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Traditional and ancient board games reclaim their lost glory in India - The New Indian Express

Sat, 05/21/2016 - 11:35

The New Indian Express

Traditional and ancient board games reclaim their lost glory in India
The New Indian Express
“The idea of the festival is to allow people to see, play and buy a traditional board game,” explains 49-year-old Singh, who pursued this journey to read, research, document and recreate traditional board games 20 years ago. ... Over the years, the ...

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Creative Control - Memphis Flyer (blog)

Sat, 05/21/2016 - 06:01

Memphis Flyer (blog)

Creative Control
Memphis Flyer (blog)
But David takes little notice of his relationship fraying at the seams, because he's too busy popping stylishly pill-pressed research chemicals with his photographer buddy Wim (Dan Gill), who apparently lives on the set of Antonioni's Blow-Up. But ...

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Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise, by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool - The Objective Standard

Fri, 05/20/2016 - 19:48

The Objective Standard

Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise, by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool
The Objective Standard
... practice was indispensable—they were no more born with perfect pitch or a masterful chess game than they were born with the perfect jump shot. In Peak, Ericsson and Pool focus on one kind of practice in particular, what Ericsson in his earlier ...

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Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise, by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool - The Objective Standard

Fri, 05/20/2016 - 19:48

The Objective Standard

Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise, by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool
The Objective Standard
... practice was indispensable—they were no more born with perfect pitch or a masterful chess game than they were born with the perfect jump shot. In Peak, Ericsson and Pool focus on one kind of practice in particular, what Ericsson in his earlier ...

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California Senate approves sweeping gun-control measures - Times-Enterprise

Fri, 05/20/2016 - 16:39

California Senate approves sweeping gun-control measures
Times-Enterprise
They include regulations for homemade firearms, background checks for ammunition purchases, a mandate to report lost or stolen guns, a ban on loaning firearms to friends and funding for a gun-violence research center. The debate in ... his initiative ...

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Google's AI ambitions show promise – 'if it doesn't kill us' - The Guardian

Fri, 05/20/2016 - 15:13

The Guardian

Google's AI ambitions show promise – 'if it doesn't kill us'
The Guardian
For instance, AlphaGo, Google's software from the Go competition, wouldn't be able to apply its accumulated skills to chess or tic-tac-toe. Still, Giannandrea said it's hard not to get excited by recent gains in teaching computers how to recognize ...
Google: Useful artificial intelligence finally hereSFGate

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Practice Makes . . . Better - City Journal

Fri, 05/20/2016 - 15:04

City Journal

Practice Makes . . . Better
City Journal
Why do some people achieve outsize success? Given the competitive nature of the modern world, it's a question many have spent time thinking about. The usual answer is that success results from some combination of talent, luck, and hard work. Tales of ...

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Google: useful artificial intelligence finally here - SFGate

Fri, 05/20/2016 - 14:35

SFGate

Google: useful artificial intelligence finally here
SFGate
This year, the company's AlphaGo became the first computer program ever to beat a professional player at Go, the ancient strategy game considered more complicated than chess. AlphaGo beat Go master Lee Sedol four out of five ... Jeff Dean√, a senior ...
Google's AI ambitions show promise – 'if it doesn't kill us'The Guardian

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THINGS TO DO: May 20-25 - Marco Island Sun Times

Fri, 05/20/2016 - 08:53

Marco Island Sun Times

THINGS TO DO: May 20-25
Marco Island Sun Times
Chess on Marco Island meets Mondays, 9 a.m.-noon, at Marco Lutheran Church, 525 N. Collier Blvd. Chess in Naples meets Saturdays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., in clubhouse at Moorings Park, off Goodlette-Frank Road. Contact Wade Keller, 389-2525, or email ...

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The next major advance in medicine will be the use of AI - ExtremeTech

Fri, 05/20/2016 - 08:00

ExtremeTech

The next major advance in medicine will be the use of AI
ExtremeTech
Over the last few decades, medical research has shifted from treating transient illnesses to curing long-term disease. This work, which built on ... Watson has been in the news because of its recent performance at Jeopardy and chess. It's well versed ...

