Saturday, March 7, 2015

Squirrels Acting Nuts -- Squirrel Crazy Dancing

Hola and happy weekend everyone!

You know I'm a squirrel nut -- I  nurture and fed a large tribe for 24 years at the former Maison Newton and am doing the same here at the new maison.  In the northeast corner of my backyard are two large clumps of arborvitae that have grown nearly as tall as a telephone pole and there are a couple of squirrel nests inside the thick foilage, very much concealed from prying eyes because the arborvitaes are evergreen.  Because of how sunshine and wind come into the fenced backyard, the ground underneath the arborvitae clumps is bare, and it is not uncommon on a sunny afternoon even in bitter cold to see a squirrel or two stretched out on the layer of dead leaves that I put down last autumn to "melt" away during the winter, soaking up the warm sunshine.  This morning as I sipped my coffee and watched the first group of squirrels come for their morning hazel nuts, peanuts and sunflower seeds just after sun rise, I noticed a squirrel doing a "crazy dance" on the bare ground beneath the arborvitaes!

I've seen this kind of behavior many times over the past 25 years; I sat down at the computer and, not sure how to describe the behavior, did a google search under "squirrel doing sommersaults and acting crazy" and sure enough, up popped lots of results, LOL!  I found this website -- backyardsquirrels.com -- please check it out, it is a hoot! -- and this video:



This kind of show presented to us by Mother Nature is exactly why I find my squirrels so entertaining!

Friday, March 6, 2015

Goddesschess News: The Moscow Open (Tournament B - Women's Chess Ghetto)

Hola darlings!

As far as I have been able to determine from the website for the 2015 Russian Open, only males are allowed to play in the "A" Tournament.  Female players are relegated to "B" and below.  Well, figures.  There are a lot of hungry Russian chessplayers these days who cannot afford to travel outside the country, so they flock to events like this one, and male players greatly out-number female players.  The Russian Open used to be a far-more well-funded international event, attracting top-level players from around the world.  These days, not so much.

As you know, I don't give a fig about men's events but the ladies, yes, they are important to track, and not only because of their gender.  What is going on in the world as a whole is reflected in the miniscule world of chess, only greatly magnified.  Who suffers first?  Always women and children.  So take a look at this list of all of the female players from the 2015 Moscow (NOT SO OPEN) Tournament - the "B" Event, and draw your own conclusions.  "RR" equals Russian Rubles, which are STILL falling relative to international currency standards, despite the relative stablization of the price of a barrel of oil the past couple of weeks -- but this has happened after the tournament concluded -- wonder if the players actually got paid???

Warning:  The Women's "B" Tournament Results is in Russian alphabetic script and I can't read a damn word, so I may be reporting average Siberian temperatures for the past 50 years:

Итоговое положение после 9 туров

Ст.номСт.ном.ИмяГрФЕД.Рейт.Очки Доп1  Доп2  Доп3 Kрейт+/-
12WGMLei TingjieCHN24298.052.548.571014.6
21WGMGoryachkina AleksandraRUS24517.055.551.55105.0
323WGMMirzoeva ElmiraRUS22207.052.048.552049.0
435WFMTokhirjonova GulrukhbegimUZB21817.046.543.064098.8
511IMOvod EvgenijaRUS23247.042.039.57100.7
66IMGuseva MarinaRUS23756.554.050.55103.5
73WGMSzczepkowska-Horowska KarinaPOL24156.553.048.5410-2.0
844WFMBayarmaa BayarjargalMGL21346.551.047.552058.4
97WGMCharochkina DariaRUS23706.549.045.0610-7.0
108WIMBivol AlinaRUS23556.548.544.0520-4.6
1110FMPustovoitova DariaRUS23346.548.044.55204.6
1212IMVasilevich IrinaRUS23206.545.041.5510-4.1
1326WIMSchepetkova MargaritaRUS22166.055.050.552039.0
1438WCMHojjatova AydanAZE21706.052.048.564083.6
1524WIMMatveeva OlgaRUS22206.051.547.562012.0
1613WGMMaisuradze NinoFRA23106.049.045.0520-9.6
1717WIMIbrahimova SabinaAZE22736.048.045.55208.0
189WGMNakhbayeva GuliskhanKAZ23446.048.044.0520-7.8
1949WIMBaraeva IrinaRUS21056.047.043.552034.6
2015IMGalojan LilitARM22836.043.540.0510-6.2
215IMBodnaruk AnastasiaRUS24026.043.039.5410-17.7
2245WFMPavlova KseniiaRUS21326.036.033.5640-2.8
2321WIMDordzhieva DinaraRUS22445.549.045.0440-14.0
39WFMSmirnova EkaterinaRUS21615.549.045.044057.6
2528WFMPetrukhina IrinaRUS22105.547.543.54203.4
2631WFMAverchenko EkaterinaRUS22045.547.043.54200.0
2777WFMBelova OlgaRUS19715.547.043.044083.6
2871Maslova PolinaRUS19965.546.544.5540118.8
2920WFMKhlichkova TatianaRUS22575.546.543.5520-13.8
3027WIMDrozdova DinaRUS22155.546.542.0320-4.0
3119WIMKomiagina MariaRUS22625.545.542.0420-16.2
3233WIMBaraeva MarinaRUS21915.545.542.0320-15.8
3353Gaboyan SusannaARM20865.545.042.054081.2
3436WFMZherebtsova AlexandraRUS21815.544.042.05203.0
354WGMKovanova BairaRUS24055.544.040.5410-23.8
3637Sukhareva EvgeniyaRUS21715.541.539.5420-10.0
3765WFMNovikova GalinaRUS20165.541.039.052022.2
3834WFMGvanceladze AnnaRUS21865.540.537.0420-15.8
3961Azimova KarinaRUS20325.540.039.042030.2
4042WFMShuvalova PolinaRUS21495.049.046.034062.8
4122WIMTarasova ViktoriyaRUS22355.047.544.0320-20.0
4229WFMDerakhshani DorsaIRI22085.046.043.0440-8.8
4316WIMDauletova GulmiraKAZ22775.045.541.5320-38.2
4440WFMRjanova ValeryRUS21605.045.041.5420-5.4
4543WFMObolentseva AlexandraRUS21455.044.542.05409.6
4630WIMSemenova ElenaRUS22065.043.541.0420-28.2
47102Kuznetsova DaryaRUS18455.043.040.5340106.4
4860Trapeznikova DaryaRUS20385.043.039.53200.8
4950WFMPershina ElenaRUS21035.042.540.542010.6
5056WFMKhazieva ElzaRUS20705.042.039.04407.2
5159WFMUtiatskaja IrinaRUS20395.041.539.044033.2
5262WFMLingur ZalinaRUS20295.040.537.044013.2
5366Nosacheva MariyaRUS20095.040.038.04406.8
5447WFMProtopopova AnastasiyaRUS21115.040.037.0440-17.6
5548WFMKochukova AnnaRUS21075.039.537.0340-38.8
5667Romanova AnastasiaRUS20055.039.036.5520-2.2
57114Dyachkova MariaRUS17365.038.535.5440110.8
5863Alieva AlexandraRUS20295.037.034.5440-35.2
5914WFMBelenkaya DinaRUS23045.037.034.0420-58.4
6041WGMShaydullina SandugachRUS21495.035.032.0320-45.6
6155Imeeva AysaRUS20774.546.042.0420-7.6
6280Komissarova OksanaRUS19534.545.041.534022.4
6346WFMVifleemskaia SvetlanaRUS21114.545.041.0220-3.0
64119Zakariadze IrinaRUS17044.544.040.0340134.0
6532WFMIvanova KarinaRUS21934.543.539.5240-92.8
6654WFMParamzina AnastasyaRUS20834.543.040.04408.0
6758Mokshanova ElizavetaRUS20424.541.037.53402.8
6851WFMGoltseva EkaterinaRUS20994.540.537.5340-56.0
