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Community Calendar - Sandusky Register

Sun, 09/20/2015 - 05:17

Sandusky Register

Community Calendar
Sandusky Register
Dollars for Scholars: Magruder Hospital Auxiliary, 1:30-4 p.m., Catawba Island Club, Port Clinton. Style/trunk show from Newport Dry Goods, Gift Shop, Personal D'signs and more. Tickets $25, includes drink and light refreshment. Proceeds benefit ...

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Chess for Beginners Class for Research 9-21 - Lillie News

Sun, 09/20/2015 - 02:51

Chess for Beginners Class for Research 9-21
Lillie News
If you are 55 or older, learn to play chess or update your skills while helping advance research about Alzheimer's prevention. This class is part of a research study by University of Minnesota psychologist and veteran chess instructor, William Bart, Ph ...

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Chess for Beginners Class for Research 9-21 - East Side Review

Sun, 09/20/2015 - 02:49

Chess for Beginners Class for Research 9-21
East Side Review
If you are 55 or older, learn to play chess or update your skills while helping advance research about Alzheimer's prevention. This class is part of a research study by University of Minnesota psychologist and veteran chess instructor, William Bart, Ph ...

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Lee Kuan Yew's daughter: I'm a Martian anyway - AsiaOne

Sun, 09/20/2015 - 01:03

Lee Kuan Yew's daughter: I'm a Martian anyway
AsiaOne
In 2006, she poured scorn on biomedical research directions headed by Mr Philip Yeo, former chairman of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research. "I don't deny that he's contributed to Singapore as a top civil servant and he's still contributing.

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The rise and fall of a Molly kingpin - Miami Herald

Sat, 09/19/2015 - 21:20

Miami Herald

The rise and fall of a Molly kingpin
Miami Herald
In high school, the honors student traveled to Europe as a “student ambassador,” joined the chess club and wrestled competitively. ... He never found the shopkeeper's exact connection, but he came across a slew of online sources for “research chemicals.”.

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Nancy Marie Brown - Ancient Origins

Sat, 09/19/2015 - 16:47

Ancient Origins

Nancy Marie Brown
Ancient Origins
Norse netsuke, each face individual, each full of quirks, the Lewis Chessmen are probably the most famous chess pieces in the world. Harry played Wizard's Chess with them in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Housed at the British Museum, they are ...

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This AI can beat almost anyone at chess after 72 hours of learning - ScienceAlert

Fri, 09/18/2015 - 17:43

This AI can beat almost anyone at chess after 72 hours of learning
ScienceAlert
When talk turns to robotics, the most pressing concern is usually how quickly they're going to take our jobs - but perhaps the grand masters of chess should be the ones looking over their shoulders. A computer scientist in the UK has invented a new ...

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Crivitz latest to adopt random drug tests - Green Bay Press Gazette

Fri, 09/18/2015 - 17:08

Green Bay Press Gazette

Crivitz latest to adopt random drug tests
Green Bay Press Gazette
Opponents counter that research does not show drug testing prevents use, and may discourage kids from participating in after-school activities. In addition .... “Then they have to share their medical history in order to belong to something like the ...

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The role of human-machine teams in the third offset strategy - C4ISR & Networks

Fri, 09/18/2015 - 16:27

C4ISR & Networks

The role of human-machine teams in the third offset strategy
C4ISR & Networks
Then he gave the example of humans and machines collaborating in the game of freestyle chess. “What you have is a ... The Pentagon, Work said, has carried out a new “Long-Range Research and Development Planning Program” similar to a 1973 effort, “to ...

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The Sum of Human Knowledge - Wall Street Journal

Fri, 09/18/2015 - 16:14

Wall Street Journal

The Sum of Human Knowledge
Wall Street Journal
We are beginning to see this in cancer research. The most promising treatments ... a deterministic system unpredictable. Humans don't learn language, music, chess, basketball or mathematics by measuring everything or by applying a single algorithm.

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Computer Plays Chess without Brute-Forcing Solutions - Big Think (blog)

Fri, 09/18/2015 - 16:03

Computer Plays Chess without Brute-Forcing Solutions
Big Think (blog)
Until recently, conventional chess-playing computers have won chess match after chess match merely through brute force—that is, considering all possible moves to find which one would most optimal. ... the potential of porting this AI to other games ...

