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Category: Culture
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Choice, happiness and spaghetti sauce
The author Malcolm Gladwell tell a wonderful story of new science.
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A riddle for your fiddle
Here is a litte riddle for your imagination. What is the image representing?
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Realising our full potential
Realising our full potential – Saturday 18th May – Day Course Retreat
To achieve true happiness, we must understand what is holding us back and learn to develop the mind to achieve its full potential. In this day course retreat we will look into our life purpose and learn practical methods to overcome obstacles and to achieve our deepest wishes. Kelsang Tubchen will teach and Kelsang Lobon will guide the meditations.
Please book in advance – Thank you!
The Clear Light Kadampa Buddhist Centre
St. Kongensgade 40H, st. tv.
København K
DenmarkDetails, price and booking:
Realising our full potential meditateincopenhagen.orgNB! Guest teacher Kelsang Tubchen who is the principal teacher in Oslo will also be in Copenhagen on the 17th. of May for the evening event “Food for Thought” which includes a meditation and meal in a peaceful and open environment!
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Revival of Kings Gambit
The romantics of chess has reason to rejoice. There has been a revival of the Kings Gambit in modern chess. GM’s like Hector, Short and Nakamura plays the Kings Gambit from time to time.
Here is a wonderful example of the Kings Gambit from Reykjavik Open 2013 were white, S. Jensen, with a mere 1909 in rating, plays IM Urkedal, with a rating of 2474. S. Jensen demolishes IM Urkedal in 21 moves! The rating difference is 564 rating points.
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[Event “Reykjavik Open 2013”]
[Site “Reykjavik ISL”]
[Date “2013.02.19”]
[Round “1.39”]
[White “Jensen, So3”]
[Black “Urkedal, F”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “1909”]
[BlackElo “2473”]
[ECO “C37”]
[EventDate “2013.02.19”]
[BlackTitle “IM”]
[Opening “KGA”]
[Variation “double Muzio gambit”]
[WhiteFideId “1421204”]
[BlackFideId “1506102”]1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.O-O gxf3 6.Qxf3 Qf6 7.e5 Qxe5 8.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 9.d4 Qxd4+ 10.Be3 Qf6 11.Bxf4 Bc5+ 12.Kh1 Bd6 13.Qh5+ Qg6 14.
Bxd6+ Nf6 15.Qd5+ Kg7 16.Rxf6 Qxf6 17.Be5 Rf8 18.Bxf6+ Rxf6 19.Qg5+ Kf7
20.Nc3 d6 21.Nd5 1-0[/pgn]
Links:
Kings Gambit Accepted chessgames.com -
Who was he? Shakespeare!
Michael Wood explores the world of William Shakespeare. Title: In Search of Shakespeare
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Short demolished in Bangkok
GM Nigel Short was thoroughly outplayed by the young leading indian IM Roy Saptarshi in Bangkok Chess Club Open 2013.
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[Event “13th BCC Open 2013”]
[Site “Pattaya THA”]
[Date “2013.04.15”]
[Round “3.1”]
[White “Saptarshi, Roy”]
[Black “Short, Nigel D”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “2426”]
[BlackElo “2697”]
[ECO “A47”]
[EventDate “2013.04.14”]
[WhiteTitle “IM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[Opening “Queen’s Indian defence”]
[WhiteFideId “5008980”]
[BlackFideId “400025”]1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.e3 Bb7 4.Bd3 c5 5.O-O g6 6.c4 Bg7 7.Nc3 cxd4 8.exd4 d5 9.c5 bxc5 10.Bb5+ Nfd7 11.dxc5 a6 12.Ba4 O-O 13.Be3 e6 14.Rc1 Nc6 15.Re1 Rc8 16.Bxc6 Bxc6 17.b4 Re8 18.a4 Ba8 19.Qd3 e5 20.Qxa6 d4 21.Bg5 f6 22.Qc4+ Kh8 23.Nb5 Bxf3 24.Nd6 Rf8 25.Nxc8 fxg5 26.Nd6 e4 27.Nf7+ Rxf7 28.Qxf7 Ne5 29.Qb7 d3 30.c6 e3 31.c7 exf2+ 32.Kh1 Qf8 33.gxf3 fxe1=Q+ 34.Rxe1 d2 35.Rd1 1-0
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Bangkok Chess Club bangkokchess.com
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Magnus on Mount Everst in Chess
I have followed the young Mozart of Chees, Magnus Carlsen, since he entered the world of chess 10 years ago. Magnus is now 22 and he is currently the world number in chess. In january 2013 the young Chess Grandmaster received a staggering 2861 in rating. This is an all time rating record. Beating Garry Kasparov long time old record of 2851. There is more than 50 points between number one and two on the FIDE rating list! To put this perspective there is only a handful of players who has been above 2800 in chess history. The the current world champion in Chess, Viswanathan Anand, has mere 2772 as in rating as number 7 on the list.
In 2012 in Bilbao Masters Magnus Carlsen demolished Viswanathan Anand in the following game:
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[Event “Bilbao Masters”]
[Site “Sao Paulo BRA”]
[Date “2012.10.12”]
[EventDate “2012.09.24”]
[Round “9”]
[Result “1-0”]
[White “Magnus Carlsen”]
[Black “Viswanathan Anand”]
[ECO “B52”]
[WhiteElo “?”]
[BlackElo “?”]
