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ROC60: Drinking on Sunday morning might not just be for Bills games - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Mon, 06/13/2016 - 17:01

ROC60: Drinking on Sunday morning might not just be for Bills games
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
It's not sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll but research suggests sex, dogs beer and video games can have health benefits. A study showed a daily dose of ... Almeter coached the chess club and advised the math club and junior class. He was among crew members ...

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Self-Confidence Is Integral To Achieving Gender Parity In The Workforce - Huffington Post Canada

Mon, 06/13/2016 - 15:51

Self-Confidence Is Integral To Achieving Gender Parity In The Workforce
Huffington Post Canada
This is a comment I would hear being said regularly to my opponent in childhood chess competitions. This comment would make my nine-year-old self more determined to beat them -- which I often did, checkmating both their ... They must use current ...

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A top psychologist says there's only one way to become the best in your field - Tech Insider

Mon, 06/13/2016 - 11:19

Tech Insider

A top psychologist says there's only one way to become the best in your field
Tech Insider
Prior, in 2014, researchers analyzed six studies of chess players and eight studies of musicians and found that deliberate practice was not the only explanation for high performance in either domain. Instead, other factors, like intelligence, might be ...

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We're about to become more intelligent than at any other point in human history - Tech Insider

Mon, 06/13/2016 - 11:05

Tech Insider

We're about to become more intelligent than at any other point in human history
Tech Insider
Hsu is a member of BGI's Cognitive Genomics Lab, a research group that's trying to unlock the genetic codes that account for complex traits like height, susceptibility to conditions like obesity, and - perhaps most controversially - intelligence ...

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Fear index at three-month high ahead of FOMC meeting, Brexit vote - MarketWatch

Mon, 06/13/2016 - 10:43

MarketWatch

Fear index at three-month high ahead of FOMC meeting, Brexit vote
MarketWatch
“They don't seem to get that they are playing checkers and he is playing chess.” In addition ... Declining bond yields and the potential for emerging markets to outperform developed markets benefit U.K. shares, said strategist Mislav Matejka in a ...

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AAP endorses new recommendations on sleep times - AAP News

Mon, 06/13/2016 - 10:18

AAP News

AAP endorses new recommendations on sleep times
AAP News
The AASM released the guidance in a two-page statement and plans to detail the research behind it at a later date. Following ... “They cannot play three sports, play in the band and join the chess club and still get enough sleep to do well in school ...

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Treasury yields plummet to 3½-year low amid global stock selloff - MarketWatch

Mon, 06/13/2016 - 09:52

MarketWatch

Treasury yields plummet to 3½-year low amid global stock selloff
MarketWatch
“They don't seem to get that they are playing checkers and he is playing chess.” In addition ... Declining bond yields and the potential for emerging markets to outperform developed markets benefit U.K. shares, said strategist Mislav Matejka in a ...

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What's Next for Artificial Intelligence - Wall Street Journal

Mon, 06/13/2016 - 09:20

Wall Street Journal

What's Next for Artificial Intelligence
Wall Street Journal
Machines can surpass us when it comes to things like playing chess, but those machines are limited by the manual nature of their programming; a $30 gadget can beat us at a board game, but it can't do—or learn to do—anything else. This is where ...

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US stocks open lower as 'Brexit' fears escalate - MarketWatch

Mon, 06/13/2016 - 08:34

MarketWatch

US stocks open lower as 'Brexit' fears escalate
MarketWatch
“They don't seem to get that they are playing checkers and he is playing chess.” In addition ... Declining bond yields and the potential for emerging markets to outperform developed markets benefit U.K. shares, said strategist Mislav Matejka in a ...

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Another view: Secure her release - Waterloo Record

Mon, 06/13/2016 - 02:42

Another view: Secure her release
Waterloo Record
In what appears to be an international chess game between Iran and Canada, a 65-year-old Canadian-Iranian anthropology professor at Montreal's Concordia University seems an unlikely and unfortunate pawn. Homa Hoodfar, who was in Iran on a personal ...

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Belgrade's Floating Rite of Spring - Balkan Insight

Mon, 06/13/2016 - 02:01

Balkan Insight

Belgrade's Floating Rite of Spring
Balkan Insight
For example, the Kiasa Chess Club maintained a houseboat where members could play matches and enjoy a coffee or a glass of beer. ... (Our research has discovered that these rumours become much more credible after a second or third shot of rakija.) ...

