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Supporting America's Educators to Expand Opportunity - U.S. Department of Education (press release)

Chess Research - Fri, 01/22/2016 - 10:51

Supporting America's Educators to Expand Opportunity
U.S. Department of Education (press release)
The new law has the exciting opportunity to build on recent research and evidence about the importance of socioemotional learning and skills, like perseverance, resilience, and the ability to collaborate effectively with peers. In implementing ESSA, we ...

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Premature Birth: Depression In Both Mothers And Fathers Can Increase Likelihood, Study Says - Headlines & Global News

Chess Research - Fri, 01/22/2016 - 07:54

Headlines & Global News

Premature Birth: Depression In Both Mothers And Fathers Can Increase Likelihood, Study Says
Headlines & Global News
Researchers at the Centre for Health Equity Studies in Stockholm (CHESS) have discovered that depression can increase the risk of premature birth when experienced in both mothers and fathers. While depression in women during pregnancy has long been ...
Paternal Depression During Pregnancy Increases Risk for Very Preterm BirthPsychCentral.com (blog)
Depression in expectant father linked to premature birthBusiness Standard

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Smart robots divide opinion in Davos - swissinfo.ch

Chess Research - Fri, 01/22/2016 - 04:56

swissinfo.ch

Smart robots divide opinion in Davos
swissinfo.ch
Smart systems already exist that can outperform, or even out-think, humans – such as chess programmes or GPS devices that can find uncongested routes from one point to another. One panel discussion in Davos this week heard about an artificial ...

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White People Just Don't Get It: Bernie Sanders, Ta-Nehisi Coates and the Reality of Reparations - AlterNet

Chess Research - Thu, 01/21/2016 - 21:34

AlterNet

White People Just Don't Get It: Bernie Sanders, Ta-Nehisi Coates and the Reality of Reparations
AlterNet
Both Coates and Sanders remind us, in their own ways, that if American politics is a version of chess, then African-Americans are the pawns … and the pawn is the most powerful piece on the board. Unfortunately, because African-Americans are a pawn in ...

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ResMed Inc. investors wake up to its big potential on quarterly results - Motley Fool Australia

Chess Research - Thu, 01/21/2016 - 18:19

ResMed Inc. investors wake up to its big potential on quarterly results
Motley Fool Australia
Sleep treatment specialist ResMed Inc. (CHESS) (ASX: RMD) today posted adjusted net income of US$97.5 million on revenues of US$454.5 million for the quarter ending December 31, 2015. The revenue was up 13% on a constant currency ... Even more so as ...

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Financial industry giants join $50m Digital Asset Holdings funding round. - Finextra (press release)

Chess Research - Thu, 01/21/2016 - 16:51

Financial industry giants join $50m Digital Asset Holdings funding round.
Finextra (press release)
Digital Asset Holdings, the blockchain startup helmed by former JP Morgan luminary Blythe Masters, has raised more than $50 million in a funding round joined by some of the biggest names in financial services, including Citi, Deutsche Börse and ...

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Financial industry giants join $50m Digital Asset Holdings funding round. - Finextra (press release)

Chess Research - Thu, 01/21/2016 - 16:51

Financial industry giants join $50m Digital Asset Holdings funding round.
Finextra (press release)
Digital Asset Holdings, the blockchain startup helmed by former JP Morgan luminary Blythe Masters, has raised more than $50 million in a funding round joined by some of the biggest names in financial services, including Citi, Deutsche Börse and ...

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The Atlantic Daily: Brewing Blizzard, Russian Murder Plot, Refugee Debate in ... - The Atlantic

Chess Research - Thu, 01/21/2016 - 16:31

The Atlantic

The Atlantic Daily: Brewing Blizzard, Russian Murder Plot, Refugee Debate in ...
The Atlantic
This article is part of a feature we also send out via email as The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter with stories, ideas, and images from The Atlantic, written specially for subscribers. To sign up, please enter your email address in the field provided here.

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Saudi grand mufti declares chess forbidden - The Times of Israel

Chess Research - Thu, 01/21/2016 - 15:37

The Times of Israel

Saudi grand mufti declares chess forbidden
The Times of Israel
In response to a question regarding the permissibly of chess in Islam, the mufti declared that the game “brings enmity and hatred between its contestants” and is forbidden because it “encourages gambling and is a waste of time and finances.” Outraged ...

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Grounding AI: Artificial Intelligence is Closer -- and Less Awesome -- than ... - Government Technology

Chess Research - Thu, 01/21/2016 - 14:56

Government Technology

Grounding AI: Artificial Intelligence is Closer -- and Less Awesome -- than ...
Government Technology
The millions of buildings that were treated with lead paint before it was outlawed in the U.S. in 1978 make prevention an onerous task, said Rayid Ghani, research director at the University of Chicago's Computation Institute and director at the Center ...

