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Bulletin board, Monday, June 13, 2016 - Pocono Record

Chess Research - Sun, 06/12/2016 - 18:50

Bulletin board, Monday, June 13, 2016
Pocono Record
Genealogy expert Patrick Quigley returns to the library to answer questions about genealogy and assist with family research. Patrick will be at the ... Stroudsburg Chess Club: 7 to 10 p.m., Loder Building, 62 Analomink St., East Stroudsburg. Everyone ...

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The Age of the High-Flying Tech (HFT) Gadgeteer Is Upon Us--Flying Machines & New Wheeled Things. - Huffington Post

Chess Research - Sun, 06/12/2016 - 17:46

Huffington Post

The Age of the High-Flying Tech (HFT) Gadgeteer Is Upon Us--Flying Machines & New Wheeled Things.
Huffington Post
... bring lots of new products. Here's a levitating chess board or check out the CLM 2 Levitation Module ... a lot more blocks - or... However, coming full circle, the Disney Research “Vertigo” uses both wheels as well as a fan to climb walls or go ...

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Interview: Blood Stripe's Award-Winning Filmmakers Remy Auberjonois, Kate Nowlin, And Rene Auberjonois - Santa monica Observed

Chess Research - Sun, 06/12/2016 - 13:47

Interview: Blood Stripe's Award-Winning Filmmakers Remy Auberjonois, Kate Nowlin, And Rene Auberjonois
Santa monica Observed
After the casting, it has to do with answering a million questions and juggling and playing the chess game of getting it done in the most efficient way, but also getting it the way you want it to be. And so having spent a life with this man as a child ...

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Allen Dulles' “Indonesian Strategy” and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy - Center for Research on Globalization

Chess Research - Sun, 06/12/2016 - 09:18

Center for Research on Globalization

Allen Dulles' “Indonesian Strategy” and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Center for Research on Globalization
Cuba and Indonesia thus were joined in the deadly game of chess between Dulles and Kennedy, and someone would have to lose. While much has been written about Cuba, Kennedy, and Dulles, the Indonesian side of the story has been slighted. Poulgrain ...

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Here's the Physics Behind the 'Broomgate' Controversy Rocking the Sport of Curling - Gizmodo

Chess Research - Sun, 06/12/2016 - 09:01

Gizmodo

Here's the Physics Behind the 'Broomgate' Controversy Rocking the Sport of Curling
Gizmodo
Football has been rocked by the “Deflategate” scandal, swimming banned full-body “super suits,” and now the sport of curling—yes, curling—has its own raging controversy. Dubbed “Broomgate,” much of the fuss centers on a new kind of curling broom ...

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A top psychologist says there's only one way to become the best in your field — but not everyone agrees - Business Insider

Chess Research - Sun, 06/12/2016 - 07:05

Business Insider

A top psychologist says there's only one way to become the best in your field — but not everyone agrees
Business Insider
Even intelligence, Ericsson said, is not directly linked to expert performance. In "Peak," he cites a study by British researchers, which found that intelligence does indeed predict chess skill among children. But when those researchers looked only at ...

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A top psychologist says there's only one way to become the best in your field — but not everyone agrees - Yahoo Finance UK

Chess Research - Sun, 06/12/2016 - 07:03

Yahoo Finance UK

A top psychologist says there's only one way to become the best in your field — but not everyone agrees
Yahoo Finance UK
In "Peak," he cites a study by British researchers, which found that intelligence does indeed predict chess skill among children. But when those researchers looked only at kids who were elite chess players, a higher IQ was, in fact, linked to worse skills.

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How big data and poker-playing bots are blurring the line between man and machine - The Kernel

Chess Research - Sun, 06/12/2016 - 07:01

The Kernel

How big data and poker-playing bots are blurring the line between man and machine
The Kernel
From that point over the subsequent years, a number of other researchers built on those ideas, again often using bets and wagers to inspire the way they thought about these problems. You recount several examples of scientists taking on certain gambling ...

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Confronting Indology – Part 3 - Swarajya

Chess Research - Sun, 06/12/2016 - 00:04

Swarajya

Confronting Indology – Part 3
Swarajya
In Part 2, we demonstrated how certain Indological 'research' hews to these elements of critical theory and how engaging with it from outside is challenging. In this part, I will discuss some strategies and other types of critiques that have been ...

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Ottawa must press Iran to release Canadian professor: Editorial - Toronto Star

Chess Research - Sat, 06/11/2016 - 23:07

Toronto Star

Ottawa must press Iran to release Canadian professor: Editorial
Toronto Star
In what appears to be an international chess game between Iran and Canada, a 65-year-old Canadian-Iranian anthropology professor at Montreal's Concordia University seems an unlikely and unfortunate pawn. Homa Hoodfar, who was in Iran on a personal ...

