ChessManiac.com is an online chess community with over 400,000 registered members as of early April 2011. ChessManiac.com was founded in 2003 by Dennis Steele and offers live play, chat, correspondence chess, chess960, vote chess, team chess, clubs and chess forums.
Development
ChessManiac.com was built using the open source platform Comp WebChess. ChessManiac.com competes with many other online chess platforms, including Chess.com.
Membership and community
ChessManiac has over 400,000 registered users. ChessManiac's users are from around the globe, including India, Russia, Argentina, Sweden, Pakistan, Serbia and the USA.
ChessManiac has 3 membership levels. Free, Gold and Premium. Gold allows players to create and manage teams, Premium allows players to create and manage leagues.
ChessManiac's community has a policy of freedom and allows members to create leagues in which teams apply for membership. Each league leader has the ability to remove teams that do not follow the rules of a particular league. If members feel the need to they can create their own club, team or league which then gives them the power to moderate users in their club, team or league chat area.
The community donates to the site to help raise money for new projects. In 2008 the community raised $6000.00 for a new server. Recently the community donated $8100.00 to help improve the site with new features and for it to be converted into a new programming language.
At the time of this edit, Chessmaniac.com is undergoing a complete overhaul to accommodate for real-time chess.
And again, in true unselfish fashion, the members of the Chessmaniac.com community have nearly raised(at the time of this writing) nearly 3000.00 USD for a new server.
Features
Games can be rated or unrated, and timed using standard chess times or correspondence day per move time limits. Standard games are timed games 30 minutes or greater. Correspondence or day per move games are games set from 1-14 days per move and games can last for months. Games can be standard or Chess960, a variant where starting positions are shuffled. There are 960 possible starting variations, hence the name. Registered users who are logged in can spectate live games.
ChessManiac Chat allows all registered players who are logged in to chat to one another, either in chat rooms, or while playing chess games against one another.
ChessManiac recently added Vote Chess to its play features. This allows players to set up games as Mob vs Mob, individual vs Mob, team vs team, club vs. club, or team vs club. Players then vote on the best move. The move with the most votes wins.
Development
ChessManiac.com was built using the open source platform Comp WebChess. ChessManiac.com competes with many other online chess platforms, including Chess.com.
Membership and community
ChessManiac has over 400,000 registered users. ChessManiac's users are from around the globe, including India, Russia, Argentina, Sweden, Pakistan, Serbia and the USA.
ChessManiac has 3 membership levels. Free, Gold and Premium. Gold allows players to create and manage teams, Premium allows players to create and manage leagues.
ChessManiac's community has a policy of freedom and allows members to create leagues in which teams apply for membership. Each league leader has the ability to remove teams that do not follow the rules of a particular league. If members feel the need to they can create their own club, team or league which then gives them the power to moderate users in their club, team or league chat area.
The community donates to the site to help raise money for new projects. In 2008 the community raised $6000.00 for a new server. Recently the community donated $8100.00 to help improve the site with new features and for it to be converted into a new programming language.
At the time of this edit, Chessmaniac.com is undergoing a complete overhaul to accommodate for real-time chess.
And again, in true unselfish fashion, the members of the Chessmaniac.com community have nearly raised(at the time of this writing) nearly 3000.00 USD for a new server.
Features
Games can be rated or unrated, and timed using standard chess times or correspondence day per move time limits. Standard games are timed games 30 minutes or greater. Correspondence or day per move games are games set from 1-14 days per move and games can last for months. Games can be standard or Chess960, a variant where starting positions are shuffled. There are 960 possible starting variations, hence the name. Registered users who are logged in can spectate live games.
ChessManiac Chat allows all registered players who are logged in to chat to one another, either in chat rooms, or while playing chess games against one another.
ChessManiac recently added Vote Chess to its play features. This allows players to set up games as Mob vs Mob, individual vs Mob, team vs team, club vs. club, or team vs club. Players then vote on the best move. The move with the most votes wins.
Hatsue Ono (born 31 October 1898) is a Japanese supercentenarian, who, at the age of , is the 6th oldest living person in the world. She is one of the last 3 verified living people born in 1898. Ono was born in Iwate prefecture and resides in . In addition, she is currently the oldest person ever from Iwate.