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Clubs & Meetings: June 14-20 - The Daily Courier

Mon, 06/13/2016 - 00:51

Clubs & Meetings: June 14-20
The Daily Courier
Drop-in Chess 2 p.m. Saturday at Prescott Public Library, 215 E. Goodwin St. 928-777-1526. Drumming Circle, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays on the square, downtown Prescott. Dawn Gilbreath Whitehawk, 928-830-9482; ... lunch at noon the 3rd Monday (except ...

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Computers may be evolving but are they intelligent - EconoTimes

Mon, 06/13/2016 - 00:44

Computers may be evolving but are they intelligent
EconoTimes
At that pioneering workshop, attendees discussed how computers would soon perform all human activities requiring intelligence, including playing chess and other games, composing great music and translating text from one language to another language ...

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Interview: Blood Stripe's Award-Winning Filmmakers Remy Auberjonois, Kate Nowlin, And Rene Auberjonois - Santa monica Observed

Mon, 06/13/2016 - 00:15

Interview: Blood Stripe's Award-Winning Filmmakers Remy Auberjonois, Kate Nowlin, And Rene Auberjonois
Santa monica Observed
After the casting, it has to do with answering a million questions and juggling and playing the chess game of getting it done in the most efficient way, but also getting it the way you want it to be. And so having spent a life with this man as a child ...

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Top psychologist says there's only one way to become the best in your field - South China Morning Post

Sun, 06/12/2016 - 22:44

South China Morning Post

Top psychologist says there's only one way to become the best in your field
South China Morning Post
Prior, in 2014, researchers analysed six studies of chess players and eight studies of musicians and found that deliberate practice was not the only explanation for high performance in either domain. Instead, other factors, like intelligence, might be ...

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Computers may be evolving but are they intelligent? - The Conversation AU

Sun, 06/12/2016 - 21:01

The Conversation AU

Computers may be evolving but are they intelligent?
The Conversation AU
At that pioneering workshop, attendees discussed how computers would soon perform all human activities requiring intelligence, including playing chess and other games, composing great music and translating text from one language to another language ...

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Bulletin board, Monday, June 13, 2016 - Pocono Record

Sun, 06/12/2016 - 18:50

Bulletin board, Monday, June 13, 2016
Pocono Record
Genealogy expert Patrick Quigley returns to the library to answer questions about genealogy and assist with family research. Patrick will be at the ... Stroudsburg Chess Club: 7 to 10 p.m., Loder Building, 62 Analomink St., East Stroudsburg. Everyone ...

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The Age of the High-Flying Tech (HFT) Gadgeteer Is Upon Us--Flying Machines & New Wheeled Things. - Huffington Post

Sun, 06/12/2016 - 17:46

Huffington Post

The Age of the High-Flying Tech (HFT) Gadgeteer Is Upon Us--Flying Machines & New Wheeled Things.
Huffington Post
... bring lots of new products. Here's a levitating chess board or check out the CLM 2 Levitation Module ... a lot more blocks - or... However, coming full circle, the Disney Research “Vertigo” uses both wheels as well as a fan to climb walls or go ...

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Interview: Blood Stripe's Award-Winning Filmmakers Remy Auberjonois, Kate Nowlin, And Rene Auberjonois - Santa monica Observed

Sun, 06/12/2016 - 13:47

Interview: Blood Stripe's Award-Winning Filmmakers Remy Auberjonois, Kate Nowlin, And Rene Auberjonois
Santa monica Observed
After the casting, it has to do with answering a million questions and juggling and playing the chess game of getting it done in the most efficient way, but also getting it the way you want it to be. And so having spent a life with this man as a child ...

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Allen Dulles' “Indonesian Strategy” and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy - Center for Research on Globalization

Sun, 06/12/2016 - 09:18

Center for Research on Globalization

Allen Dulles' “Indonesian Strategy” and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Center for Research on Globalization
Cuba and Indonesia thus were joined in the deadly game of chess between Dulles and Kennedy, and someone would have to lose. While much has been written about Cuba, Kennedy, and Dulles, the Indonesian side of the story has been slighted. Poulgrain ...

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