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Princeton Public Library announces upcoming events - NJ.com

Chess Research - Tue, 08/30/2016 - 11:25

NJ.com

Princeton Public Library announces upcoming events
NJ.com
Children can learn to play and practice chess at these weekly drop-in sessions led by Princeton High School Chess Club members. Story Room. Co-sponsored by the library and Princeton High School Chess Club. Race Unplugged: Moving Beyond Sound ...

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Virginia School Board Tells The Supreme Court It Has No Idea What A Transgender Person Is - ThinkProgress

Chess Research - Tue, 08/30/2016 - 10:44

ThinkProgress

Virginia School Board Tells The Supreme Court It Has No Idea What A Transgender Person Is
ThinkProgress
For instance, schools could exclude biological women from taking science classes or joining the chess team, so long as they allowed biological men who identify as females to do so. Only transgendered [sic] people would be protected under this Title IX ...

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Melania Trump Is the World's Only Rachel Roy–Jay Z Shipper - The Ringer (blog)

Chess Research - Tue, 08/30/2016 - 08:52

The Ringer (blog)

Melania Trump Is the World's Only Rachel Roy–Jay Z Shipper
The Ringer (blog)
According to Marc Smith, the director of the Social Media Research Foundation, LinkedIn's original purpose — connecting employers with potential employees — ensured a certain level of eerie uniformity from the beginning. .... Spotify is currently ...

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Intelligent technology: The evolution and future of automation - EurekAlert (press release)

Chess Research - Tue, 08/30/2016 - 08:29

Intelligent technology: The evolution and future of automation
EurekAlert (press release)
Go, a game of strategy and instinct considered more difficult to master than chess, was created roughly in the same era as the written word. The game is uniquely human - or, it was. Last year, a computer program called AlphaGo defeated an ...

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Why Amazon isn't losing sleep over the Wal-Mart/Jet deal - Retail Dive

Chess Research - Tue, 08/30/2016 - 08:03

Retail Dive

Why Amazon isn't losing sleep over the Wal-Mart/Jet deal
Retail Dive
“The only thing that could be somewhat threatening to Amazon from Wal-Mart is that Wal-Mart [with Jet] is trying to do something different,” Ried Niziak, research lead at business intelligence firm L2, told Retail Dive. “I don't think that Wal-Mart ...

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The rise of robots: forget evil AI – the real risk is far more insidious - The Guardian

Chess Research - Tue, 08/30/2016 - 08:00

The Guardian

The rise of robots: forget evil AI – the real risk is far more insidious
The Guardian
“The potential benefits [of AI research] are huge, since everything that civilization has to offer is a product of human intelligence; we cannot predict what we might achieve when this intelligence is magnified by the tools AI may provide, but the ...

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Editorial: Artificial intelligence weapons are the future - Omaha World-Herald

Chess Research - Tue, 08/30/2016 - 01:05

Omaha World-Herald

Editorial: Artificial intelligence weapons are the future
Omaha World-Herald
The Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio conducted dogfight simulations in which Gene Lee, an Air Force battle manager, tested his combat skills against a drone enabled by an artificial intelligence program. The ...

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Having kids focus on sport isn't a formula for success, research says - Norfolk Daily News

Chess Research - Mon, 08/29/2016 - 09:12

Having kids focus on sport isn't a formula for success, research says
Norfolk Daily News
An extrapolation from a study of chess players indicates that an athlete needs 10,000 hours of practice and competition over 10 years to succeed. It's led some to conclude that youths who start early and get in their 10,000 hours will be ahead of the game.

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TRUMP in Silicon Valley -- BURNING MAN turns 30 -- 200 BILLS to Brown - Politico

Chess Research - Mon, 08/29/2016 - 08:31

TRUMP in Silicon Valley -- BURNING MAN turns 30 -- 200 BILLS to Brown
Politico
“Achieving a big cut in CA carbon emissions will be a chess game,'' by SacBee's Dan Walters: http://bit.ly/2bvBjKz. -- UC Berkeley backs off plans for Richmond campus: “The University of California, Berkeley, and the Lawrence Berkeley National ...

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Consumer Banking and Orange Juice - Bloomberg

Chess Research - Mon, 08/29/2016 - 08:30

Consumer Banking and Orange Juice
Bloomberg
“It's like playing chess against a computer. You're not going to ... “Bill Ackman tried to play us this morning, and Carl Icahn played Bill Ackman this afternoon,” said Tim Ramey, an analyst at Pivotal Research Group and a longtime defender of ...

