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Macon County owed thousands by state for prisoner autopsies - Quad-Cities Online
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1967 -- 50 years ago: Steve Eagles, East Moline, won the Quad City chess championship with a perfect 6-0 score to conclude the double round robin tournament in the LeClaire Hotel last night. Eagles became the eighth man to hold the Quad City ...
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Experts: Springing ahead can also cause health problems - WNYT
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WNYT
Wong had to get up early Sunday morning for a chess tournament with her son, Ellis, in Saratoga Springs. She says he could have used that extra hour to focus more. "It's been really tough getting up and getting into game ... In addition, the state ...
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The 10000-hour rule is wrong and perpetuates a cruel myth - Business Insider
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Business Insider
A decade ago, Magnus Carlsen, who at the time was only 13 years old, created a sensation in the chess world when he defeated former world champion Anatoly Karpov at a chess tournament in Reykjavik, Iceland, and the next day played then-top-rated Garry ...
Podcast: Using GPUs and AI to Fight Cybercrime - insideHPC
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insideHPC
For the past ten years, he has been teaching courses on deep learning and evolutionary computation at Bar-Ilan University, in addition to supervising the research of graduate students in these fields. He has also served in numerous capacities ...
Does Chess Improve Cognitive Skills? What Science Says - Page 5 - Chess.com
Stimulants Enhance Cognitive Performance in Top Chess Players - Medscape
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Medscape
The psychostimulants methylphenidate and modafinil appear to significantly enhance cognition in a group of expert chess players, new research shows. A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of top chess players showed that use of the two ...
Scientists Show Cognitive Enhancing Drugs Can Improve Chess PlayPharmaceutical Processing
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Computers can now challenge — and defeat — pro poker players - Bend Bulletin
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Bend Bulletin
Then they mastered chess, go, “Jeopardy!” and even a few Atari video games. Now computers can challenge humans at the poker table — and win. DeepStack, a software program developed at the University of Alberta's Computer Poker Research Group, ...
University of Alberta poker bot Deepstack defeats Texas Hold 'em prosCantech Letter
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Cognitive Benefits of Chess - Chess News | ChessBase
Does Chess Improve Cognitive Skills? What Science Says - Chess.com
It is commonly believed that teaching chess at schools will improve the cognitive skills of pupils in other areas, such as math. But is this actually true? What is the ...
Stimulants Enhance Cognitive Performance in Top Chess Players - Medscape
Can stimulants enhance cognition even in those who are already at the top of their game? A new study suggests they do.
Cognitive Benefits of Chess - Chessbase News
Dr. Chandramallika Basak is one of the leading researchers in the area of working memory and cognitive control, training strategies, cognitive and brain ...
Does Chess Improve Cognitive Skills? What Science Says - Chess.com
It is commonly believed that teaching chess at schools will improve the cognitive skills of pupils in other areas, such as math. But is this actually true? What is the ...
These three drugs may boost your thinking skills but cost you time-wise - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
New research shows that for tournament-level chess players, they can. In a series of experiments, researchers found that caffeine, the stimulant Ritalin and the stay-awake drug modafinil ever-so-slightly improved players' chances of winning a game ...
SITI Company's John Cage-Inspired Play CHESS MATCH NO. 5 Starts Tonight at Abingdon - Broadway World
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CHESS MATCH NO. 5 is a new play based on texts from the many public conversations with American composer, writer, artist, and philosopher John Cage. SITI actors Will Bond and Ellen Lauren embody the dramatic journey of a long-term relationship over the ...
Maybe You, Too, Could Become A Super Memorizer - NPR
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NPR
The researchers used functional MRI machines to scan the brains of subjects as they rested, and again as they recited the list of words. In the group that did memory palace training, Konrad, Dresler and their colleagues found that the volunteers' brain ...
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Plymouth Public Library news - Wicked Local Plymouth
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Wicked Local Plymouth
Drop by the Reference Department and set up some time with a genealogy volunteer who can help you get started, or assist you in advance research as finding out about your lineage. ... Chess Club, The Royal Game: 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays. The program is ...
Computers can now challenge — and beat — professional poker ... - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Why stop at chess? A computer can now beat humans at poker, specifically Texas Hold 'Em.
Artificial Intelligence Just Beat Professional Poker Players. What's ...U.S. News & World Report
Czech 'DeepStack' v. CMU's 'Libratus' Fight for Top AI Dog StatusCardsChat.com
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Okinawans making moves to keep 'chunji' chess alive - Asahi Shimbun
Asahi Shimbun
Asahi Shimbun
The traditional game lost ground to shogi after World War II, partly because Okinawans abandoned their own culture to assimilate into Japan's main islands, according to Akira Nakamura at the Research Institute of Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts.