tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49888191775233454002009-07-12T16:54:26.608-05:00Welcome to the Goddesschess Blog. About chess femmes, chess, the Goddess, Women, History, Archaeology and anything else that catches our fancy. Chess Is The Game Of The Goddess. Fight to promote your inner pawn.Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16575870809633911343noreply@blogger.comBlogger2709125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988819177523345400.post-50994150330042742842009-07-12T16:45:00.004-05:002009-07-12T16:54:26.620-05:00

From 9news.com (an NBC affiliate in Colorado)(GREENVILLE, S.C. - We share our neighborhoods and parks with a lot of critters and sometimes those two worlds collide - literally for this little guy.A squirrel somehow got a yogurt container stuck on its head at a local rose garden. A news photographer captured the strange scene while he working on a story on the campus of Furman University in South

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Since again the location was clearly indicated in this press report, thank the Goddess this is "merely" a Paleolithic site, with no gold, no pottery, no ancient gameboards - will the looters flock there? Let's hope not. One could suspect, since this is an official outlet of the Islamist government of Iran, that the government publishes such details in the hopes that looters WILL invade valuable

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This story shows me that some things haven't changed very much in 2200 years! This sounds something like the classic Pond's cold cream.Story from MSNBC online:2,000-year-old cream shows aristocrat’s taste Tuscan discovery was found almost intact in a cosmetics caseBy Rossella Lorenziupdated 6:15 p.m. CT, Fri., July 10, 2009Italian archaeologists have discovered lotion that is over 2,000 years

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From Hurriyet.com:Jewelry of the Parion Princess unearthedJuly 12, 2009ÇANAKKALE - Archaeologists in the Turkish Aegean town of Çanakkale are celebrating the new discovery of a 2,200-year-old sarcophagus in the ancient city of Parion, one of the most important centers of the Helenistic era.Golden earrings, rings and crown pieces have been found in the sarcophagus, which is believed to have

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I'm not sure what tournament this is talking about - I couldn't find anything on the FIDE calendar.Padmini, Kiran in International Open Chess TournamentSunday, July 12, 2009Bhubaneshwar: The state women international master (WIM) Padmini Rout and Kiran Manisha Mohanty are among the Indian Junior team comprising of six boys and six girls playing in 3rd International Open Chess Tournament that

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Land of the Sun GoddessMichael Hoffman traces some fascinating risings and settings in the story of JapanBy MICHAEL HOFFMANSpecial to The Japan TimesThe sun was mortally offended — with good reason.Civilized progress deadens the impulse to see gods in the workings of nature. It's a price we pay, willingly or unconsciously.To the ancient Japanese, the sun was the goddess Amaterasu Omikami. She was

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Is the alleged sighting of the Virgin Mary in the trunk of a cut-down tree a signal that the End Times Are Near??? I put this right up there with the conspiracy to kill off most of the population by innoculating them against the H1N1 virus (Swine flu, latest version).I don't know about you, but I sure didn't see any Virgin Mary in this photograph, not even while squinting without my glasses on.

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From the Jakarta Post:Ancient boat reveals shipbuilding skills of Java’s seafarersSuherdjoko , The Jakarta Post , Rembang, Central Java Fri, 07/10/2009 11:49 AM Java BrewHistorians have long wondered just how Indonesians in the 6th and 7th centuries built their boats. A recent archaeological discovery sheds some light on the mystery.In July last year, an ancient boat, measuring 15.6 meters long

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Whoa! Just what I needed to cheer up an otherwise extremely stressfully and - dare I say it, yes I will - crappy week. Enjoy!Weighing in against the petrified poop being from a human being, we have these dudes: Paul Goldberg,1,2, Francesco Berna,1,3 Richard I. Macphail1,41 Department of Archaeology, Boston University, 675 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA.2 Zentrum für

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Most interesting! Thanks to Allen Becker of Southwest Chess Club for giving me a heads-up on this article this afternoon.European Journal of Social PsychologyEur. J. Soc. Psychol. 38, 231–245 (2008)Published online 14 May 2007 in Wiley InterScience(www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.440Checkmate? The role of gender stereotypes in the ultimateintellectual sportANNE MAASS*, CLAUDIO D’

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Prior post.It ain't over 'til it's over...The Lede at The New York Times and Nico Pitney at The Huffington Post (continual) have been blogging about the election and its aftermath in Iran.MENE MENE TEKEL PARSIN...Tonight the NYT carried this story - and lead photograph (copyright Associated Press). Here is a quote from the story:... A young woman, her clothing covered in blood, ran up Kargar

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Well, this is just too strange to pass by without mentioning!When I was doing the prior post on the Ark of the Covenant, I pulled out the one Graham Hancock book I have in my library, Fingerprints of the Gods: The Evidence of Earth's Lost Civilization, and after using it to get the exact title of Hancock's book about the Ark of the Covenant, I just happened to flip to page 327, which is the start

