Tokyo underground. Shots from some of Tokyo's hundreds of train stations.
In this retrospective there’s no question about Dion’s aesthetic eye and his capacity for the subtle, intuitive kind of taxonomy-making that artists engage in.
My invitation, by music and book, into the hushed shadows of what I think of as the dear and oh so needed Advent chapel, a space to find our yearning and our hope afresh in this waiting season.
If you plan on self-publishing, once you are happy with the actual text of your manuscript, it’s time to format. Even if you have a professional cover and stellar prose, the wrong font or haphazardly labeled chapters look awful and are bound to hurt your sales. I promise that formatting is not as difficult as […]
Oops! It happened again. I came across the phrase “Swedish Death Cleaning”. Not having heard of it before, it piqued my curiosity! And down another rabbit hole I go. Swedish Death Clean…
As you progress with your research, recording family history should become an integral part of your process, and you should choose a system that is easy for you, and others, to understand. There are many ways you can organise your genealogical research, such as using a filing system or computer program and making notes using
The Swedish Chef is the incomprehensible preparer of foodstuffs from The Muppet Show. He first appeared in The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence in 1975, with Chinese subtitles for his dialog. Nearly all Swedish Chef sketches begin with him in a kitchen, waving some utensils while singing his signature song in a trademark mock Swedish, a semi-comprehensible gibberish which parodies the characteristic vowel sounds of Swedish. The last line of the song is always "Børk! Børk! Børk!" and is punctuated b
What, really, is a chess combination? It is a maneuver generally employing surprise and a sacrifice, in which pieces work together to bring about a sudden advantage. It is perhaps the most aesthetically satisfying and successful technique in the game. Some players believe that the combination is a spontaneous creation with no guiding laws; the possibility springs up in the mind like a flash of genius. In this classic work, however, Znosko-Borovsky proves that combinations can be studied. He demonstrates conclusively that they need not be a haphazard occurrence, but may be prepared for as an integral part of a player's game.The great modern teacher begins by examining the games of master players, including Capablanca, Alekhine, Rubinstein, Nimzovich, Tarrasch, Reti, Mason, Morphy, Bird, Euwe, Emanuel Lasker, etc. The games are grouped according to common features, and perceptively analyzed to determine what conclusions may be drawn. Znosko-Borovsky shows that every combination, however complicated, begins in a simple idea, such as an undefended piece, the bad position of the hostile king, the promotion of a pawn, or a discovered check.The Art of Chess Combination will improve the game of anyone who knows how to move individual pieces but finds it hard to plan many moves ahead to make the pieces work together. The exposition is easily understood; technical terms are almost completely avoided but clarity and precision remain."In the teaching of chess he may claim to have no superior." — Philip W. Sergeant. chess;geometrics;attack;advantage;line opening;line blocking;loose pieces;overworked pieces;2 bishop sacrifice;f7 square; capablanca;alekhine;rubinstein;nimzovich;tarrasch;reti;morphy;euwe;lasker;silman;pawn;undefended piece;discovered check;master players;games;sport;competition;advanced chess;chess technique;skill;maneuvers;chess tactics;history of chess;diagrams;descriptive notation;instructional;chess lessons;nonfiction;reference
