I just found something out, Bobby Fischer didn't play chess after he won the world championship. Any chess extremist would play until they die. Maybe Bobby's record can be broken because I intend to play until I die.
He did play chess. In particular he played a lot when he lived with the Polgars in Hungary in the 90s. That's when he was focused on his own Chess 960 variant
Continuing, with this 'thread'..if 'departure' topic .. {occurred about 2 days ago}.
A part-and-parcel of some {select} peoples' 'world record' aspirations; Is the More universal concept, of personal 'goal setting'! .. And, fortunately - There's No limit, on how humble an aspiration, that can be! [ :
Add in, 'racing thoroughbreds' and their 'jockeys' into this, Aspiring 'world- record' mix!
2016, tentative line-up, and betting 'odds'.. In 8+ days. 0:
The 2016 Kentucky Derby takes place on May 7 from Churchill Downs, Kentucky.
The first leg of the Triple Crown is known as “The Greatest Two Minutes in Sports” and this year’s field is starting to take shape.
The Kentucky Derby Prep schedule has concluded and oddsmakers at Sportsbook.ag already have Fixed Odds posted on this year’s event.
Listed below are horses that could be part of the 20-horse field.
Odds to win 2016 Kentucky Derby (5/7/15) per Sportsbook.ag
Nyquist 7/2
Exaggerator 4/1
Mohaymen 7/1
Mor Spirit 7/1
Destin 8/1
Gun Runner 10/1
Creator 12/1
Outwork 12/1
Suddenbreakingnews 14/1
Brodys Cause 15/1
Whitmore 18/1
Danzing Candy 20/1
My Man Sam 20/1
Mo Tom 22/1
Lani 28/1
Shagaf 33/1
Trojan Nation 40/1
Adventist 50/1
Cherry Wine 50/1
Fellowship 50/1
Majesto 50/1
Toms Ready 50/1
Dazzling Gem 55/1
Collected 60/1
Oscar Nominated 60/1
Laoban 70/1
Discreetness 75/1
Star Hill 85/1
Unbridaled Outlaw 85/1
Azar 100/1
Odds Subject to Change - Updated 4.29.16
Long before 'falling boulder' - There was "Jude Acers" as his presumed 'role-model'! ..{Ie. Web-based 'searchword' - "Jude Acers"}.. and at some point, if currently 'clueless'.. you'll know what/who, I was referring to! 0:
Presenting - The Not necessarily, to-be-envied.. "Jude Acers" ..'Cajun'/ Louisiana, New Orleans - Self- chess-promoter, extroadinaire! ..{from '2013'}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUWriip3w8Q
'New'.. 25 hour 'Virtual Reality' record set! ..{I don't recommend this 'dude' as Any sort of role-model!}.
http://mashable.com/2016/05/04/virtual-reality-record/#DCm6HTxif8qf
If, Anyone ever has a inclination to post something here, {aside from myself} - It Isn't that hard to be True to this 'thread's Topic! -- Just 'News' page, {I look on 'Google's.. but there's also 'Bing' and several others}.. search, under the relevant topic.. on their 'mini' word or 'phrase' {top-of-the-page}, 'Search-engine' .. under 'World Record' .. You'd be surprised, how often, they're being 'written' about!! 0:
http://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/health/videos/a44638/world-record-pullups/
Whether or Not, the following 'billiards' "Black Widow" 'billiards' player, {from a 'pasted' news article several days ago}, sets any 'records' isn't the point here - Though there's No question, re. her 'pool' playing talent-and-ability!
Parker Lakilak walked into Robertson Billiards, took one look at the tall woman with the long black hair and bright red lipstick and knew it was her.
The Black Widow.
"It's like Peyton Manning in football," said Lakilak, 25, of Largo. It's that kind of recognition that Jeanette Lee, arguably the most famous professional pool player in the world, is banking on as she begins a second career of sorts.
After 18 years in Indianapolis, Lee and her family moved to Tampa last summer. About the same time, the 44-year-old mother of six bought a stake in the Hillsborough chapter of the American Poolplayers Association. And this week, her nonprofit Black Widow Foundation begins a five-day juniors camp from its new headquarters: Lee's home in upscale Cheval.
"My youngest kids are just entering school now," she said. "I don't want to travel the way I was before. What do you do when you're done flying everywhere for tournaments?"
She found the answer here.
• • •
Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., by a single mother working two or three jobs, Lee grew up a Korean-American in a predominately black neighborhood. She did well in school but didn't feel like she fit in anywhere. At the age of 13, she had surgery to correct scoliosis, a curvature of the spine.. which left physical and emotional scars.
"I felt like I was broken, and I didn't like what I saw in the mirror," she said.
Lee was 18 when she first stepped into Chelsea Billiards in Manhattan. It wasn't long after the release of The Color of Money, the 1986 film that inspired a new wave of pool hustlers.
"The more I played, the more I loved it," she said. "I felt like it was artistic, and very much something I could do. It was the first time I stopped caring about what other people were doing. I was just so focused about what was going on on the table."
Young and beautiful with a penchant for dressing all in black, Lee got the "Black Widow'' nickname for her ability to lure opponents to the table and then eat them alive.
She befriended legendary player and teacher Gene Nagy, who taught her to play without worrying so much about winning. He encouraged her to take risks on the table and to accept that sometimes, you lose.
"It's not about gambling or winning this tournament or that one," she said. "It's greater than that. It's about the journey."
Lee's own journey was meteoric. She turned professional at 21 and within two years was ranked No. 1 in the world. She would go on to win more than 30 national and international titles, including nine-ball and trick shot titles. She won a gold medal in the 2001 World Games in Japan and was inducted into the Women's Professional Billiards Association Hall of Fame in 2012.
