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Early college program to begin next school year - Coldwater Daily Reporter

Fri, 04/29/2016 - 08:15

Coldwater Daily Reporter

Early college program to begin next school year
Coldwater Daily Reporter
“The chess club will be turned into class, because it was so highly popular," Slusher added. "In the seventh grade, one thing the kids are really excited about is the genius hour — they will choose things to research. They will also have a Myth ...

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Do androids dream of electrostatics? - Royal Society of Chemistry

Fri, 04/29/2016 - 03:41

Do androids dream of electrostatics?
Royal Society of Chemistry
At the time, I was surprised – a washing machine could have beaten me at chess. Go's nuanced complexity, however, had foiled the scouring of possibility space that powers chess programs. Go's almost infinite options apparently represented an impossible ...

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Drake “VIEWS” 1 Listen Album Review - DJBooth.net

Fri, 04/29/2016 - 00:27

DJBooth.net

Drake “VIEWS” 1 Listen Album Review
DJBooth.net
Goddamnit, that's the curse of 1 Listen reviews, I don't have time to stop and research. Drake just said "Wavy," let's hope he .... VIEWS is the next move in Drake's long-term chess game, and he won't stop until he's the king. By Nathan S, the managing ...

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Elon Musk's $1bn non-profit launches 'gym' to train AI with Atari games - International Business Times UK

Fri, 04/29/2016 - 00:06

International Business Times UK

Elon Musk's $1bn non-profit launches 'gym' to train AI with Atari games
International Business Times UK
Researchers have often turned to games to test and build the strength of their AI systems. In 1997, IBM's Deep Blue computer famously beat then world chess champion Garry Kasparov. Recently, Google's AlphaGo bested Go world champion Lee Sedol in a ...
We just got our first glimpse of what Elon Musk's AI company is working onTech Insider

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Who gets low-income parents college-ready? - Cincinnati.com

Thu, 04/28/2016 - 20:30

Cincinnati.com

Who gets low-income parents college-ready?
Cincinnati.com
Melding current research, including doctoral work by Leadership Scholars' Executive Vice President Suzie White at New York University, the program identified the biggest reason low-income students make the decision to go to college. “It's one ... She ...

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REDLANDS DAILY FACTS CALENDAR - Redlands Daily Facts

Thu, 04/28/2016 - 20:00

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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Central Oregon Volunteer Search - Bend Bulletin

Thu, 04/28/2016 - 18:02

Central Oregon Volunteer Search
Bend Bulletin
CHESS FOR SUCCESS seeks volunteers to assist in classroom chess clubs throughout the Bend and Redmond area. Chess experience is not necessary. Volunteers will help take attendance and assist the coach with lessons. Chess clubs meet twice a week ...

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The Fallacy of the Forecast - Minyanville.com

Thu, 04/28/2016 - 16:58

The Fallacy of the Forecast
Minyanville.com
They spend time doing research, whether it's watching every possible football game, or reading the annual reports on dozens of companies. They are on TV, radio, and all over the Internet. They are EXPERTS, so we listen. ... Consider that in a chess ...

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The Fallacy of the Forecast - Minyanville.com

Thu, 04/28/2016 - 16:58

The Fallacy of the Forecast
Minyanville.com
They spend time doing research, whether it's watching every possible football game, or reading the annual reports on dozens of companies. They are on TV, radio, and all over the Internet. They are EXPERTS, so we listen. ... Consider that in a chess ...

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`Billions' Star Damian Lewis Talks Short-Selling at Emmy Panel - Bloomberg

Thu, 04/28/2016 - 10:20

Bloomberg

`Billions' Star Damian Lewis Talks Short-Selling at Emmy Panel
Bloomberg
They all claimed that their analysis, their research, was more thorough than anyone else and once they had all the dots lined up, then they'd make the bet.” “Billions,” which wrapped up its ... Bobby likes moving around the pawns on his particular ...