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'Pawn Sacrifice' Actor Michael Stuhlbarg On Appearing In Every Biopic Ever - Bustle

Fri, 09/18/2015 - 10:15

Bustle

'Pawn Sacrifice' Actor Michael Stuhlbarg On Appearing In Every Biopic Ever
Bustle
The character is actually an amalgam of several figures who were close to Fischer during his meteoric ascent to chess stardom. But a real Paul Marshall existed, and that was the man Stuhlbarg focused his research on. He unearthed the website of ...

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PW Picks: Books of the Week, September 21, 2015 - Publishers Weekly

Fri, 09/18/2015 - 09:53

Publishers Weekly

PW Picks: Books of the Week, September 21, 2015
Publishers Weekly
Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War by Steve Sheinkin (Roaring Brook) - Sheinkin has done again what he does so well: condense mountains of research into a concise, accessible, and riveting account of history. This ...

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A Guide to Berlin review: Gail Jones and the influence of Vladimir Nabokov - Sydney Morning Herald

Fri, 09/18/2015 - 09:17

Sydney Morning Herald

A Guide to Berlin review: Gail Jones and the influence of Vladimir Nabokov
Sydney Morning Herald
Yukio loves chess, Cass wants to see the Ulysses butterfly, Marco shares Nabokov's birthday, a red fire engine is described as having "fled past, a pale fire, into the frosty distance". The novel's ... Melinda Harvey is a research associate at Bard ...

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Follow the Bouncing Ball - Cornell Chronicle

Fri, 09/18/2015 - 08:39

Cornell Chronicle

Follow the Bouncing Ball
Cornell Chronicle
... do with competitive table tennis? Not a lot. And that's one reason why Dr. Matthew Simon loves the game. "Ping-pong is so totally different from what I do as a doctor," says Dr. Simon, an assistant professor of medicine and of healthcare policy and ...

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Video and interviews: Inaugural Oklahoma Hip Hop Festival showcasing full ... - NewsOK.com

Fri, 09/18/2015 - 08:20

Video and interviews: Inaugural Oklahoma Hip Hop Festival showcasing full ...
NewsOK.com
“An “educational tutorial of a festival,” it will celebrate the four core elements of hip-hop culture -- MCs, DJs, break dancers and graffiti artists -- with musical performances, breaking battles and showcases, artist demonstrations, poetry readings ...

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Is 'Pawn Sacrifice' Based On A True Story? Discover The Remarkable Tale Of ... - Bustle

Fri, 09/18/2015 - 08:11

We Are Movie Geeks

Is 'Pawn Sacrifice' Based On A True Story? Discover The Remarkable Tale Of ...
Bustle
For a moment in the midst of the Cold War, it looked a little bit like chess would take over the world — or at least politics. In 1972, an emblematic Soviet and underdog American battled it out on an eight-by-eight grid with the brunt of their nations ...
Pawn Sacrifice Star Tobey Maguire on Bobby Fischer, Celebrity, and the ...Vanity Fair
'Pawn Sacrifice' News: Tobey Maguire Dishes On One Of The Darkest Roles Of His ...Enstarz
WAMG Interview: PAWN SACRIFICE Producer Gail Katz and Chess Grandmaster Maxim ...We Are Movie Geeks
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Figurines in Dachau - Edmund de Waal on the Nazis' love of porcelain - The Guardian

Fri, 09/18/2015 - 08:04

The Guardian

Figurines in Dachau - Edmund de Waal on the Nazis' love of porcelain
The Guardian
A glass case stretched along the whole wall containing models of deer and dogs and figurines, 18th-century soldiers, a shelf of vessels, vases and bowls, a chess set. They were made ..... There is a long table, a library of research books and files. A ...

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Obama's government mind-control team issues annual report - Vox

Fri, 09/18/2015 - 08:00

Obama's government mind-control team issues annual report
Vox
In a classic bit of Chicago-style Alinsky-esque twelve-dimensional chess, President Obama waited until the eyes of the nation were trained on the Republican primary debate to unveil the first annual report of his new committee on mind control. ... for ...

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Waldowski running for supervisor in Stafford's Rock Hill district - Inside NoVA

Thu, 09/17/2015 - 22:06

Inside NoVA

Waldowski running for supervisor in Stafford's Rock Hill district
Inside NoVA
As a former Optimist Club member while attending graduate school under Air Force Institute of Technology at the University of Missouri-Rolla, he received a M.S. in computer science with an emphasis in operations research. His master's degree thesis was ...

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