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LOL! How did I miss this story?MUCH ABOUT HISTORY'Ark of the Covenant' about to be unveiled?Ethiopian patriarch tells pope he will show artifact to worldPosted: June 24, 20099:35 pm Eastern© 2009 WorldNetDailyThe patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Ethiopia says he will announce to the world Friday the unveiling of the Ark of the Covenant, perhaps the world's most prized archaeological and

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Information from The Egyptian Gazette - undated, I presume today or tomorrow? - isn't Egypt several time zones ahead of us timewise?Another Cache Unearthed in National MuseumEgyptian archaeologists have unearthed another cache near the Western gate of the National Museum in Cairo, Culture Minister Farouq Hosni said yesterday.Zahi Hawass, the secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities

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The Club Championship starts tomorrow - how'd it get here so fast, eek! Last summer's championship was won by Expert Anthony Parker. Who will win it this year?Here is the information:It is a 6-round Swiss, in one Open Section.Two 1/2-Pt Byes are available in Rounds 1-5 (not Rd 6). July 9, 16, 23, 30 & August 6 & 13(No lecture this Thursday, as we will have lots of players signing up for the

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Ohmygoddess!I now somehow find myself playing chess games with Rob, Soheil, Mott the Hoople, and Frog Breath. And I believe more or knocking on my email door, but I have not as yet answered them.Who would call himself or herself Frog Breath?I suspect that other than Rob, and - possibly, Soheil, the others are grandmasters in hiding, waiting to get their jollies off on playing a hopeless patzer

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We have a flyer for the Hales Corners Chess Challenge X, yippee!It doesn't show up in all of its glory here - but I'll do my best to make it pretty :)Hales Corners Challenge XSponsored by The Southwest Chess ClubSaturday, October 17, 2009Two Sections – Open & Reserve (Under 1600)FORMAT: Four Round Swiss System - Four Games in One DayUSCF RatedTIME LIMIT: Game in One Hour (60 minutes per player)

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Hola darlings!I do hope I have not previously reported on this discovery. I found this story at English.Chosun.com which is, I believe, a South Korean website (but don't quote me on that :))Ancient Royal Tomb Found in China Arirang News / Jul. 07, 2009 12:10 KSTWorkers in northern China building water infrastructure recently uncovered a 1,400-year-old royal tomb containing ancient wall paintings

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Wherever this place is, it sure is gorgeous!Donostia Chess FestivalAction July 7 - 16, 2009. In addition to three other tournaments that are composed with only chess dudes (snore), there is a women only event with a well-mixed line-up of chess femmes:Diputacion Foral de Gipuzkoa Donostia (ESP), 7-16 vii 2009cat. III (2318)Name Ti NAT Elo DoBTania, Sachdev m IND 2410 1986Milliet, Sophie m FRA 2388

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This discovery could possibly re-write the history, such as it is, of trade between Japan and centers that traded Islamic-made goods in the 8th century CE.8th century Islamic vase foundTHE ASAHI SHIMBUN2009/7/6NARA--Shards of an Islamic ceramic vase--the oldest uncovered in Japan--were excavated at the former site of Heijokyo palace, municipal researchers said.The 19 pieces of what is believed to

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Oy, this is driving me crazy.Today I made a very bad mistake. I actually opened one of the data bases that Kelly a/k/a Chess Daddy sent to me, using Chess Base Lite. I forced myself to work through 1 and nearly a half games, and then I couldn't stand it anymore. Every single thing I do when I play chess is fricking WRONG. So WRONG, I found myself paralyzed and now I cannot make a move in my

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Here is jus a sampling from the Daily Times, which reports news from Pakistan. In almost all incidents, the victims are female:Monday, July 06, 2009‘Honour’ killings remain uncheckedBy Rana TanveerLAHORE: ‘Honour’ killing seems to go unchecked in the city as it claimed three lives in two incidents during the last week.On July 2, a newly married couple was killed in the name of ‘honour’ in Barki

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(Photo of the "Living Flag" taken at Ellis Island, New York, May, 2009. This is the neatest thing! Depending upon your angle, you either get a straight shot of the flag of the USA, or something like this photograph, that shows that the flip sides of each part of the flag is made up of individual images of people who have come through Ellis Island. This is a motion shot that I think Mr. Don took

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Cf. Garbage Children?I am not at all certain that what seems to be the prevailing theory in archaeology and anthropology of "disposable children" is a correct reading of the existing meagre evidence. For instance, there are these lovingly-preserved mummies of children (and some adults, too) that are 7,000 years old - from the New World, no less.Article at downtoearth.orgParents’ keepsakeSavvy

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