Not letting, my own 'minimal interest'.. interfere with its' inherent, journalistic merit!
http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/11/12878666/amanda-knox-netflix-documentary-tiff-2016-netflix
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Sep 14, 2016
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#283
In, the 'spirit' of a 'dog walker' - How about, earning $$, as a {lonely}, 'people walker'!?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/14/los-angeles-people-walker-chuck-mccarthy
Sep 15, 2016
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#284
Presumably - An article, that's worthy of the 'term'.. 'One-for-the-books' <- 'News'- page, search expression.
Sep 16, 2016
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#285
Lessons, Re. Various War's Aftermaths ..{linked}
Sep 17, 2016
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#286
Sep 17, 2016
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#287
Truth, be known - I do a 'better' job, of 'talking-the-walk.'
Sep 18, 2016
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#288
Intelligent people really are better at chess
September 14th, 2016
A new study offers some of the most conclusive evidence to date that intelligence is linked to chess skill—a hotly debated issue in psychology. The results refute the idea that expertise is based solely on intensive training.
“Chess is probably the single most studied domain in research on expertise, yet the evidence for the relationship between chess skill and cognitive ability is mixed,” says Alexander Burgoyne, a graduate student at Michigan State University and lead author of the study published in the journal Intelligence.
“We analyzed a half-century worth of research on intelligence and chess skill and found that cognitive ability contributes meaningfully to individual differences in chess skill.”
“When it comes to expertise, training and practice certainly are a piece of the puzzle,” says Zach Hambrick, a psychology professor at Michigan State. “But this study shows that, for chess at least, intelligence is another piece of the puzzle.”
For the in-depth study, known as a meta-analysis, the researchers considered nearly 2,300 scholarly articles on chess skill, looking specifically for studies that included a measure of cognitive ability (such as IQ score) and objective chess skill (such as the Elo rating, which ranks players based on game performance). The final sample included 19 studies with about 1,800 total participants.
Why having a ‘bird brain’ is actually awesome
The meta-analysis represents the first attempt by researchers to systematically investigate the best available scientific evidence for the link between intellect and chess skill, says Burgoyne.
The results show that intelligence was linked to chess skill for the overall sample, but particularly among young chess players and those at lower levels of skill. This may be because the upper-level players represent a winnowed distribution of cognitive ability—in other words, they all tend to be fairly bright. (By way of comparison, Burgoyne says, consider the world’s best basketball players. Although there is essentially no correlation between height and points scored at that level, that doesn’t mean height isn’t important in basketball.)
Hambrick offers another potential explanation: “Imagine that a genius can become a skilled chess player relatively easily, whereas a person with average intelligence may take longer. So the idea is, as you practice more and develop more skills and knowledge about the game, you may be able to circumvent limitations in cognitive ability.”
This might be true for chess, he adds, but not for all activities.
In an earlier study, Hambrick and a colleague found that working memory, a cognitive ability related to general intelligence, predicted success in sight-reading music even among highly practiced pianists.
Study coauthors include researchers at the University of Liverpool, Case Western Reserve University, and Edith Cowan University.
Source: Michigan State University
Sep 19, 2016
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#289
Sep 20, 2016
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#290
Probably, a '6 point 2' on the '10 scale.' ..{feelin' 'lucky'?!}
http://www.bradenton.com/news/local/article102273642.html
Sep 20, 2016
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#291
Sep 21, 2016
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#292
Mathematician breaks romance into a formula
alexandra blazevich | Published 12 hours ago 
But, Fry, a mathematician and the author of “The Mathematics of Love: Patterns, Proofs, and the Search for the Ultimate Equation,” hasn’t done this with a makeover or buying a new wardrobe. Instead, she created a mathematical formula for love.
Her formula takes into account mood, reaction and influence of each person in the relationship and how it affects the other. She says the healthiest relationships are one with a high “negativity threshold,“where couples are allowed to complain and voice their concerns without getting mad at each other, according to Cosmopolitan.
“Human emotion isn’t neatly ordered and rational and easily predictable,” Fry said in her 2015 TED Talk, “The mathematics of love.”
“But I also know that that doesn’t mean that mathematics doesn’t have something to offer us, because love, as well as life, is full of patterns, and mathematics is ultimately the study of patterns.”
But Linda Green, UNC mathematics professor, is said she is hesitant to believe such a formula.
“It seems a bit simplistic to me,” Green said. “Can the wife’s mood when alone really be captured in a single constant ‘W’?”
Green said external factors, such as in-laws and lay-offs should also have some sort of impact on spouse relations.
In spite of what Green believes is missing, she does appreciate how both of Fry’s equations are symmetric.
“No one can make the accusation of sexism or inequality here,” she said.
Fry mentioned the novel, “An Abundance of Katherines” by John Green, which discusses another formula for love in the context of a story. In his novel, the main character Colin devises a dating formula based on age, personality, attractiveness level and popularity to estimate how long a relationship will last.
Both formulas both discuss the mathematics of love, but Green said they should probably be taken lightly and used for fun.
“It would certainly be fun to take this set of equations out for a spin,” Green said.
Sep 22, 2016
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#293
The Case for Making 'Tennis,' Faster ..
http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2016/09/fast4-speed-game-tennis-australia/61247/
Sep 23, 2016
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#294
Sep 27, 2016
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#295
Sep 30, 2016
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#296
Mainly 'tittilating' to, 'weathered' 'math' Nerds .. and the feigned interest, of their younger 'mistresses.'
http://www.sciencealert.com/an-ancient-greek-algorithm-could-be-the-key-to-finding-new-prime-numbers
Oct 1, 2016
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#297
Oct 2, 2016
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#298
Okay.. I didn't know that! ..Ie., Looks like 3 dozen professional, 'sports-camera'-people, who 'tail' sports 'celebs' & 'wanna-bees'.. with their 'glitzy' cameras, like a 'shadow'! o:
http://www.tennis.com/photos-video/2016/09/shot-making-inside-14-frames-second-world-professional-tennis-photography/60935/