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I still remember how humbled I was when Jennifer Yu’s parents allowed her to visit with some Girl Scouts here in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2015. I hope every parent, grandparent, community leader, business person, educator and so many others will work to increase the scope of K-12 chess for the K-12 community across not only Virginia but the entire USA. The memories I have and the ones I am building now through chess mean more than I can share. I could see the joy in her face as she spoke of her father and what playing chess with him meant to her and how much she was missing those days. She said that her father had taught her how to play and she loved playing him. I told her I did and was helping to bring the game to K-12 students in our area. The lady, cashier (whose name I unfortunately did not get), inside noticing my door sign asked me if I played chess. I carry a magnetic sign on my truck about Playing ACES CHESS. I was near exit 154 on Interstate 64, I think, going east the other day on my way to Richmond for a meeting when I discovered I needed gas. In closing, I want to leave you as the reader with one final thought! After about our 1st ten moves in each game I’ll post the positions here so people can follow the games. In any event, we have started two games that we will play by email. He still follows chess online and we spoke briefly about the current World Champion Magnus Carlson, especially his Blitz game strength. I am so glad Robert answered my phone call this morning! After 10 years of trying to figure out what had become of him I was over joyed to know he was living a quiet life and was still in Alabama. But, this is what it is! Fischer, despite his character flaws, will be, from a pure chess perspective, one of the game’s greatest players of all time! But, had other interventions taken place earlier in is life his legacy would not be viewed in such disarray as some have now portrayed him. Fischer in his later life had serious character flaws. We remembered his greatness and how everyone of us were enamored with his mystique as a player. We grew-up during the era of Bobby Fischer. But, now I am hopeful to make a trip back to Alabama to play my old friend!īelow is a page from our HS Yearbook as Seniors. Frankly, I feared that my old friend had passed and we would never again get the chance to play another game of chess together. About 10 years ago I had contacted the Alabama Chess Federation looking for Robert, but he had gone “dark” as it were, retiring if you will, from active chess to take care of family! They had not heard from him in some time. Then we started on a near 3 hour reminiscence. Robert my old chess buddy!” He responded “ Yes, Nate its me“. I was stunned, saying “ Is this my old buddy Robert Pruitt from our days at Sidney Lanier HS. The voice said “ This is Robert Pruitt is this Nate“. I had just sat down at my computer in my home office when the phone range. At the end of the message I said “If this is my old friend Robert then P-Q4 ( aka d4). You see, I had just found, what I hoped was Robert’s number calling it leaving a message and a clue. It had been 40 years since I had the chance to speak with my old friend and our #1 board player whom I played behind as #2 board.īut, this morning around 8:30 am I got the surprise of a life-time. He came close to being the Alabama State Chess Champion one year tying for 2nd place. I had been looking for an old chess friend from my high school days! Robert Pruitt was a brilliant mathematical mind and a tough chess player. Every now and then the world is a surprising place. But incredibly, bookmakers at the time didn’t account for this fact they simply arrived at a total for the full game and cut that figure roughly down the middle, assigning some 50 percent of the points to the first half and 50 percent to the second.įor years, Voulgaris exploited this edge, playing both sides of it repeatedly. Each half, of course, is its own discrete period of play, and the fourth quarters of close games can end in elongated foul-clogged stretches of free throws, timeouts, fast play and, hence, a burst of scoring. It all had to do with how most bookmakers set their halftime totals, the predicted number of points scored in each half of the game. In betting parlance, the man could suss out an edge - and in 2002, he discovered one that would line his pockets for years. He was essentially leading the fantasy life of your basic under-35 North American male.Ī specialist in the NBA, his sports gambling success was almost completely the result of a kind of studied perspicacity, born of a talent for pattern recognition and the stamina to watch uncountable hours of televised basketball. He was also an accomplished poker player, buying his way into high-stakes games from Las Vegas to Macau. A man of no fixed address, he dated models and traveled the world. He considered his mean to be an unholy winning percentage that approached 70 percent. He says he routinely wagered a million dollars in a single day of NBA games. He had begun betting on sports in the late 1990s, and within five years, before he had reached his 30th birthday, Voulgaris had accumulated a fortune. It wasn’t just a streak of bad luck, a series of randomly unfavorable outcomes that could last only so long. Subscribe today!