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Trump and the Deep State - Center for Research on Globalization
Center for Research on Globalization
... larger chess game with a faction of the Deep State. A more comprehensive discussion of these developments will be featured in a future installment of the Global Research News Hour. In the meantime, this January 20th broadcast, suggested as a ...
Bethel AME Church in Monongahela in documentary spotlight - Observer-Reporter
Observer-Reporter
Observer-Reporter
In addition to the on-air broadcast, the 30-minute-long documentary also will be screened at the regular meeting of the Monongahela Area Historical Society that same evening at 7 at First Presbyterian Church, , 609 Chess St., Monongahela. Those who ...
Scouting Combine Research Series: Running Backs (Part 2) - Scout
Scout
Scout
His thoughts race from fiscal analysis to chess to getting his pilot's license. His favorite show is “How It's Made.” He's a football player. But more than a football player. “A greater purpose than football?” he says. “I can see it. I can see football ...
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A Game of Chess with the IL Workers' Compensation System - WorkersCompensation.com (press release)
WorkersCompensation.com (press release)
Speaking of numbers, the Illinois Policy, a research organization out of Springfield, said “the same heavy costs imposed on private sector employers are also imposed on taxpayers, who cover the workers' compensation costs for local government payrolls, ...
ASX CEO Expresses New Confidence in Blockchain Post-Trade Tests - CoinDesk
CoinDesk
CoinDesk
After having already invested AUS$20.3m to develop the technology and research its benefits, the exchange's CEO, Dominic Stevens, now says that number will rise to AUS$50m ($38.5m) by the end of this year. ... of the exchange's financial performance ...
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By sparring with AlphaGo, researchers are learning how an algorithm thinks - Quartz
Quartz
Quartz
Fan Hui is speaking to a chatty audience at the 2016 European Go Congress in St. Petersburg, Russia, gushing over a game of Go played by one of his mentors. Hui's enthusiasm is infectious—the room's chatter subsides as he pulls up slides of the ...
Town briefs - Andover Townsman
Andover Townsman
Andover Historical Society's research library and archives are open to the public on the second Sunday of the month from 1 to 4 p.m., except July and August. Follow the walkway to the library entrance at 97 Main St., near the barn, to explore Andover's ...
Five technologies that will change how we live - Financial Times
Financial Times
Financial Times
The next step is artificial general intelligence: an algorithm that will not have to be taught a specific skill such as a game of chess or a new language, but will acquire it through trial and error, just as a child does. Companies such as ... This ...
Serious fun: Philly to rethink after-school, summer programs - Newsworks.org
Newsworks.org
Newsworks.org
After School Activities Partnerships (ASAP) runs chess programs for Philadelphia students. (Emma ... The city has hired the nonprofit Research for Action to explore the literature on quality OST programs and ask providers how they view quality. RFA is ...
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TV Ratings Tuesday: 'NCIS,' 'NCIS: New Orleans' rise with crossover - TVbytheNumbers
TVbytheNumbers
TVbytheNumbers
I was charged with “destroying” the Emmys so I did some competitive research on what might play well against it. We had ... I miss those Sunday night chess games where the three established networks would play a big stakes chess match for the audience.
Plymouth Public Library news - Wicked Local Plymouth
Wicked Local Plymouth
Wicked Local Plymouth
215; Bill Petrillo, Chess club co-leader, 774-766-7689, bill.petrillo@comcast.net; or Jim Pritchard, Chess club co-leader, 508-878-8194, jimpri@verizon.net. .... Researchers can access more than 440 million records beginning with the Revolutionary War.
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Why Data Nerds Struggle to Gain Power at Hedge Funds - Bloomberg
Bloomberg
“You can't just say, 'Let's hire some Ph.D.s and put them in the back room and they'll figure it out,”' Vladimir Novakovski, a former money manager who is chief technology officer at research firm Euclid Analytics, said about the industry. “That's a ...
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19 photos: Your Students, Your Schools: Ankeny, Saydel, North Polk - DesMoinesRegister.com
DesMoinesRegister.com
DesMoinesRegister.com
Fifth-grade students at Saydel's Woodside Middle School have been studying the Native Americans of North America. Their assignment was to choose a Native ...
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Controversy, Few Surprises In Women's World Champs Round 1 - Chess.com
Chess.com
Chess.com
"Chess is not for the faint-hearted; it absorbs a person entirely...Chess is difficult. It demands work, serious reflection and zealous research." -- Wilhelm Steinitz. There is just no hiding it; playing in a world championship is a huge thing and ...
Games, crafts, other activities may safeguard aging brains - Daily Democrat
Daily Democrat
Daily Democrat
FILE - In this April 10, 2014, file photo, a card player studies her hand during a bridge game at a restaurant in St. Paul, Minn. Research published on Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, shows that even in one's 70s and beyond, simple activities including web ...
Does Patented Intellectual Property Still Matter? Yes, Depending on Who You Are - IPWatchdog.com
IPWatchdog.com
IPWatchdog.com
Chess The value of patents resides largely with companies like Microsoft, Samsung and IBM. If Bill Hewlett and David Packard were just starting in their garage, they might be wise not to waste money acquiring them. “To promote the Progress of Science ...
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Winners of the 2017 World Press Photo Contest - The Atlantic
The Atlantic
The Atlantic
Sports, Second Prize, Stories—Youth Chess Tournaments: A chess player expresses his emotions during a game of chess. Chess, for some, represents a world full of strong emotions, adrenaline and stress. This series focuses especially on the 'youth ...
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How a poker-playing AI is learning to negotiate better than any human - Quartz
Quartz
Quartz
Checkers and tic-tac-toe had already been conquered; chess's human champion had been dethroned, and IBM's Watson had taken no prisoners on Jeopardy. The “Computers may never outplay humans” section still had its stalwarts: ... Libratus has played ...
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Machine learning in cybersecurity: what is it and what do you need ... - CSO Australia
CSO Australia
Machine learning in cybersecurity will enormously bolster spending in big data, intelligence and analytics, says ABI Research.
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Turning the tide against cholera - Charleston Post Courier
Charleston Post Courier
Charleston Post Courier
A fisherman sets up a net along the shore of the Poshur River in Sundarbans, considered to be the birthplace of cholera, in Bangladesh, Aug. 22, 2016. After 35 years of work, researchers here in cholera's birthplace have developed an effective vaccine ...
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