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Where does AlphaGo go - Space Daily

Chess Research - Mon, 08/29/2016 - 08:19

Where does AlphaGo go
Space Daily
The event is one of the most historic in the field of artificial intelligence since Deep Blue bested chess Grandmaster Garry Kasparov in the late 1990s. The difference is that AlphaGo may represent an even bigger turning point in AI research. As ...

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Sharpen Your Mind for the New Academic Year by Playing Brain Games - TG Daily (blog)

Chess Research - Mon, 08/29/2016 - 04:26

TG Daily (blog)

Sharpen Your Mind for the New Academic Year by Playing Brain Games
TG Daily (blog)
... as much as it goes for school goers. We all need to stay ahead of the pack so that we can put our proverbial best foot forward. You may be wondering what type of games we are talking about… fair point. Research has been conducted, and the results ...

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Clubs & Meetings: Aug. 30-Sept. 5 - The Daily Courier

Chess Research - Mon, 08/29/2016 - 03:47

Clubs & Meetings: Aug. 30-Sept. 5
The Daily Courier
Drop-in Chess 2 p.m. Saturday at Prescott Public Library, 215 E. Goodwin St. 928-777-1526. Free Skool Weekly Discussion Group meets 7 p.m. Wednesday; Socrates Café meets 5 p.m. Monday at The Catalyst Infoshop, ... 3rd Thursdays at Northern Arizona ...

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The destiny of Syria is now in Russia's hands: analyst - Al-Bawaba

Chess Research - Mon, 08/29/2016 - 02:06

Al-Bawaba

The destiny of Syria is now in Russia's hands: analyst
Al-Bawaba
Nearly half a million people have perished in five years in Syria, as the country remains a pawn in a bloody chess game being played by world powers. The latest player is ... “Russia has a very significant Ukraine problem that it has to resolve, and it ...

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At the Library: Plenty of library databases for students - The Westerly Sun

Chess Research - Sun, 08/28/2016 - 23:58

At the Library: Plenty of library databases for students
The Westerly Sun
AskRI's offerings include HeritageQuest, a genealogy research tool; Reference USA, which provides detailed information for more than 20 million businesses; and Ebsco, which is great for research papers, since it has thousands of full-text journal ...

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Ottawa sleeps while Russia executes its Arctic strategy - Waterloo Record

Chess Research - Sun, 08/28/2016 - 23:40

Waterloo Record

Ottawa sleeps while Russia executes its Arctic strategy
Waterloo Record
The United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf has declined to rule on Russia's claim for an extended Russian continental shelf and has asked for additional documentation and research. Danish scientists, meanwhile, have contended ...

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Weekly Planner August 29 - Montana Standard

Chess Research - Sun, 08/28/2016 - 18:22

Montana Standard

Weekly Planner August 29
Montana Standard
Dr. Lovell's presentation is titled “People Around Me are Getting Older: Engaging Undergraduates in Gerontological Research.” The purpose of this study .... Chess club meets from 2 to 4:45 p.m. Friday at the Uptown library, 226 W. Broadway. It is free ...

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Greenfield Library Notebook, Aug. 29 to Sept. 2, 2016 - The Recorder

Chess Research - Sun, 08/28/2016 - 16:18

The Recorder

Greenfield Library Notebook, Aug. 29 to Sept. 2, 2016
The Recorder
The last Wednesday of each month will feature a speed chess tournament. Fandoms Anonymous ... If you are interested in the Nootropics, conservation and scientific research, come join us for an hour of programming, fun, and discussion! Too Human Concert ...

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Kimberley Process pilots a blockchain for tracking the world's diamonds - Brave New Coin

Chess Research - Sun, 08/28/2016 - 02:21

Brave New Coin

Kimberley Process pilots a blockchain for tracking the world's diamonds
Brave New Coin
ASX recently announced that it has completed a successful blockchain prototype that could replace its existing settlement system, CHESS. The company is currently working with Blythe Masters' Digital Asset Holdings to ... Citing the work at the new BOJ ...

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Weekly Calendar, Aug. 28, 2016 - Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Chess Research - Sun, 08/28/2016 - 01:13

Weekly Calendar, Aug. 28, 2016
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel
Grand Junction Chess Club, 6:30–10:30 p.m. Mondays, Starbucks, in the Safeway store, Patterson and 29 roads, players of all ability levels welcome, 243-1073. Overeaters Anonymous, 7 ... Brain Injury Alliance informational presentation, 4:30–6:30 p.m ...

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