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Fox News Announces Lineup for Thursday's GOP Debate - TVNewser

Chess Research - Tue, 01/26/2016 - 17:37

TVNewser

Fox News Announces Lineup for Thursday's GOP Debate
TVNewser
Polling in Iowa was based on research done by American Research Group, Quinnipiac University, FOX News, CNN/ORC, and Loras College; while New Hampshire data came from American Research Group, Franklin Pierce/Boston Herald, FOX News, ...

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The Lyrics To BoB's Flat Earth Anthem 'Flatline' - With Science Annotations - Forbes

Chess Research - Tue, 01/26/2016 - 17:36

Forbes

The Lyrics To BoB's Flat Earth Anthem 'Flatline' - With Science Annotations
Forbes
Yesterday, rapper B.o.B. tweeted out several items indicating support for the idea that the Earth is flat. In response, astrophysicist and science popularizer Neil deGrasse Tyson issued a few fact-checks of B.o.B.'s tweets, refuting them as thoroughly ...

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The Secret High-Society History of the Playboy Mansion - Curbed LA

Chess Research - Tue, 01/26/2016 - 17:08

Curbed LA

The Secret High-Society History of the Playboy Mansion
Curbed LA
He was also an avid chess player and music lover. Anne was a founding member of the Music Center, a member of the Southern California Symphony Association, and the ... "The Spring Spree at Charing Cross," a cocktail party to benefit orthopedic research ...

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Area schools and camps have so much to offer - Holmdel Independent

Chess Research - Tue, 01/26/2016 - 16:28

Area schools and camps have so much to offer
Holmdel Independent
The program for students in kindergarten through eighth grade include sports camps, arts and crafts, STEAM-based exploration, chess, Go, drama, creative writing, coding, and many others.The Jayne S. Carmody School for children with language-based ...

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Area schools and camps have so much to offer - East Brunswick Sentinel

Chess Research - Tue, 01/26/2016 - 16:01

Area schools and camps have so much to offer
East Brunswick Sentinel
Camps include a long list of sports (lacrosse, basketball, tennis and baseball), along with full-day and half-day options for technology, writing, art, chess, Legos and more. For the youngest campers, they offer MiniBlast, where children can play and ...

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The rivalry was always Manning vs. Belichick, not Manning vs. Brady - Today's Pigskin (blog)

Chess Research - Tue, 01/26/2016 - 12:56

Today's Pigskin (blog)

The rivalry was always Manning vs. Belichick, not Manning vs. Brady
Today's Pigskin (blog)
To throw something at him he had not gleaned from his video research and first-hand knowledge. Last week, Belichick spoke ... Manning, though, got the last laugh on Sunday, an appropriate bookend to their longtime chess match. In professional sports ...

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Our favorite virtual reality filmmakers at Sundance explain how to make great VR - The Verge

Chess Research - Tue, 01/26/2016 - 11:01

The Verge

Our favorite virtual reality filmmakers at Sundance explain how to make great VR
The Verge
And so for us it's an ongoing research. It's not as if in the last two .... is beyond it being a game. When you're playing a game, you know what the rules are — whether it's chess or a video game or a sport, you know there are rules, and you play by ...

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The Many Minds of Marvin Minsky (RIP) - Scientific American (blog)

Chess Research - Tue, 01/26/2016 - 09:18

Scientific American (blog)

The Many Minds of Marvin Minsky (RIP)
Scientific American (blog)
"I don't consider this to be a serious research institution at the moment," he announced. But as we wandered through the lab looking for a lecture on a chess-playing computer, a metamorphosis occurred. "Isn't the chess meeting supposed to be here ...

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Artificial Intelligence: Gods, egos and Ex Machina - The Guardian

Chess Research - Tue, 01/26/2016 - 05:49

The Guardian

Artificial Intelligence: Gods, egos and Ex Machina
The Guardian
Artificial intelligence is one of the most narcissistic fields of research since astronomers gave up the geocentric universe. A central ... The first sentient machine might be happy trolling chess computers all day, for all we know; or seeking patterns ...

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Cancer can be predicted reveals new study - Western Daily Press

Chess Research - Mon, 01/25/2016 - 22:06

Cancer can be predicted reveals new study
Western Daily Press
The way cancer spreads was thought to have been random but a new study reveals it can be predicted. The research shows cancers evolve over time in patterns governed by the same natural laws that drive physical and chemical processes as diverse as the ...