[PlyCount “59”]1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 g6
7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7 9.f3 Qc7 10.b3 Qa5 11.Bb2 Nc6 12.O-O O-O
13.Nce2 Rfd8 14.Bc3 Qb6 15.Kh1 d5 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Qe1 Rdc8
18.e5 Ne8 19.e6 fxe6 20.Nf4 Bxc3 21.Qxc3 d4 22.Qd2 c5 23.Rae1
Ng7 24.g4 Rc6 25.Nh3 Ne8 26.Qh6 Nf6 27.Ng5 d3 28.Re5 Kh8
29.Rd1 Qa6 30.a4 1-0[/pgn]
Update:
Magnus Carlsen further clear in February FIDE Ratings theweekinchess.comLinks:
Homepage of Magnus Carlsen magnuscarlsen.com
Magnus Carlsen wikipedia.org
FIDE Rating list january 2013 fide.comMagnus Carlsen is going to play 5 of the top 10 players of the world in The 75th Tata Steel Chess Tournament: 11 – 27 January 2013 in Wijk aan Zee
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Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa
Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa is a Chinese natural herb medicine (TCM) against lung disorders including cough, hoarseness, loss of voice, dry skin, sore throat and colds.
Reference: Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa wikipedia.org
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Somebody That I Used To Know
Somebody That I Used To Know lyrics
Now and then I think of when we were together
Like when you said you felt so happy you could die
Told myself that you were right for me
But felt so lonely in your company
But that was love and it’s an ache I still rememberYou can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness
Like resignation to the end
Always the end
So when we found that we could not make sense
Well you said that we would still be friends
But I’ll admit that I was glad that it was overBut you didn’t have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened
And that we were nothing
And I don’t even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger
And that feels so rough
You didn’t have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records
And then change your number
I guess that I don’t need that though
Now you’re just somebody that I used to knowNow and then I think of all the times you screwed me over
But had me believing it was always something that I’d done
And I don’t wanna live that way
Reading into every word you say
You said that you could let it go
And I wouldn’t catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know…But you didn’t have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened
And that we were nothing
And I don’t even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger
And that feels so rough
You didn’t have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records
And then change your number
I guess that I don’t need that though
Now you’re just somebody that I used to knowI used to know
That I used to know -
Mac OS X Chess Ressources
It seems like all the cool chess programs and databases are developed for windows only. Is there really no Mac OS Chess Programs and Chess Databases available?
I have compiled a basic list of free Mac OS Chess Ressources:
Chess Database: Scid: A Free Chess Database App
Chess Engines:
Critter
Stockfish
Crafty ( port install crafty MacPorts )Chess engines wikipedia.org
Chess Apps
xboard – X graphical user interface for chess (port install xboard, see MacPorts – requires X11)Chess Games
The Week in Chess TWICChess Server
FICS – free internet chess server -
A journey towards liberation
Vipassana Documentary from India
Personally I took a 10 day intensive Vipassana meditation course in Nepeal just after New Year 2012. 10-11 hours of meditation every day, keeping the buddhist precepts of a strictly vegetarian diet, refraining from sexual activity and keeping to silence and non communication. As many of the prisoners in the movie “Doing Time, Doing Vipassana” I had no real prior experience with meditation.
The first 2-3 days was a refined form of physical and mental torture as my body and mind constantly rebelled against the rigorous training. After the first day and second day I felt like screaming and running away. Actually it was only by the kind and loving intervention of one the foreign volunteers at Dharmashringa that I managed to overcome my desperation. I remember thinking I would have preferred going to a Nepalese jail instead.
As the days went on my struggling body and mind started to settle by themselves. I began a profound journey towards my self – a journey that trancends language! First everyday problems and worries started to wane, then old stuff started to emerge and go from the depths of my mind together with injuries and bad habits of my body. Then something happened. I adjusted to the situation.
Not all was perfect or even good – but somehow even the most troublesome moments was okay! An immense presence slowly manifested it self.
For me it was a life altering experience. To this day I am not sure that I would do it again. But I will recommend this journey towards liberation to all!
I am still struggling in this very moment: Innica Innica – maintaining equanimity!
Links:
Vipassanā wikipedia.org
Nepal Vipassana Center Dharmashringa www.np.dhamma.org
Vipassana i Norden Dhamma Sobhana
www.pariyatti.org Vipassana ShopThe Vipasana Meditation Technique neigong.net
Videos:
Doing Time, Doing Vipassana 1/4
Doing Time, Doing Vipassana 2/4
Doing Time, Doing Vipassana 3/4
Doing Time, Doing Vipassana 4/4Books:
The Art of Living: Vipassana Meditation as Taught by S.N. Goenka
Discourse Summaries: Talks from a Ten-day Course in Vipassana Meditation -
The Lost Axe
Once upon a time there was a craftsman who lost his Axe. He thought hard, and finally suspected his neighbor of stealing it. When he saw his neighbor walking, he thought that he walked like an Axe thief. When he meet his neighbor, the others countenance was just like that of an Axe thief, and when he saw him in conversation with others, he even talked like an Axe thief.
Not long afterward, the craftsman found his Axe where he had mislaid it. Strangely enough, from that time on, his neighbor ceased to walk, look and talk like an Axe Thief.
Reference:A Taoist Miscellany
p. 67
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I am home
I have arrived
I am home
in the here
in the now
I am Solid
I am free
in the Ultimate
I dwellThich Nhat Hanh
Reference:
The Long Road Turns to Joy: Guide to Walking Meditation
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