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Eagles Youth Partnership a success - The Philadelphia Tribune

Chess Research - Thu, 06/04/2015 - 15:56

Eagles Youth Partnership a success
The Philadelphia Tribune
More than 200 of the city's best youth chess stars competed against each other and the Eagles players in four rounds of competition. According to the U.S. Chess Federation and numerous research studies, participating in the sport of chess fosters ...

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Spaulding High School names top 10 seniors - Foster's Daily Democrat

Chess Research - Thu, 06/04/2015 - 14:47

Foster's Daily Democrat

Spaulding High School names top 10 seniors
Foster's Daily Democrat
Andrew was the co-founder and co-president of the chess club, participated in Project SEARCH at UNH and also as a member of the Granite State Challenge team. A member of the soccer, bowling and tennis teams, Andrew is quick to point to his ...

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Rotary awards $1000 scholarship to local student - Palm Beach Post (blog)

Chess Research - Thu, 06/04/2015 - 14:33

Palm Beach Post (blog)

Rotary awards $1000 scholarship to local student
Palm Beach Post (blog)
According to an announcement from the rotary club, Javeon helped establish the Science National Honor Society at Royal Palm Beach High to encourage a new group of thinkers, who will be the future of industry, research and scientific exploration in the ...

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Hardwood Paroxysm Presents: NBA Finals theme songs - FanSided

Chess Research - Thu, 06/04/2015 - 10:17

FanSided

Hardwood Paroxysm Presents: NBA Finals theme songs
FanSided
This NBA Finals matchup between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers is a chess board, made of Rubik's Cubes, wrapped in a collage of Sunday New York Times' crosswords—it's a puzzle. The Cavaliers have the league's best player (sorry ...

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Artificial intelligence? - O'Reilly Radar

Chess Research - Thu, 06/04/2015 - 07:16

Artificial intelligence?
O'Reilly Radar
Is it the ability to perform well on Jeopardy? Is it the ability to win chess matches? These accomplishments help us to define what intelligence isn't: it's certainly not the ability to win at chess or Jeopardy, or even to recognize faces or make ...

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A Humana-Anthem deal could harm Express Scripts - St. Louis Business Journal

Chess Research - Thu, 06/04/2015 - 07:12

A Humana-Anthem deal could harm Express Scripts
St. Louis Business Journal
A report from Benzinga says Anthem (NYSE: ANTM) could be considering a run at Humana (NYSE: HUM). Some analysts say such a move could be a headache for St. Louis-based Express Scripts (NYSE:ESRX), which reported a net income of $441.1 million ...

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We've spent five years on Amitabh's and Farhan's characters: Vidhu Chopra - The Express Tribune

Chess Research - Thu, 06/04/2015 - 05:11

The Express Tribune

We've spent five years on Amitabh's and Farhan's characters: Vidhu Chopra
The Express Tribune
It is a world I am not familiar with, so it took some amount of research and training,” Farhan, who turned 41 today, told Press Trust of India in an interview. The Bhaag Milkha ... Opposite him, Amitabh plays the role of a paralysed chess grandmaster ...

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DC community calendar, June 4-11, 2015 - Washington Post

Chess Research - Thu, 06/04/2015 - 02:35

DC community calendar, June 4-11, 2015
Washington Post
Learn to play chess All ages may learn to play, improve their moves or practice with others. Thursdays and Tuesdays at 6 p.m. .... Also, a discussion of possible breakthroughs in medicinal plant research. Fridays, Mondays and Wednesdays at noon ...

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Signups - El Paso Times

Chess Research - Thu, 06/04/2015 - 01:34

Signups
El Paso Times
7th Annual Juliana's Angels of Faith: Tournament to benefit Rett Syndrome research is at 8 a.m. June 27 at Under Golf Complex on Fort Bliss. Registration from 7 to 8 a.m. .... Side events include blitz, chess clock and bughouse. $25 for rated and non ...

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Chess coach teaches a way of life to local youths - Lockport Union-Sun & Journal

Chess Research - Thu, 06/04/2015 - 00:39

Lockport Union-Sun & Journal

Chess coach teaches a way of life to local youths
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal
Research indicates student chess players have nearly 15 percent higher test scores than non-players. “Kids who read and play chess continually out-perform those who only read,” he said. Kevin Vincent knows the game affects young minds positively.