6972Shalukhina TatyanaKAZ19934.539.537.0420-7.6
70100Aksenova MariaRUS18634.539.036.544058.8
7195Chan NarunaRUS18834.538.536.042013.8
7273Aseeva AnastasiaRUS19924.538.036.0340-5.2
7394Sorokina NatalayRUS18874.536.033.044031.6
7481Malova AnnaRUS19504.535.033.044011.2
7574WFMDrogovoz MariaRUS19914.534.532.5340-44.0
7696Smirnova NinaRUS18804.534.032.04207.0
77112Gutkovich PolinaRUS17444.529.028.0440-4.4
7825Li XueyiCHN22184.050.046.0320-28.6
7978Muratova SaltanatKAZ19664.045.041.544013.6
80104Shchevyeva LiubovRUS18254.044.040.514084.8
8170Abramova YuliaRUS19974.041.038.0320-9.4
8293Pavlova NataliyRUS18914.040.538.544023.6
83105Zhemchuzhina ElizavetaRUS18034.040.538.534068.4
8490Kozina AnastasiaRUS18974.040.037.534032.8
85101Ochneva IngaRUS18504.040.037.044026.8
8685Tukaeva AdelyaRUS19304.039.537.5340-7.6
8776Litvinenko EkaterinaRUS19764.038.535.5440-38.0
8864Kobozeva ViktoriaRUS20224.038.535.5340-43.2
8968Maltsevskaya AleksandraRUS20034.038.036.0340-27.6
9082Ivanova SvetlanaRUS19404.038.035.5320-18.0
91108Vinokur YuliyaRUS17964.037.534.544012.0
9288Muratova AnelKAZ19054.035.534.54402.8
93115Chistyakova DariaRUS17334.034.532.044035.2
9491Beshukova EkaterinaRUS18924.034.032.0340-35.6
9552Morozova UliaRUS20934.033.531.5340-126.8
96109Makhno MariaRUS17754.032.530.534020.0
9783Lysenko ViktoriaRUS19364.032.030.0340-60.8
98123Garifullina LeyaRUS16534.030.528.534048.4
9979Kosova EkaterinaRUS19583.545.542.0340-19.2
10084Lysenko MargaritaRUS19313.543.040.0240-18.4
10175Adamova TuyaraRUS19803.543.039.5320-18.0
10269Sviridova OlgaRUS20003.542.039.5220-6.6
10357Mirzaeva GulnaraRUS20563.541.539.5340-42.8
104113Pivina MariyaRUS17393.541.037.534078.0
105103Dolgaeva EvgeniaRUS18373.539.037.034018.0
10692Chekalkina ViktoriaRUS18913.538.537.5340-17.2
107107Makarova DaryaRUS17973.537.535.034017.2
10887Niks YanaRUS19113.535.532.5220-28.4
109110Borisova PolinaRUS17643.534.532.5340-12.4
110117Sakorenko AdrianaRUS17323.534.532.524032.0
111128Troyanok TatianaRUS16043.533.031.034048.0
112126Gibadullina RajanaRUS16143.532.530.534024.8
11389Mamontova AnastasiaRUS19033.038.036.0340-35.2
11498Pranizina AlinaRUS18753.036.534.5240-80.0
115111Bulatova KamaliyaRUS17643.034.533.5140-6.8
116124Golovchanskaya AlinaRUS16483.032.030.032014.4
117121Chursina AdaRUS16803.032.030.024010.8
118122Zayniddinova SabokhatUZB16763.031.530.534017.6
119131Akulova TaisiyaRUS15153.028.526.534046.0
120116Golyshkina MarinaRUS17322.539.537.0240-29.6
121127Lopata ChristinaRUS16122.532.530.5140-1.6
12286Kiseleva EkaterinaRUS19142.532.530.0140-141.2
123106Kosolapova OlgaRUS18022.532.030.5140-105.6
124130Nagaytseva MarinaRUS15482.531.030.014026.0
125133Lysenko OlesyaRUS13302.528.527.524018.8
126134Radchuk YanaRUS02.528.027.02
127125Galimzyanova AlbinaRUS16282.526.024.5140-78.0
128135Reznik SofyaRUS02.524.522.50
129120Shkljar ValeriaRUS16992.034.031.5240-21.6
13099Beshukova AlinaRUS18662.033.031.0240-70.0
131118Matafonova YuliaRUS17292.033.031.0120-39.8
132132Bagaeva MariaRUS14752.031.029.0140-2.0
133129Shchukina EkaterinaRUS15501.030.028.0120-28.0
13418WIMShumilina AlexandraRUS22690.027.026.00200.0
97Milovanova MariaRUS18790.027.026.00400.0
136136Zhdanova AnastasiyaRUS00.021.520.50
Аннотация:
Доп1: Buchholz Tie-Breaks (variabel with parameter)
Доп2: Buchholz Tie-Breaks (variabel with parameter)
Доп3: The greater number of victories
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