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Bringing an Untitled Hassidic Film to the IFP Narrative Lab - Filmmaker Magazine

Chess Research - Sat, 06/11/2016 - 11:51

Bringing an Untitled Hassidic Film to the IFP Narrative Lab
Filmmaker Magazine
Our entire team, one which included producers Alex Lipschultz (Computer Chess, Entertainment), Traci Carlson (Hits, The Dream is Now), Daniel Finkelman (The Last Survivor), Yoni Brook (Valley of Saints) who is also the co-cinematographer, co-producer ...

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What's Happening | Saturday, June 11 through 15 - Blue Springs Examiner

Chess Research - Sat, 06/11/2016 - 06:25

What's Happening | Saturday, June 11 through 15
Blue Springs Examiner
All monies raised go to melanoma research. Register at www.mamkc.com. • Animals Best Friends Annual .... Chess Free Play, 1 p.m., Raytown Branch of Mid-Continent Public Library, 6131 Raytown Road. Play chess, learn the basics, brush up on your chess ...

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Redemption of the Victorian boy who killed his mother - Express.co.uk

Chess Research - Sat, 06/11/2016 - 03:19

Express.co.uk

Redemption of the Victorian boy who killed his mother
Express.co.uk
There were cricket matches with the attendants (never guards), orchards and orchestras – Robert learned to play the cornet and to play chess. He worked as an apprentice to the in-house tailor, thus gaining a trade. And rather than ... There the author ...

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Interview: Blood Stripe's Award-Winning Filmmakers Remy Auberjonois, Kate Nowlin, And Rene Auberjonois - Santa monica Observed

Chess Research - Sat, 06/11/2016 - 00:33

Interview: Blood Stripe's Award-Winning Filmmakers Remy Auberjonois, Kate Nowlin, And Rene Auberjonois
Santa monica Observed
After the casting, it has to do with answering a million questions and juggling and playing the chess game of getting it done in the most efficient way, but also getting it the way you want it to be. And so having spent a life with this man as a child ...

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Blood Stripe's Award-Winning Filmmakers Remy Auberjonois, Kate Nowlin, And Rene Auberjonois - Santa monica Observed

Chess Research - Fri, 06/10/2016 - 23:49

Blood Stripe's Award-Winning Filmmakers Remy Auberjonois, Kate Nowlin, And Rene Auberjonois
Santa monica Observed
After the casting, it has to do with answering a million questions and juggling and playing the chess game of getting it done in the most efficient way, but also getting it the way you want it to be. And so having spent a life with this man as a child ...

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Area Parkinson's patients reflect on Ali - Oneonta Daily Star

Chess Research - Fri, 06/10/2016 - 20:14

Oneonta Daily Star

Area Parkinson's patients reflect on Ali
Oneonta Daily Star
Ali — whose June 3 death brought fresh attention to Parkinson's — was an advocate for raising awareness, lending his name and wealth to research, according to The Associated Press. He was 74 at the time of his death. Dr. Michael Okun, medical ...

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Why Singularity University's CEO Believes Blockchain Has Gone 'Exponential' - CoinDesk

Chess Research - Fri, 06/10/2016 - 13:06

Why Singularity University's CEO Believes Blockchain Has Gone 'Exponential'
CoinDesk
Based in NASA's Research Park, Singularity University has been preparing its students to challenge the traditional concepts of technology growth since it was founded by Google's director of engineering and the founder of the XPrize eight years ago ...

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Inside the 'world's first HoloLens class': UW computer science students show mixed reality projects - GeekWire

Chess Research - Fri, 06/10/2016 - 12:40

Inside the 'world's first HoloLens class': UW computer science students show mixed reality projects
GeekWire
The energy inside the UW CSE building was buzzing as attendees tested out an array of fun and entertaining futuristic applications that ranged from making spring rolls to playing chess to learning piano to flying paper airplanes to destroying giant ...

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Keene High names top 10 students - The Keene Sentinel

Chess Research - Fri, 06/10/2016 - 11:07

The Keene Sentinel

Keene High names top 10 students
The Keene Sentinel
She attended the Cornell University Research Institute in Engineering in 2014 and the Harvard Summer School program in 2015. She received ... He was a member of chess club, math team, National Honor Society and Boy Scouts of America. He attended ...

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Ancient game used to understand U.S.-China strategy - DVIDS (press release)

Chess Research - Fri, 06/10/2016 - 08:43

DVIDS (press release)

Ancient game used to understand U.S.-China strategy
DVIDS (press release)
Braun, a retired Army colonel and research professor at the U.S. Army War College's Strategic Institute, led a discussion on U.S.-China strategy at the National Press Club here, May 24. ... Braun compared and contrasted Go to the Western game of chess.

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