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Franklin Covey Building (where I work)

Re: Tournaments this Saturday

I went into this tournament to get Grand Prix points but failed completely.  I think that my problem was recent poor sleep. I was actually extremely pleased with the way I played my first three games until I hung my queen late in the third game.  Finally in the 4th round I thought that my opponent Abhinav played like a 2000 player and I appeared to run out of steam and play at best like an 1800.  The previous time that I faced him I thought that he was very tough to beat so maybe this B player is someone to watch out for. 

After winning some tournaments recently, including the speed tournament last week, it was inevitable that I would have one bad tournament. 

For those interested, my  games can be found at ...  http://chessplayeratlarge.blogspot.com

Best wishes,

John Coffey

Next to the coffee shop where I play chess is a flower shop where they have a dog that I give treats to. Of course, he likes to see me.

His name is "Stack."

Meal at Persian restaurant: Lamb, chicken and Filet Minon

Goslings at work.

Sunset From the University of Utah

Re: Grand Prix Report – Game-in-Sixty

Allan,

So far this year I am the Utah state Senior champion, Game/60 champion, and Expert Class co-champion.  It seems not likely to me that I could win the actual State Championship in November, but it is a remote possibility. 

The best player in the state is a 15 year old boy, Kayden Troff, who is currently playing in the U.S. Championship because he got a special invitation as an up and coming player.   He is so far above everybody else in Utah that it is no contest.  He is an International Master and could turn pro. He mostly does not bother with Utah tournaments anymore. 

It doesn't take much to interfere with my concentration.  Cheerleaders would do it.   :-)

Best wishes,

John Coffey

On May 5, 2013, at 3:48 PM, Allan Branaman  wrote:

Way to go! Kick some ass! I'm cheering for you. Do they have cheerleaders there? I guess it'd be a big distraction.

 

From: John Coffey

Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2013 3:46 PM

 

FYI...

From: Steve Hoisington 
Date: May 5, 2013, 11:34:38 AM MDT

"A total of sixty-four (64) players have now earned GP Points in the six (6) GP events held so far...

The year-to-date race remains close between John Coffey and David Vasquez.  With his clear first-place finish on Saturday, John increased his lead in the Grand Prix standings from just one point to a somewhat more comfortable 8.5 points. "

The current leaders (top ten) are:

 

1                      John COFFEY                                 67.67                                                 

2                      David VASQUEZ                             59.17 

3                      Randy ZUMBRUNNEN                    31.5   

4                      Petro GRETCHANEI                        30.2                           

5                      Alex GUSTAFSSON                         27.87 

6                      Eric HON                                          26.67                                     

7                      José GARCIA                                   25

8                      Enriqué ARCE-LARRETA                21.5                           

9                      Kayden TROFF                                21

10                    Charles RASMUSSEN                     19.17 

 

Best regards,

Steve

This applies to me

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/23/the-check-is-in-the-mail-from-apple/

Chess players at the farewell party for Bulgaria-LDS-mission-bound Alex Gustafsson (Center with glasses.). To the right of him is 2500 rated International Master Kayden Troff. Wasatch mountain range in the background.

Goslings where I work

Baby Geese at Work

google chrome has started giving me advertising, which I had not seen before.

http://www.neowin.net/news/google-now-showing-ads-in-chrome-will-users-jump-ship

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John Coffey

Fwd: How To: Replace a 27" iMac (Late 2009) Power Supply

FYI.  I am going to attempt this...  See the first 2.5 minutes of the video.  It is amazing what you can find on youtube. 

I am not very experienced with this kind of stuff. 

John Coffey

Begin forwarded message:

From: John Coffey
Date: April 14, 2013, 6:53:01 PM MDT
To: Dan
Subject: How To: Replace a 27" iMac (Late 2009) Power Supply

Dan,

I have ordered all the parts and tools and they are on the way.  I can
do this on my own, I think, but I wonder if you have any interest in
helping out?  I only ask because you are more experienced than me.

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://youtu.be/lMmZXb8plh0

Best wishes,

John Coffey

My House was burglarized.

I left work hastily just before 4 PM.  The person living in my basement, Shahram, discovered the break in.   I spent much time with the police.  

 

The thief made a pretty good score.   I lost an iPad.  I am surprised that I did not lose my iMac, but the cops say that thieves don't like to steal large items because it is too conspicuous. Seems like the cops have a lot of experience with this. 

 

I spent a lot of time checking the house for missing items.  

 

My back door is damaged beyond repair.  I have made plans to get this replaced tomorrow.  It takes time to get it replaced.  My good  neighbors are actually going to take it to a nearby door store for me.  (The door store can match the old one. )  I feel that I need to watch the house while they are gone.  

 

 

John Coffey 

Dave Wendel's obituary

One of my friends at work died on Monday …

 

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/saltlaketribune/obituary.aspx?n=john-david-wendel&pid=164003720&fhid=12973

 

 

What happened to me today.

On the tail end of a cold.  Probably 80% better.  We were going to have the Utah Senior chess Championship last week, but we knew that a blizzard was coming so that we postponed it for a week.  Good thing for me because I think that I was too sick play last week.  Today I barely won the tournament.

Across the Sea of Suns. Furious Gulf.

These two books in the Gregory Benford Galactic Center series, especially Furious Gulf, feel to me like masterpieces in fiction.  Benford writes “hard” science fiction that is heavy in physics and science, some of which is a little fantastic and hard to believe, but it makes for great stories.  His idea that the galaxy would be dominated by mechanical life forms intolerant of biological life has a convincing feel to it.   These books are a wild ride that stretch the imagination as to what is possible.  I especially enjoyed listening to them on Audible, because the performance of the readers gives the stories extra flavor.

 

RE: flu vaccine was effective in only 56 percent of people who got the shot

Had a cold late last week and felt pretty bad, but it seems not as bad now.

Best wishes,

John Coffey

From: Trout, Larry R

 

This was unusually low, and was probably pulled down by a 27% average for those above 65.

In one strain, it was about 50% on the general population, but only 9% for the above 65 crowd.

Usually these are about 40% effective >65, and 60% in the general population.

 

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6207a2.htm?s_cid=mm6207a2_w

 

http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/55/7/951/T4.expansion.html

 

Flow Free puzzle game. Some of these are very hard.

Grilled Chicken, Ground Chicken, rice and grilled tomato at an Iranian restaurant

I photographed a cat. (Dead center) hanging out at our work. I sure hope that it has a home.

Like this game

Oh, I wish

The mountain of snow in my yard is now just a pile.

Tricky puzzle game. I really enjoy this.

Been enjoying a game called Flow Free on the iPad.

Salt Lake City from the Franklin Covey Building

Mountain of Snow in my yard

Slow Caffeine withdrawal

According to what I saw on the internet, here are the caffeine amounts for certain teas …

 

English Breakfast: 50mg

Black Tea:  40mg

Green Tea:  20 Mg

 

I suspect that these numbers could be inaccurate, because I sometimes have seen numbers that were higher.

 

Regardless, I think that it is still valid to use these numbers as a guide.  It is easy to see how I could use this to slowly decrease my caffeine intake …

 

Day 1:  I ingested 120 mg caffeine.

Day 2:  I ingested 100 mg caffeine.

Day 3: I ingested 90 mg caffeine.

 

My plan is to continue going down in increments of 10 where possible.  When I get down to 40 I might stay there a few days before going down to 20.