u/noblerare

The top American chess players are all in their 30s (Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So, Sam Shankland) with Leinier Domínguez Pérez and Levon Aronian in their early 40s.

After that, there doesn't seem to be much of an American presence in the international chess scene except for folks like Hans Niemann.

When the old heads fade and lose their edge, where is the next generation of American players to take up the mantle? Why aren't the likes of Awonder, Sam Sevian, Ray Robson, Abhimanyu Mishra, etc. making much waves in the international scene while the young Indian / Uzbek chess players are all over the place?

I entered my car's mileage in the Carvana questionnaire when selling the vehicle and got an offer for it. I accepted the offer, uploaded the photo of the odometer, and signed the purchase agreement which also stated that as a buyer, I certify that the mileage is correct as stated.

However, does that mean that I can't drive the vehicle anymore? If I can, what is considered a reasonable mileage accrual between the signing of the purchase docs and actually finalizing the sale at the appointment? For example, my appointment isn't for another week and a half so would an extra 50-100 miles on the odometer void the sale?

We'd like to sell our old car to Carvana as it's the best offer we've gotten to date. Are there any gotchas that we need to be aware of?

• How does the selling process work?
• Will they try to change out the offer price on us last minute?
• Can they come to us to pick up the car / do paperwork? If so, is there an added fee and how much is it?

How important is it to say words before, between, and after songs? Is it weird to not have transitional words or to just use Bible verses as transitional words?

I got an email a few days ago about a data breach incident against University of Hawai'i (UH). Did anyone else get this or know if this is legit or a scam?

Edit: Thank you for the replies, everybody. Looks like this is legit which you can see here: https://hawaii.edu/cancercenter/incident/ and http://jimspss1.courts.state.hi.us:8080/eCourt/ECC/ECC.iface

We are nervous about posting on Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace due to the bots and scams that have resulted from it in the past. We have already posted to our smaller circles (respective job chats, neighborhood groups, known individuals and their contacts, etc.) and have gotten nothing.

Out of the remaining options, which one would net a better deal? Carvana, Carmax, KBB, a local dealership? How much would I be able to negotiate?

Recently bought a 2026 Sienna XLE and we have been enjoying it so far.

Except for one thing.

Just what is that awful steering wheel material? It just feels...rough and... dusty ? Do people typically buy a steering wheel cover? Has anyone else encountered this or is it just me?

Recently bought a 2026 Sienna XLE and we have been enjoying it so far.

Except for one thing.

What is that steering wheel material? It just feels...rough and... dusty ? Do people buy a steering wheel cover?

Our 4-year old is still mouthing things. He puts items that he finds in his mouth, licks things, a lot including fingers, toys, window glass, railings, etc. We bought him a chewie toy to redirect his chewing and biting. But we are worried for him.

We haven't been able to determine if this happens if he is nervous or anxious about something or if it's just something that he constantly just does.

Is this something we need to be concerned about? His 2-year old little brother doesn't do any of this.

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I'm not looking to do an MDiv anytime soon but perhaps something more like an MTS or MATS and am curious if people have recommendations on the order of classes.

For example, is it preferred to do Church History first or the OT studies or NT studies or theological studies? Is there some best-practice order that these classes should be taken in?

Our kids have been obsessed with cows lately and I'm wondering if there's some farms or something I can take them nearby to see cows? However all I know is that it's easy to find sheep, goats, horses, geese, even pigs at petting zoos/farms but how do I go see cows?

Edit: Wow, I didn't expect to receive such great responses. Thank you everybody!

I got a bag of asparagus and notice a foul-smelling odor coming from the stalks. I've chopped off slimy parts from both ends of the stalk and what is remaining is firm and not slimy. Is it still okay to eat?

There is a quote from The Master and Margarita, a novel that I just finished reading:

>"What would your good do if evil existed not, and what would the earth look like if all the shadows disappeared?"

And a quote from Goethe's Faust where the eponymous Faust asks the devil who he is and receives the reply:

>"I am part of that power which eternally wills evil and eternally works good."

The question that is posed is: can good exist without evil?

When discussing with a fellow friend, he posed that in Daoism, the concept of yin and yang are interconnected. You cannot have light without darkness, good without evil, day without night. Neither is superior to the other. Both are reliant on the other.

Therefore, there is no God without the Devil, no Jesus without Pontius Pilate or Judas.

