great job of raising people's awareness about the way we treat other creatures..
But there are, of course, a million other ways that man has devised to kill, maim, exploit, work to death and torture most varieties of creatures on this planet, including cutting off the fins of sharks, thus crippling them, and then dropping them back in the sea to drown; destroying the habitats of hundreds of species so they die out anyway, and perpetrating factory farming to name a few.
If we care, we can 'put our money where our mouth is' as they say in this country, and find ways of not using anything which is the result of animal testing. There is plenty of research these days to show that there are other effective ways of testing drugs rather than on animals, which is not fail-safe anyway. Thalidomide famously was tested on rabbits and found to be safe for them. But that didn't make it safe for humans.
A year or so after my brush with Dr Barnard, a South African newspaper quoted him as saying he had given up vivisection. Asked why, he said he had heard the grief in the cries of a baboon for his mate who he had taken for an operation. There are some limits beyond which no civilised human being can go, he said.
This sauce served with vegetables is one of my favourite meals. I thinly slice a selection of vegetables – pumpkin, kumara/sweet potato, red and yellow peppers, mushrooms, carrots, and either fry them in an electric fry pan, or bake them with olive oil drizzled over them. Meanwhile in a blender I put two cups of good pea-nut butter, a cup of olive oil, two whole lemons, four cloves of garlic , two teasp fish oil, a dessertsp or more of dried thyme, and a tablsp or more of brown sugar, plenty of freshly ground black pepper, and salt.
Whizz everything together, and add more thyme and sugar or salt to taste. If it's too thick, add some water. I pile the vegetables onto a serving dish, and hand round the sauce. It keeps for a few days in the fridge. It's delicious with crusty rolls and wine for lunch with the (metaphorical) girls, or for supper for the two of us.
All of the larger- than-life questions about our presence here on earth and what gifts we have to offer are spiritual questions. To seek answers to these questions is to seek a sacred path.
Lauren Artress, Episcopal priest, counsellor, writer and founder of the Labyrinth spiritual movement. Walking the labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral has led to the building and walking of labyrinths all over the world.
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Q: Plotting a large number points / lines with zoom I need to display a graph with thousands of nodes so that the user can scroll and zoom to view it.  The nodes need to behave like dimensionless points, and the edges, like one-dimensional lines.  That is, zooming in, the circles representing the nodes move farther apart but each one stays the same size, and the lines connecting them get longer but not thicker.  Zooming should be "continuous" and "infinite", if possible.
What APIs and algorithms are used to solve this problem?
(as in, say, CAD or GIS applications)
I couldn't get anywhere near acceptable performance using GDI+.  My implementation was probably naive, but, still, I'm guessing I need OpenGL or DirectX.

A: You need to separate the drawing of the lines and visible points from the scaling of the positions that represent the points.  That way when the scene is zoomed you actually just scale your positions and then render then using the same line and visible point method regardless of zoom level.
Last time I looked, Direct3D is not going to offer you anything out of the box to do this.  You would need to implement the line and point primitives yourself.  More importantly you will need a strong understanding of vectors and matrices to perform the required transformations in Direct3D.  Haven't used OpenGL much.
GDI+ can be slow but you can actually get decent performance by being very careful about displaying only those points that are currently visible.  If I was in your position I would definitely spend more time on improving the performance of your rendering algorithm and sticking with GDI+ a bit longer.
Also, rendering your scene completely to an in-memory Bitmap (sized the same as your visible window) and then simply rendering this bitmap in one go, will give better performance than rendering every point and line individually onto the visible window.

A: I believe that ROOT provides all the requested functionality, though it is a big package and a lot to learn...

A: ZedGraph will do most of what you described (displaying lines and points at fixed sizes, zooming, etc). I recommend you check out the codeproject tutorial to see if it's functionality suits your needs. I have found it easy to implement, highly flexible, and the .dll is about 300k.
Hope this helps, Andrew

A: I recently released a Java library for speeding up plotting in 3d (http://code.google.com/p/jzy3d/).
There is an example with a 3d scatter plot, in which the 3d points are dimensionless. Adding all the lines linking your network nodes should be a piece of cake.
There are available tools to scale/zoom the 3d scene with mouse, so maybe you'll have almost nothing to do.
Regards,
Martin

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