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Intelligent machines part 1: Big data, machine learning and the future - CIO Australia

Chess Research - Thu, 06/04/2015 - 00:31

CIO Australia

Intelligent machines part 1: Big data, machine learning and the future
CIO Australia
Futurist Ray Kurzweil predicted in 1990 that a computer would beat a human world champion chess player by 1998. In 1997, that actually happened with IBM's Deep Blue. Since then, artificial intelligence (AI) has continued to advance rapidly, making now ...

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'It's kind of fun to be part of the process to make society progress' - Daily Inter Lake

Chess Research - Wed, 06/03/2015 - 22:05

Daily Inter Lake

'It's kind of fun to be part of the process to make society progress'
Daily Inter Lake
Famous IBM computers Deep Blue, which beat a world chess champion, and Watson, which defeated two Jeopardy champions, piqued his interest in computer science. Competing in science fairs at all levels only strengthened his resolve to pursue science.

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Boston Baroque: 10 Things To Consider In The Wake Of Library Chief Amy ... - WGBH NEWS

Chess Research - Wed, 06/03/2015 - 17:51

Boston Baroque: 10 Things To Consider In The Wake Of Library Chief Amy ...
WGBH NEWS
It was – ironically -- a culture more attuned to the populist demands of neighborhood branches and redoing the Johnson building along lines that Menino would have approved of, than dealing with the elite demands of a world recognized research library ...

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4 Epic Days of MaiTai Action: The Good, the Biz and the Play! - Huffington Post

Chess Research - Wed, 06/03/2015 - 16:53

4 Epic Days of MaiTai Action: The Good, the Biz and the Play!
Huffington Post
One of the early pioneers from Bitcoin had died from MND/ALS and the MaiTai connection helped circumvent a broken research grant system to a faster money pathway. It seems that an abundance of 'good' flows at MaiTai. In San Francisco, only days later ...

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Community calendar - York County Coast Star

Chess Research - Wed, 06/03/2015 - 16:02

Community calendar
York County Coast Star
BIRD BANDING DEMONSTRATION: 7 a.m. at the Wells Reserve at Laudholm. Bird banders will share their ongoing avian research. Learn about the data they record and natural history information about the birds temporarily caught in the researchers' mist nets ...

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Fondulac District Library hosts Caterpillar history presentation - Washington Times-Reporter

Chess Research - Wed, 06/03/2015 - 15:24

Fondulac District Library hosts Caterpillar history presentation
Washington Times-Reporter
While the Holt Co. had military contracts, the C.L. Best Co. focused on the domestic market and had established a strong dealer network and invested in research and development, Fosburgh said. In 1925 the two companies merged to form Caterpillar ...

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Prince George's community calendar, June 4-10, 2015 - Washington Post

Chess Research - Wed, 06/03/2015 - 14:14

Prince George's community calendar, June 4-10, 2015
Washington Post
... butterflies play in the ecosystem. 9-11:30 a.m. Patuxent Research Refuge, North Tract, Route 198 between the Baltimore-Washington Parkway and Route 32, Laurel. ... Laurel chess club Learn to play or improve your game. 1 p.m. Laurel Library ...

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Advice Goddess - City Pulse

Chess Research - Wed, 06/03/2015 - 13:44

City Pulse

Advice Goddess
City Pulse
Old-school economists, who view humans as hyper-rational data-crunching machines (like big, sweaty chess-playing computers), would tell you that it makes no sense for your girlfriend to keep ending up, as the saying goes, with so much month at the end ...

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ISIS's Saudi chess match - Business Insider

Chess Research - Wed, 06/03/2015 - 07:36

Business Insider

ISIS's Saudi chess match
Business Insider
Aaron Y. Zelin is the Richard Borow Fellow at The Washington Institute, where his research focuses on how jihadist groups are adjusting to the new political environment in the era of Arab uprisings and Salafi politics in countries transitioning to ...

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How will biotech affect Foster City?: Officials review environmental, traffic ... - San Mateo Daily Journal

Chess Research - Wed, 06/03/2015 - 07:07

How will biotech affect Foster City?: Officials review environmental, traffic ...
San Mateo Daily Journal
BioMed Realty Trust, owner of the Lincoln Centre Life Sciences Research Campus, is preparing a $149 million redevelopment project after striking a build-to-suit deal with Illumina Inc., a gene sequencing technology firm, late last year. ... Increased ...

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