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How will an MBA boost your career? - Metro.us

Chess Research - Thu, 01/21/2016 - 12:52

Metro.us

How will an MBA boost your career?
Metro.us
At QS, we've conducted research (freely available on TopMBA.com) that shows the ROI of an MBA is unparalleled when compared to other graduate degrees. We found that in ... Who wins in a chess match, Bill Belichick or Peyton Manning? Keep in mind, I'm ...

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Inside the Guardian: planning the NHS project - The Guardian

Chess Research - Thu, 01/21/2016 - 10:52

The Guardian

Inside the Guardian: planning the NHS project
The Guardian
“Like playing a game of 3D chess.” That's how special projects editor Mark Rice-Oxley describes the process of planning the Guardian's latest editorial project. Part investigation, part fly-on-the-wall documentary, This is the NHS takes a detailed look ...

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What does the future hold for artificial intelligence? - CIO

Chess Research - Thu, 01/21/2016 - 09:55

CIO

What does the future hold for artificial intelligence?
CIO
Andrew Moore, dean of Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science, shares with CIO.com his thoughts on where artificial intelligence and cognitive computing research is heading. ... "In computer science terms, the algorithm it needs [to ...

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White people just don't get it: Bernie Sanders, Ta-Nehisi Coates and the reality of reparations - Salon

Chess Research - Thu, 01/21/2016 - 08:33

Salon

White people just don't get it: Bernie Sanders, Ta-Nehisi Coates and the reality of reparations
Salon
Both Coates and Sanders remind us, in their own ways, that if American politics is a version of chess, then African-Americans are the pawns … and the pawn is the most powerful piece on the board. Unfortunately, because African-Americans are a pawn in ...

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The Chico code - Chico News & Review

Chess Research - Thu, 01/21/2016 - 02:09

The Chico code
Chico News & Review
He studied a wide range of topics that come into play in his current research—history, geography, architecture, art—at Virginia's Old Dominion University and eventually worked for several years as a field archaeologist. Since 2007, he's been ...

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Selling Feminism One Box at a Time: The serious business of Girl Scout cookies - Austin Chronicle

Chess Research - Thu, 01/21/2016 - 00:01

Selling Feminism One Box at a Time: The serious business of Girl Scout cookies
Austin Chronicle
As a reified symbol of American-ness – one that generates hundreds of millions of dollars in sales every year – Girl Scout cookies are often, as Graue says, "used as symbolic chess pieces in games of personal politics." Among the most immediate ...

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DC community calendar, Jan. 21-28, 2016 - Washington Post

Chess Research - Wed, 01/20/2016 - 23:16

DC community calendar, Jan. 21-28, 2016
Washington Post
“Sculpting the Human Figure: The Female Form in Ancient Greek Sculpture” and “The Male Form in Ancient Greek Sculpture” Documentary films by Panos Pappas. 10:30 a.m. National Gallery of Art, West Building, Lecture Hall, Sixth Street and Constitution ...

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Education Briefs - Salisbury Post

Chess Research - Wed, 01/20/2016 - 23:01

Salisbury Post

Education Briefs
Salisbury Post
In addition, students can participate in Book Club, Chess Club, Children's Choir, Geography Bee, History Bee, Spelling Bee, Bible Bowl, Science Fair, Master Gardener Program, Lego Robotics, Baking Club, Dolphin TV, Literary Magazine, Beta Club, Student ...

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Grounding AI: Artificial Intelligence is Closer -- and Less Awesome -- than Most Realize - Government Technology

Chess Research - Wed, 01/20/2016 - 19:01

Government Technology

Grounding AI: Artificial Intelligence is Closer -- and Less Awesome -- than Most Realize
Government Technology
The millions of buildings that were treated with lead paint before it was outlawed in the U.S. in 1978 make prevention an onerous task, said Rayid Ghani, research director at the University of Chicago's Computation Institute and director at the Center ...

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Wild West Novels Have Suddenly Gotten A Whole New Exciting Lease on Life - Gizmodo

Chess Research - Wed, 01/20/2016 - 17:33

Gizmodo

Wild West Novels Have Suddenly Gotten A Whole New Exciting Lease on Life
Gizmodo
In Gemma Files' Hexslinger series, a Pinkerton agent named Ed Morrow infiltrates a gang of outlaws that's led by a rogue “hexslinger” named Asher Rook and his lover, Chess Pargeter. The Hexslinger books have won lots of praise for their protrayal of ...

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