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Salesforce reveals secret recipe for digital transformation - Business Cloud News

Fri, 05/20/2016 - 05:36

Business Cloud News

Salesforce reveals secret recipe for digital transformation
Business Cloud News
The inventor, Ibn Khallikan, approached the Indian king with the game and his reward was to be rice, more specifically one grain for the first square on the chess board, two for the second, four for the third, and doubling there on until the end of the ...

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NaaSeHaanTak: Kunal Shah on his journey at FreeCharge and why every idea need not be a 'copy-paste' - YourStory.com

Fri, 05/20/2016 - 03:25

YourStory.com

NaaSeHaanTak: Kunal Shah on his journey at FreeCharge and why every idea need not be a 'copy-paste'
YourStory.com
Kunal Shah believes that entrepreneurs should also see themselves as players in a game of chess, otherwise they will end up as pawns fighting against one another. He says, “Only when you distance yourself from the game, are you able to figure your ...

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California Senate approves sweeping gun-control measures - CBS 8 San Diego

Fri, 05/20/2016 - 01:18

CBS 8 San Diego

California Senate approves sweeping gun-control measures
CBS 8 San Diego
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Democrats in the California Senate approved a wide-ranging series of gun control bills Thursday, reviving an effort to significantly tighten California's already strict gun laws in the wake of last year's terrorist attack in ...

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California Senate OKs sweeping gun-control measures - The Detroit News

Thu, 05/19/2016 - 20:34

The Detroit News

California Senate OKs sweeping gun-control measures
The Detroit News
They include regulations for homemade firearms, background checks for ammunition purchases, a mandate to report lost or stolen guns, a ban on loaning firearms to friends and funding for a gun-violence research center. The debate in the Senate ... “It ...
California Senate Approves Sweeping Gun-Control MeasuresABC News

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California Senate approves sweeping gun-control measures - Fox News

Thu, 05/19/2016 - 19:54

Fox News

California Senate approves sweeping gun-control measures
Fox News
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Democrats in the California Senate approved a wide-ranging series of gun control bills Thursday, reviving an effort to significantly tighten California's already strict gun laws in the wake of last year's terrorist attack in San ...

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'Cognitive computing' shapes IBM's future - The Providence Journal

Thu, 05/19/2016 - 19:46

The Providence Journal

'Cognitive computing' shapes IBM's future
The Providence Journal
There aren't any signs that suggest if you drive up the narrow road that wraps around the hill you'll find a research facility at the top. No signs that the research center is home ... Winning "Jeopardy" isn't like winning at chess. An earlier IBM ...

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North Shore Community Calendar - The Salem News

Thu, 05/19/2016 - 19:33

North Shore Community Calendar
The Salem News
Volenteer teams walk along outdoor track all night in support of cancer research. carly.blau@gmail.com. DANVERS: “We .... MARBLEHEAD: Children's Chess Club Tournament, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Abbot Public Library, 235 Pleasant St. Open to all children.

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Living in a changing world - Brookings Institution

Thu, 05/19/2016 - 19:28

Living in a changing world
Brookings Institution
IBM's Watson, a computer with multiple artificial intelligence applications, has managed not just to beat a human in chess, but also win Jeopardy!, “a game that requires not only encyclopedic recall, but also the ability to untangle convoluted and ...

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California Senate Approves Sweeping Gun-Control Measures - ABC News

Thu, 05/19/2016 - 17:50

California Senate Approves Sweeping Gun-Control Measures
ABC News
They include regulations for homemade firearms, background checks for ammunition purchases, a mandate to report lost or stolen guns, a ban on loaning firearms to friends and funding for a gun-violence research center. The debate in ... his initiative ...

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California Senate approves sweeping gun-control measures - Washington Post

Thu, 05/19/2016 - 15:48

Washington Post

California Senate approves sweeping gun-control measures
Washington Post
They include regulations for homemade firearms, background checks for ammunition purchases, a mandate to report lost or stolen guns, a ban on loaning firearms to friends and funding for a gun-violence research center. The debate in the ... “It is ...

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