īob Voulgaris had become one of the most successful sports gamblers in the world when, in 2004, he started to lose. This story appears in ESPN The Magazine's March 4 Analytics issue. Peng’s Vase A Chinese Folktale by Paolo ProiettiĬlassic folktales teach a valuable lesson– and this one teaches the value of honesty. But there is someone who loves Helga and doesn’t need money - the king! Tomie dePaola does it again! But once she’s amassed a dowery, she realizes that Lars doesn’t love her, he just wants her money. Helga’s Dowry: A Troll Love Story by Tomie dePaolaĪ hardworking, clever troll named Helga earns her own dowery so that Lars will finally marry her, not Inge. The teams for the ball game are separated into animals and birds until Bat arrives which eventually helps the players learn to be more accepting of diversity. The Great Ball Game by Rebecca Sheir, illustrated by Joshua Pawis-Steckley When people judge him for how he looks, he finds a creative and messy way to teach the villagers a valuable lesson. Nasruddin works all day in this vineyard and arrives at the governor’s celebration banquet in his work clothes. The Unwelcome Guest by Rebecca Sheir, illustrated by Mert Tugen Our clever beekeeper hero, Kamala, uses her wits to outsmart thieves in a very funny way! Folktales for KidsĪ Taste of Honey by Rebecca Sheir, illustrated by Chaaya Prabhat However, the point of this post is not to define folktales so much as to share with you good folktales picture books for kids that recently impressed me. I think you’ll really like these titles. Plus, tall tales are considered folktales.įor now, we’ll just say that folktales are stories meant to teach something, and they are orally passed down from generation to generation. One website I read said, “ Folktales include myths, legends, fables, animal tales and fairy tales.” Which makes it a bit confusing when trying to distinguish the difference between these different stories. When researching folktales, I found that there is quite a bit of overlap with myths, fables, and legends. Sometimes folktales contain a wise life lesson at the end, just like a fable does. Do your kids know about folktales? These are traditional narrative stories from a culture’s oral traditions meant to share values and/or explain something in the natural world or about human nature, often about ordinary people, and can include talking animals like fables. The creature contorts itself in a variety of forms so it can get into (or out of) remarkably tight spaces. Octopus Spirit’s message has overtones of finding a way through what seems to be impossible situations. You are a student of the Universe who never wants to stop learning. Then too, you also love a good puzzle and will try to solve it with all eight arms. You can be quite enigmatic when you want to be, especially if you are unsure about someone new. There is an air of mystery around the Octopus-born. Your skills of articulation are formidable. People appreciate your honesty and rally around you when you have an idea. You’re aware of your flaws and seek ever to improve them. People with the Octopus Birth Animal innately know how to “fix things.” You don’t shy away from a challenge and put a little of yourself into everything you do. When negativity rears its ugly head, you know how to protect yourself and those you love behind a veil of proverbial ink. You are also very sensitive to the world around you. To be one with the Goddess is a deep-seated yearning. Octopus people are a bit like Sufi Dancers who swirl into life seeking that Divine Center with all their heart and soul. The only caution is that you may work too hard to reach those goals and miss some important aspects of daily life. On more mundane matters, you know what you want and how to get there using “street smarts” and life experience as a guide. Having said that, you have a secret desire you don’t readily share until you feel perfectly at ease in your skin. If you are born with an Octopus Totem, you are very intelligent and love to share what you know with others. Humans are an impatient lot, but you will find waiting holds special rewards. Octopus Spirit reminds you, you don’t have to understand EVERYTHING right NOW. The art of camouflage alludes to shape-shifting and the way in which the Universe unfolds, often in unexplainable yet beautiful ways. Stand back, watch, gather information, and return when things calm down. Lay low and avoid overexposure when things around you become chaotic. It knows when to step back from view based on the situation. the heart.Īdditionally, Octopus is a master of camouflage. Everything is in balance, in this case, the head vs. logic, but Octopus reminds us that both have a place on our Path. Many spiritual seekers rely heavily on sensitivity vs. Thus, Octopus represents mastering our minds and honing our cognitive skills. Octopus is a reasoning being they have sound memories and logical aptitude. The Creature whispers in your ear: carry nothing that holds you back. This ability, combined with the ability to detach limbs, means that Octopus can avoid problems and dangers, leaving the past behind. So, when one door figuratively closes, it’s easy to “regenerate” and try something else. Expect the unexpected when this Spirit Animal enters your awareness.Īs an Animal Ally, Octopus represents renewal. As a result, the Path Octopus treads is not always orthodox but productive. The Octopus has no spinal column, making them very flexible (loose as a goose, so to speak). Additionally, no matter Octopus’ magical abilities, it stays close to the ground of the watery realms for stability and safety. In this, Octopus teaches us how to work with whatever is “in motion” vs. They frequently shift with the water’s ebb and flow. In nature, Octopus prefers to move along the bottom of their realm. Many women would love 8 tentacles, um… hands to get things done! Lightworkers consider Octopus Medicine as tied to the Sacred Feminine. The Moon likewise has energetic connections to Octopus, charging the air with psychic ability. This brings insight, inventiveness, cleansing, and movement into the equation. The Water Element highly influences Octopus symbolism. Who knows, perhaps it does so in its watery realm. If Octopus walked on land, it would be a lifelong student of energetic realms and ancient mysteries. It shows us our potential and supports our ability to reason things out. As a sea creature, this Animal Spirit touches our deep emotions in unanticipated ways. To humans, Octopus Spirit may seem mysterious. Octopus looks at circumstances, adapts, flexes, and then finds a strategic way to fix things or make them better. This Animal Ally is very wise and intelligent, having the skills