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World Chess Championship
FIDE World Championship Match (FWCM), this year takes place in Chennai, India, between November 07 and 28. FWCM 2013 will consist of 12 games and if necessary, tie-brake games. “Rules and Regulations” for the tournament can be reached via link here. Photo from FIDE Official web site. Championship this year brings defending World Champion Viswanathan ANAND and challenging Magnus CARLSEN together. Anand first became FIDE World Champion in the year 2000, but his name was known since a decade ago at the top level. He is tremendously quick minded and has an ability to work hard. Therefore, it is no surprise that since 2007 he is undisputed Champion.…
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My Journeys to Europe
“A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.” Lao Tzu If you are eager to learn and discover things by yourselves, travelling should be an inevitable part of your plans. I do not remember how did it get in my blood but it was in year 2000 when I went to my first abroad trip – to Rome, Italy on my personnel will. Because, first two years of my life has passed in Paris, France but I can not start counting from that moment. Since then I have been in many places of Europe in different times of year, which enabled me to make up…
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Montenegro
The flag of Montenegro was officially adopted on 13 July 2004 and sanctioned with the proclamation of the Constitution on 22 October 2007. It is a red banner with broader golden edges all around the red field with the coat of arms of Montenegro in its center. The charge is a two-headed eagle which is a symbol of Byzantine and ultimately Roman origin. It symbolises dual authority, such as that over the church and state and the eagle holds a golden scepter in its right claw and a blue orb in its left. The lion passant on the escutcheon is as a sign of episcopal authority and could have been inspired…
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Croatia joins EU
CONGRATULATIONS AND ALL THE BEST TO THE CROATIA! 01/07/2013 – On the 1 July 2013, Croatia became the 28th member of the EU after a decade of carrying out all the reforms needed to bring it into line with EU laws and standards. Introducing Croatia Croatia borders Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia. It has been an independent country since 1991. For over 70 years before that, it was part of the former Yugoslavia. History The duchy of Croatia first appeared in the 8th century, becoming a kingdom 200 years later. It was heavily influenced by neighbouring Austria and Hungary in the following decades, while the 15th to…
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Right and Left Brain
Right and left spheres of brain have an important role in shaping individuals’ talents and guiding their behaviours. Although it is too naive to explain this concept here in one page I wanted to point out the essence of the issue by Neurologist Dr. Mehmet YAVUZ’s short blog on the subject and comments of a writer and educator Kendra CHERRY, who specializes in making psychology more understandable for students. “According to the theory of left-brain or right-brain dominance, each side of the brain controls different types of thinking. Additionally, people are said to prefer one type of thinking over the other. For example, a person who is “left-brained” is often…