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Carter: National Mentoring Month: Volunteering for the sake of the children - Richmond.com

Chess Research - Mon, 01/25/2016 - 21:37

Richmond.com

Carter: National Mentoring Month: Volunteering for the sake of the children
Richmond.com
Research by MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership shows that young people who are at-risk for not completing high school but who have a mentor, report higher educational aspirations and matriculation into post-secondary education, as well as ...

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REDLANDS DAILY FACTS CALENDAR - Redlands Daily Facts

Chess Research - Mon, 01/25/2016 - 20:06

REDLANDS DAILY FACTS CALENDAR
Redlands Daily Facts
Chess club: Redlands Chess Club meets 2 to 5 p.m. every Friday at Redlands Community Senior Center, 111 W. Lugonia Ave. Players of all ages are welcome, ..... Anyone interested in genealogy research is welcome to attend. Information: www.yvgs.org; ...

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Why machines are taking over what people used to do - the Irish News

Chess Research - Mon, 01/25/2016 - 19:19

the Irish News

Why machines are taking over what people used to do
the Irish News
Chess falls under a class of computing problems known as NP problems (nondeterministic polynomial time). They are solvable, but it would take computers an incredibly long time to solve. The Shannon number puts the number of moves available in chess at ...

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Democratic senator blocks Obama's pick to head FDA - FOX13 Memphis

Chess Research - Mon, 01/25/2016 - 12:52

FOX13 Memphis

Democratic senator blocks Obama's pick to head FDA
FOX13 Memphis
In 2006, Califf founded the Duke University Clinical Research Institute, a contract research group that has conducted studies for virtually all of the world's largest drugmakers. Government disclosure forms show that Califf received more than $29,000 ...

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LIBRARY HAPPENINGS: Books, books and more books - Wicked Local Weymouth

Chess Research - Mon, 01/25/2016 - 10:41

Wicked Local Weymouth

LIBRARY HAPPENINGS: Books, books and more books
Wicked Local Weymouth
... for language instruction, LearningExpress Library for test prep, Morning Star Investment Research Center, National Geographic Virtual Library, The Boston Globe from 1872-1983, and Lynda.com—;the leader in online learning—coming in December ...

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Fauquier County community events - Washington Post

Chess Research - Mon, 01/25/2016 - 09:59

Fauquier County community events
Washington Post
Genealogical research help Fauquier Heritage and Preservation Trust volunteers help visitors. Mondays 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Tuesdays ... Chess Club Mondays 6:30-8:30 p.m. Warrenton Library, 11 Winchester St. Chessboards appreciated. 540-422-8500. Free.

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Rise of the machines may lead to the 'fourth industrial revolution', claim experts - Daily Mail

Chess Research - Mon, 01/25/2016 - 05:47

Daily Mail

Rise of the machines may lead to the 'fourth industrial revolution', claim experts
Daily Mail
With this in mind, Mr Benzell and his colleagues at the National Bureau of Economic Research asked whether 'human replacement' - the act of building better versions of ourselves - will deliver an economic utopia or leave us earning too little to buy ...

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After 2500 Years, a Chinese Gaming Mystery is Solved - Motherboard

Chess Research - Mon, 01/25/2016 - 05:11

After 2500 Years, a Chinese Gaming Mystery is Solved
Motherboard
Tromp started the calculations back in March 6 of last year, with the help of staff and big servers at both the Institute for Advanced Study's School of Natural Sciences and the IDA's Center for Communications Research in Princeton, New Jersey, along ...

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After 2500 Years, a Chinese Gaming Mystery is Solved - Motherboard

Chess Research - Mon, 01/25/2016 - 05:11

After 2500 Years, a Chinese Gaming Mystery is Solved
Motherboard
Tromp started the calculations back in March 6 of last year, with the help of staff and big servers at both the Institute for Advanced Study's School of Natural Sciences and the IDA's Center for Communications Research in Princeton, New Jersey, along ...

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Lessons Learned: Susanne and Lloyd Rudolph, in memoriam - Scroll.in

Chess Research - Mon, 01/25/2016 - 03:02

Scroll.in

Lessons Learned: Susanne and Lloyd Rudolph, in memoriam
Scroll.in
What I remember from the course: Susanne introducing herself on the first day, and explaining that she spends every fourth year with her husband and co-author in India, doing research. .... Figure out how to make jazz and chess analogies at dinner ...

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