I had never heard of the answer-country, Nauru, which turns out to be a small Micronesian island with an unbelievably informative government website.
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intermittent thoughts on my life and work as the chess coach at IS 318, a public middle school in Brooklyn
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links
- Al Jazeera English
- Big Think
- bionic lime
- blue eyed rook
- Boylston Blog
- Braden Bournival's blog (hilarious chess raps)
- chess addict
- Chess Flash
- Chicago Chess blogspot
- curtains' hilarious chess videos
- Dana Mackensie's Blog
- Endgame clothing blogspot
- Endgame clothing purchase
- getting to 2000
- Ginzie's blog
- Goddess Chess
- Goddess Chess Blog
- greg's blog
- hardcore pawnography
- Internet Chess Club
- Jenn's blog
- Katar blog
- Kenilworthian
- knights of castle kimbark
- mushroom chess blog
- Natalia Pogonina's website
- nonprofit cheap used books w/free shipping
- panda chess--really really funny
- Pokerstars.net
- random number generator... for when you just can't decide
- robert pearson's blog
- Route 20 chess club (keith)
- San Fransisco Chess News
- Scholastic Chess Blog
- Sergio's site
- Soapstone's Studio Blog
- US Chess League Homepage
- UTD Brownsville
2 comments:
Nauru is an interesting place but arguably also an ecological wreck and a microcosm example of what happens when people let their personal greed and self-interest overtake their responsibilities to their little part of the world.
Check out this piece in the New York Times magazine: http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/10/magazine/the-billion-dollar-shack.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm
Nauru is also the only country whose demonym is a palindrome.
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