Heart warming story

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PeterTurland
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Heart warming story

Post by PeterTurland » Thu Jan 06, 2011 2:37 pm

Came across this on Susan Polgar's blog and thought it deserved a wider audience.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=5965666
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Krishna Shiatis
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Re: Heart warming story

Post by Krishna Shiatis » Thu Jan 06, 2011 5:54 pm

PeterTurland wrote:Came across this on Susan Plogar's blog and thought it deserved a wider audience.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=5965666
Wow! It certainly puts our lives into perspective. I will look out for her in the future and hope she does well.
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Johnathan Rothwell
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Re: Heart warming story

Post by Johnathan Rothwell » Thu Jan 06, 2011 10:43 pm

Thank you for sharing this.

New year note to self: Never moan about unimportant things ever again!

Sometimes I get so wrapped up in my own life I forget about others, I should read this every day.
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Christopher Kreuzer
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Re: Heart warming story

Post by Christopher Kreuzer » Fri Jan 07, 2011 1:41 pm

Thanks for posting this. It was certainly eye-opening reading.
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Phiona Mutesi - Game of her life

Post by JustinHorton » Tue Jan 11, 2011 6:48 pm

Unmissable piece about one of the Ugandan women's team at the 2010 Olympiad.
"Do you play chess?"
"Yes, but I prefer a game with a better chance of cheating."

lostontime.blogspot.com
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John Moore
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Re: Phiona Mutesi - Game of her life

Post by John Moore » Tue Jan 11, 2011 6:59 pm

Justin - don't always agree with you. But what can I say - I haven't read it all yet but I just wanted to say that everyone on the Forum should read this!
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Christopher Kreuzer
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Re: Heart warming story

Post by Christopher Kreuzer » Mon Jan 20, 2014 4:56 pm

Update on this story here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25731008
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Peter D Williams
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Re: Heart warming story

Post by Peter D Williams » Tue Jan 21, 2014 3:14 pm

Afternoon All

I wonder if chess has saved some one here in the UK?

Time for a bit of the Jam to brighten up a Tuesday afternoon enjoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE1ct5yEuVY
when you are successful many losers bark at you.
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Roland Kensdale
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Re: Heart warming story

Post by Roland Kensdale » Sat Mar 01, 2014 2:04 pm

On iplayer - 3 mins

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... Episode_5/

New video about Phiona Mutesi in Uganda - from 10.47 to 13.16

Part of a program about Queen's baton relay.

Available until 9th March.​
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Roland Kensdale
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Re: Heart warming story

Post by Roland Kensdale » Tue Dec 23, 2014 4:30 pm

25 min video from 2010

http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/let ... 44921.html
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