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CORRECTION: Mental Calculation World Cup 2010 - Correct Date: 5-7 Ju

ralf_laue — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:33:48 GMT

Sorry, I have sent a wrong date in the previous announcement. Here is the right one - the Mental Calculation World Cup will take place from 5-7 June 2010.

Mental Calculation World Cup 2010

ralf_laue — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:13:30 GMT

Please circulate this announcement among your colleagues and students who may be interested.

Re: People vs Objects for Memory Cards

jm_ponder — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:40:37 GMT

Hi Josh, I use both and I have used Person - Action - Object together too. You should continue to add in the action, this is exactly what Dominic recommends

San Francisco Bay Area?

josh5888 — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:28:37 GMT

Is there anyone here who is in the San Francisco Bay area? I was looking around on meetup.com for local people who are interested in memory training but didn't

Re: People vs Objects for Memory Cards

josh5888 — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:05:23 GMT

... I'm a beginner (six months), but I've been using the Dominic method for numbers and am now experimenting with attaching objects to the people/action images

Re: Andriy Slyusarchuk

richardepworth — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:23:16 GMT

I took the only timed information available from Andriy's Wikipedia page, "set a world record by memorizing 5100 digits in 117 seconds",. I added his data

Aerobic exercise stimulates brain cell growth

jm_ponder — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:25:07 GMT

Hi All, If you needed convincing that you should get up off your backsides to improve your memory! http://www.physorg.com/news183199377.html Jimbo

Aerobic exercise grows brain cells

jm_ponder — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:22:39 GMT

Hi All, If you needed convincing to get up off your backsides to improve your memory, this may do it! http://www.physorg.com/news183199377.html Jimbo

Re: Andriy Slyusarchuk

leo kristian santiago — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:06:39 GMT

Logic dictates the truth can only be found upon demonstrations. When Person A (Ukranian Dr. Andriy Slyusarchuk) refuses to demonstrate his alleged acquired

Re: Andriy Slyusarchuk

Boris Konrad — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:38:55 GMT

After all he was invited to meet the Ukrainian president because of his achivements and is mentioned on quite popular Russian and Ukrainian news pages.... I

Re: Andriy Slyusarchuk

steviehullyyy@... — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:13:57 GMT

Wow this is amazing. Clearly he is a threat in the world memory championships. How many packs of cards can he do? ... From: Boris Konrad

Re: Andriy Slyusarchuk

zoom_zoom_ben — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:13:36 GMT

Ha, that's funny, I just stumbled across him a couple of days ago too - he's obviously written his own wikipedia page, and put references to himself in as many

Andriy Slyusarchuk

Boris Konrad — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:54:06 GMT

Hi, has anyone ever found anything reliable (!) about the Ukranian Dr. Andriy Slyusarchuk who claims to have memorized 30 million digits of Pi, 5100 digits in

Re: Kim Peek

zoom_zoom_ben — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:23:13 GMT

Thanks for posting that, James, I hadn't heard that he'd died. Very sad, but that's a very well-written obituary.

Kim Peek

jm_ponder — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:30:49 GMT

I just found this obituary for Kim Peek who died last month: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/medicine-obituaries/6867567/Kim-Peek.html Kim wasn't