to get out of sticky situations. On a spiritual level, Octopus represents our willpower and focus. The impressive Octopus has a variety of symbolism and meanings associated with it. The game features references to many real-life elements of the world, such as its cities, regions, and landmarks, with its plot heavily based on several real-life events in Los Angeles in the early 1990s, including the rivalry between street gangs, the crack epidemic of the 1980s and early 1990s, the LAPD Rampart scandal, and the 1992 Los Angeles riots. state of San Andreas, which is based on California and Nevada and encompasses three major cities: Los Santos (inspired by Los Angeles), San Fierro ( San Francisco) and Las Venturas ( Las Vegas). Carl's journey takes him across the fictional U.S. The story follows Carl "CJ" Johnson, who returns home following his mother's murder and is drawn back into his former gang and a life of crime while clashing with corrupt authorities and powerful criminals. The game is set within an open world environment that players can explore and interact with at their leisure. It was released in October 2004 for the PlayStation 2, in June 2005 for Microsoft Windows and Xbox, and in November 2010 for Mac OS X. It is the fifth main entry in the Grand Theft Auto series, following 2002's Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and the seventh installment overall. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is a 2004 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. Billboard namit her the "Princess of Latin Pop". īelinda haes sauld ower 2 million albums in the US an 16 million albums warldwide, as is the third best-sellin female Mexican airtist. Her fowert studio album Catarsis wis released in 2 Julie 2013, featurin its singles " En El Amor Hay Que Perdonar" an " En La Obscuridad". Follaein her return tae Mexican telly in Camaleones (2009) an the series Mujeres Aseseinas 3 (2010), inspired her subsequent album Carpe Diem which spawned the hit single " Egoista". īelinda haes appeared in film an aw includin the Disney Channel Original Movie, The Cheetah Girls 2 (2006) an haes dubbit voice roles for The Tale of Despereaux in 2008 an Las Aventuras de Tadeo Jones in 2012. It contained the top ten singles " Ni Freud Ni Tu Mamá", " Bella Traición" an " Luz Sin Gravedad". Follaein her depairtur frae Sony BMG an management in 2005, Belinda's seicont album Utopía (2006) earned her twa Latin Grammy Awards nominations an wis certifee'd platinum in Mexico. The album spawned nummer ane singles " Ángel" and " Vivir" the main themit sang o Corazones al Límite. Her debut sel-titled album Belinda (2003) wis a commercial success in Laitin Americae, sellin ower 2.5 million records warldwide. She later appeared in ither children's programs Aventuras en el Tiempo in 2001 an Cómplices al Rescate in 2002 wi their subsequent soondtrack releases an internaitional tours. She stairtit her career as bairn actor at the age o 10 when she wis cast the lead role in the childer's telenovela ¡Amigos X Siempre! (2000). Belinda Peregrín Schüll, kent mononymously as Belinda (born 15 August 1989) is Spaingie-born Mexican sangster-sangwriter an actress. Mastodons were covered with long reddish brown hair. The body was relatively long, and the legs were short, massive, and pillarlike. The ears were smaller and not as prominent as those of elephants. Although the skull was lower and flatter and of generally simpler construction than that of the modern elephants, it was similar in appearance. Mastodons were shorter than modern elephants but were heavily built. Short lower tusks were present in males but absent in females. The prominent upper tusks were long and grew parallel to each other with an upward curvature. They are low-crowned, large, and strongly rooted, with as many as four prominent ridges separated by deep troughs the teeth are much smaller and less complex, however, than those in the true elephants. Mastodons had a worldwide distribution their remains are quite common and are often very well preserved.Ī characteristic feature of the mastodons, which appear to have fed upon leaves, is the distinctive nature of the grinding teeth, which in many respects are relatively primitive. In North America, mastodons probably persisted into post-Pleistocene time and were thus contemporaneous with Paleo-Indian groups. Mastodon, (genus Mammut), any of several extinct elephantine mammals (family Mammutidae, genus Mammut ) that first appeared in the early Miocene (23 million to 2.6 million years ago) and continued in various forms through the Pleistocene Epoch (from 2.6 million to 11,700 years ago). SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!.Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.COVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today.But I'm not, like, some oversized behemoth. Mais je ne suis pas un mastodonte surdimensionn. This behemoth fires the ball with 300 pounds. Ce mastodonte tire des boulets de 300 livres. This is a thriving, prosperous city, an industrial and cultural juggernaut. No deben confundirse con los mamuts, pertenecen al género Mammuthus de la familia Elephantidae. C'est une ville trs prospre, un mastodonte industriel et culturel. Student Portal Britannica is the ultimate student resource for key school subjects like history, government, literature, and more. Los mamútidos (Mammutidae, antiguamente llamada Mastodontidae) son una familia extinta de mamíferos proboscídeos conocidos normalmente como mastodontes.This Time in History In these videos, find out what happened this month (or any month!) in history.#WTFact Videos In #WTFact Britannica shares some of the most bizarre facts we can find.Demystified Videos In Demystified, Britannica has all the answers to your burning questions.Britannica Classics Check out these retro videos from Encyclopedia Britannica’s archives.Britannica Explains In these videos, Britannica explains a variety of topics and answers frequently asked questions. 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