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In episode 28, Eric talks to chess historian Douglas Griffin, who is a chess author/blogger, translator, and an indispensable source of historical chess perspective on chess twitter . He is particularly interested and knowledgeable about chess in the Soviet Union and has a very interesting blog. Over the course of the past 15 years he has translated the annotations to a great many games from classic Soviet-era books and periodicals such as
Chess in the U.S.S.R and
64, many of which have never been published in the West.
In October 2019, Quality Chess published his translation of Grigory Levenfish s memoir and in the podcast Douglas reveals that some more interesting work and translations will be published later this year!
Former Austin police chief announces surprising departure from Houston By ABC13 Staff Bienvenidos, Miami.
Photo courtesy of Houston Police Department Houston Police Chief and former Austin PD top brass Art Acevedo is moving on to other challenges, according to a late night email, confirmed by the Houston Police Officers union. In an internal email obtained by ABC13 and sent to his officers late March 14, Acevedo said in part: After 4 1/2 years of leading this amazing organization, and serving our great community, I can say leaving will truly be bittersweet. We have been through so much as an extended family; Hurricane Harvey, two World Series, a Super Bowl, Irma, the summer of protests, and most recently, an ice storm of epic proportion. On top of all of this, sadly we have buried 6 of our fallen heroes.
Police Chief Art Acevedo leaving Houston for Miami KTRK
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Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo is moving on to other challenges.
He spent most of his law enforcement career in California but always had his eyes set on Houston, he once said.
Now Acevedo is heading to take a new role in Miami.
According to a Facebook post, the Florida city s police chief resigned his position at the end of February.
HPOU president Douglas Griffin said, We appreciate his service to Houston, and wish him the best in Miami.
Acevedo was introduced as the new police chief of Miami during a press conference in Florida Monday morning.
Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo is moving on to other challenges, according to a late night email, confirmed by the Houston Police Officers' union.