Away from the table, Lee has been ranked among ESPN's sexiest athletes in the world, made appearances on television shows ranging from Live With Regis and Kelly to Late Night With David Letterman, and has her own sleepwear line in Bass Pro Shops stores. She's been the spokeswoman for the American Poolplayers Association for some 20 years.
Throughout her career, she suffered from chronic pain and endured nearly a dozen surgeries on her back, neck and shoulders. Three years ago, she was diagnosed with a severe, debilitating form of arthritis aggravated by cold weather. With her three older children grown and two youngest approaching school age, Lee competed in fewer tournaments. Finally, she and her husband, professional pool player and business owner George Breedlove, decided it was time to move to a warmer climate.
"I wanted a place that was a little more family-friendly than New York City and not as slow as the countryside, and Tampa seems like the right pace," she said.
But they didn't want to move without a way for Lee to earn a living and still be home to tuck in her children at night.
So she made a call.
• • •
The Hillsborough chapter of the APA — known as the Tampa Bay APA — has roughly 800 active members. Membership is $25 a year. Members then pay a small weekly fee to play at local bars and pool halls. They vie for cash prizes and a chance to go all the way to the APA World Pool competition held each year in Las Vegas.
Last summer, Lee approached longtime Tampa Bay APA owner Pat Giorgianni, who agreed to sell to Lee and her two business partners, Jason and Misty Dusel. The Dusels ran a league in Buffalo and moved here with Lee to run the Hillsborough chapter together.
"Tampa's a huge market, and there's a lot of room for growth," said Alana Rodgers, whose family owns Robertson Billiards on Franklin Street and has been in the retail billiards business for 80 years. "(Lee) saw some potential in our market, which is kind of cool. She could have gone in a lot of different directions."
Lee said for her, success will mean growing that membership eightfold and adding to the list of weekly venues. To do that, she has to show members, current and potential, that she won't be just an owner in name only.
"This business is all about customer service," she said. "We need to build that bond and that trust."
Meanwhile, she's working to groom the next generation of American billiards stars.
For the second year, the Black Widow Foundation will host a training camp for 10 elite youngsters vying for one of six spots representing Team USA in the annual Atlantic Challenge Cup, a world championship to be held in Illinois this summer.
The players, ages 15 to 18, will spend four days at Lee's home and train with her and other professionals at Fatso's Billiards and Sports Bar in Tampa.
"America has always been the place to go if you wanted to become a world champion, and over the last decade we've had more and more international players taking the gold home," she said. "I'm truly passionate about it, I love to teach, I love people, and it's something nice for the community."
Three of the pros — Lee's fellow Hall of Famers Johnny Archer, Allison Fisher and Nick Varner — will appear at a fundraiser for the foundation at Fatso's today.
As she chatted with a reporter Tuesday at Robertson Billiards, Parker Lakilak and another fan approached with cues and cue balls in hand. Could they get autographs and photos?
Sure, she said. But first, a question and a request.
"Did you know about the event tomorrow?" she asked. "We're training the top kids so we're hosting a fundraiser. Please spread the word."
Y'all, Never need to depend on my contributions, again! ..{not that other 'chess forum' people, won't be coming along the 'pike'!}. [ :
http://www.worldrecordacademy.com/wra/about_us.htm
'Elvis' - We Never completely knew ya!
http://theinterrobang.com/another-weird-elvis-fact-loved-racquetball/
From - robocup.org
Posted by noda on the 24th of April 2016.
RoboCup holds up the ultimate goal:
By the middle of the 21st century, a team of fully autonomous humanoid robot soccer players shall win a soccer game, complying with the official rules of FIFA, against the winner of the most recent World Cup
This goal includes the mission to foster science and technologies for evolving industries and for advancing societies. 2050 is not too far in the future. In order to reinforce relations between robots and the public, we need to think again about the power of “design”.
“Robot” is not just a single technology, but a combination of systems and services that can enhance human activities that extend across the cyber and physical worlds. Also, “Robot” is not just useful, but also a continuous occupation to provide creative functionality to the public.
Nowadays, robots and robotics have become familiar and are considered to work closer with people in their daily lives. Therefore, robots must be well-designed and taken into consideration their interactions with people, their use in various societies/environments, and their sustainable operations.
Based on these observations, in the last year, Flower Robotics and the RoboCup Federation introduced an award, called the “RoboCup Design Award”, to encourage research and education to focus on the importance of the design of robots.
And we decided to continue the award for this year. As same as the last year, robots and/or technologies will be awarded that are well-designed not only for their performance but also for their simpleness, easiness, smoothness in daily operation and other usages. We believe that the award will promote the popularity of robotics in wider fields.
Any participating team from all leagues/challenges (in Major and Junior) in RoboCup-2016 can apply for this award. An applicant should send a brief description of the design points on the following items.
The application document should be submitted by June 10th, 2016 (24:00 (Hawai TZ)), to the following site:
URL: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ROBOCUPDA2016/
The committee for this award consists of members appointed by Flower Robotics and RoboCup Federation. The committee will review the application documents with helpfor each league/challenge. The committee may interview to applicants at the venue during the competition. Based on these evaluations, the winner will be announced at the award ceremony of RoboCup 2016.
D-u-h ?! ..I post -Therefore, I Am ?!
http://www.techinsider.io/marathon-world-record-a-scientist-tries-to-break-two-hours-2016-5
Pertaining, to 'posting' about the 'Packers' anytime soon - 'Sfaik'.. I Was joking; Otherwise, Not.