Isn’t it ironic..
I don’t think it’s ironic at all. Democrats requested an adjustment to the Senator appointment process that seems more fair than it was. A truly balanced approach will be beneficial or harmful to either party.
Isn’t it a little ironic that the same law that the Democrats changed in 2004 is what lost them the Massachusetts Senate seat in such a dire time?
(The Democrats, fearing Mitt Romney would appoint a Republican Senator if Kerry were to win the presidential election and vacate his Senate seat in 2004, submitted a bill to change the law to require a special election within 145-160 days after a Senate seat becomes vacant. Even more ironic is that Kennedy was instrumental in that change. Even more ironic is that they’d still hold that seat if the previous law was upheld.)
The 14th Internet World Amateur Go Tournament 2009, the “PANDANET Cup” is now open for subscriptions. Participation is free so after reading the details everyone is invited to subscribe!
This is why Japan is awesome. Hitachi has a site that creates Go problems every week… since 1996!
Go problems (tsumego) collected in PDF format. They range from beginner to advanced and contain no answers, only problems.
Check out this introduction to the Igo Hatsuyo–ron collection:
This problem collection was compiled around 1710 by Inoue Dosetsu Inseki, fourth head of the Inoue house and fifth Meijin Godokoro. It was designed for training of the best students of the Inoue school and was kept secret for a long time.
Igo Hatsuyo-ron consists of 183 mostly insanely difficult problems and is aimed at serious players with deep interest in the game. While solving the problems takes many months, possibly even years, finding the solution is always particularly rewarding.
Totally badass.