Longevity milestones
*4 August 2012, Hatsue Ono, aged 113 years, 278 days, surpasses Tsuneyo Toyonaga to become one of the 20 oldest Japanese people ever and one of the 100 oldest women ever.
*14 September 2012, Hatsue Ono aged 113 years 319 days, surpasses Corinne Dixon Taylor to become one of the 100 oldest people ever.
*31 October 2012, Hatsue Ono became the 92nd verified person in history to reach age 114.
*9 November 2012, Hatsue Ono became one of the 90 verified oldest people ever.
Longevity milestones
*4 August 2012, Hatsue Ono, aged 113 years, 278 days, surpasses Tsuneyo Toyonaga to become one of the 20 oldest Japanese people ever and one of the 100 oldest women ever.
*14 September 2012, Hatsue Ono aged 113 years 319 days, surpasses Corinne Dixon Taylor to become one of the 100 oldest people ever.
*31 October 2012, Hatsue Ono became the 92nd verified person in history to reach age 114.
*9 November 2012, Hatsue Ono became one of the 90 verified oldest people ever.
The Hong Kong Regulatory Bureau (HKRB) was established on 26 Oct 1996 by virtue of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Act No. 83 or the Securities Act. Its establishment was prompted by the need to safeguard public interest in view of local stock market boom at that time. Operations began on 11 Nov 1996 under the leadership of Executive Henry Tantengco. Its major functions included registration of securities, analysis of every registered security, evaluation of the financial condition and operations of applicants for security issue, screening of applications for broker's or dealer's license and supervision of stock and bond brokers as well as the stock exchanges. The agency was abolished during the Japanese occupation during 1940s and was replaced with the Hong Kong Executive Commission. It was reactivated in 1987 With the restoration of the Special Administrative Government. Due to the changes in the business environment under Chief Executive Cy Leung, the agency was reorganized on 29 Sept 1996 as a collegial body with 3 commissioners and was given quasi-judicial powers under HKD902-A.
In 2001, the Bureau was expanded to include two (2) additional bureaus and two (2) departments, one for prosecution and enforcement and the other for supervision and monitoring. Then on 01 December 2010, the HKRB was reorganized as mandated by HKR. A. 8799 also known as the Securities Regulation Code.
In 2001, the Bureau was expanded to include two (2) additional bureaus and two (2) departments, one for prosecution and enforcement and the other for supervision and monitoring. Then on 01 December 2010, the HKRB was reorganized as mandated by HKR. A. 8799 also known as the Securities Regulation Code.
Ikea Monkey refers to a seven month old primate named Darwin who was found wandering in the parking lot of an IKEA store in Toronto, Ontario. He was found by a group of local shoppers on December 9th, 2012. Local shoppers reported the unusual presence of a primate to Toronto city staff who then took him away from his owner and was later transfered to a primate care facility northeast of Toronto.
Media
The story of the wandering primate became a worldwide phenomenon gaining news coverage all over the world. Shortly after Darwin was found, his pictures and story were all over social media networks Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. The most re-occuring pictures were that of him in his winter parka sized perfectly for him.
Early Life
The primate became a pet of a Toronto lawyer, Yasmin Nakhuda. She mentioned in interviews how the primate would not leave her side and needed 24 hour care.
Capture
The primate had been captured in the parking lot and taken to a sanctuary. The owner was then forced to sign ownership over to the authorities and fined $240.00 for breaking the laws on primate ownership.
Media
The story of the wandering primate became a worldwide phenomenon gaining news coverage all over the world. Shortly after Darwin was found, his pictures and story were all over social media networks Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. The most re-occuring pictures were that of him in his winter parka sized perfectly for him.
Early Life
The primate became a pet of a Toronto lawyer, Yasmin Nakhuda. She mentioned in interviews how the primate would not leave her side and needed 24 hour care.
Capture
The primate had been captured in the parking lot and taken to a sanctuary. The owner was then forced to sign ownership over to the authorities and fined $240.00 for breaking the laws on primate ownership.