In the Christian worldview, however, God is much more powerful than the devil. And clearly God and good have existed before the Fall and in the new heavens and new earth.

How then do I wrap my head around the concept that in order for me to truly understand good, I need to know what evil is? That in order for me to know God and know love, I need to know the Devil and know hate? There is no evangelion or good news without bad news. Otherwise, what would the good be contrasting itself against?

Hi, we just purchased a new 2026 Toyota Sienna XLE and looking for recommendations on a good value front and rear dash cam.

Looking for something that records onto local storage like a microSD card. We prefer not to use any apps and store data in the cloud for privacy reasons. In other words, we don't want to have a live video of the route back to our house or our child's preschool stored in a place other than local storage. When the microSD card chip gets full, it would just record over previous recordings overwriting the oldest videos first.

Are there any dash cam recommendations that behave like that?

I read the Pevear & Volokhonsky translation and had a generally good time. It was a fun read but I'm confused by many of the parts.

I understand that the idea was a critique of Soviet society and read a bit of the background in which this book was written and how parts of it are autobiographical of Bulgakov's life.

But there's some things that elude me:

1. Why is the devil/Woland portrayed as just a trickster and somehow seems to want to help the eponymous Master and Margarita? Is this supposed to be a commentary that the devil is not that bad or just a misunderstood guy? Christian theology and thought would say otherwise so I'm curious if this is meant to be subversive or something else?
2. Can someone explain like I'm five what is the deal with the Jesus/Pontius Pilate storyline and how that ties in with the Moscow/Master/Woland storyline? I feel like I'm missing the connection there? Also how does Matthew Levi show up in both places?
3. At the end, is it God that requests that the two lovers be brought into peace but not the light? What is the difference between light and peace? Also, why does the devil listen to him? Wouldn't he be in contention with God or is it something related to question 1?
4. What is the deal with the ending? Is the Master all-powerful that he can free Pontius Pilate from some purgatory-like torment? Do the two lovers end up stepping into Judea or something? Where did they end up?
5. Can someone explain to me how moonlight/full moon plays a role in the story? Pontius Pilate seems to be tormented by the moon and other activities happen on a full moon that I feel like I missed a big important motif there.

I have two boys ages 2 and 4 and while I do love them and it's nice (occasionally) to spend time with them and watch them play, I find myself hating most of the time I spend with them.

I would rather be doing anything else than childcare and find myself being of the minority opinion. Everyone else in my circles rave about how much they love being parents and love spending time with their kids and want to spend more time with their kids.

However, I'm just the opposite. I can't wait to get away so I can do my own work, growth, learning, projects, travel, scrolling, driving, errands, etc. But I unfortunately have them attached to me all the time and it is exhausting. I find myself wishing and waiting for the day when they can just go off to school or out into the world and leave me to be at peace. I want them to be at an age where I can just talk to them like adults and give them sage advice and show them cool things.

Is something wrong with me? I try to be the best parent that I can but it just doesn't appear to be within me to be as good of a parent as others. I take no pleasure or joy in it at all. (well, maybe 10% of the time is happy and the rest is just annoyance, dread, anger, frustration, and exhaustion).

We do a lot of Chinese dishes for our meals and use the Pearl River Bridge Superior Light Soy Sauce and Mushroom Flavored Superior Dark Soy Sauce. We got them at our local Chinese supermarket.

But as a family with young kids and also just being mindful of our overall health, are these soy sauces unhealthy and/or full of chemicals?

Are there any soy sauces that are more healthy? Is there even such a thing?

Is it appropriate to make staying at home a consequence or punishment? For example, if we had planned to go the zoo or some other fun outing and then the kid(s) are not listening, messing around, not obeying the boundaries we had set, is it then okay to say if you don't do this or that, then we're not going anymore?

Sometimes they don't even care because they like playing at home so what do we do then?

I think it's important to have boundaries and follow through with them but also worry if we're implicitly saying that home is boring and outside is fun especially when they find home fun too.

Looking to install a retractable awning (12' x 10' projection) and between MaxShade or SunAir brands, is there one that is of better reputation or quality than the other? The company that we're going with quoted us nearly $1,000 difference in price with SunAir being the more expensive one.

Looking to install a retractable awning (12' x 10' projection) and between MaxShade or SunAir brands, is there one that is of better reputation or quality than the other? The company that we're going with quoted us nearly $1,000 difference in price with SunAir being the more expensive one.