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Who are Generation 2016 in Scotland? - BBC News

Thu, 04/28/2016 - 09:48

Who are Generation 2016 in Scotland?
BBC News
I'm a floating voter and on the run up to elections I try to research the different parties and their policies as much as possible. Recently ..... I'm a frequent chess player, a passionate chemist, a steadfast libertarian thinker and an unwavering ...

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The Threats That Artificial Intelligence Researchers Actually Worry About - Slate Magazine

Thu, 04/28/2016 - 08:04

Slate Magazine

The Threats That Artificial Intelligence Researchers Actually Worry About
Slate Magazine
Yes, IBM Deep Blue's win over chess master Garry Kasparov in 1997 and IBM Watson's 2011 Jeopardy! victory over the two highest-earning champions had a similar effect, but this time the win comes after a year full of warnings about impending changes to ...

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Meet Aum Amin, London's child genius with an IQ higher than Einstein - Evening Standard

Thu, 04/28/2016 - 07:50

Evening Standard

Meet Aum Amin, London's child genius with an IQ higher than Einstein
Evening Standard
If he is bored he does research on the internet and that's where he found out what Mensa was. He took the IQ society's test this month and it .... As I leave, he pipes up that he also plays chess and is writing a novel. “It's about a futurist race ...

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125 years of saving places - Gloucester Daily Times

Thu, 04/28/2016 - 06:49

Gloucester Daily Times

125 years of saving places
Gloucester Daily Times
“There will be two giant chess and checker sets, put on in giant-, Alice in Wonderland-style,” Marshall says. “There will be croquet at the casino, and people can be on the allee, hanging out. There will be a treasure hunt in the house, and birthday ...

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How to Pick Your Next Health App - U.S. News & World Report

Thu, 04/28/2016 - 06:49

U.S. News & World Report

How to Pick Your Next Health App
U.S. News & World Report
The current iPhone has 10 times the processing power of the chess-playing, Garry Kasparov-beating Deep Blue supercomputer from the 1990s. Beyond the powerful ... Similarly, federally funded research groups release their own apps. The National Cancer ...

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How Chess Players' Brains Are Different From Everybody Else's - Mic

Wed, 04/27/2016 - 23:02
How Chess Players' Brains Are Different From Everybody Else's  Mic

Science suggests chess players may have an advantage over everyone else.

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The Wicked Boy is finally redeemed - Spectator.co.uk

Wed, 04/27/2016 - 22:10

Spectator.co.uk

The Wicked Boy is finally redeemed
Spectator.co.uk
With her meticulous research, spry prose and eye for the telling detail, no other writer could have made the Coombes case so fascinating and so vivid. She is one of those authors with such a light touch that you barely notice the social, psychiatric ...

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ResMed Inc. Announces Results for the Third Quarter of Fiscal Year 2016 - PR Newswire (press release)

Wed, 04/27/2016 - 18:22

ResMed Inc. Announces Results for the Third Quarter of Fiscal Year 2016
PR Newswire (press release)
Research and development expenses were $28.1 million for the third quarter of fiscal year 2016, or 6.2 percent of revenue. R&D expenses increased by 4 percent compared with the quarter ... Holders of Chess Depositary Instruments trading on the ...

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Claude Shannon: Tinkerer, Prankster, and Father of Information Theory - IEEE Spectrum

Wed, 04/27/2016 - 15:00

IEEE Spectrum

Claude Shannon: Tinkerer, Prankster, and Father of Information Theory
IEEE Spectrum
That room enshrines the Shannon whose work Robert W. Lucky, the executive director of research for AT&T Bell Laboratories, has called the greatest “in the annals of technological thought,” and whose “pioneering insight” IBM Fellow Rolf W. Landauer has ...

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125 years of saving places - The Salem News

Wed, 04/27/2016 - 14:31

The Salem News

125 years of saving places
The Salem News
“There will be two giant chess and checker sets, put on in giant-, Alice in Wonderland-style,” Marshall says. “There will be croquet at the casino, and people can be on the allee, hanging out. There will be a treasure hunt in the house, and birthday ...

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